Coast_Shelter
Coast Shelter
Australian non-profit organisation
Coast Shelter (registered as Central Coast Emergency Accommodation Services Ltd.)[1] is a non-profit organisation supporting homeless young people, adults and women and children experiencing domestic & family violence in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Coast Shelter is the largest regional Specialist Homelessness Service in NSW and provides a range of accommodation and other services to those experiencing hardship in the local community.
The organisation was founded in 1992 as Gosford Emergency Accommodation Services. The service's predecessor was the Rumbalara Youth Refuge established by Gosford City Council in 1985.[2][3] Since its founding, the organisation has assisted over 16,000 individuals.[4]