Partner with us

Help us to help our community's most vulnerable at Fletcher Street Cottage with support and services for the homeless.

become our partner

Join the Fletcher Street Cottage family

Help us provide a healthy breakfast and a hot shower for those who have none. Support our homeless hub and make a difference in someone's life today.

Your support will help us give the most vulnerable members of our community a safe place to connect, a nourishing meal, and access to critical services they need to get back on their feet. Give the gift of hope and help us provide a lifeline for those without a place to call home.

social responsibility

How can you help Byron's homeless?

You can help us by donating goods, services or support with fundraising. If you'd like to help out in a big way or make a substantial contribution, please get in touch with our General Manager Louise O'Connell on gm@byroncentre.com.au or 0477 666 819.

We'd love to chat in person, offer you a tour of our facilities and discuss what an incredible difference your contribution will make. Become a sponsor or partner and be part of the solution to end homelessness in our community.

14985+
Visitors
16500+
Breakfasts
7027+
Showers & Laundry
4326+
Support Appointments & ER
Our history

Community taking care of community

Responding to the housing crisis, Byron Community Centre and Creative Capital joined forces in 2021 to reopen Fletcher Street Cottage in as a hub for Byron's most vulnerable.

Previously run as a drop-in centre for people experiencing homelessness, the cottage had been closed since 2017 due to a lack of funding, and was reopened in April 2022 to provide homeless services and support.

thank you

Heartfelt gratitude for our donors & partners

We’d like to wholeheartedly thank our many sponsors, partners and donors, who generously give time, expertise, materials, services and funds in support of Fletcher Street Cottage and Byron's homeless community.

Without this enterprising group of businesses and individuals, the renovation and reopening of the cottage, and now the ongoing service operation with its increasing demand, would not be possible.

Partners & Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors, partners and donors from the Byron Shire and beyond. We simply couldn’t do it without you.

Founding Partners

Major Donors

Staffing

Eisen Family | Goninan Foundation | Vasudhara Foundation (WildWomen Fund) | Josephine Wolanski | Bernard Fanning

Donors

PIM Group Australia | Sabella Westcott | Kendra Daniels | Frances Frey | Adelle Pink | Lynden Foss | Owen Lucey | Kelly Williams | Vanessa Lee | Louisa McKay | Daniel Brown | Sass Glaesner | Stephen Alderson | Andy Robinson | Mariette Maclurcan | Shardo Maria Ulferts | Kendra Daniels | Andy Beswick

Services

Fletcher Street Cottage Breakfast - Lord Byron Distillery | Let Petit | Tyagarah Apiaries Byron Bay (honey) | Louisa McKay | Lennox Hotel | The Farm | Community Works

Counselling service for Byron Shire residents - First National Byron Bay

Accommodation - Past Project

Temporary accommodation in a private cabin for our community’s most vulnerable.

Vasudhara Foundation | Josephine Wolanski | Byron Bay First National | Robert Bleakley

Interior decoration: Miranda Cummings - Our Corner Store | Atlantic Byron Bay | Diana Miller Artwork | Lulu Miller - Apprenticeship Australia | Good Guys Ballina | Forty Winks Ballina | Citta Design

Emergency Relief

Fliteboard | Goninan Foundation

Severe Wet Weather Shelter - Past Project

Paul Frasca | Corinne Nash | Phil Dokmanovic | Wilkinson Michelle | Warren & Heather Noble | Ed Austin-Woods | Riikka Lampinen | Andrea Blackshaw | Edie Trotter | Paul Frasca | Club BYRON | Fasha Steen | Pamela Ferry | Anny Reed | Caronne Carruthers-Taylor | Jordan Stavrou | Annabelle Wadsworth | Kelsey Crawley | Minh Ho | Michelle Grice

Byron Community Centre

Creative Capital | United Foundation | Ben Wallace | Charles Sutton | Tricia Shantz | Kate Love | Erica Sophie Luk

Event Sponsors

Fletcher Street Cottage Grand Opening

5 May, 2022

Three Blue Ducks | Salumi | Bread Social | Vagabond | Stone & Wood | Byron Bay Cold Pressed Juice || Beautiflora | Four Drunk Parrots | Niche Pictures - Lyn McCarthy

Fletcher Street Cottage Open Day

14 May, 2022

Benilato: Authentic Italian Gelato - Beniamino Verdolina | Stone & Wood | The Echo | BayFM | Four Drunk Parrots

Building Project Partners FY22

Ardill Payne & Partners | Habitat Byron Bay | DFJ Architects | MDA Consulting Engineers | Planners North | Techton Building Services

Trade Partners FY22

Byron Bay Ranga | Inrock Landscaping | Creating Lighting Solutions | Coughran Electrical Services | Old Mill Timberyard | Prosolar | Digability | Harvery Norman | Jason Grant | Tweed Coast Demolition & Excavation | CSR | Surface Society | Reece | Seaspray Linings Plastering | Williams Group Australia

2021 Campaign Partners

GEX | Club Byron ' The Bowlo' | Scrabble PR | Phil Gallagher | Byron Bay Coffee Company | Bangalow Sign Co. | Vagabond | The Norfolk | Spell & The Gypsy Collective | Stone & Wood | Katapult | We Wear Sneakers | Zac Lovett

2021 Campaign Donors

Adam Hall | Alan Crabbe | Alana Crangle & Michael Leech | Ally and Sam Ffutures | Amanda Peters | Amber Romanowski | Amie San | Andrea Dale Richardson | Andrew Leonard | Andrew Smith | Andrew Rothery | Ange Kent | Angela Mackay | Anne | Annie Chapelle |Anthony Baker | Ashleigh Camm | Ben Teague | Ben Fawcett | Bhavan Haetzel | Bluewater, Belongil |Brandon Saul | Burke Urban Developments | Byron Bay Land Solutions | Candice Allan | Caroline Desmond | Chris & Elsa Hemsworth |Christine Lucke | Coopers Lane | Coral Jones | Cynthia Johnson | Dan Brown | Dieter Bauer | Elizabeth Abegg | Ellis Gillot |Ellis Powditch | Emma Jensen Fin | Gabe Cramb | Gary Nicklin | Gina O'Neill | H and P Sedgmen | Habitat Byron Bay | Jade Pattrick | Jamie Green | Jana Isaza-Smith | Jane Barker | Jeff and Tracey Harrison |Jessie Summons | John Eden | John Bailey | John Bennett | John and Lyn
Parche | Julia | Julie Granger | Julie Sheer | Julie Howie | Katapult Design | Kate Messenger | Katie Beggs | Kerry Stubbs | Kristy Houten | Laura A | Leah | Lin Bell | Liz Treloar | Lorraine Ann Macgill | Loreto Gutierrez | Louise Hodgson | Louise O’Connell | Mae Hanna | Margaret Robertson | Maria Dorfer | Mark Streten | Martin Dumbrell | McCartney Young Lawyers | Michael Fricker | Milla Saul | Mindful Foods | Ming-Chun Kao | MK | Molly and Frankie | Monique Hartman | Murielle Beaulieau | Natalie Neil Sowerby |Nicholas Mercer | Niels Bienas |Norma Bailey | The Norfolk, Bayshore Drive | Ona Winter-Irving | Paige De Losa | Pam and Ray | Pam and Martin Brook | Pat and Annette Campbell | Perry and Greta Smith | Peter Silberg | Poppy Walker | Precise Property | R Rogers | R Duncombe | Rae Merrylees | Rex Harris | Ross Adams | Ruth Williams-Martin | Sabine Pick | Sam Hole | Sarah Colsenet | Sheridan Richardson | Silver Groves | Sinomi Hood | Sophie Petersen | Space Studio | Stephen Alderson |Steph Ellis & Speaking Green Project |Steve Agnew |Sue Nagel | Suzanne Craig | Tania Mattiocco | Tara Jade Halmshaw |Tashmeen Ahmed |Teneil Dean | Terry Lustig | Tess Hall | Tristan & Katie Webb | Vivien Fantin | Yves Calmette  | +48 Anonymous donors