Quilt sets donated to women's refuge

The Older Women's Network Deepwater Woy Woy has donated 10 sets of quilt covers and doonas as well as a large laundry product donation to Allawah House in East Gosford.

"Allawah House is a refuge accommodation centre for women over the age of 55 some of whom are victims of domestic and/or family violence," said network secretary Ms Jennifer Brown.

"The Network decided to support the Allawah House Project after joining the Action on Housing for Older Women committee set up by Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch.

"Residents are assisted into affordable housing and the committee members work hard to kit those residents out when they get move out of Allawah house.

"This allows new women to take up the rooms which have been vacated and the process starts afresh."

Pictured are committee member Ms Gail Lai and Ms Brown with the donated quilt covers at Allawah House.

SOURCE:

Media release, 2 Oct 2023

Jennifer Brown, Deepwater OWN

Brigades attend car fire

The Pearl Beach Rural Fire Service brigade and the Patonga Volunteer Rural Bush Fire Brigade as well as the Umina Fire and Rescue NSW Station responded to a report of a car fire on Patonga Dr, near the Warrah Trig track in the early hours of Thursday, October 5.

The crews attended at around 3am, extinguishing the vehicle and ensuring the fire didn't spread to adjacent bushland.

"We were extremely lucky for the rain yesterday evening, which reduced the risk of the car fire starting a bushfire," the Pearl Beach brigade reported.

"If the weather had remained hot, dry and windy the situation would have been far more

dangerous."

SOURCE:

Social media, 5 Oct 2023

Pearl Beach brigade, NSW RFS