Who We Are

Second Chance Programme Fund Raising Group Inc (SCP) was set up to address the distressing problem of women’s homelessness. Sadly, the need for accommodation and support for homeless women is even greater now than it was when SCP started in 2001. And the biggest increase in homelessness has been in young women between the ages of 15- 19.

SCP does not raise money to buy buildings or pay salaries. As an organisation, SCP has no building, and no paid staff. (Committee members however have secure and extensive filing systems and an exemplary record of account keeping.) Apart from the fee for public liability insurance, every cent raised by SCP is used to ‘get women off the streets’ and to help them take control of the lives.

SCP is a small committee of dedicated people committed to fund raising. Members include dale spender, Pia du Pradal, Marjorie Morton, Vicki Scott, Abby Hills, Cate Heyworth-Smith, Kathleen Noonan, Zara Sexton, Molly Hitchcock and Margo Powell.

What We Do

Second Chance supports a variety of different projects to help homeless women secure a home and return to independent living. The committee assesses and monitors each project through a defined set of criteria. The committee aims to support a range of different projects that can, in their own specific ways, help women to move through at least one of the following three stages towards independent living (some projects support all three):

>      off the streets      

>      support towards independence      

>      independent living

For more information, see our Projects page.

You Can Help

If you want to help, you don’t have to be a committee member: SCP encourages everyone to do some fundraising. We have been privileged to receive cheques and bank deposits from so many hardworking individuals who have run raffles, organised morning teas, sold cakes and sweets, and undertaken other money-making activities at their workplace or among their friends – and forwarded the proceeds to SCP. This is how we have been able to make a difference in the lives of so many women.

There are many ways you can help make a difference for homeless women:

  • Donate directly to Second Chance
  • Hold a fundraising event on behalf of Second Chance
  • Come to our next event
  • Donate a raffle prize
  • Leave a bequest

Remember. Apart from compulsory insurance and bank charges, every cent goes to the cause, supporting projects to help homeless women.

For more information, see our How You Can Help page.