Lou’s Place is Sydney’s only community-based day-time refuge for women and provides free meals, drop-in services including legal and medical aid, individual case management and therapeutic group work programs. Lou’s Place receives no government funding and relies on the community, donors and corporate partners to open its doors to those women facing issues of homelessness, domestic violence, mental health or addiction.
The Ottomin Foundation has been privileged to support Lou’s Place since 2013. Over the years, the Foundation has provided annual and recurrent funding for its general operations and support programs. In 2021, it contributed $250,000 toward the capital purchase and fit-out of Lou’s Place’s new premises in Redfern, and has more recently funded additional capital improvements, including a new roof.
Complementing this financial support, Ottomin Foundation director, Jennie Kovacs has served as a director of the Marmalade Foundation since 2016, the organisation responsible for overseeing the funding and operations of Lou’s Place.
Visit Lou’s Place at www.lousplace.com.au