FLETCHER STREET COTTAGE
Byron Bay, Completed 2021
Primary Use
Essential services for Byron’s most vulnerable
Amenities
Consultation rooms, breakfasts, laundry facilities and showers.
Features
Large covered external courtyard, landscaped entry and commercial kitchen
Operator
Byron Community Centre
Responding to a growing need for services supporting local homeless, Creative Capital joined forces with the Byron Community Centre to reopen Fletcher Street Cottage, located in the middle of town.
Previously run as a drop-in centre for people at risk of becoming homeless, and those already sleeping rough, Fletcher Street Cottage had been closed for five years, due to a lack of funding.
Owned by Council, they voted to reopen the cottage as a hub for Byron's most vulnerable with co-located services making for easy access.
Providing assistance with housing, mental health, physical health, plus other basics like providing a safe place to have a shower and do some washing, Fletcher Street Cottage services the largest cohort of rough sleepers in regional NSW.
Creative Capital helped revive this important community asset by securing funding for staff, designing plans, as well as coordinating and overseeing volunteer trades for the renovations.
You can learn about Fletcher Street Cottage and donate to the cause here.
