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Christmas is an important time to give love back, especially to those who need it most. Please give to Wayside Chapel’s Christmas Appeal and brighten the lives of people like Rodney, a former visitor who now volunteers as a hairdresser and cuts and colours visitor’s hair every Tuesday. The doors of Wayside will stay open every day over the holiday period and we rely on the generosity of our supporters to keep our community strong. Help us keep love in action to support vulnerable people in our community.

Read more about Rodney’s story and donate to our Christmas Appeal here.

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia.

Please Donate to our Christmas Appeal Contact

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (02) 9581 9101

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia.

Please Donate a Plate Contact

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (02) 9581 9101

Long Walk Home is a 28km fundraising walk from Parramatta to Kings Cross, raising money to support Wayside Chapel and people experiencing homelessness.

Did you know in an average week, a person sleeping rough walks a distance of 28km looking for a place to sleep? Tonight as you head home, over 116,000 people won’t have a place to call home. Some will be wandering through the city, looking for a place to rest their head for the night, desperate for a safe space or shelter. A park bench is sometimes the only option.

Donate to Long Walk Home and help Wayside Chapel continue to support people experiencing homelessness. Or you can register here. 

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia.

Please Donate to Long Walk Home

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (02) 9581 9104

By joining our regular giving program, you are part of the stability that Wayside relies upon in providing support to people in crisis and experiencing homelessness.

Your contribution is an offering to our community, helping to connect, transform and move people towards health and healing.

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia.

Learn More

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (02) 9581 9101

The essential work done by Wayside Chapel never stops, but the money we need to do it sometimes does. We need help to keep our doors open so we can continue to offer love and support to our community.

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia.

Donate here

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (02) 9581 9101

Where there’s a will, there’s a Wayside

If you want to continue your support of Wayside even after you’ve gone, you can leave a bequest to Wayside Chapel.

A bequest is a donation that you make via your will. Leaving a bequest to  Wayside Chapel means that your love and support won’t leave us when you do. You can continue to help us do what we do; to stand with people in their worst moment and see them through to better days.

Your contribution will mean that marginalised members of our community have access to essential health, welfare, social and recreational services, as well as a place where they’re welcome just to ‘be’.

To leave a bequest, follow these steps:

1. To make clear your desire to leave a bequest to Wayside Chapel, you will need to either include a specific bequest when your will is prepared or, if you already have a will in place, prepare a simple codicil to update your wishes. To make it easy for you, we’ve included some suggested wording below. As your will is a legally-binding document and every person’s circumstances are different, we encourage you to seek your own legal advice.
2. Tell your nearest and dearest that you’ve made a bequest to Wayside Chapel. This step is very important. It means that when the time comes, your family know what your wishes are and won’t be surprised to hear about your gift to Wayside.
3. Let us know that you’ve made the bequest. We understand that your will is very personal. However, by letting us know that you’ve made the bequest (you don’t have to disclose the amount) we can recognise you as a committed Wayside supporter and keep you up to date as we further our mission of creating a community with no “us and them”.

Suggested wording for your bequest:

I give, free of all duties and taxes… (choose one of the following from A.B,C,D,E or F)

A) the whole of my estate (or _____% of my estate), or
B) the residue of my estate (or _____% of the residue of my estate), or
C) the sum of $____________________ , or my units/shares in _______________ Trust/Ltd, or
D) my real property (or _____% of my property) situated at _____________________ having the title reference __________________, or
E) the proceeds from the sale of _________________* as liquidated by the executor of the estate
*sale of specific items such as artwork, jewellery etc.
F) Life insurance policy no._____________ held by _______________________ to

The Wayside Chapel Foundation
ABN 77 406 918 553 of
29 Hughes St, Potts Point, NSW 2011

The receipt of the treasurer, secretary of public officer for the time being of  Wayside Chapel Foundation is an absolute discharge to my executor.

Additionally, you may also insert a clause such as this: (optional)

Without creating a binding obligation on my executor or UCA – The Wayside Chapel Foundation -I request that the organisation use this bequest for purpose _____________________________ and I request the organisation to use these funds if at all practicable for this this purpose or the purpose in its absolute discretion which most closely matches this purpose and failing that for the general purposes of The Wayside Chapel Foundation.

Email: [email protected] 

Phone: (02) 9581 9119

Becoming involved in our Workplace Giving program is a simple, easy and affordable way of supporting Wayside Chapel. You can become an active member of this program by donating through your employer’s payroll system from as little as $5 a week.

Workplace Giving is a program that enables you to donate small amounts to Wayside Chapel on a regular basis, through your employer’s payroll department. Each pay period you can nominate to donate a small amount to Wayside Chapel. Your employer will collect this and pass the donation on to Wayside. It makes a huge difference to what we do.

How do I get involved?
There are some simple steps to get involved in workplace giving:

1. Ask your employer if they have a workplace giving program
2. Register for workplace giving at your organisation
3. Nominate The Wayside Chapel as your preferred charity
4. Select the amount per pay period you would like to contribute
5. Stay in touch with us!

Many companies with a workplace giving program will also provide matched donations up to a maximum amount. This means that for every dollar you donate to Wayside Chapel your employer will also donate a dollar – doubling your contribution to what we do. We encourage you to check your employer’s policy on matched giving.

Donations through Workplace Giving are tax deductable and generally the deduction is made at the time of giving, as donations reduce your gross taxable income. Check out the Australian Taxation Office (www.ato.gov.au) for more information on the tax implications of contributing through Workplace Giving.

Email: [email protected] 

Phone: (02) 9581 9104

We are incredibly grateful at Wayside for all our supporters who keep us stocked with the necessities we need day to day.

If you’d like to make a non-monetary donation to Wayside there are certain items that we consistently require. These are:

• Men’s underwear – Medium and Large sizes preferred
• Women’s underwear – Size 10- 12 preferred
• Bras – can be new or used but clean
• Men’s and women’s socks of all sizes – these can be new or used but clean
• Towels – new or used but clean
• Sample size toiletries
  • shampoo
  • conditioner
  • soap
  • shower gel
  • deodorant (spray preferred)
  • Razors

Please keep these tips in mind when planning to make a donation:

• Please donate good quality, clean items to Wayside as you would give to a friend or wear yourself
• Deliver items to the front door of the open Op Shop – anything left on the ground outside becomes contaminated and unusable
• Do not donate broken, soiled or stained donations

If you would like to make a clothing donation, please make this to The Wayside Chapel Op Shop. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 9am- 10:30pm and Saturday to Sunday 9am to 5pm.

Alternatively, you can post donations to PO Box 66, Potts Point NSW 1335.

If you would like to make a clothing donation, please make this to The Wayside Chapel Op Shop.

Our Op Shops can accept donations of clothes, jewellery, homewares and shoes but we DO NOT accept electrical items. Please find more information here.

If you would like to donate clothing to Wayside Chapel, find our Donation Bins in the following places:

Wayside Chapel Kings Cross – 29 Hughes St Potts Point – Drop off in Op Shop or after-hours chute in Orwell Lane

Wayside Chapel Op Shop Bondi Beach – 40-42 Warners Ave, North Bondi or drop off in the Donation Bin at Cnr Warners Ave & Niblick Street, North Bondi

Elizabeth Bay Donation Bin – 19-23 Bradley Ln, Potts Point

Email: [email protected] 

Phone: (02) 9581 9127