06/09/2026
This Thursday, I would give anything to be sleeping in my car with the rest of our wonderful REIQ Gold Coast team. Instead, I’ll be doing the Live Like Her Challenge from my hospital bed!
I haven’t shared this on our Welcome Change Realty page until now, but on June 21st I sustained quite serious injuries after falling down the stairs and have spent the past few months in hospital and rehabilitation.
Throughout this experience, I keep thinking: what if I had suffered these terrible injuries and had no home to go home to?
It is hard enough going through something like this when you know you have a safe and comfortable home waiting for you. But medical staff here have told me that they have had to discharge patients knowing they were going back to live in their cars. It breaks their hearts and it breaks mine.
Can you imagine leaving hospital after an illness, injury or major surgery and going straight back to a car because you had nowhere else to go?
Women over 55 are now the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness in Australia. So many have worked, raised families and cared for others throughout their lives, yet now find themselves sleeping in cars or without somewhere safe to call home.
Our REIQ Gold Coast team will be sleeping in their cars this Thursday, 19th September to raise funds for The Forgotten Women, but we still haven’t reached our team goal of $10,000.
I am so passionate about this cause and although I cannot be there in person, I would absolutely love your support.
Please donate if you can and share this post or the donation link to help us spread the word. Every donation, no matter how small, will help make a difference.
Together, let’s be the Welcome Change we want to see in the world. ❤️
This year, my Live Like Her Challenge is going to be very different from the one I had planned. I signed up fully expecting that on September 10th I would once again sleep in my car to help raise awareness and funds for The Forgotten Women, a cause I feel incredibly passionate about.Instead, I will...