Family Fun Day 2021

On August 1st, 2021, the Parramatta Cumberland Family and Domestic Violence Prevention Committee (The Committee) launched a virtual fundraising campaign, the Family Fun Day Virtual Walk-a-thon, to help raise crucial funds for Parramatta Women’s Shelter.

Parramatta Women’s Shelter is a local women’s and children’s refuge that provide crisis accommodation and outreach support to women and children escaping domestic and family violence and homelessness, and they specialise in housing larger families. It is the goal of Parramatta Women’s Shelter to support these women get back on their feet and find long term stability within the community.

The aim of this fundraiser was to raise $30,000 for Parramatta Women’s Shelter, to help support the operations of their organisation so that vulnerable women and children in their care would continue to be supported during the Covid-19 lockdown period.

We asked participants that registered to walk 5km anywhere and at any time between August 1st – November 1st 2021, asking family and friends to donate in support of Parramatta Women’s Shelter. Local council members were asked to participate, as well as other local organisations. By the end of the fundraiser, we surpassed our initial goal of $30,000, raising a total of $38,452.00.

To celebrate our fundraising efforts, The Committee held a Family Fun Day Breakfast, where CWHC representatives Salwa and Ainsley attended. CWHC was accompanied by representatives from Parramatta Women’s Shelter, City of Parramatta, Cumberland City Council , Parramatta Local Area Command, Cumberland Local Area Command as well as PAYCE and Brooks Community Consulting.

A very big thankyou to Councillor Donna Davis, Clr Sameer Pandey, Ola Hamed- Labor for Granville 2021 and Clr George Campbell who also attended.