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AWARDS Equator Prize 2012 The Equator Initiative is
pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2012,
which will recognize 25 outstanding local initiatives that are working to
advance sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient
communities. Nominations close 31 October 2011. Video on You Tube. Prize website. BOOK Survival Legacies: Stories from
Aboriginal settlements of southeastern Australia A fantastic book by Peter
Kabaila. Click here for more. CAMPAIGN Australians for Affordable Housing Nearly one in ten
Australia households are in housing stress. A startling 460,000 households
spend more than half of their income on housing costs. It’s time to make some
noise about housing affordability. Website. Unite to End Violence Against Women TShirt Design competition, ends 21
September, then vote on the designs till 21
October. Walk for Youth Homelessness Phil and Anne Standen will be walking from 12
September to 13 October, along the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage walk in Spain,
and will raise funds along the way for Queensland Youth Housing Coalition. Walk and QYHC website. Build Communities Not Prisons A campaign supported by people who believe that
building more prisons and sending more people to prison is not the best way
to improve community safety. Website. End Youth Homelessness Virgin Unite also has a national petition running on
their website http://endyouthhomelessness.com.au/
and we are encouraging as many people as possible to join. GRANTS Grants to End Homelessness The Mercy Foundation Grants to End Homelessness are
available for initiatives, services, projects and research that will
contribute to the goal of ending homelessness. EOIs are due in by September 30. Follow this
link to read more about our Grants to End Homelessness and
download an EOI form. LISTEN Disability and work: Richard
Pimental Closing the super gap for women Eva Cox believes that
women's interrupted working life puts them at a disadvantage and governments
need to supplement the aged pension to compensate. Life Matters, 21 September. Smile study: humour therapy for
dementia A teenage girl's guide to
anti-bullying Julia Weber is 14 and has
experienced being bullied. She decided to speak out against bullying. She
discusses the book she has written to help other teenagers 'bully-proof'
themselves. It's called ILY (I Love You):
One Teen Girl's Guide to a Bully-Proof Adolescence. Life Matters, 19 September. Feminism: is it still relevant? MEMBERSHIP HA Membership time! Renew or join us... Homelessness Australia invites you
to read our brochure and think about becoming a member. POSITIONS VACANT Executive Officer Shelter WA Search Committee is now accepting
applications for the position of EO. Applications close 10 October, Shelter WA. EO position description. Housing & Homelessness
Services jobs in Australia CREATE Foundation Part-time GPs required (ongoing) Mobile GP is a
non-government agency providing health services to the homeless and
marginalised. For further information, please call Stephanie Dunstan on 0457
925 357 or email steph.dunstan@mobilegp.org.au
SCHOLARSHIPS The Charlie Perkins Scholarships Two annual postgraduate scholarships
will allow talented Indigenous Australians to study at the University of
Oxford for up to three years. Applications for the 2012-2013 Charlie Perkins
Scholarships will open Monday 15 August 2011 and will close Friday 14 October
2011. Scholarship website. SOCIAL MEDIA 5 Tips for Sparking a Grassroots
Movement Online from Mashable BLOGS Retooling the Homeless Crisis
Response System (USA) The Brown Couch, Tenants Union
of NSW How to Make TANF Work Better for
Homeless Families (USA) It’s madness: the incarceration of
disabled homeless people in the US Met a Homeless Man As I Came Out Of The Station
(USA) VCOSS Voice How to solve a housing crisis (or at least where to start) Sex trafficking and homeless youth Abe Oudshoorn's Blog
(Can) YFoundations
(Youth homelessness AUS) The homelessness-advocate Daily
(INT) The Indigenous and Remote Daily
(Aus) The #ausyouth Daily (Aus) An International Effort to End
Homelessness National Alliance to End
Homelessness EMAIL 5 Email Invitation Tips that Get
Attendees to Your Events FACEBOOK Home For Good (USA) LINKED IN TWITTER Twitter in Plain English From http://commoncraft.com a quick and plain English intro the
micro-blogging service Twitter on You Tube. VIDEO/FILM Call for a Moratorium on Income
Management Alternatives to Intervention, on Youtube. Living Black Ep 3 Queensland
Homeless Abused woman's long journey for
justice Australian Story, iview. Read ABC News article. Rewards points for renting
criticised Rent collection operators
offering rewards points schemes have been criticised by tenants and by the
Real Estate Institute, who are unhappy with the level of risk it places
agents in. ABC News, 19 September. Transgender and Homelessness Jean VODCAST Gambling reform & problem
gambling awareness
National Indigenous Times (AUS) The National Calendar (AUS) Contact them to add your
week or day for free! Sisters Inside (AUS) Girraween High School: Hungry for Home
(AUS) Targeting the eradication
of youth homelessness. Your help
would be greatly appreciated in spreading the message and create a positive
impact on youth homelessness. THANKS to... The journalists and media who write and report on the
homelessness, housing and support sector. The National Tenant Support Network (National TSN) is an independent,
unincorporated not-for-profit initiative delivering a range of services to
social and affordable rental housing stakeholders throughout Australia and
New Zealand. Email to subscribe: TSN@thenexus.org.au
-Australian Domestic and Family Violence
Clearinghouse -Australian Institute of Families
-Twitter and facebook just
for existing! WEEKS & DAYS Dementia Awareness Week 16-26
September International Day of Older Persons, October 1 Sunday 9 - Saturday 15 October Anti-Poverty Week This week was established in Australia as an
expansion of the UN's annual International Anti-Poverty Day on October 17. The main aims of Anti-Poverty Week are to: *
strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and
hardship around the world and in Australia; *
encourage research, discussion and action to address these problems,
including action by individuals, communities, organisations and governments. Click here for website. Global Launch of the International Year of
Cooperatives (IYC) 31 October, United Nations Headquarters, New York Social Inclusion Week 19 - 27 November International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November White Ribbon,
(AUS) 25 November Youth week is 13-22 April and Youth Homelessness
Matters Day (YHMD) day is 18 April |
NATIONAL Life satisfaction dips as living
costs rise and leaders fail to impress Satisfaction with life is
wavering for the first time in 20 years, driven partly by concerns over the
cost of living, but also by a perceived lack of leadership in both the
political and business worlds. SMH, 23 September. Child care costs set to soar Childcare centre operators
warn new staffing requirements might force women out of the workforce. ABC News, 23 September. Australians heading to housing
struggle street The great Aussie dream of
secure home ownership is rapidly fading for Generation Y with just one in 40
expected to own their properties outright when they retire. News, 22 September. Energy efficiency rating pushes
more out of home ownership What is causing the
housing affordability crisis in Australia? Land restrictions and low interest
rates are typical answers. But people forget about the impact of seemingly
minor government rules like regulations that stipulate minimum dwelling sizes
and quality. Online Opinion, 22 September. Alzheimer's disease a scourge we
can't afford to forget Dementia research is
grossly underfunded and needs to be boosted. The Age, 21 September. Association between Alzheimer’s
Disease and Hearing Loss Revealed In recognition of World Alzheimer’s Day,
which is recognized around the globe each year on September 21, the Better Hearing Institute
(BHI) is raising awareness of the association between hearing health and
Alzheimer’s disease and is underscoring the importance of addressing hearing
loss for the benefit of overall cognitive function. News
Junky Journal, 21 September. Housing Affordability - a matter of
public importance Spokesperson Scott Ludlam,
Wednesday 21 September, transcript here. Get housing right! The sector is in danger of
slowly but surely crumbling if the housing needs of older people are not met
and housing policies are not better integrated into the realm of aged
care, an expert said at the Aged and
Community Services Australia (ACSA) National Conference
last week. Australian Ageing Agenda, 20
September. Govt needs to make housing more
affordable The federal government is
being asked to consider new measures to make housing more affordable to
support the "millions" of low and middle income Australians
struggling with high costs. Australians for Affordable Housing (AAH),
a group representing 60 national housing and welfare bodies (including
Homelessness Australia), said on Monday 19 September, the government had to
show leadership on the issue. SMH, 19 September.
The 'Australians for
Affordable Housing' campaign launched in Canberra, is urging changes to tax
arrangements and more investment in low cost housing. ABC AM, 19 September. Generation X heading for poverty
line RaboDirect survey reveals Generation X is in danger
of becoming generation debt, as many Australians aged 30 to 50 are our least
financially secure and are struggling under a record high level of debt. News, 19 September. AWA system saw real wage rises Statutory individual
employment agreements: it is probably the issue that induces the greatest
antipathy, verging on hysteria, on the part of trade union leaders. The Australian, 20 September. Senator the Hon Mark Arbib The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP The Hon Kate Ellis MP ACT Canberra low earners face highest
housing stress Canberra's low-income
earners are facing the highest level of housing stress in the nation,
according to a new national report. The Canberra Times, 20 September. Cost of housing high, and getting
higher A new report shows
increasing numbers of Australians are being locked out of the housing market,
with low-income Canberrans paying some of the highest rent costs in the country.
The Canberra Times, 19 September. NSW Supporting disadvantaged people to
quit smoking The Cancer Council NSW has
developed a new strategy to reduce smoking related harm among the most
disadvantaged groups in NSW. Cancer Council NSW. Spotlight on boarding houses Residents affected by
illegal boarding houses have been urged to submit their comments to a
government inquiry. Northern District Times, 20
September. Sydney housing supply in 'dire
trouble' It takes more than eight
times the average annual income to buy an average Sydney home, according to a
report by a housing action group. SMH, 19 September. NT $27 million housing boost for
Northern Territory's Numbulwar The Federal Government
today announced the signing of a 40-year lease with the community of 700
people, paving the way for refurbishments and new housing to begin in 2012. News, 21 September. Qld First homebuyers go missing from
market Almost 16,000
Queenslanders received the first home owners' grant in the past financial
year, but that was just two-thirds of the number the state government had
expected. Brisbane Times, 20 September. Tas Tassie's poor state of affairs THE welfare payments on
which one-third of Tasmanians rely must rise to stop people going hungry as
they struggle to keep a roof over their heads, a new report says. The Mercury, 23 September. Homeless dogs to home help Three formerly homeless
Tasmanian dogs have been chosen for training as hearing assistance dogs. The Mercury, 23 September. SA SA Aboriginal lands likened to
Somalia A Cape-York style of
voluntary income management is sorely needed in South Australia's Anangu,
Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Lands, which have been compared to Somalia
by the former chief of the Northern Territory intervention. The Australian, 22 September. Bikers get tough on child abuse South Australian bikers
are using the fear often associated with their image to protect and bring
comfort to abused children. Adelaide Now, 21 September. Vic Bankrupt mum backs protections for
borrowers A single mother whose
payday loans sent her bankrupt is backing the Federal Government's push to
rein in lenders who provide small loans to cash-strapped borrowers. ABC News, 21 September. WA 'Cruelty to homeless' during CHOGM
in Perth The Barnett government has
been accused of cruelty for providing only 30 extra beds for the homeless
during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth next month. The Australian, 22 September. Throat cancer sufferer homeless
while Homeswest unit 'sits empty' A 50-year-old throat
cancer sufferer has been living on his mother's patio, exposed to the cold
weather, for four months because his almost-completed Homeswest unit is
sitting idle. WA Today, 21 September.
Barnett faces scrutiny on CHOGM West Australian Premier
Colin Barnett has rejected claims his government was trying to hide the
homeless during CHOGM, saying they will be cared for long after the
dignitaries have left. The Age, 21 September. Houses costs seven times average
annual wage A new study has found the
median cost of a home in Perth is now seven times the average annual wage. ABC News, 19 September. INTERNATIONAL The 2011 Scroll of Honour Award
Winners - Australia Wintringham is awarded for
helping provide accommodation for about 1,000 elderly people in need every
night. Established in 1989, Wintringham in the city of Melbourne is an
internationally recognised non-profit welfare organization which has helped
influence government policy to include housing for homeless elderly people.
This is the first time UN-HABITAT recognises an initiative devoted to the
elderly, and the first time an Australian project has been awarded. UN Habitat website. NZ Fears of surge in dementia More than 26,000 New
Zealanders may be unaware they are in the grip of dementia. Stuff, 21 September. UK Are housing providers being forced
into social policing? A month after the riots
the government has forced the hand of social landlords, changing their role
from protector to prosecutor. The Guardian UK, 20 September. Britain should bang up the
trouble-makers, but let's turn them round, too It is a stunning fact that
fully three quarters of those arrested for the August riots turn out to have
had a previous criminal record – and 83 per cent of them were "known to
the police". The Telegraph UK, 19 September. Homeless Link UK The Greater London
Authority (GLA) is commissioning tenders for the provision of pan-London
rough sleeper services. Homeless Link, 19 September. USA Proposed statewide agency would aid
homeless children Mississippi has one of the
highest rates of childhood homelessness in the country - a fact that has
advocates calling for a more comprehensive approach to the problem. Clarion Ledger, 19 September. America's homeless crisis washes up
in Obama's birthplace Some live in tents, others
in cars – but Hawaii would rather their extreme poor lived on the mainland.
Guy Adams reports from Honolulu on a crackdown the US doesn't want the world
to see. The Independent, 19 September. Homelessness in The Huffington Post 2012 EVENTS 6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference
2012 Housing in an Era of Risk and Crisis, February 8-10
2012, Adelaide, conference website. Pathways to Housing & DESC Present the
First: Housing First Partners' Conference 2012 New Orleans, 21 - 23 March. Conference website. 3rd National Affordable Housing
Exchange Australia Technology Park, Sydney, 26 - 27 July. Conference website. Homeless Persons Week 2012 Monday 6 August – Sunday 12 August 7th National Homelessness
Conference Making It Home: The Real Issues in
Homelessness Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre 5 - 7 September 2012. A website is currently being developed and details
when available. The National Housing Conference Brisbane, 30 October – 2
November 2012, conference website. |
PUBLICATIONS &
RESEARCH ABS Download the latest issue
in full of Australian
Social Trends September 2011, or see the individual articles here. ADFVC AHRC Over 50? Send us your stories.
AHURI Issue 144: How great is the
shortage of affordable housing in Australia’s private rental market? Issue 143: How does living in
public housing affect women’s employment? AIFS Protecting Australia's children
research audit (1995–2010): Final report. AIHW Pathways in aged care: do people
follow recommendations? Australian Drug Foundation Older People, alcohol and other
drugs. Calgary Homeless Foundation Plan to End Youth Homelessness. CYM and Victoria University FaHCSIA Supported Accommodation Innovation Fund (SAIF) Supported accommodation for people with disability How much? -$60 million has been committed over three years to
build up to 150 new supported accommodation places for people with
disability. Apply when? -from 5/09/2011
to 20/01/2012 Who to contact? - Email saif@fahcsia.gov.au
or visit the SAIF website - http://www.saif.govspace.gov.au Filling the Gap ‘Filling the gap service model: integrated post
crisis response for women and children who have experienced family violence’,
Good Shepherd Youth & Family Service and McAuley Community Services for
Women, Melbourne. Service Model. Government of SA Housing Strategy for South
Australia Green Paper. Housing Stressed How is housing affordability
affecting your state? RMIT Design Challenge 2011 on Homelessness Each year the Design Research Institute's Design
Challenge focuses on a different real and pressing issue, those which are too
complex to be solved by one discipline or by one set of expertise. In 2011
the focus will be Homelessness. Entries close 7 October. Challenge website.
Sacred Heart Mission Long-term Homelessness: Understanding the
challenge The first of four reports evaluating the Journey to
Social Inclusion (J2SI) program. Report. Time Magazine Health (USA) University of Pennsylvania A Prevention-Centered Approach to Homelessness
Assistance: A Paradigm Shift? Urban Institute Vulnerability, Risk, and the Transition to Adulthood. Vic Health Precarious housing and health in
three parts. WIPAN No exit into homelessness Still a Dream? The Housing
Needs of women leaving prison. Discussion Paper.
How to make your voice heard? The questions at the front of this paper are a guide
only. You can answer the questions that interest you. We are also interested
in your personal stories about how you found housing or stayed homeless.
Deadline for submissions or comments: 25 November 2011. Email: info@wipan.net.au
Website: http://www.wipan.net.au Postal Address: PO Box 345 Broadway, NSW, 2007 SUBMISSIONS Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2011 (WA) On 7 September 2011 the Legislative Council referred
the Residential Tenancies Amendment
Bill 2011 to the Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review
Committee for consideration and report by 1 November 2011. Submissions close
10 October. Website. TRAINING, SEMINARS,
FORUMS, WORKSHOPS AIATSIS Seminar Series Series 2, 2011: Housing and homelessness This series will look at the broad scope of issues
surrounding housing and homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples. Overcrowding, poor quality housing, low levels of home
ownership, discrimination in the public housing system, homelessness,
relationships to health, employment and education, are some of the issues
facing Indigenous people in remote, regional and urban areas. Seminars. Australasian Housing Institute AIFS seminar series presentation Early Parenting Support for
Vulnerable Families: Why, what and how? 10:00 am – 11:15 am, Tuesday 18 October 2011, AIFS
Seminar Room, Melbourne Professor Jan M. Nicholson, Director of Research at
the Parenting Research Centre. Please RSVP if you
would like to attend this seminar. A Relationship Based Strengths Approach to
Working with Youth Newcastle Youth Accommodation Service Ltd is
promoting a 'Relationship Based Strengths Approach to Working with Youth'
workshop run by Canadian Stephen de Groot. The workshops are being run in: Gosford - 27 & 28
September, Newcastle – 29 & 30 September, Sydney – 6 & 7 October. Workshop website. PIAC: Protecting Human Rights This one-day workshop provides an
overview of human rights, and will equip you with knowledge and skills
necessary to recognise and respond when rights are being violated. Sydney, 24 October, event website. Commonwealth Youth Forum The Australian Government is proud to be
hosting the Commonwealth Youth Forum in Fremantle, Western Australia from
Sunday 23 October to Thursday 27 October 2011. Forum website. A leading provider of Organisational and
People Development Services and outsourced training solutions in Australasia. Volunteering Victoria Presents a series of workshops covering
key aspects of managing successful volunteer programs. Training workshops. EVENTS Discover
the true meaning of home HomeGround Services, has launched an art competition
and exhibition to coincide with National Anti-Poverty Week 2011. Entries
close 30 September. Competition website. AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference
2011 OCTOBER Site UnSeen Site UnSeen will be the voicing of the unvoiced, the
sight of the unseen, an event-packed exploration of everyday social exclusion
with a special focus on homelessness. 6 - 22 October, Theatre Works St Kilda. Rooftop Charity Golf Day Held on October 14, at the Gungahlin Lakes Golf
Club, ACT, see flyer attached. Rooftop website. Heart of Melbourne Ball by Lord Mayor's
Charitable Foundation This spectacular event raises money for people
experiencing homelessness throughout Victoria. Melbourne, 15 October. Event website. First Annual Convention of the European Platform
against Poverty and Social Exclusion The Convention, to be organised on 17-18 October in
Cracow, will review the progress made towards the headline target of reducing poverty and social exclusion by at
least 20 million by 2020 and the implementation of the European Platform against Poverty.
It will also debate suggestions for future actions. Convention website. The National Drug Trends Conference National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney,
8.45am - 5.00pm Monday 17 October. Conference website. Making a Difference Conference 2011: Breaking through the Barriers Industry
experts from Australia and abroad will share information and ideas on meeting
changing client needs and workforce development; supported by speakers who
have themselves broken through the barriers either in their professional or personal life and at
times in both. Brisbane, 19 – 20
October. Conference website. European Conference, Luxembourg
City This year's annual conference
focuses on Quality in social services from the perspective of services
working with homeless people 21 October 2011. PR Directions 2011 An initiative of the Public Relations Institute of
Australia (PRIA), PR Directions is the largest and most comprehensive event
for public relations and corporate communication professionals in the
region. Sydney, 23 - 25 October. Conference website. 9th Asia / Oceania Congress of Geriatrics and
Gerontology “Ageing well together: Regional perspectives”, Melbourne, 23 - 27 October. Conference
website. AHURI: Beyond the Current NAHA What is next for Australian Housing Policy This conference is timed to make a contribution to
the review and reform process associated with developing a new NAHA and it
will bring together 300 senior stakeholders, Melbourne, 27 - 28 October, event website. NOVEMBER Youth Health 2011: Its totally important! Sydney , 9 - 11 November. Congress website. Ride for Home Melbourne’s most unique and exciting cycling event,
and help support Hanover to Break the Cycle of Homelessness. Melbourne, 13 November. Event website. Growing Up in Australia and Footprints in Time The LSAC and LSIC Research Conference: Findings from
The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and The Longitudinal
Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC).
Melbourne, 15 - 16 November. Conference website. LSAC and LSIC Research Conference Growing Up in Australia and Footprints in time: The
combined Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and Longitudinal
Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Research Conference will be held at
Rydges on Swanston, Melbourne, 15 - 16 November. Conference website. International Housing Summit, Holland The Summit is the only global forum for the
affordable housing sector. Rotterdam, 1 - 2 November. Summit website. YFoundations: End Youth Homelessness 2011 YFoundations conference vision for the conference is
"think global, act local". It will provide a key opportunity for
Specialist Youth Homelessness Services, Mainstream Services, Government
Officials, Advocates and Young People to develop networks and contacts
throughout and beyond the sector.
Sydney, 22 - 24 November. Conference website. Welfare in a growing economy The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is
proud to launch their flagship report Australia's welfare 2011 at a national
conference in Canberra, 24 November. Conference website. DECEMBER Safe at Home, Safe at Work: Conference and
Workshop Domestic Violence Workplace Rights and Entitlements
Project, Melbourne, 5 - 6 December, event website. Housing Affordability Congress The Housing Affordability Congress provides a
holistic analysis of issues encompassing housing affordability in the housing
industry today. Melbourne, 14 - 15 December. Conference. |
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