Subject: INFORM Friday 15 July 2011.
Homeless Persons Week 2011 1-7 August:
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AWARDS Nominations for the 2011 Human
Rights Award categories are open now. BOOK Down and Out: Poverty and Exclusion in Australia Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with
welfare practitioners this landmark study provides the first comprehensive
assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of
social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. To purchase click here. Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America The shocking story of a suburban mother's plunge into homelessness. To purchase click here. USA Homelessness Advocacy Manual CAMPAIGN You Me Unity You Me Unity is the national conversation about
updating our constitution to reflect a modern Australia by recognising our
first peoples & culture for the benefit of all Australians. Website. Problem Gambling
(AUS) MindOUT - the first national LGBTI mental health
and suicide prevention project in Australia! Website for promotional tools. 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 Heart & Soul Australia &
New Zealand: Apply Now The CTK Foundation is
partnering with Connecting Up Australia to offer major grants of funds and
technology to not for profits and voluntary organisations in Australia and
New Zealand. Grant website. HOTLINES Aged Care Australia Older Australians, their families, and carers will
find it easier to access valuable information about aged care with the
introduction of a single, national information line on 1800 200 422 from 1
July. Website. What is 1800RESPECT Online? 1800RESPECT Online is a
service that allows access to chat with a qualified and experienced
counsellor about your concerns. It is not a crisis
service. If there is an urgent need to contact assistance please call the
1800RESPECT telephone counselling on 1800 737 732. Website. LISTEN Pru Goward: NSW Minister for
Community Services The Minister for Community
Services, Pru Goward, is embarking on a wholesale change in the way that
child welfare is 'done' in NSW - and other states are watching with interest.
Life Matters, 13 July. Alcohol labels The alcohol
industry-funded group Drinkwise will unveil new consumer information labels
which encourage drinkers to 'Get the Facts'. Life Matters, 12 July. What teenage girls don't tell their
parents The teenage years are
usually a tug-of-war between adolescent girls and their worried parents.
Former teacher Michelle Mitchell gives you the heads-up on parenting teenage
girls. Life Matters, 11 July. Raising them Strong: Aboriginal
care Around 3,500 Aboriginal
people in NSW are foster carers to Indigenous children who have suffered
abuse or neglect and can no longer live with their immediate families. Life Matters , 4 July. POSITIONS VACANT ACOSS Personal Assistant to Chief Executive Officer Housing & Homelessness
Services jobs in Australia Part-time GPs required (ongoing) Mobile GP is a non-government agency providing health services to the
homeless and marginalised. Work in a fully accredited mobile practice, be
supported by a nurse in a 1:1 ratio and also have the back-up of a mental
health nurse. If you are interested in the homeless, chronic disease,
Aboriginal medicine, mental health, youth health and patients with addiction,
Mobile GP would love to have you on their team. For further information,
please call Stephanie Dunstan on 0457 925 357 or email steph.dunstan@mobilegp.org.au SOCIAL MEDIA BLOGS The Arts Can Give People with
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Homelessness National Alliance to End
Homelessness FACEBOOK Facebook advice part 5 from
Hootville INTERNET Where Do I Start? Female Seniors and the Internet Research by Council of the Ageing (WA) has found that very few senior
women are going online due to a lack of skills, anxiety about technology,
cybercrime fears and problems with service providers. ACCAN for reports. LINKED IN TWITTER Is your media release Twitter
ready? Twitter in Plain English From http://commoncraft.com a quick and plain English intro the
micro-blogging service Twitter on You Tube. SURVEY Have your say: NSW Mental Health Commission In the past few months, both the NSW and Federal Government have
announced their intention to establish Mental Health Commissions. In NSW,
Government has convened a Mental Health Taskforce to plan and establish a
Mental Health Commission. More information. Evaluation of Social Justice Reports and Native Title Reports Welcome to
the on-line survey for the evaluation of the Social Justice and Native Title
Reports (the Reports) produced annually by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights
Commission (the Commission). The
Commission is committed to ensuring that the work we do has the optimum
impact and meets the needs of our key stakeholders. In this survey we are
particularly interested in following up on two recent Report themes, which
are constitutional reform and reform of native title processes. Survey website. Women and Housing Affordability Survey
Swinburne University of Technology VIDEO/FILM EMRIP 2011 - Mick Gooda Mick Gooda, the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner delivers a statement
to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the
Implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Video. Home Is Where My Heart Is 2011 How to Manage Feelings of Burnout Many nonprofit employees do a poor job of managing stress related to
work, says Nathan Hand, vice president for development at the School on
Wheels in Indianapolis and a nonprofit blogger. Read and watch. As Life Goes On A DVD about Ageism and Elder Abuse YFoundations Michael Coffey is currently overseas, meeting with a range of youth
homelessness services in the USA and presenting at the National Alliance to
End Homelessness conference on the great work done by Australian youth
homelessness services. Carey Fuller Homeless Mother in
Seattle Homeless in Campbell, Through
Gary's Eyes (USA) A look at the Victorian Vinnies
CEO Sleepout at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on 16 June 2011. WEBSITES Aging Care (USA) |
NATIONAL Wage justice for the people holding up our community The federal Labor government announced on
Wednesday of last week that it would “meet its responsibilities” to fund
equal pay for community workers. The Punch. Mental health scheme is 'welfare for wealthy' The mental health activist, Neil Cole, says he
knows a couple with a $14 million mansion and two Mercedes cars who still
claim from Medicare for counselling from a psychologist they don't really
need. SMH, 15 July. Youth rehab finds winning formula A report shows evidence Mission Australia's Triple
Care Farm program is achieving long-term results for young people who are
addicted to drugs and have mental health problems. ABC News, 13 July. Another employment trap: more disincentives for public
housing tenants to work Public housing plays an important role in
providing low income and disadvantaged people with a stable and secure
environment and reducing the financial stress of paying high rents and
mortgages. Online Opinion, 12 July. Tax changes to lure uni students, mums to work Working mothers and university students would be
better off and the unemployed would be encouraged into jobs under tax changes
included in the government's carbon package. The Australian, 12 July. Another brick in the costs wall: companies warn home owners
will pay more Construction materials companies warn that the
federal government's carbon tax is likely to increase imports and could make
houses less affordable as higher costs are passed on to home buyers. The Australian, 12 July. Popping a housing bubble fantasy In one corner we have journalists at The Economist
newspaper, who in a recent survey made the extraordinary claim that
Australian house prices are overvalued by 55 per cent using their preferred
benchmark. In the other corner we have a crowd of the most respected economic
minds in Australia, including the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth
Treasury, almost all market economists, and leading house price index
providers, such as RP Data and Rismark. Online Opinion, 7 July. Houses without walls Housing researchers Dr Guy Johnson and Professor
Chris Chamberlain have recently argued for a 'housing first' approach, that
offers people permanent housing to homeless people without first putting
conditions on their behaviour. Eureka Street, 6 July. Builders worried as stimulus fades Builders are worried there will not be enough
private sector work available when the federal government stimulus programs
end. SMH, 4 July. Stress is making Australians sick, according to Lifeline
poll Half of Australia is so stressed out that it is
making us sick, according to an annual poll taken for the past four years. Perth Now, 5 July. Mental health is more complex than a little teenage angst Teenage angst. A multitude of songs and books
attest to such a 'condition', but these regular portrayals obscure a crucial
truth: issues surrounding family and peer relationships, mental wellbeing and
social identity are complex, unique to the individual and have great power to
shape forever the life of those young people experiencing them. The Drum Opinion, 4 July. Senator the Hon Mark Arbib The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP The Hon Kate Ellis MP ACT Documents flag returning Jervis Bay to NSW law A historic shake-up has been canvassed to improve services in Jervis
Bay, amid concerns about a ''poor standard of housing'' and challenges to
deliver an adequate water supply. The Canberra Times, 4 July. NSW Coming up, the 'big bang' for state planning laws The state's planning laws will be overhauled following a major review
of the system to be overseen by the Land and Environment Court commissioner,
Tim Moore, and the former state Labor minister, Ron Dyer. SMH, 13 July. Sydney's growth areas to get 13,000 homes NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has announced 13,000 new homes will be
built in Sydney's major growth centres, saying home ownership should be
within the reach of young families. The Australian, 12 July. Homelessness new joint project Whilst most people think of people sleeping rough when they think of
homelessness, there is a much less visible sector of the community at risk of
homelessness due to a lack of affordable housing in the Northern Rivers. The Northern Rivers Echo, 7 July. Hunter housing approvals soar The Housing Industry Association says the Hunter region is bucking the
national trend when it comes to building approvals. ABC Newcastle, 5 July. First birthday milestone for housing provider Argyle Housing celebrated the first birthday of their involvement in
Young on Wednesday at the Young Services Club. The Young Witness, 4 July. What a waste of our space as 50,000 NSW Housing dwellings are
under-occupied Nearly 50,000 NSW Housing dwellings are under-occupied, with almost
11,000 people living on their own in houses with more than three bedrooms. The Telegraph, 4 July. NT Indigenous children feel they lack human rights: report A report on Indigenous children has found young people in Alice Springs
feel they lack basic human rights. The Listen To Children Report, co-chaired
by UNICEF, spoke to children around the nation, including in Alice Springs
town camps and the juvenile centre. ABC News, 6 July. Latest chapter ignores the fatal flaw in Territory intervention Even strong supporters of the Northern Territory intervention have
recognised that it came about in the wrong way. Aboriginal people
understandably want a say about the use of alcohol in their community, how
they spend their money, ownership of their land and the health of their
children. SMH, 5 July. Qld More pain for Coast home-builders THE already under-pressure Gold Coast housing industry will come under
even more strain with the carbon tax set to increase the cost of building a
home by $1500. Gold Coast News, 11 July. Palm Is housing plans revealed A north Queensland Indigenous council will today unveil plans for new
public housing as part of the State Government's land lease agreement. ABC News, 7 July. Podiatrists help give boot to homelessness Organisers of a drive to provide footwear for Mackay's homeless say
they hope it will become a nationwide event. ABC Tropical North, 5 July. Housing complex honours work of Sister Desley New $5.9 million housing units at Inala have been named in honour of
retired Sister of Mercy Desley Robinson. Courier Mail, 5 July. SA Prices soar in city north A suburb once dominated by the Housing Trust has recorded the biggest
price rise in the past decade. Adelaide Now, 15 July. Government charges employed teens to stay at home Children as young as 16 will have to pay 15 per cent of their incomes
to the State Government under changes to rent charges for people in public
housing. Adelaide Now, 7 July. Rent changes 'will hurt families' A plan by the South Australian Government to make young employed people
in public housing pay rent will split families apart, Family First MP Robert
Brokenshire says. ABC News 7 July. Tas Housing Reform on the Agenda The Minister for Human
Services, Cassy O’Connor told Tasmania’s key community housing providers and
the not-for-profit sector at the Shelter Tasmania’s Bringing Housing Together
forum, that a major component of the reform process would involve transfer of
up to 4000 public housing properties to the community housing sector. Cassy O'Connor, MP, 12 July. Fears over public housing transfer
costs Welfare organisations are
worried about plans to transfer state-owned housing to community groups. ABC News, 13 July. Vic Legal aid warning on sentences for young Victoria Legal Aid has called on the state government to scrap its
plans for statutory minimum sentences for some young offenders. The Age, 13 July. Social housing hike Geelong will receive 84 new social and public housing properties to go
towards helping the community's vulnerable find homes. Geelong Advertiser, 13 July. Yarra Ranges gets 3 public houses amid 400 Yarra Rnages will get three new public housing properties next year
among almost 400 announced by the State Government for Melbourne’s outer
east. Lilydale & Yarra Valley
Leader, 12 July. Home prices segregate Melbourne Melbourne is becoming increasingly segregated along class lines. Rises
in house prices in the inner and middle suburbs have far outpaced those
further out, leaving poorer families with fewer choices about where they
live. The Age, 12 July. REFLECT 120 Campaign: One Hal of an inspiration HAL Morgan uses tough love to help her residents. Ms Morgan has worked
in supported accommodation for 42 years and runs the Dunelm Supported
Residential Service in Croydon North. Maroondah Leader, 12 July. Melbourne club partners with homeless agency to provide shelter for
city’s poor More than 65 people in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, have a roof over
their heads after moving into the newly built Elizabeth Street Common Ground,
a facility that provides affordable apartments, mental health services,
employment assistance, and medical referrals to the homeless. The Rotary Foundation, 11 July. Ageing population faces escalating housing crisis Baby boomers are facing homelessness as part of an emerging housing
crisis for older Australians, a new report has found. The report, Ageing In
What Place, by welfare agency Hanover, found increasing numbers of older
Melburnians are at risk of ending up on public housing waiting lists or
sleeping rough. Hanover research and service development general manager
Shelley Mallett, who co-wrote the report, said many older people were facing
homelessness for the first time. Melbourne Times Weekly, 6 July. No refugee aid money for Bendigo Bendigo appears to have missed out in the latest round of state
government money to help integrate refugees into the community. Bendigo Advertiser, 5 July. Grampians region to receive public housing Minister for Housing Wendy Lovell said approximately 50 new public and
social housing properties would be provided across the Grampians region, in
areas including Ballarat, Horsham and Ararat by June 2012. The Stawell Times News, 5 July. Housing market subdued but stable Melbourne’s housing market has been subdued this year with relatively
low levels of buyer activity reflecting an apparent disconnection between
buyer and seller price expectations. SMH, 4 July. WA Vulnerable lose most Around the
time my youngest child was a newborn, we lived on a semi-rural property in
the Swan Valley. Across the
road, in an old Homeswest place, lived our closest neighbours: a Nyoongar
family who had been in their asbestos home for more than a decade. The West Australian, 10 July. Housing shortage 'risks
stalling boom' New housing
starts in the west are at such dire levels there will be nowhere for a
planned influx of thousands of workers for the resources sector to live,
potentially stalling projects and the state's mining boom. The Australian, 5 July. Fraudster Bon Levi in new
charity con West
Australians have been warned that notorious fraudster Bon Levi is up to his
old tricks. The Perth con man, who was behind Bikini Girls Massage, is
claiming he has founded a charity to help the homeless. Perth Now, 4 July. INTERNATIONAL EUROPE New Framework set to boost Roma inclusion The Roma is Europe’s largest minority group, with a presence in almost
all EU Member States. But wherever they live, the Roma tend to suffer social
exclusion and deprivation. A new initiative from the European Commission aims
to change this situation by encouraging Member States to do more for their
Roma populations. European Commission, 23 June. Meeting the challenge of an ageing Europe Europe’s population is ageing because people are living longer and not
producing enough children, according to a recently published report. This
issue represents a major challenge for the EU across many areas of life
including employment, the sustainability of welfare systems and pensions
provision. European Commission, 6 July. NZ Riches don't stop Ellis sleeping rough On Tuesday, Marc Ellis became a multimillionaire but last night he was
sleeping rough. NZ Herald, 8 July. Instability and insecurity shaky foundation for families Critical concerns around the shortage of appropriate and affordable
housing continue to fall on deaf ears, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson
Moana Mackey. Scoop, 5 July. No longer a place for life for everyone The available housing stock-waiting list gap continues to grow, and it
has long been acknowledged that changes were necessary, regardless of
political leanings. Nelson Mail, 4 July. Damien Grant: Simply put, build more Housing New Zealand owns $15 billion worth of property, it houses
200,000 people in 69,000 houses, and there are still 10,000 people on the
waiting list. NZ Herald, 3 July. UK Celeb chef Aldo Zilli's tough love for ex-rough sleeper Bobby Blunden Underneath the longest pleasure pier in the world, Bobby Blunden almost
took his own life. It was Christmas Eve. He had been discharged from the army
and had made his way back to his former foster carer’s home in
Southend-on-Sea. He was 19 . Scotland Big Issue, 11 July. Report reveals ASB barrier to more people accessing social housing The fear of anti-social behaviour on housing estates is the main
barrier to people wanting to live in social homes, according to a new report.
Inside Housing, 6 July. Criminalising squatting will hit homeless, charities warn Leading charities are warning that proposals to make squatting a
criminal offence risk dragging some of the country's most vulnerable people
through the justice system. UK Guardian, 24 June. USA Childhood Not So Carefree After All A study published
recently in The Lancet,
suggests young people are not dealing just with angst, and that the
implication of disability at a young age from mental disorders is staggering.
The Huffington Post, 8 July. Homelessness in The Huffington
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PUBLICATIONS &
RESEARCH AHURI AIC Children’s exposure to domestic violence in
Australia Children's 'witnessing' or exposure to domestic
violence has been increasingly recognised as a form of child abuse, both in
Australia and internationally. Click here for Paper. AIFS, UC & UTS Who gets the gift of time in
Australia? Exploring delayed primary school entry. Australian and Domestic and Family Violence
Clearinghouse What’s new? Set your calendar in
your email program to visit this page once a month Australian Review of Public Affairs Making prevention work in human
services for children and youth Australia’s Human Rights action Plan – Baseline Study The Baseline Study is a survey of the experience
and protection of human rights in Australia, identifying gaps which may
require further action. The Baseline Study is the first step in developing
an Action Plan. It is not intended to cover every issue, but rather to
provide a meaningful snapshot to guide the development of an Action Plan. We are now seeking public comment on the draft
Baseline Study. We would welcome feedback by 31 August 2011. We encourage you
to provide your feedback using this form. National Human Rights Action Plan. Edmund Rice 10 Essential Facts About Asylum
Seekers House of Representatives Inquiry into Early Intervention Programs Aimed
at Preventing Youth Suicide On Monday 4 July 2011, the Standing Committee on
Health and Ageing tabled its report on the inquiry into Early Intervention
Programs Aimed at Preventing Youth Suicide entitled Before it's too late:
Report on early intervention programs aimed at preventing youth suicide. Report. National Shelter Parity Call for Contributions for October, Homelessness Research:
Improving Services, Improving Outcomes and Working to End Homelessness”. Parity, the national publication of the
Council to Homeless Persons, www.chp.org.au/parity Primary Health Care Primary health care for people
with intellectual disabilities - PHC RIS Research Roundup Productivity Commission Early Childhood Development Workforce, Draft
research report, his draft report was released on 30 June 2011. You are invited
to examine this draft and provide written comments to the Productivity
Commission. Written comments should reach the Commission by 31 August 2011. Commission. Spring magazine from FEANTSA Shelter NSW The Lancet Global burden of disease in young
people aged 10—24 years: a systematic analysis The Social Protection Committee (SPC) The Treasury Final Report on the Scoping Study
for a National Not For Profit (NFP) Regulator UNICEF Women With Disabilities Australia TRAINING, SEMINARS,
FORUMS VCOSS Clearinghouse Rural &
Regional Training - Coming to a town near you in 2011! EVENTS JULY Australasian Housing Institute:
Reform of the ACT Public Service and what it means for housing During the
lunch Andrew Cappie Wood, Chief Executive, ACT Chief Minister's Department
will discuss the recently introduced reform of the ACT public service and
explore how the reform will assist Government to improve housing
affordability, reduce homelessness and better deliver community and public
housing in the ACT. Thursday 21 July. AHI website. AUGUST 1 -
7 AUGUST, EVENTS MY Address: Diversity in Homelessness Nationwide Calendar and posters
for download
Monday 8
August, Brisbane. Draft Program. Conference website. SEPTEMBER 64th Annual
United Nations DPI/NGO Conference: “Sustainable Societies; Responsive
Citizens” in Bonn, Germany, 3 - 5 September,
conference website. AHURI Improving housing
affordability through tax reform: Australia and the UK in comparison Thursday, 15
September, Sydney. Event website. AIATSIS National Indigenous
Studies Conference 2011 Young and
old: connecting generations. 19 - 22
September, Canberra. Conference website. OCTOBER 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. NOVEMBER Youth Health 2011: Its totally
important! Sydney, 9 - 11 November, Congress website. End Youth Homelessness 2011 YFoundations
conference, 22 - 24 November, Sydney, 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 on 24
November 2011. Conference website. WEEKS & DAYS MY Address Diversity
in homelessness 1 – 7 August 2011 Homelessness engages diverse people,
from diverse addresses for diverse reasons. HPW 2011. New HPW WA website! Some HPW events: Home is Where My Heart Is 2011 -
Photo Exhibition Home Is Where My Heart Is
returns in 2011 to explore the concept of home through the eyes (and cameras)
of young homeless people. Mentored by some of Perth’s
brightest emerging photographers, these young people will capture images of
what ‘home’ means to them. Their diverse interpretations of home show that
everybody needs a place to call their own.
The photos taken will be
displayed at the Home Is Where My Heart Is exhibition, held during National
Homeless Persons Week. YACWA Website. CHP Celebrates Consumer Participation (Vic) The Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) in conjunction
with Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) Homeless Persons Program invites
you to attend a seminar to mark Homeless Persons Week 2011, by celebrating
the role of consumer participation in homelessness services and programs. CHP event website. "An Audience with the Money Men" This event will provide an opportunity to see and
hear from the ABC Radio Money Men "LIVE" and ask questions on your
topic of choice. Hosted by the 720 ABC's Geoff Hutchison, WA. All
proceeds donated to St Bartholomew’s House. Event website. Social Inclusion Week 19 - 27 November “We would love to see every school in AUS hold an
event during SIW2011!” 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
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