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AWARDS Honour Awards The
Honour Awards is an annual event which acknowledges outstanding service to or
achievement within NSW’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT)
community. It’s also a fundraising event for ACON, NSW’s and Australia’s
largest community-based GLBT health
and HIV/AIDS organisation.
Nominations close 31 August. Nomination website. 2011 Human Rights
Award From the
Australian Human Rights Commission categories are open now, nominations close 9 September. Nomination website. BOOK Half a Citizen: Life on welfare in Australia Explores behind the
unemployment statistics to shed new light on what it is like to live on a low
income and experience the brunt of welfare reform, exploding the persistent
myth that welfare recipients don't contribute to society. 'This important and
illuminating book provides a powerful and harrowing depiction of the
inadequacies of the Australian welfare system. Book website. CAMPAIGN Cycle 4 Life In September
Philippa Seldon will cycle close to 1600km from Canberra to Brisbane
generating awareness of suicide prevention whilst raising vital funds for
Lifeline. Campaign 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. Campout Not for
profit camp for LGBTIQ teens needs your support to make 2011 camp fabulous!! Website. Depression
Awareness and Suicide Prevention Starting
September 2012 This is a
campaign walk around Australia to raise awareness of depression and help
prevent suicide. Campaign website. Every Australian Counts Every
Australian Counts is the campaign for the introduction of a National
Disability Insurance Scheme. The National Disability Insurance Scheme will
revolutionise the way people with a disability, their families and carers are
supported in this country. Campaign 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. Mission Australia’s Winter Sleepout GRANTS Thank a Volunteer Grants (WA) Funding of up to $1000 is
available for community organisations to host Thank a Volunteer Day events. Grant website. Heart & Soul Australia &
New Zealand: Apply Now The Community Tech
Knowledge 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. Closes 15 August. Grant website. Advanced Grant Writing Seminar Orange: September 23 and
coming up in Newcastle, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Armidale and
Melbourne, Seminar 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. LISTEN Solo living: Professor David de
Vaus One in four
Australian households are single occupancy homes, and it's predicted that in
the coming decades millions more of us will choose to live alone. Life Matters, 24 August. Housing affordability Young
Australians wanting to break into the housing market will find it 'severely
unaffordable' for at least a decade, a new study has found. Life Matters, 23 August. Damning report into boarding
houses Boarding
houses are in the spotlight this week after a damning report by the NSW
Ombudsman. Life Matters, 18 August. MEMBERSHIP HA Membership time! Renew or
join us... Homelessness Australia invites you
to read our brochure and think about becoming a member. POSITIONS VACANT Seeking ARACY State Convenors in NSW, Vic and WA Applications close 30 August. ARACY website. 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. 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 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 What Job Does Social Media Do For
You? (Harvard) BLOGS 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 Five Recent Upgrades to Facebook
Pages Your Nonprofit May Not Know About How to recognize a victim of
trafficking Home For Good (USA) LINKED IN TWITTER To help keep
you up to date with the latest announcements from DEEWR's portfolio
Ministers, you can now get media releases, speeches and transcripts by
following these twitter accounts:
Twitter in Plain English From http://commoncraft.com a quick and plain English intro the
micro-blogging service Twitter on You Tube. WEBINAR Cloud Accounting for NonProfits
- A free online webinar Monday,
August 15, 2011 from 2:30 PM - 3:30pm. Website. The ARACY Early Years Learning
and Development Network Join them for
a FREE webinar on 11 August, register here. Social Media Webinars August 25: How Nonprofits Can Successfully
Use Twitter and LinkedIn (2 Hours) Click here for more information. SURVEY The Commission on the Status
for Women The National
Rural Women’s Coalition and the other five national Women’s Alliances are
working together over the next 4 months to identify the key issues for rural
women as they relate to CSW, and then will submit these issues to government.
While there is no guarantee, it is hoped that the government will include
these issues to CSW. We invite women from rural, regional and remote
Australia to identify the key issues for them as they relate to the 2012
theme in the following survey. Survey website. Queensland Shelter A survey
about the ongoing impacts of the natural disasters that affected Queensland
at the start of this year. Click here for survey. Welcome to the Deloitte Private
& The National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organisations (NRNO) Survey This survey
is being done to gauge your views regarding how you are responding to the
current and unexpected demand for services, particularly in light of the
unfortunate spate of recent natural disasters, and your views as to the
resultant impacts on future fundraising activities. Survey website. VIDEO/FILM Shelter shortage pushes homeless
teens out (AUS) Alice (AUS) Youth Homelessness
(YConnect) Youth Homelessness
(AUS) Contains content from Channel 9 Australia. Young Family Homelessness – the
impacts (AUS) Dementia Video of Childhood Memory
of Being Forgotten
Lighthouse Foundation (AUS) Preventing Adolescent Alcohol Misuse. Shannen Koostachin of Attawapiskat
First Nation had a dream (CAN) 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. Aging Care (USA) 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 From Sunday 9 - Saturday 15 October 2011 International World Suicide
Prevention Day September 10th 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 week website. Social Inclusion Week 19 - 27 November |
NATIONAL Apologies
to MA Housing for sending out an invite and attachment which was not open to
the public with INFORM 12 August. Indigenous population still falling through
gap Incidences
of indigenous imprisonment, child abuse and chronic disease continue to rise
two years after then prime minister Kevin Rudd announced an ambitious program
to ''close the gap'' and four years after John Howard announced his
Aboriginal intervention. SMH, 25 August. PC Report. Pension up but jobless struggle The
buying power of Australia's unemployment benefit is shrinking. Figures
compiled by The Age show that in the past 10 years the purchasing power of
the fortnightly Newstart allowance has slipped by $22 at a time when the
buying power of the fortnightly age and disability pension has soared $175. The Age, 22 August. Breaking the stalemate on refugees and
asylum seekers We
Australians are still all at sea seeking to find an asylum policy which is
workable, economic, legal, politically saleable and above an agreed moral
bottom line. The Drum, 22 August. Starved of their future at birth Aboriginal
babies born into families on the margins of society are our most vulnerable
citizens. Unable to feed themselves and given insufficient nutrition they
suffer hunger and are unable to develop normally. The Australian, 22 August. Charities offer to house asylum kids Charities
are offering to care and house any unaccompanied asylum seeker children the
federal government plans to send to Malaysia under the controversial people
swap deal, at no cost to the taxpayer. The Age, 21 August. 64 teams in Homeless World Cup The
Homeless World Cup has just kicked off in the French capital Paris with 64
teams from around the world taking part. Australia Network News, 21 August. Income card fails to change most women's
habits The
federal government's controversial income management scheme in the Northern
Territory is failing to change what most women buy, their sense of safety, or
their ability to look after their families, a new study says. SMH, 20 August. Equality Rights Alliance Report. Community sector unable to keep up with
demand for services: ACOSS Report More
people have been turning to community and social services groups for help,
leaving services unable to meet the growing demand, according to the ACOSS
Australian Community Sector Survey 2011.
Media release. Report. We must give our aged a chance Aged
care is in crisis. Our Productivity Commission, after exhaustive
consultations, recognises the seriousness of the issue with its final
recommendations. Herald Sun, 14 August. Senator the Hon Mark Arbib The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP The Hon Kate Ellis MP ACT ACT links with rental blacklist ACT tenants who trash their properties and consistently fail to pay
their rent could now be named and shamed on a national renters blacklist. The Canberra Times, 24 August. NSW Homeless service could be template A
volunteer program distributing hot meals to Bathurst’s homeless and needy
could become a blueprint to be rolled out across the Central West. Western Advocate, 25 August. Urgent boarding house reform needed: Clover
Moore Lord
Mayor Clover Moore has called on the state government to act urgently on
boarding house reform after a scathing review by the NSW Ombudsman, Bruce
Barbour. Sydney Central, 24 August. Collaborative reform Aged
care and mental health reform can only be successful if the two processes are
integrated with one another, and with the wider process of national health
reform, an aged care forum at NSW Parliament House heard. Australian Ageing Agenda, 24
August. Yass rental prices skyrocket Families
are struggling to find affordable rental housing in Yass as prices skyrocket
thanks to increasing pressure from Canberra markets. Yass Tribune, 23 August. Border creep Yass
Valley Council is years away from being involved in a cross border
development, according to developer David Maxwell. Yass Tribune, 23 August. Mentally ill to get right to appeal for
treatment Mentally
ill people denied access to treatment will be given the right to appeal
against that decision as part of sweeping reforms to the NSW mental health
system. SMH, 22 August. Man's best friend needs a bed, too When
the homeless have pets they are refused shelter. That may soon change, writes
Jim O'Rourke. John is 52 and has been living rough on Sydney's streets on and
off for more than a decade. His closest friend is Laya, a four-month-old blue
heeler pup who sits quietly by his side as he asks for money from passers-by
to pay for food for them both. SMH, 21 August. NT Thinking outside the box on Indigenous disadvantage A prominent academic says an Aboriginal home improvement and lifestyle
television show could help address Indigenous disadvantage. Alice Springs dialysis centre angered by funding change An acclaimed Alice Springs dialysis centre, established with the help
of million-dollar sales of Aboriginal art in Sydney, Paris and London, faces
a loss of its Commonwealth funding. The Age, 18 August. Silent crisis of youth suicide sparks inquiry A parliamentary inquiry has been launched into the high rate of youth
suicide in the Northern Territory. Politicians say the welfare system is trapping young people in a
downward spiral and contributing to the high rate of youth suicide. ABC News, 18 August. Qld Indigenous leaders threaten court action over land use Queensland Indigenous leaders say mining companies are using their
financial might to steamroll Aboriginal people over land use agreements. ABC News, 23 August. 700 on list for a home Almost 700 families and individuals who can’t afford a home in Mackay
are waiting for a public house and more than half are in desperate need of
long-term housing assistance. Daily Mercury, 22 August. TAS Covers off detention centre security The security arrangements
for the asylum seeker detention centre in Tasmania's south have been
detailed. The media were given a first-hand look at the progress of the
detention centre at Pontville, north of Hobart. The $15 million facility will
house up to 400 men at capacity. ABC News, 25 August. New homes won't meet need Battlers and the homeless
will still face a big shortage of affordable housing after the State
Government's biggest accommodation rollout is completed, a leading welfare
group says. The Mercury, 14 August. SA South Australian nursing homes urged take the pressure off overflowing
hospitals The State Government has turned to the aged-care system to reduce
pressure on overflowing metropolitan hospitals. Adelaide Now, 26 August. Homelessness figures shelter the truth, says SA group Shelter SA says the "count", used by public servants to claim
homelessness has been halved, is unreliable. The Government this month
announced the latest inner-city count had found only 51 rough sleepers, down
from 73 last August and a high of 108 in 2007. Adelaide Now, 18 August. Vic Home waiting list grows in Hume The number of
people waiting for public housing in Hume has jumped almost 10 per cent.
According to State Government figures, 1797 people were on the waiting list
in Hume at the end of June, compared with 1635 people at the same time last
year. Hume Leader, 25 August. New rules on rooming houses key in on
safety Hundreds
of rooming house operators will be forced to beef up safety and security
under a state government crackdown designed to weed out dodgy landlords and
prevent future deaths. The Age, 24 August. Council looks to ease public housing
squeeze City
of Whittlesea is developing an affordable housing strategy as more than 3000
people wait for public housing in the region. Star News, 23 August.
Thousands
of disadvantaged and low-income residents, desperate for a home, are on
public housing waiting lists in Sunshine and Footscray – some for up to a
decade. Star News, 23 August. High rents cost families a third of their income Inner-city families on an average weekly wage are feeling the rental
squeeze, and facing rents of more than a third of their income, a new Tenants
Union of Victoria report shows. The union analysed private rental
affordability data for the first quarter of 2011 and found all households
depending on Centrelink were experiencing financial stress. Melbourne Times Weekly, 23 August. Rise in homeless in Moonee Valley More people are going homeless or being forced into rooming houses as
our public housing waiting list continues to grow. Latest figures show 14,370
homeless or at-risk people were waiting for public housing across the north
west metro region in June. This includes Ascot Vale, Flemington and North Melbourne. Moonee Valley Leader, 23 August. Ushering in a new era Mark Rayner is no ordinary theatre usher. The 49-year-old
''couch-surfer'' is homeless and engaged in a drawn-out wrangle with the
Office of Housing to secure a permanent place to live. He's also a former
heroin addict and alcoholic in the second stage of a debilitating,
months-long course of medication to cure himself of hepatitis C. The Age, 23 August. Desperate plea by mum in fear of ex-partner A single mother, whose violent ex-partner has threatened to kill her
and steal her children when he is released from jail, has issued a desperate
plea to the State Government for emergency housing. Herald Sun, 21 August. Rental as anything: landlords prey on the poor Tammee Murphy didn't want
to pay $310 a week to rent a lounge room in a three-bedroom house in Epping,
but she didn't have a choice. The Age, 19 August. Bendigo housing dilemma deepens Public housing waiting
lists continue to increase in Bendigo. The latest statistics released by the
state government show that the amount of applicants on the public housing
waiting list was 1158 for the June quarter, an increase from 1081 in March. Bendigo Advertiser, 15 August. WA Mentally ill evicted Eastern
suburbs mental health advocates are calling for urgent changes to the State
Government’s controversial ‘three strikes’ public housing policy. In My Community, 23 August. WA homes nation's largest but
housing landscape is revolutionising Western
Australia is still building the largest homes on average in the country but
an affordability crisis and changing demographics are revolutionising the
state's housing landscape, an analysis of new home designs shows. WA Today, 22 August. Indigenous trainees left to
sleep rough Accusations
are being levelled at Fortescue Metals that the company is failing its
Indigenous trainees after some of them have had to sleep rough because of a
lack of accommodation. ABC News, 18 August. NW housing shortage forces
patients to live in squalor Chronically
ill dialysis patients forced to live in squalor near
Port Hedland's new multimillion-dollar hospital say they have been forgotten
by the Department of Housing. The West Australian, 18 August. INTERNATIONAL CANADA Calgary launching program to combat homelessness The Calgary Homeless Foundation and 21 other organizations are
celebrating the launch of a city-wide plan aimed at end youth homelessness. Calgary, 12 August. Fighting against homelessness Enhancing co-ordination among support agencies, adding more affordable
housing and continuing research. Those are the three main objectives of
Calgary’s new City-wide Plan to End Youth Homelessness, unveiled Friday. Metronews, 12 August. NZ A Far North Maori trust says the region is crying out for investment in
social housing He Korowai Trust has saved more than 200 homes from mortgagee sales in
the last five years. It has just been awarded an ASB grant of $450,000, to
set up a homelessness prevention unit. Radio New Zealand News, 24 August. Building more homes key to affordability Policy-makers need to focus on housing supply as they try to make homes
more affordable, according to the Reserve Bank. NZ Herald, 23 August. UK Plans To Criminalise Squatting: Hurting The Homeless Or Protecting
Homeowners? Chris began squatting six years ago after the death of his grandmother.
Thrown out of her home and served with an eviction notice he couldn’t read
because of severe dyslexia, he found an empty flat, then a warehouse, and set
up home. Huffington Post UK, 21 August. Tougher eviction powers not 'knee jerk', says Shapps aide The Housing Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) has hit
back at criticism over the Government's plans to toughen up powers for
landlords to evict tenants who cause anti-social behaviour. 24 dash, 17 August. USA Cyndi Lauper Opens Shelter for Homeless LGBT Youth The residence, the first permanent housing facility of its kind in the
city, was conceived by the singer, her manager and the West End
Intergenerational Residence, a non-profit focused on providing housing for
homeless families and the elderly. RollingStone Music, 25 August. Helping Chronically Homeless People Avoid High-Cost Health Care Policymakers seeking strategies to manage health care costs often look
at ways to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and hospital stays.
Frequently overlooked in this approach are community-based solutions that
offset health care costs associated with homelessness. National Alliance to End
Homelessness. Homelessness in The Huffington
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PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH ACOSS ACOSS Australian Community Sector
Survey 2011 ADFVC The Financial Cost of Domestic and
Family Violence, Fast Fact Sheet AHURI AIFS The relationship between transport
and disadvantage in Australia Reporting abuse and neglect: State
and territory departments responsible for protecting children AIHW Access online magazine, issue no. 30, 2011 BMC Public health (UK) Effectiveness of interventions to improve the
health and housing status of homeless people: A rapid systematic review Research on interventions to positively impact
health and housing status of people who are homeless has received
substantially increased attention over the past 5 years. Article. Calgary Homeless Foundation Plan to End Youth Homelessness Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources Australia: Evidence Of Failures In Australian
Housing For Indigenous People Two documents containing photographic evidence of
the failures in Australian housing for indigenous people. One compares the
building of a subdivision outside of Palmerston to a remote housing project
in Galiwin'ku. The differences are striking. The other documents a housing
project in Ali Curung, Northern Territory. Again, many of the houses have
been approved by the Housing Authorities, yet many of them are unfinished and
incomplete. Documents. International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies Out of harm’s way: Injecting drug
users and harm reduction Parity July "Centrelink and
Homelessness" Issue Two articles
from this issue: Centrelink and Homelessness: Part
of an Emerging ‘Mainstream’ Response? Removing Centrelink’s Road Blocks 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 Philanthropy Wiki Productivity Commission Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Key Indicators 2011, released 25
August 2011 Caring for Older Australians Inquiry report, released 8 August 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. 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. Shelter NSW NSW housing factsheet A quick guide to housing facts and
figures Spring magazine from FEANTSA The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public
Health Journal Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
clients residing in Australian residential aged-care facilities, journal. The Homeless Hub (Canada) The Experience of Homelessness
Among Canadian Forces and Allied Forces Veterans Study reveals high public cost of
homelessness Vic Health Precarious housing and health in
three parts Women With Disabilities Australia WHIN Using a feminist approach to
strengthen the focus on the social determinants of women’s health SUBMISSION ACT Working with Vulnerable
People Bill On 26 August
2010, the Minister for Community Services Directorate, Ms Joy Burch MLA,
tabled the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Bill 2010 in
the ACT Legislative Assembly. Interested persons are now being
asked to have their final say on the proposed Risk Assessment Guidelines and
Application Form, Risk Management Assessment Tool, Government Amendments to
the Bill, and the Regulations before these are introduced to the Legislative
Assembly. Website.
VCOSS Clearinghouse Rural &
Regional Training - Coming to a town near you in 2011! Adolescents & young people
with ASD - Transitioning to a meaningful life - AAACT Workshop This workshop
will explore the difficulties facing adolescents and young adults on the
autism spectrum as they transition to a new phase in their lives. Paying
particular attention to mental health and social development the workshop
will outline strategies to foster resilience and increase social connections
for young people. 25 August, ACT. Website. Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander Course Information The
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Course is
designed as a 14 hour course. The course is designed to be conducted in 6
modules; however, the delivery format is flexible. Website. DVRCV: Responding to the abuse
of older women 31 August,
Melbourne, “The training provided by DVRCV aims to improve services to women
and their children who experience family violence.” Training website. Breaking Barriers to Sexual
Health Training for
workers working with young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless who want to know more about sexual health and their clients.
YFoundations, 7 - 9 September,
Sydney. Website. AHI: Mental Health First Aid
Workshop This
award-winning two-day training program is for people to learn how to respond
to individuals with mental health issues. Sydney, 8 & 9 September. Workshop website. 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. 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 'Stories from
the Wayside' Running from the 19 - 28 of August, the show has been written verbatim
based on interviews with 8
‘Waysiders’. The Wayside Chapel, 29 Hughes St, Kings Cross. Website. Homeless World Cup (FR) Beating homelessness through football, Paris , 12 - 28 August. Cup website. SEPTEMBER 64th Annual United Nations
DPI/NGO Conference: “Sustainable Societies;
Responsive Citizens” in Bonn, Germany, 3 - 5 September.
Conference website. 2011 ACCAN National Conference Our Broadband
Future, Aerial UTS Function Centre, Sydney, 7 - 8 September 2011. Conference website. As Eye See It Photo
exhibition for young people in out-of-home care. As Eye See It offers young
people in out-of-home care (residential, foster and kinship care) an
opportunity to share their experiences and stories with the people who work
with and care for them. Federation
Square, Melbourne, 9 September. Exhibition website. Hard Knock Life A two day
conference that will capture the creativity of young minds to create better
futures and lead change: nationally and locally. Gasworks, Arts
Park, Melbourne, 9 – 10 September. Conference website. Social Housing Exhibition 2011,
UK The
exhibition, which forms the focal point of the National Housing Federation's
flagship Annual Conference, has grown considerably in recent years and offers
delegates and visitors the chance to explore the latest innovations, products
and services from over 100 exhibitors who supply and support the sector.
Birmingham, 12 - 14 September. Exhibition website. AHURI Improving housing
affordability through tax reform: Australia and the UK in comparison Thursday,
Sydney, 15 September. Event website. European Research Conference Homelessness,
Migration and Demographic Change in Europe, Pisa, Italy, 16 September 2011. Conference website. Australian
Teenage Expo Be
in the Know, Is a MASSIVE event for young people, which will include
entertainment from some of Australia’s Hottest Acts. Prizes, Giveaways,
Master-classes, Hip Hop/Breakdancing Comp, Stalls on Education, Services and
a Heap of Awesome Products you NEED TO HAVE. Moonee Valley Race Club,
Melbourne, 16 - 18 September. Website. AIATSIS National Indigenous
Studies Conference 2011 Young and
old: connecting generations. 19 - 22
September, Canberra. Conference website. OCTOBER Rooftop Charity Golf Day Held on
October 14, at the Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club, ACT. Rooftop website. Heart of Melbourne Ball by Lord
Mayor's Charitable Foundation This
spectacular event raises money for people experiencing homelessness
throughout Victoria. 15 October, Melbourne. 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. 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.
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. 2012 Pathways to Housing & DESC Present the
First: Housing First Partners' Conference 2012 New Orleans, 21 - 23 March. Conference Website. Homeless Persons Week 2012 Monday 6 August – Sunday 12 August Homelessness Australia’s
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misrepresented we are happy to include the correct report in the next issue of
INFORM.
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INFORM.
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