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30 September 2011

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AWARDS

National Homelessness Services Achievement Awards

Australians are encouraged to nominate outstanding organisations committed to addressing homelessness in the first-ever National Homelessness Services Achievement Awards. Nominations open today in seven categories, which celebrate excellence, quality, innovation and achievement by homelessness service providers. Nominations for the Awards close on Friday 25 November, Sen the Hon Mark Arbib. Nominations here.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Every Australian Counts

Australians with a disability, their families and carers deserve a fair go. It's time to make every Australian count. Website.

 

Unite to End Violence Against Women

vote on Tshirt 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.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Past issues of HA News here. Receive current issues if you become a HA Member...

HA Membership time! Renew or join us...

Homelessness Australia invites you to read our brochure and think about becoming a member.

 

POSITIONS VACANT

Milk Crate Theatre

We are looking for an outstanding and experienced arts manager to work with our extraordinary team in the role of General Manager. To find out more read the job description or call us on (02) 9331 0555

 

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

Positions Currently Available

 

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

 

EVENTS
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. Event website.

 

Human Rights Conference

Amnesty International, Brisbane, 6 - 8 October, conference website.

 

Rooftop Charity Golf Day

Held on October 14, at the Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club, ACT, see flyer attached. Rooftop website.

 

Jobs Australia National Conference 2011

Brisbane,  12 - 14 October, conference 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.

 

Anti-Poverty Week Event

Human Rights and Poverty, from St Vincent de Paul, Melbourne, 21 October, event website.

 

Youth Homelessness: Our Forgotten Future

Join Aussie celebrities, entertainers, specialists in the homeless plight and other like-minded guests for a day blending serious issues with loads of entertainment. Sydney, 23 October, event website.

 

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.

 

Date claimer: QYHC Access Forum

Exploring access issues in the specialist homelessness service system,  If people are interested they can call Queensland Youth Housing Coalition on 07 3876 2088 or email admin@qyhc.org.au, or see their Facebook.

 

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.

 

Generation Next 2011 events

 

WEEKS & DAYS

International Day of Older Persons, October 1

 

World Homeless Day 10/10/2011

 

Mental Health Week

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

SIW website.

 

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


2012 EVENTS

6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference 2012

Housing in an Era of Risk and Crisis, Adelaide, February 8 - 10 2012, conference website.

 

After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation

Melbourne, 2 - 4 February, website.

 

Pathways to Housing & DESC Present the First:

Housing First Partners' Conference 2012

New Orleans, 21 - 23 March, conference website.

 

Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference

Melbourne, 25 – 27 July, 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.

 

 

NATIONAL

Housing the key to good ageing policy: expert

Australia's high-level of home ownership must be sustained while the supply of affordable rental properties should be ramped up. Aged Care Insite.

 

We must deliver for older people

As the world prepares to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons on the 1st of October, Australia’s national homelessness peak body urges all political parties to ensure that older Australians are afforded the dignity that a safe place to call home provides in the final years of their lives. Homelessness Australia MR.

 

Good news story! CafeSmart raises $47,477

Our first ever CafeSmart event raised $47,477 and awareness during Homeless Persons Week. Street Smart website.

 

It's not that taxing - we can do better

Forget 'trickle-down' benefits, we need wholesale reforms. We can make next week's Tax Forum something that benefits the vast majority of Australians by ensuring it promotes equity, opportunity and workforce participation. SMH, 29 September.

 

UnitingCare Australia Tax reform MR: What Price Dignity, 29 September. What Price Dignity report.

 

Self-harm 'on the rise' in detention camps

The Australian Human Rights Commission has again called for an end to mandatory detention, saying self-harm among asylum seekers held in remote locations is growing. The Australian, 29 September.

 

Mortgage stress hits roof

More Australians are falling behind on their home loans despite the mining boom, according to a report released yesterday by ratings agency Moody's. The Age, 29 September.

 

New RSPCA Program helps Homeless Pets and  People

With over 30,000 homeless people reported in NSW, the RSPCA announces it will launch Australia’s first dedicated program to helping homeless pets and their owners. Living Ruff is a unique program that hopes to provide a range of community outreach services for pets and people living without access to long-term accommodation of a suitable standard. RSPCA NSW, 28 September.

 

High rates of mental health issues and risky health behaviours among Australia’s prisoners

Australia’s prisoners have high levels of mental health issues and risky health behaviours, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). AIHW, 28 September. AIHW Report.

 

Panel asked to 'fix' social housing

Former federal housing department secretary Jeff Harmer will lead an expert panel appointed to fix Australia's "inadequate" social housing system. 9News, 28 September.

 

How does $329m worth of travel make housing more affordable?

Figures from the ATO confirm that tax breaks for housing are out of control with investors claiming $30 billion in rental losses, including millions on travel, stationery and ‘sundry’ expenses. AfAH, 28 September.

 

'Crisis of insecure work': unions target casual jobs

The casualisation of Australia's workforce has resulted in a "crisis of insecure work", unions say. SMH, 28 September.

 

Hang onto your dentures, it's going to be a long shift

A few years back it dawned on me that due to my late start and interrupted time in the full-time workforce I would not be able to retire at the age of 65. The Drum, 28 September.

 

Remote disadvantage even worse than reported

Taxpayers are surely entitled to know why their dollars are being wasted. The Australian, 27 September.

 

Multiple generations sharing to save costs shows housing unaffordable

Next week’s tax summit is an ideal opportunity to address the tax deduction loopholes that inflate house prices and make it harder for young people to get into the housing market. AfAH, 27 September.

 

Detention of young is child abuse, inquiry told

The detention of asylum seeker children is a form of child abuse, a parliamentary inquiry in Darwin has been told. The Age, 27 September.

 

Greed of boomers led us to a total bust

The three great economies of the advanced world - the US, the European Union and Japan, with their 940 million people - did not get to the level of debt stress and wealth destruction we are witnessing without being made to pay a real price. SMH, 26 September.

 

10 policy issues more important than immigration

Homelessness. How, in a country as wealthy as Australia, can 1 in every 100 Australians need to use government-funded specialist homelessness services last year? The Drum, 26 September.

 

Working women owed a break

Parents must be able to claim childcare - including nannies - as a tax deduction if Australia is to increase the number of women in the workforce. SMH, 25 September.

 

Senator the Hon Mark Arbib

Latest media releases

 

The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP

Latest media releases

 

The Hon Kate Ellis MP

Latest media releases

 

DEEWR media releases

 

ACT

Needle row: commissioner quits CPSU

Health Services Commissioner Mary Durkin has resigned in dismay from the CPSU over the union’s bitter opposition to a needle and syringe program at Canberra’s prison. The Canberra Times, 29 September.

 

Safe as houses

The ACT has the lowest rate of negative equity in the country and almost half of all Canberra households are now worth more than double the amount paid for them, a new report says. The Canberra Times, 28 September.

 

NSW

Homeless tenants can find affordable housing in Camperdown

Finding affordable housing in Sydney is possible - even if you’re homeless. Inner West Courier, 28 September.

 

NT

Distress at 9 yo's suicide attempt in detention

Shocking accounts of suicide attempts, self harm and stress on police resources have emerged after a detention centre inquiry in Darwin. ABC Darwin, 27 September.

 

Qld

Family of seven refused public housing, told to live in car before Ombudsman intervened

The State Government refused public housing for a homeless couple about to start living in their car with five children, the Queensland Ombudsman has revealed. Courier Mail, 27 September.

 

SA

Jenny Macklin in on welfare payments quarantine for APY Lands

The Gillard government will step in to determine the best model of intervention to quarantine welfare payments and allow families to buy food in troubled remote Aboriginal communities in South Australia. The Australian, 27 September.

 

Vic

Long wait for disability support funding

Ghislaine Carlauce, 48, has been waiting on the state's Disability Support Register for four years. She is legally blind, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. Northern Weekly, 26 September.

 

Rooming house register concerns

The State Government is investigating ways to implement the scheme, one of 32 recommendations to make rooming houses safer in the wake of a Brunswick fire that claimed two lives in 2006. Moreland Leader, 26 September.

 

St Kilda homeless forced to wait it out for housing

St Kilda Community Housing general manager John Enticott said his organisation was increasingly developing self-contained units rather than rooms with shared facilities. Melbourne Weekly, 26 September.

 

Study finds trauma a common factor

Almost all long-term homeless people experienced serious trauma as a child, according to St Kilda's Sacred Heart Mission. Melbourne Weekly, 26 September.

 

WA

Rights chief slams Curtin detention centre

Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has condemned the Curtin detention centre in Western Australia, saying many of the asylum seekers there are "dying from the inside out" in poor conditions. ABC News, 29 September.

 

Asylum seeker teens arrive in Leonora

A plane carrying 36 asylum seeker children has landed in Leonora in Western Australia's Goldfields. ABC News, 28 September.

 

Down on their luck

A man, his wife and their six children live at a Dwellingup campsite with no bathroom facilities due to a lack of emergency housing in the Peel region. In My Community, 28 September.

 

Suicide alert on mental health

For people with a mental illness, early discharge from hospital while still unwell can have potentially devastating consequences. The West Australian, 27 September.

 

INTERNATIONAL

CANADA

Calgary at the heart of the homeless problem

Alberta’s homeless problem is overwhelmingly centred in Calgary, states a University of Calgary study. Calgary Sun, 28 September.

 

USA

Opening Doors Across America

In the last few years, remarkable progress has been made in our commitment to prevent and end homelessness. United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

 

More Homeless Students In Oregon

20,000 students in Oregon are facing homelessness. According to the Department of Education, this number has grown by a thousand since last year. Oregon has more homeless students in their senior year of high school than in any other grade level, but educators say identifying these circumstances early in elementary will make the biggest difference. KDRV, 28 September.

 

Homeless people in new job-training program go from sleeping in cars to working in kitchens

With no job and no savings, single mother Dulce Romero hit bottom. She and her three sons spent several months sleeping in their SUV. The Palm Beach Post, 26 September.

 

Homeless family still in limbo

The family, homeless since June, has been in nearly constant transit, sleeping in the car for a time. They have turned to motel rooms, trying to prepare for the start of school, and found refuge with a former James Island neighbor. The Post and Courier, 25 September.

 

Homelessness increasing in Minnesota

A perfect storm of economic and political factors is creating a homelessness crisis in Minnesota, with increasing numbers of families without a place to live, according to a new quarterly report by the Minnesota Housing Project. Daily Planet, 25 September.

 

Women are the fastest growing group of homeless veterans

Nearly triple the number of American women are serving in the military now than thirty years ago. Live 5 News, 23 September.

 

Rising rents make housing less affordable

More renters found housing unaffordable last year as incomes declined, and more are likely to be squeezed this year, given rising rents. USA Today, 22 September.

 

Hygiene Is a Sore Point for Many Caregivers: When Is Poor Hygiene a Health Issue for the Elder?

An often asked question from adult children and caregiving spouses is "how can I get my parents, or spouse, to bathe and change clothes?" Elder Care Link.

 

Homelessness in The Huffington Post

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH

ABS

4159.0 - General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2010. Latest Issue released 30 September.

 

Getting a handle on individual diversity within areas.

 

ACOSS

Forum a chance for tax reform the community can support, media release.

 

ACOSS welcomes expert panel on social housing, media release.

 

ADFVC

Introducing ‘Sex, Love and Other Stuff’

 

AHRC

Over 50? Send us your stories.

 

AHURI

Positioning Paper: No. 134: Age-specific housing for low to moderate-income older people


Final Report: No. 174: Age-specific housing and care for low to moderate income older people

 

ANTI-POVERTY WEEK

Resources: in this section you can find a number of resources about poverty and related issues in Australia and globally. They include a selection of:

    * recent fact sheets

    * recent reports and papers

    * helpful websites

 

AIHW

The health of Australia's prisoners 2010.

 

Measuring alcohol risk in the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: implementation of the 2009 Alcohol Guidelines.

 

Australian Drug Foundation

Older People, alcohol and other drugs.

 

Auditor General Tasmania

Children in out of home care.

 

Calgary Homeless Foundation

Plan to End Youth Homelessness.

 

CMY and Victoria University

Teaching Diversities: Same Sex Attracted Young People, CALD Communities, and Arts Based Community Education.

 

Equality Rights Alliance

National Women's Alliances - Tax Consultations.

 

Government of SA

Housing Strategy for South Australia Green Paper.

 

Housing Stressed

How is housing affordability affecting your state?

 

Informa Healthcare

Australia: Becoming Empowered: A Grounded Theory Study Of Aboriginal Women's Agency

 

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.

 

Urban Institute

Vulnerability, Risk, and the Transition to Adulthood.

 

Vic Health

Precarious housing and health in three parts.

 

SUBMISSION

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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 

 

LISTEN

Alice Springs Town Council Alderman Eli Melky speaks about petition for a nightly ‘bedtime’ curfew, Caama.

 

Family by Family, Life Matters.

 

Savings scheme for low-income families, Life Matters.

 

Telling it like it is: conversations about dying, Life Matters.

 

VIDEO/FILM

Disabling justice with Eileen Baldry

 

headspace - how are your mates going?

 

Geoff Huegill says the struggle to transition from professional sportsman into a normal person caused his depression.

 

St Ann’s Secret on Four Corners, sexual abuse and children with disabilities.

 

A school in Adelaide is seeing the benefits of promoting healthy food to its children.

 

Property market stagnates in investment limbo.

 

SURVEY

Remote Employment for Young People, AYAC.

 

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

How social media empowers the homeless.

 

Connecting Employees to Social Media: New Possibilities.

 

BLOGS

Work and Life: Getting it Right

I'm exploring the dangers of imbalance, and the need to start early: teaching kids that career, marriage and parenthoods are negotiated, not divinely decreed.  Damon Young, 26 September.

 

7 Steps to Better Email Fundraising and Communications

 

Mates helping Mates (AUS)

 

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)

 

The Blackfullas Daily

 

The Non-for profit Daily

 

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

Making LinkedIn Work for You

 

TWITTER

Twitter in Plain English

From  http://commoncraft.com  a quick and plain English intro the micro-blogging service Twitter on You Tube.

 

WEBSITES

We’re going to challenge the way you think about poverty and homelessness.

Play Spent! Lose and see what it feels like.

 

Tune In Not Out (Youth)

 

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

Events and seminars.

 

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: 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.

 

BSI Learning (BSIL)

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.

 

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

-Australian Policy Online

-Breakfast Politics

-Twitter and facebook just for existing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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