Homelessness and related events countrywide

The 2010 calendar relies on YOU. 
Please contact me with any event information big or small, remote to urban:
Aileen: media@homelessnessaustralia.org.au
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HOMELESSNESS AUSTRALIA presents its
6th National Homelessness Conference, 2010

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – due date March 26 click here 

MANY WAYS HOME - TOWARDS ENDING HOMELESSNESS BY 2020

1-3 September, 2010  Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia

Click here for *NEW* dedicated Conference website 

Contact: Beverley Atkins, Event Manager events@homelessnessaustralia.org.au  02 6247 7744
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Parliamentary Sittings 2010
Click here
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Youth Homelessness Matters Day April 14, national event, click here for web link 
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CALENDAR - 2010

Throughout the Year:
Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet click for web link
PIAC Training (Sydney) click here for web link
Infoxchange Australia, Training and skills
Wesley Lifeforce, Suicide Prevention Workshops/Seminars
AICPG Training for the community click here
MHCC Taining for mental health click here

MARCH
-International Women's Day, March 8, click here for web link
-Managing Challenging Behaviour Workshops, in Wagga Wagga, Albury, Bathurst, Canberra and Dubbo, click here for flyer
-Straight Talk 2010, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Summit, 7-10 March, Canberra, web link or flyer
-Housing Economics for Non Economists From Shelter NSW, Sydney, Lecture series – Mondays, 8, 15, 22 and 29 March 2010, click here for web link
-Australiasian Drug Strategy Conference, 8-11 March, Melbourne, click here for web link
-Out of the Garage Festival, March 10, Brisbane City, click here for web link
-Counting the Cost - Building Capacity: Fostering women's security following violent relationships, March 10, Sydney, cost free! Click here for web link
-Third Sector Women's Networking Lunch, March 16, Melbourne, click here for web link
-Older Women's Network NSW March 19th or April 23. A one day NSW Forum to report on progress made in campaign to prevent violence against older women.  Click here for website more info as it comes to hand.
-Harmony Day March 21, click here for web link
-The Community Housing Coalition of WA, UK Community Housing Experts: Julie & David Cowans click here for flyer
-Consumer-Centred Health Care: Policy Innovation and Empowerment, March 22-23, Melbourne, click here for web link
-Conversations with Housing Practitioners, March 24, Sydney, click here for web link
-Milk Crate theatre First perfomance for 2010: March 24 Parramatta Mission, click here
-Challenging Silence Conference, PeakCare QLD Inc. 24-26 March, Brisbane, click here for web link
-ACOSS National Conference, A Vote for Equity, 25 & 26 March, Canberra, click here for web link
-NESA: Working Communities International Congress, Uniting to Improve Social and Economic Participation, March 24-26, Melbourne, click here for link.
-Moving Out, Moving On Pathways Young People's Pathways In and Through Homelessness, March 31, Melbourne, click here for more

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APRIL
-National Youth Week, April 10-18, National, click here for web link
-Youth Homelessness Matters Day April 14, national event, click here for web link 
-2010 AAG Rural Conference, Ageing at Home: sustainable housing and communities for older people, April 15 & 16, Ballina, NSW, click here for web link
-Indigenous Nutrition Advocacy Symposium, Canberra, April 22, click here for web link
-Unfinished Business, Pathways to Social Inclusion, International Mental Health Conference, April 29-30, Melbourne, click here for web link
-Health in Difference 2010, Doing Diversity, 7th National LGBT Alliance, Sydney April 29 - May 1, click here for web link,

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MAY
-Conference for Women during May by Skillpath, click here for sessions, locations and dates
-International Federation on Ageing, 10th Global Conference, 3-6 May, Melbourne, click here for web link
-National Disabilities Services: Accommodation and Social Participation Conference, 6-7 May, Gold Coast, click here for web link
-6th Australian Women's Health Conference: The New National Agenda from Australian Womens' Health Network, 18-21, May, Hobart, Tasmania.  Click here for website
-National Volunteer Week, 10-16 May, click here for web link
-Early Childhood Intervention Australia Conference 2010, 20-22 May, Canberra, click here for weblink
-Support the Homeless in the ACT! Auction and trivia night with Bridge Back to Life, May 22, Civic, Canberra, click here for flyer

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JUNE
-National Community Care Conference 2010, 2-4 June, Gold Coast, click here for web link
-Diversity in Health 2010, 7-9 June, Melbourne, click here for web link
-Inaugural National Indigenous Drugs and Alcohol Conference, from National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee, June 16-18, Adelaide
-Refugee Week, 20-26 June, click here for web link

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JULY
-11th Australian Institue of Families Conference, Melbourne, 7-9 July, click here for web link
-Coping Resilience and Hope Building, Asia Pacific Regional Conference, 9-11 July, Brisbane, click here for web link
-Better Boards Conference 5th Australiasian Conference 2010, July 23-25 - Sydney, click here for web link
-Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, Mbantua/Alice Springs, July 27-29, click here for web link

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AUGUST
-NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS' WEEK MONDAY AUGUST 2 - SUNDAY AUGUST 8, 2010

Theme: Will you be homeless in 2020?

-Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference 2010, August 2-4, Sydney, click here for web link
-International Unity in Diversity Conference, August 19-20, Townsville, click here for web link

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SEPTEMBER
-6th National Homelessness Conference by Homelessness Australia Many Ways Home - Towards Ending Homelessness by 2020, 1-3 September, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane.
Dedicated website: click here  Contact: Beverley Atkins, Event Manager events@homelessnessaustralia.org.au  02 6247 7744

-Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Trauma: Resilience & Recovery, September 2-4, Brisbane, click here for web link
-The Mental Health Services Conference, 14-17 September, Sydney, click here for web link

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Events, marketing, PR, communications, media and membership:
Aileen -  media@homelessnessaustralia.org.au or 02 6247 7744