As part of Homelessness Week, Centacare Evolve Housing and St Joseph Affordable Homes are seeking support from your school, councils and libraries to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness, create an understanding of support services and community housing, and inspire action needed to achieve enduring solutions. We are asking students to decorate houses printed on card or create a big ...
Throughout August Glenorchy City Council will be working with Glenorchy Library to collect dry and tinned food for people who are experiencing homelessness, as well as items for their pets. Drop off your donations to Glenorchy Library and they will be distributed via Salvos Glenorchy. A Homelessness Week launch event will also take place at Genorchy Library, details to come. ...
Let’s light up Tasmania purple to raise awareness during Homelessness Week! This year, Homelessness Week includes a wide range of activities and events, including purple lights – the colour of homelessness awareness – for the first time. Keep a look out around Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Ulverstone, as public buildings and landmarks will be illuminated purple all week to give visibility ...
Everybody's Home is the national campaign to fix Australia's housing crisis. This Homelessness Week, Everybody's Home is launching a petition calling on Treasurer Jim Chalmers to invest in social housing and an increase in Commonwealth Rent Assistance. Lend your support to this important campaign, by heading over to the Everybody's home website to sign the petition.
The City of Hobart Housing with Dignity Reference Group presents 'I am Somebody'. This is the project's third iteration, which shares the diverse reality of homelessness through interview and image. The personal and moving videos in this year’s collection highlight the strength and resilience of local people who have experienced or who still are experiencing homelessness. Back for Homelessness Week ...
Colony 47 is inviting you to take part in their annual Hats for Homelessness event, a fun and simple way to raise awareness of and facilitate conversations about homelessness in Tasmania, while also raising funds for the work of Colony 47 in youth housing initiatives. Homelessness Week raises awareness of people experiencing homelessness, the issues they face and the action ...
A home built through donated and in-kind support and sold to raise money to fund Build Up Tassie to improve employment and life outcomes for young Tasmanians. What is the Charity House Project? St Joseph Affordable Homes will build a 4 bedroom home in Herdsmans Cove, on land gifted by the Tasmanian State Government, which will be publicly auctioned. All ...
This project invites members of the public to drop into the café at Bunnings Glenorchy and chat with Anglicare Housing workers and current Anglicare tenants about their housing and homelessness experiences. Anglicare staff will be raising awareness around the issue of housing and homelessness, as well as sharing information about supports that can be provided. Merchandise and snacks will also ...
Have you ever felt you didn’t understand homelessness, or wanted to help but weren’t sure how? Hobart City Mission is inviting you to visit the Safe Night Space shelter to find out more about homelessness in your community and what you can do to help fix it. As part of Homelessness Week 2022, Safe Night Space will open its doors ...
Youth, Family and Community Connections (YFCC) is a not-for-profit, community organisation that provides a range of services to young people, families and individuals in communities across the North West Coast and West Coast of Tasmania. As part of Homelessness Week 2022, YFCC will be holding a luncheon at The Argosy Motor Inn in Devonport on Friday 5th August. The aim ...
**POSTPONED DUE TO COVID** Please join us for a warming meal and find out more about Vinnies Loui’s Van and the wonderful work they do in our community. There will also be a screening of two short films from three inspiring people who have stepped forward to share their lived experience of homelessness. Click here to book your free ticket. ...