Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 2 March 2023

SOURCE: The Conversation- 27th February- Tiny houses and alternative homes are gaining councils’ approval as they wrestle with the housing crisis

 

News:

ABC News- 2nd March- Daily struggle for homeless who have set up tents passed by pedestrians every morning at Rivulet Park

ABC News- 24th February- Housing crisis has become ‘truly national’, councils and housing groups say, as they call for $400m funding injection

ABC News-21st February- Port Fairy businesses sell up, reduce trading hours due to hospitality staff shortages

ABC News- 20th February- Share houses make comeback as rental crisis continues and people lease out spare rooms

ABC News- 20th February- Fears for ‘invisible’ young people forced home by COVID-19 pandemic and stuck there due to cost of living

ABC News- 15th February- Million households ‘vulnerable’ to rising interest rates, and their cuts could cause recession

The Guardian- 20th February- Advocates criticize Victoria’s decision to allocate affordable housing by ballot rather than need

The Guardian- 12th February- ‘Treating us like chess pieces’: Big Housing Build turns into big wait for Leawarra residents

ABC News- 21st February- Homelessness charity running low on tents and swags as cost of living hits hard in regional South Australia

CHIA Vic News- 1st March- Surf Coast Shire opens Expressions of Interest process

 

Training/Resources/Reports:

Council to Homeless Persons- State Budget Submission Investing in a strategy to end homelessness in Victoria- February 2023  

Exploring Barwon: Victorian Multicultural Commission, Settlement of refugees and people seeking asylum in Barwon 21st March 2.00 (45min) online

Youth Homelessness Matters Day 19th April – Y Foundation resources

Victorian LGBTIQ+ Leadership Program rural and regional applications only

MARAM Collaborative Practice Training- SAFV Centre

The Constellation Project Lived experience voices

MH Vic- Training calendar Semester One

Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub

AAEH- Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Transgender Victoria – training

Webinars/Events:

For Purpose Working with lived experience: exploring practices, challenges and mindsets March intensive- beginning 7th March $450

Everybody’s Home Organisational Campaign update -9th March 1.30-2.15pm

Duluth Model Masterclass in Geelong on 22nd & 23rd March $300

Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) conference was held recently on the Gold Coast all presentations are available here

ABC iview 60minute screening on 16th January of Under Cover

 

Conferences/Grants/Submissions:

National Child and Youth Homelessness Conference on the 5th and 6th June

Homelessness Australia – January 2023- Pre-budget submission 2023-24

Parity call for contributions – April 2023 “Towards a new child and youth housing and homelessness plan”

Mercy Foundation social justice small grants open

Geelong Community Foundation grants open

Anthony Costa Foundation grants open

CHIA Vic Conference early bird registrations are open for the 26th and 27th April in Melbourne

Dysons community grants open 1st March

AHURI National Homelessness Conference 2022 sessions available on YouTube

Equal Remuneration Order briefing

Homelessness Australia is currently advocating to reverse funding cuts to homelessness services as a result of the Federal Government discontinuing funding for Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) wage rises.

Where You Can Eat Feb.2023

FEED Geelong, Where Can I Eat Everyday?

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. It trains participants to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and respond in ways that help increase their immediate safety.

Previous news updates…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 5 December 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 5 December 2024

SOURCE: Home Time campaign Please join our petition to the City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority applications on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) in the Barwon broadbands. This petition is to support the urgency of building public...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 21 November 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 21 November 2024

SOURCE: Impact Economics and Policy and Homelessness Australia Please join our petition to the City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority applications on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) in the Barwon broadbands. This petition is to...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 7 November 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 7 November 2024

SOURCE: Homes Vic Regional Housing Fund Please join our petition to the City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority applications on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) in the Barwon broadbands. This petition is to support the urgency of...

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