Two inspirational women died this week, both dedicating their lives to social and political activism, and practical support for those living with disadvantage. The world rightfully mourned the loss of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, but right here in our midst in Australia we have had two amazing advocates for justice, both passing on Australia Day, 26...
Category: Homelessness
ABC report by Charlotte Gore Doctor who founded a mobile medical service for the homeless named Young Australian of the Year Daniel Nour was in his final year of his medical degree in London when he saw a man having a seizure at a train station. He stopped and helped the man, and later discovered...
Jonathon Foye, writing in Insights Magazine in April 2021, says older Australians are at higher risk of homelessness. In the wake of COVID-19, growing numbers of older Australians are being pushed into homelessness. James Toomey Mission Australia’s CEO says that “a perfect storm” of dwindling public housing and unemployment is causing more people over the...
The SA UCA Synod publication New Times had a focus on ‘Issues that matter’ for the August/September 2021 issue. Well worth a read. Two articles on homelessness by Rev Dr Tim Hodgson and Rev Sandy Boyce (pp 12 and 13).
From an article in Eureka Street on homelessness by Dr John Falzon (well worth reading!): Late last year, Everybody’s Home, the national campaign to end homelessness, commissioned research by Equity Economics, showing that homelessness could surge by 9% this year. In marking Homelessness Week 2021, Homelessness Australia released data showing that cuts to social housing...
About 20 years ago, Eman had no food and no money. She was drawn to shoplift from her local western suburbs supermarket to feed her then one-year-old child. But being caught by security staff proved to be a turning point in her life. She turned her life around. And in 2015, she started Heart &...
Recently the SA Government announced the results of a consultation process and tendering arrangements for funding through alliances in the homelessness sector. Pilgrim Uniting Church Mission Development Committee wrote a letter to Hon Michelle Lensink MLC, Minister for Human Services, and to Ian Cox (former CEO of Hutt St Centre, and the person who led...
In an article on 25th May 2021, Lauren Novak reported that 1 in 3 young people become homeless after leaving state care when they turn 18. Young Australians are ending up homeless when they “age out” of state care, prompting calls for more consistent support until they turn 21. A national report by the CREATE...
