Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 1st February 2017 - Disadvantaged artists, with experiences from homelessness to domestic violence to disability, have been given a platform to sell their work.Open Canvas is a social enterprise …
Ellie Cooper, Friday, 20th January 2017 - A group of not-for-profit organisations have said they are “dismayed” at reports that sleeping rough in Melbourne could be made illegal. Earlier on Friday Lord Mayor Robert Doyle…
Ellie Cooper, Monday, 9th January 2017 - Members of the public will soon be able to link people sleeping rough with homelessness services through an online reporting platform, following a recent pilot program in Sydney.…
Wendy Williams, Thursday, 22nd December 2016 - As we come to the end of year there is a growing consensus on social media that 2016 will be entered into the history books as one of the worst years ever. But this year has also brought it’s…
Wendy Williams, Thursday, 24th November 2016 - The Victorian peak body for homelessness has called for the creation of 10,000 homes specifically catering for single people on low incomes, as the latest Rental Affordability Index…
Lina Caneva, Sunday, 13th November 2016 -
The Victorian government will provide more than $109 million in a new housing package, described as the biggest ever response to homelessness in the state’s history.
Premier Daniel…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 10th November 2016 -
Ongoing research into a growing housing crisis among Australia’s ageing baby boomer women, especially in regional Australia, has identified the problem as a “sleeping giant”.…
Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 8th November 2016 - Mission Australia is calling for wider use of the housing first model, which has been demonstrated “time and time again” to successfully tackle homelessness.The housing first approach…
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 19th October 2016 - The private sector can play a powerful role in addressing poverty, and has the responsibility to do so, according to both not-for-profit and business leaders during Anti-Poverty…
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 19th October 2016 - Homelessness services and affordable housing are inextricably linked, but few organisations combine the two, writes Ellie Cooper in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 18th October 2016 -
Not-for-profit organisations are joining forces to address a knowledge gap around an increasing number of older women experiencing homelessness.
The St Vincent de Paul Society…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th October 2016 - Any new strategies to address housing affordability and homelessness should be linked to Australia’s infrastructure agenda, according to sector leaders at a community forum in…