Tag: homelessness

• We must give a voice to the homeless

  Date

  June 30 2016 - 4:53pm

  OPINION PIECE - As the 2016 Federal Election approaches, Vinnies joins with Australia's largest not-for-profit providers of homelessness services to call for national leadership on homelessness

  
  

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• Homelessness Prevention Week 2015

  Date

  August 3 2015 - 9:17am

  Stepping up to tackle homelessness The St Vincent de Paul Society believes housing is a human right and we join with other organisations in support of the National Homelessness Prevention Week (August 3 to 11)....

  
  

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• Struggle Street just got a whole lot worse

  Date

  May 12 2015 - 7:52pm

  In response to the 2015–16 Federal Budget, the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia says while it might be dull, the Budget will not dull the pain for people who struggle to makes ends meet....

  
  

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• ABC News 24 Interview on youth homelessness

  Date

  April 17 2015 - 2:46pm

  On 15 April, 2015 Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD) shone a spotlight on youth homelessness in our community where 60% of Australia’s homeless population are under the age of 35. St Vincent de Paul Society...

  
  

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• Youth homelessness: a call to action

  Date

  April 15 2015 - 10:52am

  With 60% of Australia’s homeless population under the age of 35, the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council is marking Youth Homelessness Matters Day (April 15) by calling for radical action by the federal...

  
  

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• St Vincent de Paul Society calls for investment not cuts

  Date

  December 18 2014 - 8:27am

  The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia says with more people accessing specialist homelessness services and the same services experiencing funding uncertainty, repairs to the Budget must not come at...

  
  

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• Housing and Homelessness

  Date

  September 13 2013 - 3:47pm

  105,000 people are homeless on any given night in Australia. But we believe tackling housing affordability and preventing homelessness is possible.

  
  

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