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#EndHomelessnessWA Update:
May 2019

Welcome to the e-news for the WA Alliance to End Homelessness. Read on for updates on the 10-Year Strategy to End Homelessness in Western Australia and to find out how you can get involved.

Become an Alliance Partner
The WAAEH is not a single organisation; it is a collective of many organisations and individuals who are committed to ending homelessness in WA by 2028. Since late 2018, the Alliance has been working on their governance framework and are now pleased to formally invite organisations and
individuals to sign up. If you have something to contribute to the Alliance - whether that’s expertise, time, in-kind or financial support - please join as an Alliance Partner. Getting started just requires committing to the Vision and Principles, and completing this form
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Upcoming Meetings & Events

Next Pulse Meeting | Wednesday 5 June, 9.30am

Topic: Conceptual Model of the Outcomes Measurement Framework

Join us at our next Pulse Meeting!
 
Each fortnightly Pulse Meeting offers the opportunity for anyone working towards ending homelessness to come together, hear updates, workshop ideas, and use our pop-up co-working space.
We commit to developing an outcomes measurement framework for homelessness, for which the Centre for Social Impact UWA has been working on over the last few months. The Conceptual Model will help us understand and bring together the concepts of the framework.
Register

Upcoming Meeting | Wednesday 19 June, 9.30am

What Happened at the Last Meeting
At our Pulse Meeting on 22 May participants gave feedback on the Rough Sleepers Action Plan. Discussions took place around a
number of topics such as a housing first system and 'no wrong door' approach. Activities included an action matrix and a card sort.
At our Pulse Meeting on 8 May participants had the chance to learn about, and discuss, the topics of ERConnect and the Common Ground supported housing model.
The ERConnect website, which is in development, can be easily searched by people in need of services and by services who are looking to refer people.
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Homelessness Week

 SAVE THE DATE |‘Home, Safe Home’ | 5 - 11 August 2019

Save the date for Homelessness Week, held between 5-11 August this year. The Week's theme is 'Home, Safe Home' and will see events happening around WA.
The aim of the week is to raise awareness of homelessness, the issues people face, and the action needed to end homelessness.
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Homelessness Week Grants

All not-for-profit community services organisations and local governments in Western Australia are invited to apply for the Homelessness Week event grants.
Grants are available for up to $2,000 per organisation. They are designed to have a wide-reaching effect in raising awareness about homelessness.
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People of the Alliance

Team Profile: Katie Liew, Project Advisor

How a two-month trip to Africa which included time in a 110-hectare garbage dump in Jakarta made Katie Liew realise that she
was completely dissatisfied, angry and deflated with the state of our world. The first thing she had to do was quit her job.
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Have you seen...

"Perth’s homeless shame"


The recent article in The West has sparked a lot of conversation.

Homelessness in the UK


"Respect and understanding make me feel like a human being."

AHURI Research


Trajectories: the interplay between mental health and housing pathways.

City of Perth Workshop


Join to help shape the delivery of homeless support services within Perth city public open spaces.
Need Help?
If you would like to find information about homelessness and related services in Western Australia, please click the button above.

The Western Australian Alliance to End Homelessness is proudly supported by Lotterywest.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Western Australia and recognise their continuing contribution to land, waters, and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Copyright © 2019 Western Australian Alliance to End Homelessness, All rights reserved.

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Shelter WA
Office 31/33 Moore St
PERTH WA 6004

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