There's also a fantastic range of #HW2019 events planned around Victoria, including:
the Eastern Homelessness Networks Homeward Bound walk on 30 July
My Name Is ... a poster and online awareness project featuring the portraits and stories of seven participants who hold lived experience of homelessness. This is a joint initiative of Bayside, Port Phillip and Kingston City Councils, with support from Council to Homeless Persons
two art shows, one by Wintringham from 5-7 August at Victoria University in Footscray and one by Wombat in conjunction with HoMie at Apollo Cafe in West Melbourne from 7 August.
Big Issue will be hosting a street soccer tournament on 7 August at North Melbourne Community Centre from 2pm-4pm, for more info or to RSVP email melbournesoccer@bigissue.org.au.
CHP will also be launching our overcrowding edition of Parity during Homelessness Week. Keep an eye out on here for more details to come as well as other events to attend.
On Thursday 8 August the Social Global Studies Centre at RMIT University together with Council to Homeless Persons, Unison Housing and the Centre for People, Organisation and Work, will host a guest lecture by Dr Peter Mackie of Cardiff University, who will talk about his pioneering work on homelessness prevention in Wales, in particular the legal duty on local authorities to prevent homelessness.
The event will also feature a Q&A-style panel discussion moderated by Dr Cameron Duff, and featuring some of Victoria’s leading thinkers on homelessness prevention.
If you are planning to run any activities, please let us know so we can include them in our Homelessness Week communications and online. If not, it's not too late to organise an activity! Just email Andrew with details including the name, date, time, and location of your event, and a one-paragraph description.
Here are some ideas:
Invite your local State or Federal MP to visit your service (we've created this handy template letter to send to MPs)
Hold a morning tea and invite someone with a lived experience of homelessness from our PESP team to speak and share homelessness facts
Sign the Everybody's Home petition, and send an email, Tweet or Facebook post to your colleagues and networks asking them to do the same
If you are holding an event or activity, email Andrew with details including the name, date, time, and location of your event, and a one-paragraph description.
The Victorian Homelessness Conference 2019
14 -15 October 2019
The Victorian Homelessness Conference is an opportunity to learn about the latest research and practice innovation, both in Australia and overseas, to exchange ideas with colleagues, to explore new challenges, and together, shape a better future.
Homelessness in Victoria is increasing. Rising rents and violence against women and children are pushing more people out of their homes. All the while, efforts to stem the tide are being stymied by a climate of prolonged underinvestment in housing and a neglect of the social security net.
Despite these challenges, our sector is constantly evolving, as new service models and innovations seek to continually improve our responses and to influence the broader policy environment.
Dr Stephen Gaetz, President and CEO, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Learn about Canada’s successes, challenges in tackling homelessness and the impact of having national housing and homelessness strategies.
Melanie Redman, CEO, A Way Home Canada
The Housing First for Youth model is being trialled across Canada, so how is it different to Housing First models generally? And what can Australia learn from its success?
Plenary: Ending homelessness for people with mental ill-health
A panel examining the solutions needed to stop the revolving door between acute mental health care and homelessness.
Debate: How small is too small: a debate about tiny homes
The great Victorian homelessness debate returns! This time, with the fundamental question of size...
