ACHO Capacity Building Project – NMM Visit
Shelter WA was awarded a three-year grant from the Sisters of St John of God this year to continue working with four member ACHOs.
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Peaks Forum Capacity-Building Grant
Since 2017, the Peaks Support Project has administered $600,000 to 32 organisations for either capacity-building or COVID-19 responses.
Shelter WA AGM 2022
An election was not held due to the immediate resignation of a board member after the voting process began. This had implications for the election where we originally had seven nominations for six vacancies.
DoC commercial and contract model review
If you wish to participate in the review, please provide contact details for a representative from your organisation.
Community Sector Partnership Team – Updates
This provides an overview of the Communities Leadership Team and outlines the key priorities of their respective business areas. It also provides relevant contacts across Communities.
Homelessness Week 2022 | Communiqué
This chosen theme aims to discuss the opportunities for greater collaboration between health, housing and homeless services to reduce barriers and be more responsive to people experiencing homelessness, reducing the cycle of people in and out of the health system.
Proposed changes to Working with Children legislation
Key changes to the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 (the Act) proposed by the Bill.
Community Services Bulletin
Agencies should pass the increase on to eligible service providers as soon as possible.
#HW2022 | Local Government Homelessness Hub
The ACI is the flagship program at A Way Home Washington. It uses a By-Name List to track and drive evidence-based improvements to help reduce rough sleeping and chronic homelessness.
#HW2022 | Spotlight on Youth
The ACI is the flagship program at A Way Home Washington. It uses a By-Name List to track and drive evidence-based improvements to help reduce rough sleeping and chronic homelessness.
#HW2022 | Lived Experience Art Exhibition & Networking
Empathy is the centre of human rights activism. Empathy drives real change. ‘Walk A Day In My Shoes’ opened with a discussion on the need to listen to people with Lived Experience of Homelessness and act on the empathy that is evoked when listening.
Homelessness Week 2022 | Climate, Homelessness, Housing & Health
The presentations were followed by a facilitated workshop to discuss how the sector is preparing for climate change and climate events, where current priorities lie and what barriers lie in the way to improvement.
#HW2022 | Government and Sector Updates
In his speech the Minister for Housing; Homelessness; Local Government Hon. John Carey MLA highlighted the issue around social housing of “getting the money out the door”.
Homelessness Week 2022 | Symposium
In addition to hearing the work of Dr O’Connell the Symposium explored the gaps and opportunities between housing, health and homelessness.
#HW2022 | Data Dashboard Launch & Workshop
The population of people experiencing homelessness in Western Australia is characterised by an over-representation of Aboriginal people.
#HW2022 | COVID and Homelessness
A key challenge is going to be to maintain and build on these improvements in the post-pandemic world.
