Activities in 2008

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Week Long Activities
Time Description [venue] Contact
 

ACT: Create to Advocate 08: Art Competition and Exhibition

Explore, imagine and create a world where poverty is history.  Artists exhibit their creations throughout October which express their vision to end global poverty (Parliament House, Canberra).

Jane McGeough (Micah Challenge Australia)
E: janemc@tear.org.au
W: www.micahchallenge.org.au

 

WA: Anti-Poverty Week Art Competition

Children will learn about poverty in Cambodia and then prepare artwork on this theme, to be displayed at the local library, with prizes for the best pieces (Gosnells Primary School and Knowledge Centre).

Shirley Glover (Gosnell's Community Legal Centre)
P: 08 9398 1455
E: shirley@gosclc.com.au
W: www.gosclc.com.au

 

NSW: Sustainability for People on Low-Incomes

Low cost sustainability tips and information will be on display at the Watershed shop window (The Watershed, 218 King Street, Newtown).

Megan Bennett (The Watershed)
P: 02 9519 6366
E: watershedinfo@marrickville.nsw.gov.au

 

ACT: Operation Christmas Child

Parents are invited to provide a Christmas present for a child who would otherwise go without (YWCA of Canberra Conder Childcare Centre, 55 Beaumaris Street).

Natalie Dicker (Conder Childcare Centre)
P: 02 6294 3358

 

NSW: Kaleidoscope Homeless Person's Festival

A festival providing creative and recreational opportunities for Sydney's homeless and disadvantaged community and a forum for showcasing their skills and talents.  All welcome (various venues around Sydney).

Astra Howard (Mission Australia/RecLink)
P: 02 9356 0611
E: howarda@missionaustralia.com.au

 

WA: Anti-Poverty Week Display

A poverty-themed library display with information on community service providers (Rockingham Public Library Murdoch Campus).

Kerry Lewis (SCALES)
P: 08 9550 0400
E: k.lewis@murdoch.edu.au

 

QLD: Housing Display

A display raising awareness of housing issues in our community (Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre, Mansfield Walk).

Heather Redman (Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre)
P: 07 3287 2840
E: heather@beenleigh.org.au
W: www.beenleigh.org.au

 

NAT: Anti-Poverty Week Colouring Activity

A colouring activity to highlight the link between blindness and poverty.  Resources on poverty alleviation will be provided to participating schools (various schools nationwide).

Kate Morrison (Fred Hollows Foundation)
P: 02 8741 1933
E: kmorrison@hollows.org
W: www.hollows.org.au

 

NAT: Schools Educational Program

Various organisations, including Engineers Without Borders, World Vision, St Vincent de Paul Society, Mission Australia and CARE Australia, are available to visit schools and speak or conduct workshops on the work they do (various schools around the country).

Nicola McGuire (Anti-Poverty Week)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: apw@antipovertyweek.org.au

 

TAS: Photographic Exhibition on Homelessness

A display of photographs depicting homelessness, poverty and hardship in our local community (Council Chambers, Hobart Library, Service Tas and Elizabeth Street Mall).

Paula Knife (Colony 47)
P: 03 6214 1417
W: www.colony47.com.au

 

VIC: Chocolate Fundraiser

Selling chocolates in the workplace during the Week to raise money for a charity working to alleviate poverty (Bendigo Bank, Bendigo).

Tara McGrath (Community Sector Banking)
P: 03 5485 6815
E: tara.mcgrath@csbanking.com.au
W: www.csbanking.com.au

 

VIC: Operation Christmas Child

A collection of Christmas gifts for children in need (Southern Hills AOG Church, 4 Mine Road, Korumburra).

Doreen Western (AOG Church)
P: 03 5659 8286

 

VIC: Fundraising Sausage Sizzle

Daily sausage sizzles to raise funds for TEAR's development projects with overseas partners (outside IGA Supermarket, Leongatha).

Johanna Haasjes
P: 03 5664 2232

 

VIC: Anti-Poverty Week Information Stall

Information stalls focusing on maternal health, infant mortality, climate change and poverty, with petitions and activities (outside IGA supermarket, Leongatha).

Johanna Haasjes
P: 03 5664 2232

 

SA: Goods Collection

Andamooka Primary School students will collect non-perishable items for low-income families (Andamooka Primary School).

Mandy Kerby (Andamooka Primary School)
P: 08 8672 7018

 

SA: Designing for a Better World - Anti-Poverty Week class materials

School students investigate poverty-related issues in four key areas and are then encouraged to take some action to make a positive contribution towards eradicating poverty through designing a solution to a problem they have identified (various schools).  

Barbara Reinfeld (Learning Inclusion Team , DECS S
W: www.decs.sa.gov.au/learninginclusion

 

QLD: Poster Display

A poverty-themed poster and information display (Booval Community Service, 14 South Station Road, Booval North Qld).

Bianca Law (Booval Community Service)
P: 07 3816 1435

 

NSW: Big Issue Vendors On Campus

Buy a copy of The Big Issue at UNSW to help people get back on their feet - especially those experiencing homelessness or long-term unemployment (University of New South Wales, Anzac Parade entrance).

Susanna Lawrence (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (Annerley Library, 450 Ipswich Road).

Darshan Balasuriya (Annerley Library)
P: 07 3403 1735
E: wnd@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (284 St Vincents Road, Banyo).

Neil Root (Banyo Library)
P: 07 3403 2200
E: bno@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (cnr Bracken and Barnett Streets, Bracken Ridge). 

Matthew Kieckhofel (Bracken Ridge Library)
P: 07 3667 6060
E: brr@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (cnr Oxford Street and Riding Road, Bulimba).

Penny Davies (Bulimba Library)
P: 07 3407 8223
E: bul@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (Carindale Regional Shopping Centre, cnr Creek and Old Cleveland Roads). 

Jennie Keppell (Carindale Library)
P: 07 3407 1490
E: cnl@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (375 Hamilton Road).

Linda McMahon (acting, Chermside Library)
P: 07 3403 7200
E: cde@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (107 Orange Grove Road).

Karen Glanfield (Coopers Plains Library)
P: 07 3403 4530
E: cpl@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (641 Oxley Road).

Rachel Woerner (Corinda Library)
P: 07 3407 7701
E: cda@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (561 South Pine Road).

Tracy Gibson (Everton Park Library)
P: 07 3403 7400
E: epk@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, Fairfield Road).

Glynis Kurpershoek (Fairfield Library)
P: 07 3403 8615
E: fai@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (Garden City Shopping Centre, cnr Kessels and Logan Roads).

Noela Halpin (Garden City Library)
P: 07 3403 7745
E: gng@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Library Display

A poverty-themed library display of books and posters (79 Evelyn Street).

Tatiana Netchpai (Grange Library)
P: 07 3407 2523
E: gng@brisbane.qld.gov.au

 

VIC: Art on High Street

School students will prepare a range of art work depicting poverty in the region, to be displayed in local shops and businesses throughout the Week (various shops and businesses on High Street, Wodonga).

Alison Prenter (Wodonga Emergency Relief Providers
P: 02 6024 2108
E: woduca@bigpond.net.au

 

NAT: We are all Just Two Steps from Homelessness

A website documentary about 8 people's experiences of homelessness and poverty.  The inspirational stories will challenge community perceptions about who is homeless (www.2steps2.com).

Michelle Hollywood (South Qld Council for Homeless
P: 0418 790 428
W: www.2steps2.com

 

WA: Book Drive

Children will talk about poverty and bring in books which will then be donated to children in need (YMCA Long Day Care, Glen Iris, Bunbury).

Samantha Peacock (YMCA Long Day Care)
P: 08 9275 7141
E: samantha.peacock@ymca.org.au

 

VIC: Food Drive

Children and local families will be donating food to Shoestring Cafe in Bunbury, which is a cafe that provides hot meals for people in need (YMCA Long Day Care, Glen Iris, Bunbury).

Samantha Peacock (YMCA Long Day Care)
P: 08 9275 7141
E: samantha.peacock@ymca.org.au

 

WA: Gifts for Bali Orphanage

School children will learn about an orphanage in Bali and then make library bags for the children in the orphanage (YMCA Long Day Care, Glen Iris, Bunbury).

Samantha Peacock (YMCA Long Day Care)
P: 08 9275 7141
E: samantha.peacock@ymca.org.au

 

SA: Food Baskets - Compare the Price

Two baskets filled with food to healthily feed a family of 4 for one week will be on display, with a competition to guess the cost of each basket.  The display is aimed at assisting people to understand the budget benefits of shopping around and the importance of eating healthy foods (various places in the Mid North).

Sue Allison (Families SA)
P: 08 8638 4311
E: sue.allison@dfc.gov.au

 

WA: Operation Christmas Child

Staff will collect gifts and necessities in shoe boxes for children living in poverty overseas (Mercy Employment, 22 Queen Street, Fremantle).

Alicia Yoong (Mercy Employment)
P: 08 9431 6900

 

VIC: Education about Poverty

Curriculum focus throughout the Week on global and local poverty, particularly on the Millennium Development Goals, with fundraising activities and guest speakers from non-profit organisations (Wales Street Primary School). 

Kate Bowran (Wales Street Primary School)
P: 03 9484 3949
E: bowran.kate.e@edumail.vic.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Activities

Students will participate in various activities, including creating poverty-themed artwork and drama presentations, prayer and petition signing (Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay).

Carmel Donnelly (Xavier Catholic College)
P: 07 4197 1177
E: cjdonnelly@bne.catholic.edu.au

 

VIC: No Interest Loan Scheme Display

Displays of the NILS Anti-Poverty Week Poster to raise community awareness of hidden poverty in the community (all NILS Programs).

Susan Blackburn (Good Shepherd, VICNILS Network)
P: 03 5970 5705
E: s.blackburn@goodshepvic.org.au

 

ACT: Anti-Poverty Week Fundraising Drive

A fundraising drive in the workplace to raise money for two charities working to alleviate poverty (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 26 Thynne Street, Fern Hill Park, Bruce).

Louise O'Rance (AIHW)
P: 02 6244 1102
E: louise.orance@AIHW.gov.au

 

SA: Launch of Food Bin

Launch of food bin, collecting non-perishable items for local families in need and bringing awareness of the issue of poverty to the community (Mannum Foodland).

Jude Lowery (Community Help for the Isolated with
P: 08 8569 2129

 

ACT: Eat to Beat Poverty

Canberra photographer Belinda Pratten will display photographs taken of Anglicare staff and clients to mark the Week in an exhibition entitled 'Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow' (Belconnen Gallery, inside Belconnen Community Centre).

Belinda Pratten

 

WA: Poverty in WA

Launch of a website aimed at promoting issues relating to poverty in Western Australia, and providing information about how poverty affects different groups in the community.

Lorilee Beecroft (WACOSS)
P: 08 9420 7222
E: lorilee@wacoss.org.au
W: www.wacoss.org.au

 

WA: Food Drive

A food drive at the Bunbury YMCA Long Day Care Centre.  Children will be delivering food to the Shoe String Cafe in Bunbury.

Samantha Peacock (YMCA Long Day Care)
P: 08 9275 7141
E: samantha.peacock@ymca.org.au

T.B.A

NAT: Anti-Poverty Week Senate Motion

Senator Siewert will present a motion to the Senate on behalf of the Australian Greens in support of the Week (The Senate, Parliament House, Canberra).

Donna Turner (Office of Senator Rachel Siewert)
P: 08 9228 3277
E: donna.turner@aph.gov.au
W: www.rachelsiewert.org.au

 

NSW: Information Stall

Stall where community organisations provide information on poverty-related issues (Front entrance of Main Library, University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus).

Tanvir Uddin (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

 

VIC: The No Sweat Shop Label Mystery Event

The No Sweat Shop Label will be holding a mystery event involving Fairtrade and No Sweat Shop Label accredited undergarments (date, time and location undisclosed).

Tommy Clarke (No Sweat Shop Label)
E: tommy@nosweatshoplabel.com
W: www.nosweatshoplabel.com

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week book display

A poverty-themed book display for students throughout the Week (WoodCrest State College Resource Centre, Springfield).

Margo Igras (WoodCrest State College)
P: 07 34379559
E: migra1@eq.edu.au
W: www.woodcrestsc.eq.edu.au

 

VIC: Anti-Poverty Awards for Young Victorians

Awards to recognise young Victorians making a contribution to eradication of poverty locally, nationally or internationally.  Awards of up to $3,500.  Applications close midnight on Friday of Anti-Poverty Week.

Kirrilee Torney (Connections UnitingCare)
P: 03 9724 2222
E: info@antipovertyawards.org.au
W: www.antipovertyawards.org.au

 

QLD: Poverty Awareness Raising Campaign

Library displays to highlight the existence of poverty in the community and provide information about services available to people experiencing isolation and poverty (all Redland City Council Libraries).

Pamela Doherty (Redland City Council)
P: 07 3829 8498
E: pamela.doherty@redland.qld.gov.au
W: www.redland.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Collection Appeal

An appeal to collect vital goods for distribution by local emergency relief agencies (all Redland City Council Libraries).

Pamela Doherty (Redland City Council)
P: 07 3829 8498
E: pamela.doherty@redland.qld.gov.au
W: www.redland.qld.gov.au

 

WA: Sleep-Out

Students will 'sleep out' on campus from Monday to Friday to raise awareness of homelessness in the community (University of Notre Dame, Bateman Courtyard, Fremantle).

Sejla Perviz (Notre Dame Students for Social Justi
P: 0430 002 764
E: sperviz@nd.edu.au

 

ACT: Anti-Poverty Week Lunch Special: Cafe in the House

Cafe in the House will be donating $1 of every main lunch meal throughout the Week to Uniting Care Emergency Relief (Cafe in the House, Old Parliament House, Parkes).

Leana Osenieks (Ginger Catering)
P: 02 6273 4366
W: www.gingercatering.com.au

 

NSW: Cookies for members of Tom Foster Community Centre

Carers in Marrickville Council's OOSH services raise awareness in childcare centres of poverty and disadvantage and the children make cookies for members of Tom Foster Community Centre (various before and after school Child Care Centres in the Marrickville Council area).

Louise Rooney (Marrickville Council)
P: 02 9335 2235
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

8:30 am - 3:00 pm

VIC: Victorian Parliament serves meals to the homeless

Members of the Victorian Parliament will be serving free meals to the homeless and disadvantaged at various times throughout the Week (St Mary's House of Welcome).

Lara Denes (St Mary's House of Welcome)
P: 03 9417 7985
E: lara.denes@smhow.org.au
W: www.smhow.org.au

 

NSW: Bookshop Display

Display of books and other information on poverty-related themes (University of New South Wales Bookshop, Kensington Campus).

Susanna Lawrence (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

 

NSW: Library Display

Display of books and other publications on poverty-related themes (Main and Law Libraries, University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus).

Susanna Lawrence (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

 

SA: Information Variety Packs

Variety packs will be available for customers containing information on energy bill reduction, financial counselling and emergency assistance services, budget cook book as well as some treats (Department for Families and Communities, 1-5 Seventh Street, Murray Bridge).

Chantelle Bissell (Department for Families and Com
P: 08 8535 6200
E: chantelle.bissell@dfc.sa.gov.au

 

SA: Grocery Shopping on a Budget

A basket of groceries will be on display to illustrate how to shop on a budget.  It will be the prize in a free raffle drawn on Friday, along with other raffle items for customers (Department for Families and Communities, 1-5 Seventh Street, Murray Bridge).

Chantelle Bissell (Department for Families and Com
P: 08 8535 6200
E: chantelle.bissell@dfc.sa.gov.au

Starts at 9:00 am

NT: Anti-Poverty Week Information Display

An information display featuring photographs from St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal and local community services (Casuarina Shopping Square).

Toni Vine Bromley (NT Shelter)
P: 08 8927 5600
E: eo@ntshelter.org.au

Starts at 9:00 am

NT: Anti-Poverty Week Information Display

An information display featuring photgraphs from St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal and local community services (Palmerston Shopping Centre).

Toni Vine Bromley (NT Shelter)
P: 08 8927 5600
E: eo@ntshelter.org.au

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

ACT: Vinnie's Anti-Poverty Week Stall

Stall promoting the Society and fundraising for its causes (Woden Shopping Centre).

Shannon Pickles (St Vincent de Paul Society)
P: 0418 240 310
W: www.vinnies.org.au

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

VIC: Hanover 'Wear Orange to Work' Day

Hanover supporters will wear orange to work on one day during the Week and have a morning tea in their workplace to raise awareness of poverty (various organisations in Victoria).

Janet Harris (Hanover Welfare Services)
P: 03 9695 8368
E: jharris@hanover.org.au
W: www.hanover.org.au

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Awareness Display

A display of posters and brochures from service providers accross Cairns who assist people in financial hardship (Mission Australia, 132 Grafton Street, Cairns).

Andy Warren (Mission Australia)
P: 07 4041 7138
E: warrena@missionaustralia.com.au

9:30 am - 12:30 am

NSW: Education Sessions: Poverty in the Local Community

Mobile playgroup vans will raise awareness of poverty and hardship by providing statistics and information sheets to parents attending the playgroups with their children.  Practical ideas on ways to help those experiencing hardship will be given (various parks in the Marrickville Council area).

Louise Rooney (Marrickville Council)
P: 02 9335 2235
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

10:00 am - 11:30 am

VIC: Coffee Shop Conversations

Sessions will be held to assist people in financial difficulty in an informal manner over free coffee and cake.  Information on the No Interest Loan Scheme will also be provided (Idyl Book Cafe, Faithfull Street, Wangaratta). 

Upper Murray Family Care

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

NSW: Eight Sixty

A photographic series which looks beneath the surface of India at faces that illustrate lives of struggle.  It aims to inspire people to realise their opportunity to reach out to those in need. Opening night 9 October, running until 28 October. (The Blender Gallery, 16 Elizabeth Street, Paddington).

Rick Carter (Opportunity International Australia)
P: 02 8399 1411
E: rick@jimmytoo.com.au
W: www.eightsixty.org

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

WA: Anti-Poverty Week Stalls and Activities

Community organisations such as St Vincent de Paul, Women's Refuge, Big Issue etc will provide information on their services (University of Notre Dame, Fremantle Campus).

Sejla Perviz (University of Notre Dame, Fremantle)
P: 0430 002 764
E: sperviz@nd.edu.au

 

ACT: Voices for Justice

Political lobbying conference where participants speak out, worship, attend workshops and engage in conversations with the nation's leaders calling for poverty to be halved by 2015 (conference opens 1pm, 11 October and closes 6.30pm, 14 October, Parliament House and Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest).

Carlyn Chen (Micah Challenge)
P: (02) 9453 1586
E: voices@micahchallenge.org.au
W: www.micahchallenge.org.au

Sunday 12 October
Time Description [venue] Contact
 

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Community Notice

We will raise awareness of poverty and hardship experienced by Australians through a publication in the Moranbah Messenger Newsletter (Moranbah).

Christine Macfarlan (Moranbah and District Support
P: 07 4941 5164
E: ciswmdss@moranbah.net.au

Starts at 7:45 am

NSW: Anti-Poverty Week Church Services

The homily at the three Masses on this day will focus on poverty and hardship (St John the Baptist Church, Cnr Victoria and Blackwall Roads, Woy Woy).

Bernard Edwards (St John the Baptist Church)
P: 02 4341 6343
E: bernie54@optusnet.com.au

Starts at 8:30 am

QLD: Bolivia Day

Worship service to focus on missionary work at an orphanage and school in the Bolivian jungle, with a visual presentation and a celebration of development work we have helped fund (Dayboro Uniting Church).

Dr Paul Inglis (Uniting Church)
P: 07 3425 3220
E: psinglis@westnet.com.au

Starts at 9:00 am

VIC: The Benefits of Fair Trade

Antony McMullen will be speaking at this Church service about the benefits of Fairtrade, a scheme which reduces poverty for producers in developing countries (Rowville Uniting Church, Corner Fulham Road and Bridgewater Way).

Antony McMullen (Uniting Church)
P: 03 9251 5286
E: antony.mcmullen@victas.uca.org.au

Starts at 10:00 am

TAS: Missiondale City to City Walk

145km relay walk from from Launceston to Burnie over 4 days to raise awareness of the link between substance abuse and poverty. Funds raised go to Missiondale drugs and alcohol recovery centre (Launceston).

Brian Roach (City Mission)
P: (03) 6331 6999
E: brian@citymission.org.au
W: www.citymission.org.au

Starts at 10:30 am

VIC: The Benefits of Fair Trade

Antony McMullen will be speaking at this Church service about the benefits of Fairtrade, a scheme which reduces poverty for producers in developing countries (Rowville Uniting Church, Corner Fulham Road and Bridgewater Way).

Antony McMullen (Uniting Church)
P: 03 9251 5286
E: antony.mcmullen@victas.uca.org.au

Starts at 10:30 am

VIC: Anti-Poverty Week National Launch

The Deputy Prime Minister, the Honourable Julia Gillard, will open the Week and launch the 'Inclusion at Schools Booklet,' followed by a Round Table discussion with stakeholders from the education, welfare and community sector to discuss inclusion and education (Hanover Welfare Services).

Tony Keenan (Hanover Welfare Services)
P: 03 9695 8355
W: www.hanover.org.au

Starts at 12:30 am

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week BBQ

A free BBQ where QCOSS will release its 2008 report on poverty in Queensland (Brisbane Homelessness Service Centre, 62 Peel Street, South Brisbane).

Mark Jeffery (QCOSS)
P: 0419 732 583
E: markj@qcoss.org.au
W: www.qcoss.org.au

12:30 am - 3:30 pm

VIC: Protest Picnic

A child friendly picnic protesting the impact of the Howard and now Rudd Governments' Welfare to Work, Child Support and Family Law reforms on the lives of single mothers and their children (Treasury Gardens).

Jess (Council of Single Mothers and their Children
P: 03 9654 0327
E: projects@csmc.org.au

3:00 pm - 10:00 pm

SA: Awareness Afternoon Tea

Staff discussion about their experiences, values and beliefs on a number of poverty-related issues.  Refreshments provided (Royal Adelaide Hospital).

Shane Hough (Spotless Services Australia)
P: 0433 030 646
E: livingitout@live.com.au

Monday 13 October
Time Description [venue] Contact
 

VIC: Trivia Night

A trivia night for staff to raise money for Lentil as Anything (which teaches basic skills to new refugees) and the Fitzroy Breakfast Club (which feeds 60 children breakfast every week day from a local housing estate) (Fitzroy Bowling Club).  SOLD OUT

Billie Stewart (Department of Justice)
P: 03 8684 0087
E: billie.stewart@justice.vic.gov.au

 

NSW: Anti-Poverty Week Publication

'Poverty - the need for fresh views on a familiar problem' - an article on poverty by social justice interns published in the publication 'Court of Conscience.'

Susanna Lawrence (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

 

ACT: Report Launch

Parliamentary secretary for social inclusion, Ursula Stephens, will launch Anglicare's 7th Annual State of the Family Report 'Creative Tension - Australia's Social Inclusion Agenda,' to mark the start of the Week (Parliament House, Canberra). 

Dr Sean Regan (Anglicare Australia)
P: 02 6230 1775
E: anglicare@anglicare.asn.au

 

NSW: Release of Poverty Report

The report Perspectives on Poverty in the Shoalhaven will be released to mark the Week (Shoalhaven).

Shoalhaven City Council

 

VIC: Healthy, Low-Cost Cooking Tips

A food tasting afternoon to promote healthy, low-cost food, aimed at teaching local residents the importance of eating healthily, as well as offering information on the No Interest Loan Scheme (Dalacombe Community House, Ballarat).

Delacombe Community House

 

NSW: Anti-Poverty Week Parliamentary Speech

Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton marked the start of the Week with a speech to Parliament.

Mark Coulton MP

 

TAS: Launch of Poverty Report

TasCOSS will launch its report 'Enhancing Quality of Life: Addressing Poverty and Disadvantage through the HACC Program,' on the impact of poverty on the quality of life in Tasmania to mark the Week.

Tom Muller (TasCOSS)
P: 03 6231 0755
E: tom@tascoss.org.au

 

TAS: The Listening Room

Council of the Ageing will call on seniors struggling to make ends meet to contact the Listening Room to discuss their problems.

COTA Tasmania
P: 03 6228 1897
E: admin@cotatas.org

T.B.A

WA: Conversations on Tap: The Economics of Homelessness

A presentation by guest speakers and a discussion of the causes and consequences of homelessness (University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, Room ND 1/103).

Sejla Perviz (Notre Dame Students for Social Justi
P: 0430 002 764
E: sperviz@nd.edu.au

7:30 am - 11:00 am

WA: WA Anti-Poverty Week Launch: Thriving or Surviving

A breakfast forum on the theme of poverty and hardship, with guest speakers including Sue Gordon, Janet Holmes a Court and Ian Carter.  RSVP by 1 October (The University Club of WA).

Sakina Bindahneem (Ngala)
P: 08 9368 9363
E: sbindahneem@ngala.com.au

Starts at 9:00 am

NSW: Fundraising BBQ and activities day

Students will be given a presentation during school assembly on an aspect of poverty and will then join in a BBQ and activities day to fundraise for the Salvation Army Street Kids program (Waratah Technology Campus).

Debbie Clare (Waratah Technology Campus)
P: 02 4968 1939
E: debbieclr@yahoo.com.au

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

VIC: Stand-Up Against Poverty

Students will 'plant' cut-out people attached to bamboo sticks in the school's garden with a large sign 'Make Poverty History' and participate in a prayer ritual for those in need (St Peter's School, Clayton)

Tricia Walls (St Peter's School)
P: 03 9544 3032
E: trishw@stprclay.melb.catholic.edu.au
W: www.stprclay.melb.catholic.edu.au

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

SA: Drought Survey and Healthy Food Options

The Centre will conduct a survey on the effects of drought in the community.  There will also be a healthy low cost food display (Waikerie Community Centre).

Rebecca Smith (Anglican Community Care)
P: 08 8541 2081
E: rebeccas@accinc.org.au

Starts at 9:15 am

VIC: Victorian Launch of Anti-Poverty Week

The Premier of Victoria and Minister for Planning and Community Development will launch the Week with an announcement of successful Community Enterprise Grants (Five High Community Cafe, 106 Elizabeth Street, Richmond).

Tony Keenan (Hanover Welfare Services)
P: 03 9699 6388

9:30 am - 11:30 am

WA: Budgeting Workshop

Workshops on alternative ways of organising your finances, with an opportunity to get advice from an experienced Financial Counsellor (Granny Spiers Community House, 2 Albatross Court, Heathridge).

Helen Spicer (Granny Spiers Community House)
P: 08 9401 2699
E: gsch@people.net.au

9:30 am - 11:30 am

NSW: Anti-Poverty Week Seminar

Seminar on Increasing Financial Inclusion in Australia with Dr Roslyn Russell and Children's Lived Experience of Poverty with Jarrah Joffman-Ekstein.  Morning tea provided (The Benevolent Society, Level 1, 188 Oxford Street, Paddington).

Carly Fitzsimons (Benevolent Society)
P: 02 9339 8077
E: carlyf@bensoc.org.au

Starts at 10:00 am

VIC: Interschool Social Justice Day

Students from various Uniting Church schools will attend a social justice day, with workshops to include topics relating to slavery and sweat shops.  Attendance by invitation only (Methodist Ladies College, Hawthorn).

Antony McMullen (Uniting Church, Victoria and Tasm
P: 03 9251 5286
E: antony.mcmullen@victas.uca.org.au

Starts at 10:00 am

VIC: Anti-Poverty Week Morning Tea

A morning tea for staff, with gold coin donation for the Salvation Army (various Metropolitan and Regional Departmnet of Justice locations).

Billie Stewart (Department of Justice)
P: 03 8684 0087
E: billie.stewart@justice.vic.gov.au

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

SA: Cooking Up A Treat

A 'healthy food' display of budget conscious healthy eating options.  Information from a nutritionist with 'hands on' cooking classes and information on budget cooking classes for the local community (Wandana Community Centre).

Rille Walshe (Centacare)
P: 08 8261 8124
E: wandanacc@centacare.org.au
W: www.centacare.org.au/wcc

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

SA: Cooking up a Treat

Interactive sessions will be held on healthy food and good nutrition, involving a display, cooking demonstrations and the provision of information and recipes (Wandana Community Centre, 14 Blacks Road, Giles Plains).

Wandana Community Centre
P: 08 8261 8124
E: wandanacc@centacare.org.au

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

SA: Cooking on a Budget Workshop

A workshop on budget cooking, covering topics such as nutrition, food safety and budgeting.  A healthy lunch will be prepared (62-72 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide).

Julie Day (Christ Church Community Centre)
P: 08 8267 2673
E: info@communityoutreach.com.au
W: www.communityoutreach.com.au

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

QLD: Poverty Awareness BBQ

A free sausage sizzle with information available to assist people suffering from financial hardship, as well as giveaways (Main Street, Atherton).

James Gegg (Mission Australia)
P: 07 4091 5903
E: geggj@missionaustralia.com.au
W: www.missionaustralia.com.au

Starts at 10:30 am

VIC: Wear Orange to Work Day

Hanover staff will wear orange to work and have a morning tea where participants will learn about client perceptions of homelessness and client views on possible solutions (Hanover Welfare Services, South Melbourne).

Celeste Harrison (Hanover Welfare Services)
P: 03 9695 8353
E: supporters@hanover.org.au

Starts at 10:30 am

WA: Anti-Poverty Morning Tea

A morning tea to raise awareness of poverty in the local community (Oake House, Midland).

Brisa Rojas (Holyoake)
P: 08 9416 4444
E: holyadmin@holyoake.org.au
W: www.holyoake.org.au

10:30 am - 11:00 am

NSW: An early education initiative: Baby Rhyme Time Sessions

Promoting reading by children and awareness amongst parents of the importance of reading to children and the links between early childhood education, literacy and poverty prevention (Marrickville Library).

 

Belinda Bourke (Marrickville City Council)
P: 02 9335 2169
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

11:00 am - 12:00 am

VIC: Launch of 'Staff for Social Justice' Group and Volunteering Presentation

Launch of the Staff for Social Justice Network intranet site area and presentation for Department of Justice staff from Matthew Rasmussen, President of Volunteering Victoria, about all aspects of being a volunteer.

Billie Stewart (Department of Justice)
P: 03 8684 0087
E: billie.stewart@justice.vic.gov.au

11:00 am - 12:00 am

VIC: The Conversation Hour

Ali Moore will host ABC Melbourne radio program 'The Conversation Hour' and discuss the broader issues relating to poverty with guests Julian Disney, Chair of Anti-Poverty Week, and Tony Attwood from the Big Issue (ABC Southbank Centre, Southbank, Melbourne).

The Conversation Hour, ABC Melbourne
P: 03 9626 1771
W: www.abc.net.au/melbourne/features/conversations

11:30 am - 12:30 am

SA: Health and Disadvantage: A Free Fun Fitness Session

With aim of raising awareness of the link between health and disadvantage, including social exclusion, we will hold a gentle, interactive session of fun exercise in the outdoors at no cost.  All welcome (Glandore Community Centre).

Tony Taylor (Glandore Community Centre)
P: 08 8371 1139
E: glancomm@bigbutton.com.au
W: www.bigbutton.com.au-glancomm

11:30 am - 2:30 pm

VIC: Information Stall and Sausage Sizzle

Our organisation will provide the community with information about agency services.  There will be a sausage sizzle and food and fuel vouchers for people in need (May Park, Horsham).

Robyn Murphy (Wimmera UnitingCare)
P: 03 5382 6789
E: robynm@wimmera.unitingcare.org.au
W: www.wimmera.unitingcare.org.au

Starts at 12:00 am

SA: Launch of Anti-Poverty Week, South Australia

Minister Jennifer Rankin will launch Anti-Poverty Week with supporters of the Week. (Rundle Mall, Adelaide).

Moira Deslandes (Volunteering SA)
P: (08) 82217177
E: reception@volunteeringsa.org.au
W: www.volunteeringsa.org.au

Starts at 12:00 am

VIC: Albury-Wodonga Launch of Anti-Poverty Week

The Week will be launched by the Mayor of the City of Wodonga, Councillor Rodney Wangman, providing an opportunity for the community to gain an understanding of the level of poverty in the region (Wodonga Civic Centre).

Alison Prenter (Wodonga Emergency Relief Providers
P: 02 6024 2108
E: woduca@bigpond.net.au

12:00 am - 1:00 pm

WA: Anti-Poverty Week Guest Lecture

Dr Paul Flatau, Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute will present his research findings to staff on the topic 'Social Inclusion across the Lifecourse - Poverty and Homelessness in the Boom State' (Department for Communities West Perth).

Monica Mardonnes (Department for Communities)
P: 08 6217 8203
E: monica-mardonnes@communities.wa.gov.au
W: www.communities.wa.gov.au

12:00 am - 2:00 pm

VIC: Making a Difference

Students will participate in activities to raise awareness of poverty in the local community and to raise funds for the Croydon Dining Room which provides meals for poor and homeless people (Cafeteria, Swinburne Croydon Campus, Norton Road).  

Sophie Michael
P: 03 9726 1409
E: smichael@groupwise.swin.edu.au

12:00 am - 2:00 pm

ACT: Chef's Challenge

Three of Canberra's leading chefs take on the challenge of preparing meals based on the real-life budgets of people living in poverty.  Can you live on less than $5 per day for all meals? (Kippax Uniting Community Centre, Luke Street, Holt).

Gordon Ramsay (UnitingCare Kippax)
P: 02 6254 1733
E: kuc@kippax.org.au
W: www.kippax.org.au

12:00 am - 2:00 pm

NSW: BBQ for Homeless and Disadvantaged People

A free BBQ for homeless and disadvantaged people as part of the Kaleidoscope Festival celebrations (Albion Street Lodge, 66B Albion Street, Surrey Hills).

Astra Howard (Mission Australia/RecLink)
P: 02 9356 0611
E: howarda@missionaustralia.com.au

12:30 am - 2:00 pm

QLD: Queensland's Anti-Poverty Week Launch

Come and share in experiences of poverty and hardship, with Hon Mike Reynolds MP launching the Week.  Light refreshments provided.  All welcome (Premier's Hall, Parliamentary Annexe, Parliament House).

Tilly Igras (UnitingCare Centre for Social Justice
P: 07 3025 2013
E: qld@antipovertyweek.org.au
W: www.antipovertyweek.org

Starts at 1:00 pm

SA: Shop Smart Eat Smart

Dietitians will run a training session for volunteers and staff of the Centre on healthy eating and food budgeting for people on low-incomes, to enable them to assist their clients (Renmark Paringa Community Centre).

Julie Walter (Renmark Paringa Community Centre)
P: 08 8586 5745
E: riverland_volunteer@hotmail.com
W: www.rpcci.org.au

Starts at 1:00 pm

QLD: Anti-Poverty Concert

Students perform in a live band concert, including a presentation on the Make Indigenous Poverty History campaign (Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay).

Carmel Donnelly (Xavier Catholic College)
P: 07 4197 1177
E: cjdonnelly@bne.catholic.edu.au

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

NSW: Internet Training Program

Internet training program for boarding house residents in Marrickville Council area (Marrickville Library).

Belinda Bourke (Marrickville Council)
P: (02) 9335 2169
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

SA: Free Soup Kitchen

A free, healthy, cost effective meal for local people on low incomes (Renmark Paringa Community Centre).

Julie Walter (RPCCI)
P: 08 8586 5745
E: riverland_volunteer@hotmail.com
W: www.rpcci.org.au

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

SA: Emergency Food Assistance

Free basic food items will be available for collection by families in need on  Monday, Wednesday and Friday (Renmark Paringa Community Centre).

Julie Walter (RPCCI)
P: 08 8586 5745
E: riverland_volunteer@hotmail.com
W: www.rpcci.org.au

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

NSW: Street Socceroos Game

The 'Street Socceroos,' a soccer team comprised of homeless and disadvantaged people, will play a soccer match as part of the Kaleidoscope Festival celebrations (King George VI Recreation Centre, Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney).

Astra Howard (Mission Australia/RecLink)
P: 02 9356 0611
E: howarda@missionaustralia.com.au

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

SA: Aldinga PALS Against Poverty

Children in the PALS program will wrap Chistmas presents and make cards for disadvantaged families in the local area which will be distributed, along with food packages.  Children will learn about the effects of poverty and how they can help (Aldinga Community Centre).

Elizabeth Chenoweth (Aldinga PALS Program)
P: 08 8556 5940
E: rajah707@iinet.net.au

Starts at 4:00 pm

SA: PALS Against Poverty

Primary school aged children in the PALS Program will prepare Christmas presents for hampers distributed by the Emergency Assistance Program (Aldinga Community Centre).

Libby Chenoweth (Aldinga Community Centre)
P: 0412 962 765
E: aldingacc@hotmail.com
W: www.aldingacc.org

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

NSW: What's this thing called poverty?

A seminar on poverty, with guest speakers including Duncan McDuie-Ra and field-workers from Oxfam (University of New South Wales, CLB 4).

Tanvir Uddin (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

NSW: Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries

Panel discussion on implementing sustainable energy in developing communities, with guest speakers including Josh Usher, Anna Bruce and Suprabhat Basnet (University of Technology, Building 10, 235 Jones St, Level 6).

Lucy Hobgood-Brown (Sydney Development Circle)
P: 02 9879 4925
W: groups.yahoo.com/group/sydney_development_circle

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

NSW: Storm Gallery Opening and Festival Launch

Launch of the Kaleidoscope Festival combined with the opening of an art exhibition, featuring artworks created by the homeless, disadvantaged and socially excluded members of the community.  Exhibition dates 13-25 October (Storm Gallery, 2/65-67 Foveaux Av, Surrey Hills and Cooinda Gallery, 19 Denham Street, Surrey Hills).

Astra Howard (Mission Australia/RecLink)
P: 02 9356 0611
E: howarda@missionaustralia.com.au

Starts at 6:30 pm

TAS: Climate Change Forum: think bigger than our own backyard

Andrew Hewitt (Executive Director of Oxfam Australia and Co-Chair of Make Poverty History) and Dr Kate Crowley (Chair of the Tasmanian Climate Action Council) speak on climate change and its social impacts (Republic Bar, North Hobart).

Ros Lewis (Oxfam Australia)
P: 0437 741 677
E: tasenquiry@oxfam.org.au
W: www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/climate-change

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

NSW: Dare to Make a Difference: Social Justice Forum

A forum on the challenge of affluence and poverty in Australia, with guest speaker Productivity Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald (Australian Catholic University, Mount Saint May Campus, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield).

Helen McLucas (Institute for Advancing Community E
P: 02 9701 4176
E: iace@acu.edu.au

Starts at 7:30 pm

VIC: 30% Affordable Housing Forum

A Panel of David Imber (VCOSS), Catherine Upcher (RHN) and a banking representative will lead discussion on the affordable housing problem in the region and try to find a way forward for people in this situation (St John's Anglican Church, Beechworth Road, Wodonga).

Alison Prenter (Wodonga Emergency Relief Providers
P: 02 6024 2108
E: woduca@bigpond.net.au

Starts at 7:30 pm

QLD: The Suntory Cup

A cocktail competition to raise funds for Mission Australia, with a talk by a Mission representative on the organisation's community work (The Met Nightclub, Fortitude Valley).

Kathie Kelly (Mission Australia)
P: 07 3394 8140
E: kellyk@missionaustralia.com.au
W: www.missionaustralia.com.au

Tuesday 14 October
Time Description [venue] Contact
All Day
(Starts at :2 am)

VIC: A Discussion about Poverty in Gippsland

Mary Wooldridge, Shadow Minister for Community Services, will be meeting with a number of welfare providers to discuss poverty in Gippsland (Traralgon).

Mary Wooldridge (Victorian Coalition)
P: 03 9841 5166
E: mary.wooldridge@parliament.vic.gov.au
W: www.marywooldridge.com

 

VIC: Fair Trade Certified Announcement

An announcement for Department of Justice staff that the Department of Justice has become the first State Government department to be recognised as a Fair Trade community by the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Billie Stewart (Department of Justice)
P: 03 8684 0087
E: billie.stewart@justice.vic.gov.au

 

NAT: Poverty & Blindness Activities

Schools are being encouraged during the Week to participate in the Blindness and Poverty Activities lesson plan formulated to teach children about the links between blindness and poverty (133 schools nationally).

Kate Morrison (Fred Hollows Foundation)
P: 02 8741 1933
E: kmorrison@hollows.org

T.B.A

NSW: Poverty in Your Backyard

A live concert to raise awareness of poverty in the Australian community (Macquarie University campus, Sydney).

Armen Gakavian (Centre for Research on Social Incl
P: 02 9850 9171
E: crsi@scmp.mq.edu.au
W: www.crsi.mq.edu.au

8:45 am - 5:30 pm

TAS: Running on empty: Poverty, Disadvantage and Social Exclusion Conference

Renowned presenters will cover topics including mental health discrimination, the latest research on poverty indicators, community development models and global poverty issues. Registrations now open (Door of Hope, Glen Dhu St, Launceston).

Ixa de Haan (Centacare & Door of Hope)
P: (03) 6331 9253
E: ixa.prtss@oahtas.org.au
W: www.hobart.catholic.org.au/centacareconference.html

9:00 am - 12:00 am

VIC: Health Promotion Projects Presentation

A plenary poster presentation of 118 Health Promotion Projects conducted by medical students with community partners on the health of disadvantaged people (Banquet Room, 1st Floor Campus Centre, Monash University, Weelkington Road Clayton).

Dr Tangerine Holt (Centre for Medical and Health S
P: 03 9501 5533
E: tangerine.holt@med.monash.edu.au

9:00 am - 3:30 pm

VIC: Crossing the Divide: Schools and Community Working Together on Homelessness

One day conference for the school and community sector on homelessness and promoting partnerships to improve the lives of those experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless (Jasper Hotel, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne).

Teacher Learning Network
P: 03 9416 4686
E: admin@tln.org.au
W: www.tln.org.au

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

SA: Informing a Community

A stand and information display for low-income earners and the disadvantaged in the community (Elizabeth City Centre).

Ann Brown (Northern Area Community & Youth Service
P: 08 8252 2474
E: abrown@nacys.asn.au

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

TAS: ruMAD? Youth Action Conference

A conference recognising students who make a difference to social justice locally and globally. Workshops on a range of poverty related issues will provide students with the opportunity to work with community change-makers. Schools must register (Launceston College, 107-119 Paterson Street).

Helen Hortle (Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning
P: 0400824261
E: admin@afairerworld.org
W: www.afairerworld.org

Starts at 10:00 am

NSW: Alleviate Poverty Now

A morning tea, with information for people experiencing poverty and information on campaigning to alleviate poverty (Bulli Community Centre).

Jan Hamilton (Bulli Community Centre)
P: 02 4283 6130
E: janhamilton2004@yahoo.com.au

Starts at 10:00 am

VIC: Anti-Poverty Week morning tea

A morning tea for staff, with the aim of collecting giftcards to provide to Anglicare clients (Department of Justice locations across the Hume region). 

Billie Stewart (Department of Justice)
P: 03 8684 0087
E: billie.stewart@justice.vic.gov.au

10:00 am - 11:30 am

SA: Surviving on a Pension

A display of information for pensioners on finance and nutrition. Healthy morning tea provided (Reedbeds Community Centre, 19 Fitch Road, Fulham).

Rose Dunn (Reedbeds Community Centre)
P: 08 8235 1644
E: Reedbeds@acecommunications.com.au

10:00 am - 12:00 am

NSW: Innovation in Social Enterprise to Address Poverty & Disadvantage

Examples of social enterprise, housing cooperatives, community sector banking and energy efficient appliance schemes and their impact on poverty and disadvantage (Sydney Mechanics School or Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney).

Marrickville Council
P: 02 9335 2157
E: clcm4@marrickville.nsw.gov.au
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

SA: Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of our Children

A display of shopping trolleys filled with goods contrasting healthy foods and their associated cost benefits with junk foods (Centro Plaza, Mount Gambier).

Sue Watt (SE Regional Health Services/Families SA)
P: 0428 255 122
E: sue@accinc.org.au
W: www.accinc.org.au

10:00 am - 2:30 pm

SA: Information Display and No Interest Loan Scheme

The display provides information on the services offered by UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc to members of the local community. It will focus mainly on the No Interest Loan Scheme (Centro Colonnades Shopping Centre, Beach Rd, Noarlunga Centre).

Kylie Manifold (Uniting Care Wesley)
P: (08) 8329 1700
E: kylie.manifold@ucwesleyadelaide.org.au
W: www.ucwesleyadelaide.org.au

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

SA: Consumer Display

Local people are invited to attend this display and meet with agency representatives to learn about various programs, forums and the No Interest Loan Scheme (Uniting Care Wesley Corner Church).

Sue Heathcote (Uniting Care Wesley)
P: 08 8202 5182
E: sue.heathcote@ucwesleyadelaide.org.au
W: www.ucwesleyadelaide.org.au

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

NT: Forum: 'Charity or Social Change?'

A Hypothetical on issues surrounding charity and social change, with 7 panel members and moderated by a local radio personality (Mal Nairn Auditorium, Charles Darwin University).

Toni Vine Bromley (NT Shelter)
P: 08 8927 5600
E: eo@ntshelter.org.au

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

ACT: Art Day

A get together to create a display of artwork on how poverty, homelessness and domestic violence has affected you and your children.  Lunch provided (Boomerang Centre, BAC Flats).

Trish (YWCA of Canberra)
P: 02 6207 1038
W: www.ywca-canberra.org.au

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

VIC: Housing Affordability and Poverty Forum

Activities involving music, lunch, an auction and guest speakers, focusing on the issues of housing affordability and the rights of the working class poor (Peninsula Youth & Family Services, Frankston). 

Darren Meddings (Salvation Army South East Service
P: 03 9784 5024
E: darren.meddings@aus.salvationarmy.org
W: www.salvationarmy.org.ausesn

11:30 am - 2:30 pm

VIC: Skills Workshop

A skills workshop and lunch targeting people transitioning into the workforce (VECCI, 486 Albert Street, Melbourne).

Michelle Hayward (VECCI)
P: 03 8662 5333
E: mhayward@vecci.org.au
W: www.vecci.org.au

11:30 am - 2:30 pm

VIC: Information Stall and Sausage Sizzle

Our organisation will provide the community with information about agency services.  There will be a sausage sizzle and food and fuel vouchers for people in need (Donald Community House).

Robyn Murphy (Wimmera UnitingCare)
P: 03 5382 6789
E: robynm@wimmera.unitingcare.org.au
W: www.wimmera.unitingcare.org.au

Starts at 12:00 am

VIC: Presentation: Second Bite - Second Chance

Russell Shields, Food Program Development Manager, Second Bite, will present to Department of Justice staff on his organisation's approach to sourcing nutritious surplus food and produce in Melbourne that might otherwise go to waste and distributing to agencies and people in need.

Billie Stewart (Department of Justice)
P: 03 8684 0087
E: billie.stewart@justice.vic.gov.au

Starts at 12:00 am

SA: School Children's Lunch

Students will prepare artwork depicting their perception of poverty, followed by a lunch in which they will be served boiled rice, bread and fruit (Hillcrest Community Centre).

Diane Davies (North East Community House)
P: 08 8369 0329
E: nenh@chariot.net.au

12:00 am - 1:00 pm

ACT: ACT Anti-Poverty Week Launch

Featuring a presentation on poverty and social inclusion and entertainment from the Jumpin Gateway Choir (Canberra Museum and Gallery).

Robin Brown (ACT Anti-Poverty Week Co-Chair)
P: 0400 088 904
W: www.antipovertyweek.org.au

Starts at 12:15 am

WA: Anti-Poverty Week Ecumenical Service

Bishop Donald Sproxton will lead an ecumenical service to highlight our uniting call of solidarity against poverty, with people affected by poverty participating (St Brigid's Catholic Church).

Terry Quinn (Catholic Social Justice Council)
P: 08 9422 7900
E: reception@highgate-perthcatholic.org.au

Starts at 12:30 am

WA: South East Metropolitan Emergency Relief Forum Lunch

A guest speaker from 'Focus Cambodia' will talk about poverty in Cambodia.  Funds raised will be donated to the organisation (Gosnells Community Lotteries House).

Shirley Glover (South East Metropolitan Emergency)
P: 08 9398 1455

12:30 am - 2:00 pm

ACT: Seminar: Care, Poverty and Ageing

Professor Peter Davis will explore models of primary care delivery in an ageing society (Australian National University).

Jenny White (Australian National University)
P: 02 6125 3629
W: www.anu.edu.au

12:30 am - 3:00 pm

NSW: Poverty in your Backyard

An awareness raising activity which will include stalls and information from local and international aid organisations and a concert by group 'Synthetic Apocalypse' (Macquarie University, Sydney).

Armen Gakavian (Centre for Research on Social Incl
P: 02 9850 9171
E: crsi@scmp.mq.edu.au
W: www.crsi.mq.edu.au

Starts at 1:00 pm

SA: Affordable Bowling

An affordable game of bowling for people with a mental illness, their family, friends and support workers (Marion Bowland).

Jenine Lamberton (UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaid
P: 08 8276 3616
E: phamscsw@ucwpa.org.au

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

NSW: International Perspectives on Development and Poverty Issues

Ross Buckley, Paul Redmond and Gillian Moon will discuss different perspectives on international development, human rights and regulation (University of New South Wales Law School, Law Building, Room 101).

Tanvir Uddin (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

QLD: Cooking Healthy Food on a Budget

A workshop about cooking affordable and healthy snacks fo school lunch boxes (Community Renewal Building, Caboolture East School).

Early Years Centre
P: 07 5428 1447

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

SA: Free Information Session

SA Health 'Do it for Life Program' will provide information for low-income earners on how to make better lifestyle choices for better health (Renmark Paringa Community Centre).

Julie Walter (RPCCI)
P: 08 8586 5745
E: riverland_volunteer@hotmail.com
W: www.rpcci.org.au

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

TAS: Financial Counselling: Make the Most of Your Money

Get free financial advice from Anglicare's financial counsellor and learn about the No Interest Loans Scheme.  Afternoon tea provided (Davenport Community House).

Kate Beer (Davenport Community House Association
P: 03 6424 7060
E: devhouse@bigpond.net.au

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

WA: Homework Centre Training

Homework Centre training provided to students interested in volunteering at the Centre (Joe Cooper Recreation Centre, Spearwood).

Sejla Perviz (University of Notre Dame, Fremantle)
P: 0430 002 764
E: sperviz@nd.edu.au

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

VIC: 'Education at the Edges' Forum

Forum with a range of guest speakers, including Father Bob McGuire, Dr Beverley Campbell, Dr Victoria Volkoff and Peter Horbury, focusing on income support for students and education for prisoners, Indigenous Australians, refugees and international students (1st Floor, Alan Gilbert Building (Executive Lounge), Universtiy of Melbourne).

Antony McMullen (Uniting Church Australia)
E: antonymcmullen@victas.uca.org.au
W: www.victas.uca.org.au

Starts at 6:00 pm

VIC: Anti-Poverty Week Film Night

The documentary 'Lost Boys of Sudan' will be screened to create awareness and educate people about the challenges facing refugees on arrival in Australia.  All money raised will be donated to the Ecumenical Migration Centre (Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square).

Lauren Goethals (Brotherhood of St Laurence)
P: 03 9483 1113
E: lgoethals@bsl.org.au
W: www.bsl.org.au/events

Starts at 6:00 pm

VIC: 14th Annual Oswald Barnett Oration

Michael Lennon, CEO of Housing Choices Australia, will address social housing and public policy-making in the midst of Australia's housing affordability crisis.  Light refreshments provided.  No RSVP necessary and all welcome (University of Melbourne, Centre for Public Policy, Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, 234 Queensbury Street, Carlton). 

Pauline Driscoll (Anglicare Victoria)
P: 03 9412 6133
E: pauline.driscoll@anglicarevic.org.au
W: www.anglicarevic.org.au

Starts at 6:30 pm

TAS: Climate Change Forum: think bigger than our own backyard

Andrew Hewitt (Executive Director of Oxfam Australia and Co-Chair of Make Poverty History) and Nick Towle (Burnie Health and Sustainability activist) speak on climate change and its social impacts. Light refreshments (Burnie University of Tasmania, Cradle Coast campus, 16-20 Mooreville Road).

Ros Lewis (Oxfam Australia)
P: 0437 741 677
E: tasenquiry@oxfam.org.au
W: www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/climate-change

Starts at 6:30 pm

NSW: Poor Kids

A seminar focusing on children, poverty, health and inequities, with MC A/Professor Garth Alperstein and various guest speakers (Kerry Packer Auditorium, RPAH Campus, Missenden Road, Camperdown).

Suzanne Gleeson (NSW Branch AHPA/PHAA)
P: 02 9515 9062
E: sglee@email.cs.nsw.gov.au

Starts at 6:30 pm

NSW: Talk: Paintings from the [Other] Home-Front

Astra Howard will discuss the impact of art programming in crisis centres for homeless people, joined by client Peter Sokolowskyj who will draw on his own experiences of the 'other' home-front.  Public welcome (College of Fine Arts, UNSW).

Astra Howard (Mission Australia/RecLink)
P: 02 9356 0611
E: howarda@missionaustralia.com.au

Starts at 8:00 pm

WA: Spirit of the Streets Choir Concert

A concert reflecting a spirit of inclusion, acceptance and joy performed by people who are homeless, long-term unemployed, socially excluded or vulnerable in our community.  Supported by The Perth Male Voice Choir and The Working Voices Choir (Perth Concert Hall).

Ken Steele (The Big Issue)
P: 08 9291 7451
E: kensteele@dodo.com.au
W: www.spiritof thestreetschoir.org.au

Wednesday 15 October
Time Description [venue] Contact
All Day
(Starts at :2 am)

QLD: Wear White Wednesday

People are encouraged to dress in white (the international symbol for poverty) on Wednesday to show support for those experiencing poverty (Ipswich).

Cr Sheila Ireland (Ipswich Youth Advisory Council)
P: 07 3810 6655
E: youth@ipswich.qld.gov.au

 

QLD: Affordable Food Bus Tour

A bus tour for volunteers from a range of local organisations will look at operating affordable food shops to find a suitable model to use to open a similar outlet to benefit low-income earners (Strathpine).

Lisette Schultz (Pine Rivers Neighbourhood Centre)
P: 07 3205 2955
E: coord@prnc.org.au

 

NSW: Eat to Beat Poverty

Residents will gather for a BBQ to mark the Week, with donations of food and money going towards local charities to help families in need (East Nowra Neighbourhood Centre).

East Nowra Neighbourhood Centre

T.B.A

NSW: Poverty in Your Backyard

A forum on poverty with guest speakers from NSW politics, local and international NGOs and community groups (Macquarie University, Sydney).

Armen Gakavian (Centre for Research on Social Incl
P: 02 9850 9171
E: crsi@scmp.mq.edu.au
W: www.crsi.mq.edu.au

T.B.A

NAT: Call to Action

We will be calling on the Commonwealth and ANZ banks to stop hurting low-income earners through unfair penalty fees on their concession accounts (venue TBA).

Nicole Rich (Consumer Action Law Centre)
P: 03 9670 5088
E: nicole@consumeraction.org.au
W: www.fairfees.com.au

7:30 am - 9:00 am

WA: Anti-Poverty Breakfast

Join us for a free breakfast, supporting people in need and helping to raise awareness that not everyone is sharing in the state's economic boom.  Information on local support agencies will be available (Carnegie Triangle, Cnr Helena Street and Gt Northern Highway, Midland Town Centre).

Tina (Jobs Australia Midland Morley)
P: 08 9274 9900

7:30 am - 9:30 am

TAS: Aussie Breakfast

A breakfast for the marginalised and disadvantaged individuals in the community.  RSVP by 10 October (Bethlehem House, 56 Warwick Street).

Garry Bennett (Bethlehem House)
P: 03 6234 4594
E: admin@bethlehemhouse.org.au

Starts at 8:30 am

VIC: Partnerships for Social Inclusion Conference

The central theme is development of partnerships for social inclusion and the implications for public policy.  It will provide government, academics and practitioners an opportunity to discuss current practice and future directions (3 day conference, Victory Room, Level 1, Gate 8, Telstra Dome).

Dr Lauren Rosewarne (Centre for Public Policy)
P: 03 8344 9482
E: lrose@unimelb.edu.au
W: www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/conference08

Starts at 9:00 am

VIC: Talk on Poverty & Blindness

A representative of the Fred Hollows Foundation will give a presentation to students on the links between blindness and poverty (Wales Street Primary School).

Kate Morrison (Fred Hollows Foundation)
P: 02 8741 1933
E: kmorrison@hollows.org

9:00 am - 12:30 am

NSW: Paint the Town Read: Birth to Kindergarten Literacy Project

The reading relay book will continue its journey to raise awareness of the links between literacy and poverty prevention.  Stopping in Parkes for a community ceremony, it will continue with our Reading Bug and mayor on a vintage red fire truck for Sydney (Radio Telescope, Main Street and Cooke Park, Parkes).

Rhonda Brain (Western NSW Department of Education)
P: 02 6862 1196
E: rbrain1@bigpond.com

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

VIC: Hand Out Against Poverty

Anti-poverty literature will be handed out at community centres and a letter raising awareness of poverty in the community sent to 2000 local people (21 Woolcock Avenue, Kangaroo Flat).

Elaine McNamara (Kangaroo Flat Community Group)
P: 03 5447 9687

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

WA: Emergency Relief Collection

A collection of non-perishables, including foods and toiletries, on behalf of Victoria Park Youth Accomodation Service to distribute to young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless (Ngala, 9 George Street, Kensington).

Sakina Bindahneem (Ngala)
P: 08 9368 9359
W: www.ngala.com.au

9:15 am - 2:00 pm

NSW: Forum: What is Being Done for Low-Income Earners?

A free information forum for participants to learn about essential services such as energy, water, food, financial literacy, rebates, emergency help, NILS and other assistance (Parramatta Leagues Club, 13-15 O'Connell Street, Parramatta).

Narelle Brown (EWON)
P: 02 8218 5241
E: narelleb@ewon.com.au
W: www.ewon.com.au

10:00 am - 12:00 am

NSW: Determinants of Health as a Key to Improving Disadvantage & Poverty

Seminar with guest speakers on aspects of tackling oral health, tobacco uses, mental health problems and being poor.  RSVP essential (Westpac Building, 275 Kent Street, Sydney).

Marrickville Council
P: 02 9335 2157
E: clcm4@marrickville.nsw.gov.au
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

SA: Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of our Children

A 'hands on,' 'come and try' cooking display of simple homemade foods with information on their health and cost benefits in comparison with take away foods.  A dietician will be present and local government members and the media have been invited (Community Gardens, Mt Gambier). 

Sue Watt (Anglican Community Care/Families SA)
P: 0428 255 122
E: sue@accinc.org.au
W: www.accinc.org.au

10:00 am - 2:30 pm

SA: Information Display and No Interest Loan Scheme

The display provides information on the services offered by UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc to members of the local community. It will focus mainly on the No Interest Loan Scheme (Aldinga Shopping Centre, Aldinga Beach Road).

Kylie Manifold (Uniting Care Wesley)
P: (08) 8329 1700
E: kylie.manifold@ucwesleyadelaide.org.au
W: www.ucwesleyadelaide.org.au

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

SA: Anti-Poverty Week Expo

Government and non-government agencies will come together to provide information to the public, focusing on budgeting and finances.  There will be activities for children (Westlands Shopping Centre, Whyalla).

Carolyn Wedding (Families SA)
P: 08 8648 8880
E: carolyn.wedding@dfc.sa.gov.au

Starts at 10:30 am

NSW: NCOSS Pre-Budget Submission Launch

Please join us for morning tea to launch our Pre-Budget Submission, a collaborative exercise that reflects the priorities of the sector in meeting the real needs of the most disadvantaged people in our community (NCOSS, 66 Albion Street, Surry Hills). 

Wendy Hall (NCOSS)
P: 02 9211 2599
E: wendy@ncoss.org.au
W: www.ncoss.org.au

10:30 am - 11:30 am

NSW: Pre-school story time

Reading to pre-school children with the aim of encouraging parents to read to their children and promoting awareness of the links between early childhood education, literacy and poverty prevention (Marrickville Council).

Belinda Bourke (Marrickville City Council)
P: 02 9335 2169
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

10:30 am - 12:00 am

SA: Nutrition on a Budget

Ideas and information for healthy living at low-cost will be provided, with the aim of raising awareness of the links between health and disadvantage.  All welcome (Glandore Community Centre).

Tony Taylor (Glandore Community Centre)
P: 08 8371 1139
E: glancomm@bigbutton.com.au
W: www.bigbutton.com.au-glancomm

10:30 am - 12:30 am

NSW: 'Food Insecurity' Workshop

Workshop to discuss how we can work together to build food security in the community (Camden Civic Centre (Undercroft), Oxley Street, Camden).

Jane McIvor (Macarthur Community Forum)
P: 02 4648 5933
W: www.macforum.org.au

Starts at 11:00 am

NSW: Workshops on Climate Change Prevention Tips for Low Income Households

Come and find out how to save money and the environment at the same time. Your questions on the best ways to reduce waste and save energy and water will be answered (Marrickville Library).

Lucy Sharman (Marrickville Council)
P: (02) 9335 2062
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

Starts at 11:00 am

QLD: Anti-Poverty Week Free Sausage Sizzle

Free sausage sizzle to raise awareness of poverty in the local community and to mark the Week (Eagleby Shopping Plaza, Twin Rivers).

Adrian Try (Twin Rivers Community Centre)
P: 07 3382 4000
E: projects@trcare.org.au
W: www.trcare.org.au

Starts at 11:00 am

SA: 1000th Micro Credit Loan

A celebration of the writing of the 1000th Micro Credit Loan in our Micro Finance Credit Program which assists the poor and disadvantaged (Mayor's Parlour, Port Pirie).

Bev Argent (UnitingCare Wesley Port Pirie)
P: 08 8633 8642
E: bev.argent@ucwpp.org.au

11:00 am - 11:30 am

QLD: Plain Rice Day

Students are encouraged not to bring lunch for the day but rather live on one small bowl of rice to understand better what it is like for most children of the world (Calvary Christian College).

Ps Jim Haak (Calvary Christian College)
P: 07 3287 6222
E: jim.haak@calvarycc.qld.edu.au

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

VIC: Launch of Training and Employment Program

Launch of a project to provide job-ready training for people having difficulty gaining employment.  Guest speakers include Tony Keenan from Hanover.  RSVP (Melbourne Cricket Ground).

Cyndy Connole (LHMU)
P: 03 9235 7713
E: cyndy@lhmu.org.au
W: www.lhmu.org.au

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

WA: Anti-Poverty Week Community Open Day

Clients, local community members and service providers are invited to an information expo of local services and agencies.  Light lunch provided (Mofflyn House, 62 Baltimore Parade, Merriwa).

Jo Baldam (UnitingCare West)
P: 08 9305 8949
E: mh@unitingcarewest.org.au

11:00 am - 2:30 pm

SA: Living Well on a Low Income

Supportive, up to date information and events on housing, health, nutrition and self-care to help meet needs of low-income people.  Creche and lunch provided (Burton Community Centre).

Maggie McCabe (Hepatitis C Council)
P: 08 8362 8443
E: maggie@hepccouncilsa.asn.au
W: www.hepccouncilsa.asn.au

11:30 am - 2:30 pm

VIC: Information Stall and Sausage Sizzle

Our organisation will provide the community with information about agency services.  There will be a sausage sizzle and food and fuel vouchers for people in need (Edenhope Shire Office).

Robyn Murphy (Wimmera UnitingCare)
P: 03 5382 6789
E: robynm@wimmera.unitingcare.org.au
W: www.wimmera.unitingcare.org.au

Starts at 12:00 am

NSW: A Soup Lunch

A soup lunch for the community and partners of Tom Foster Community Centre. Donations received for the lunch will go to local community service providers (Tom Foster Community Centre, 13 Darley St, Newtown).

Madeleine Farell (Marrickville Council)
P: (02) 9335 2153
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au

12:00 am - 2:00 pm

VIC: Community Lunch

On the theme of Poverty in Education, Principal of Sunshine Primary School, Teresa Stone, will speak on positive strategies to engage all parents in their children's learning (UnitingCare Sunshine Mission, 32 Withers Street). 

Ces Martin (Brimbank Emergency Relief Network)
P: 03 9311 5900
E: ces.martin@sunshine.unitingcare.org.au

12:00 am - 2:00 pm

QLD: Queensland Business Women Anti-Poverty Week Luncheon

A fundraising lunch where diners will get a behind the scenes look at the Oroton Group, with all proceeds going to support Mission Australia's work (Royal on the Park, cnr Alice and Albert Streets, Brisbane).

Kathie Kelly (Mission Australia)
P: 07 3394 8140
E: kellyk@missionaustralia.com.au
W: www.missionaustralia.com.au

12:00 am - 4:00 pm

SA: Energy Affordability Forum

A forum to discuss an energy consultant's report on priority actions to keep energy costs affordable for poor people (Way Hall, 10 Pitt Street, Adelaide).

Mark Henley (UnitingCare Wesley)
P: 0404 067 011
E: mark.henley@ucwesleyadelaide.org.au
W: www.ucwesleyadelaide.org.au

Starts at 12:30 am

WA: Soup Patrol

A Soup Patrol Van will serve students participating in the campus 'sleep out' each night throughout the Week, as well as provide a soup and bread lunch to students on Wednesday (University of Notre Dame, Fremantle).

Sejla Perviz (Notre Dame Students for Social Justi
P: 0430 002 764
E: sperviz@nd.edu.au

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

NSW: The Great Debate!

University of New South Wales groups, including the United Nations Society and Debating Society, will get together to debate issues relating to poverty (University of New South Wales, Library Lawn).

Tanvir Uddin (Social Justice Project)
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp @unsw.edu.au

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

NSW: Islamic Finance and Zakat - Solution to Global Poverty?

Talk on the importance of charity and alms-giving as part of the solution to end poverty and inequality (McCauley Theatre, Room 1027, University of New South Wales).

Tanvir Uddin (Social Justice Project/Islamic Socie
P: 02 9385 2850
E: sjp@unsw.edu.au

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

QLD: Information Session

There will be an information session bringing young people together with their families, businesses, service providers and council staff to raise awareness and funds for people who are socially disadvantaged (Barry Jones Auditorium, cnr South and East Streets, Ipswich).

Cr Sheila Ireland (Ipswich Youth Advisory Council)
P: 07 3810 6655
E: youth@ipswich.qld.gov.au

Starts at 3:00 pm

VIC: Stand Up Against Poverty Afternoon Tea

An awareness and Stand Up Against Poverty afternoon tea for Trades Hall staff, Anna Stewart participants and all Union members (Trades Hall Building).

Bronwyn Halfpenny (Victorian Trades Hall Council)
P: 03 9662 3511
E: bhalfpenny@vthc.org.au
W: www.vthc.org.au

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

SA: Free Soup Kitchen

A free, healthy, cost effective meal for local people on low incomes (Renmark Paringa Community Centre).

Julie Walter (RPCCI)
P: 08 8586 5745
E: riverland_volunteer@hotmail.com
W: www.rpcci.org.au

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

QLD: Education & Poverty Presentation

A presentation linking poverty to intellectual disability (O'Shea Centre, Wilston).

Glenys Mann
P: 03 3356 6655
E: glenysmann@optusnet.com.au