Anti-Poverty Week

We are Community - Vinnies Community Initiative
2022-10-18 18:30 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Geelong West Town Hall, 153 Pakington St, Geelong West, Geelong West, 3218, Australia
The surf coast in Victoria, from Geelong down to the Great Ocean Road, has been hit by devastating affordable housing shortages. According to a Domain rental report released this month, housing rental in the greater Geelong region rose by almost 30%. This means that people – individuals, families and children – in Geelong are hurting.
Join us for an Anti-Poverty Week event that will shine a light on Greater Geelong – on Tuesday 18 October – ‘We Are Community’.
It will be a night where you will be asked to open your ears, tap into your heart and ask yourselves “How can Vinnies help me be an advocate for change?”
Full program details will be available closer to the date (Heart-warming stories, heart-warming food, interactive opportunities and learning about “good”). However, we can’t wait to introduce you first hand to the ‘Good Works’ our active network of 1,070+ volunteers in the local Geelong area provide rain, hail or shine.

2022 Climate Justice Workshop
2022-10-18 16:30 - 18:30 (Australia/Sydney) | U City, Training Room, Level 3 - 45 Franklin Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
The workshop, being run during Anti-Poverty Week in Adelaide South Australia, will bring young people together to participate in a discussion that will become a submission made on behalf of young people to the UN COP 27 Conference which is taking place in Egypt in November this year.
Experts on climate justice and climate poverty will come together to share their knowledge and work with workshop participants to look at what can be done in South Australia to help address the climate crisis.
https://cop27.eg/#/presidency#about
Young people living in South Australia can register to attend via the link below.

Living Green on a Budget
2022-10-18 15:00 - 15:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Kyabra Community Association, 37 Kyabra Street, Runcorn, Qld, 4113, Australia
An afternoon tea to share ideas and launch a resource about low cost actions to reduce our individual and household carbon footprints.

Pathways to Eradicating Poverty
2022-10-18 12:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online (see website for details)
With a new Federal Government pledge to” widening the door to opportunity a bit more” and a renewed focus on our international commitments, join the Federal Minister for Social Services, The Hon Amanda Rishworth, National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds, and Anti-Poverty Week Executive Director Toni Wren when we discuss the tools, policy levers and strategies to act now and work to reduce poverty in Australia.
Poverty rates in Australia, the so-called “lucky country”, have barely shifted since 2002, and for children, they’re increasing. Join this special CEDA forum in Anti-Poverty Week to hear how business, industry, governments and communities can work together to reduce poverty once and for all.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals commit signatories to end poverty and halve it by 2030 – we have work to do.

Anti-Poverty Week Lunch
2022-10-18 11:30 - 12:30 (Australia/Perth) | Waroona Community Resource Centre, 10 Henning Street, Waroona, WA, 6215, Australia
Enjoy a FREE lunch & learn more about this important issue.

Special Storytime at Hobart Library
2022-10-18 11:00 - 11:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Hobart Library, Mathers Lane, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
Come along to a special Storytime session at Hobart Library. Enjoy a tour of the library with the opportunity to get a library card if you don’t already have one.

2022 Anti-Poverty Week Launch - Tasmania
2022-10-18 10:30 - 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Mathers Place, 108-110 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
Please join us for the launch of Anti-Poverty Week 2022.
Tuesday 18 October, 10:30am at Mathers Lane, Hobart.
Guest Speakers: Commissioner for Children and Young People Tasmania, Leanne Mclean, along with Co-Chairs of Anti-Poverty Week Tasmania.
Organisation Stalls: Learn about the organisations and programs helping address poverty and hardship in Tasmania
Kids Activities: Free activities & take home packs
+ Join in for a special edition of Storytime at Hobart Library following the launch, including stories, rhymes and action songs

Storytime and morning tea
2022-10-18 10:00 - 11:30 (Australia/Hobart) | Burnie Child and Family Learning Centre, 36 Thorne Street, Burnie, Tasmania, 7320, Australia
Free family event to mark Anti-Poverty Week, morning tea and kids activities. See more at their Facebook page
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Brisbane North Anti Poverty Week Forum and Expo
2022-10-18 09:30 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney) | South Australia
Kedron Wavell Services Club is the venue for Brisbane North’s annual Anti Poverty Week Forum and Expo. Doors open at 9:30. There are over 20 agencies who will be providing information about their resources and programs to support people who are in financial stress.
The key housing providers including the Department of Housing, Micah Projects, HART 4000, Tenants Qld, QShelter will host discussion groups. participants will have the opportunity to ask the questions that they have about the current housing situation in Brisbane and what is available to help.
Workers and volunteers who support members of our communities who are impacted by financial stress are encouraged to come along.

Is Australia The Lucky Country for all?
2022-10-17 13:30 - 15:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Queensland Parliament, 2 Alice Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
1 in 6 Australian children aged 10 to 14 years, that’s 774,00 children, lived in poverty in 2017-18. The percentage of children living in poverty is higher than the percentage of any other age group, including those aged 65 years and over. For these children, Australia is far from being a lucky country.
During this Anti-Poverty Week, we are calling on all our Parliamentarians to commit to halving child poverty by 2030. This year is the 20th anniversary of Australia’s Anti-Poverty Week. Join us in acknowledging this milestone by attending our panel discussion, ‘Is Australia the lucky country for all?”.
Our Panellists:
Commissioner Natalie Lewis
A Gamilaraay woman and Queensland Family and Child Commissioner. Natalie is fiercely committed to progressing a transformational reform agenda to ensure that children’s rights and entitlements are upheld in Queensland and nationally. Can freedom from poverty be regarded as one of these rights?
Dr Sharon Bessell
Sharon Bessell is a Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University and director of the Children’s Policy Centre, and of the Poverty and Inequality Research Centre. She is recognised internationally as a leader in rights-based, child-centred research methodologies, and is currently leading research on the development of a child-centred framework for assessing multidimensional child poverty.
Cath Bartolo AM
For around two decades, Cath Bartolo AM has been the Chief Executive Officer of Youth and Family Services, a not-for-profit community organisation based in Logan delivering a range of services including housing, domestic and family violence support, children, youth and family services, and legal and financial counselling. There are few who so closely understand the impact of poverty on children, young people and their families.
Facilitator
Paul Barclay
A Walkley Award winner, Paul Barclay is a regular host and presenter on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas, a program he has hosted since at least 2003. We are delighted that Paul will be facilitating the panel and look forward to hearing the discussion broadcast on Radio National.
To register: Click here to register via Eventbrite
Thank you
Co-Chairs of the Queensland Anti-Poverty Week Committee (NAPCAN’s Helen Fogarty and PeakCare’s Lindsay Wegener) and all members of the Committee sincerely thank:
Our venue host: The Hon. Jonty Bush, Member for Cooper, Qld Parliament
Our event sponsor: HESTA

Finding home: accessible and affordable housing in Canberra – an AFI Anti Poverty Week Forum
2022-10-17 12:30 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney) | online
People with disability, AFI PWD ACT members and allies are invited to Finding home: housing 4 people with disabilities – an Anti Poverty Week Forum. This forum is being hosted with support from ACTCOSS will highlight housing accessibility and affordability issues for people with disability struggling to find and maintain suitable housing
People with lived experience and advocates will share their experiences of public, social and private rental in Canberra alongside the launch of AFI’s new white papers on housing and income support which spotlight affordability and accessibility challenges for people with disabilities. We will also hear from Government, industry and housing advocates about work underway to respond to these issues.
When: 12.30 – 1.30 pm Monday 17 October 2022 (RSVP by 14 October)
Where: Online via zoom https://bit.ly/3xQaTeD
Check out our website and the #findinghome for details on guest speakers as they are announced

ACT Anti-Poverty Week Launch
2022-10-17 09:00 - 10:00 (Australia/Sydney) | ACT Legislative Assembly, 196 London Circuit, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
Launch includes release of ACT Poverty Factsheet 2022 and addresses from a number of community sector CEOs whose organisations focus on poverty and children, speaking about the impact of poverty on the Canberrans who use their services.

APW22 Symposium: Let's Work Together to Halve Child Poverty by 2030
2022-10-17 08:30 - 13:00 (Australia/Perth) | Government House, 13 St Georges Tce, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
This half day symposium will be held during Anti-Poverty Week 2022 to explore what contributes to child poverty, its impact on the lives of children and their families, current impediments to addressing it as well as avenues for its resolution.
Registration: 8.30am – 8.50am
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Ballroom, Government House, 13 St Georges Tce. Perth
Registration: REGISTER AT EVENTBRITE
Speakers and panel members include:
The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP Minister for Early Childhood Education; Minister for Youth
Jacqueline McGowan-Jones Commissioner for Children and Young People
Associate Professor Francis Mitrou Program Head, Population Health; Telethon Kids Institute
Glenda Kickett Manager, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Engagement and Therapeutic Services, Aboriginal Children and Families; Australian Childhood Foundation
Bella Burgemeister Youth Advocate; Author; Presenter; Valuing Children Initiative Ambassador
Adjunct Professor Tony Pietropiccolo AM Director Centrecare Inc; Founder Valuing Children Initiative
The symposium will be open to all and those who attend will come away with:
 a fuller understanding of child poverty
 a clearer view of the reasons for the high level of child poverty in Australia;
 a realization that child poverty is not intractable;
 the practical ways it can be addressed; and
 how individually and collectively we can halve it by 2030.
On behalf of the WA Committee for Anti-Poverty Week 2022, I invite you and your colleagues to register to attend this event. By working together to raise awareness and take action on the issue of child poverty, we can make sure all Australian children and families can meet their basic needs.
The WA Committee for Anti-Poverty Week 2022 is made up of the following organisations: Anglicare WA; Centrecare Inc and Valuing Children Initiative; Commissioner for Children and Young People; Communicare; Foodbank WA; Good Sammy; Mission Australia; People Kind Group; Salvation Army; St Vincent de Paul; Uniting WA; WACOSS; Wungening

NCOSS Conference: Vision, Voice and Value
2022-10-17 08:00 - 2022-10-18 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | South Australia
Vision, Voice, Value: charting a new course for the NSW social services sector
17-18 October 2022, Monday and Tuesday
Rebel Theatre (at Australian Theatre for Young People)
Eora Country, Pier 2/3, 13A Hickson Rd, Dawes Point NSW

After a tumultuous few years, NCOSS is excited to bring you this two-day face-to-face and online event.
The event will recognise the vital role that the social services sector has played in ‘getting us through’ – particularly in the aftermath of fire, floods and COVID-19.
It will be an invaluable opportunity to reflect on our successes; and to consider how we can capitalise on our growing visibility as essential service providers, and our position as the largest growth industry in New South Wales.
Find out more – NCOSS V3 2022 CONFERENCE

Release of Foodbank Hunger Report 2022
2022-10-17 01:00 - 01:30 (Australia/Sydney) | South Australia
Each year Foodbank releases its annual Hunger Report in Anti-Poverty Week. It’s an important update on the state of food insecurity in Australia.

Telstra Tower Lit Up Blue
2022-10-17 - 2022-10-21 | Telstra Tower, 100 Black Mountain Drive, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
Telstra Tower will be lit in blue alongside other monuments across Australia during the week to raise awareness and communicate a brighter future of hope particularly for children in poverty.

Light up Tasmania
2022-10-16 19:00 - 2022-10-23 19:00 (Australia/Sydney) | South Australia
To show support and help raise awareness for Anti-Poverty Week, University of Tasmania will be illuminating two of their primary buildings
• Centenary Building, Sandy Bay campus
• Stone Building, Inveresk campus

Community BBQ
2022-10-16 13:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Hope on Boundary, 170 Boundary Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia
Free community BBQ and launch of Anti-Poverty Week Queensland

Billboard promotion
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-22 | SA Power Networks, 1 Anzac Highway, Keswick, South Australia, 5035, Australia
Billboard promotion on a major intersection. Over 70,000 vehicles pass this on a daily basis.

Schools Engagement with APW!
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-22 | South Australia
There are many great ways for schools to get involved with Anti-Poverty Week in 2022. Host or join an event to help raise awareness about why we should end poverty, particular for children and families.
Contact the Salvos Schools Tas team for more information and how to get involved: salvosschoolstas@salvationarmy.org.au

CCYP Quotes About Poverty from Young People in SA
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-22 | online
A series of social media tiles on issues identified by children on the impact of poverty on their lives. One tile will be posted each day throughout APW featuring a quote from a young person aged 8 – 12 years who told their Commissioner what matter to them most was an issue related to poverty. The quotes are drawn from the Commissioner’s annual Student Voice Postcard initiative in which South Australian children in years 2 – 6 are invited to write to their Commissioner Helen Connolly and tell them what matters to them most. Last year the Commissioner received more than 13,680 responses which were analysed and summarised in a report titled “The Things That Matter 3” which can be downloaded from the following website: https://commissionerspostcards.com.au/

Anti-Poverty Week
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-22 | South Australia
2022 is our 20th anniversary of acting on poverty. A range of major reports will be released as well as State, Territory and Federal events during Anti-Poverty Week 16-22 October.
This Anti-Poverty Week we are calling on all our Parliamentarians to commit to halve child poverty by 2030.
Help us urge all Parliamentarians to legislate to halve child poverty by 2030 with measurable targets and actions to achieve this goal.
Download the Halve Child Poverty Pledge on our website, take a photo of you holding it and post it on social media. Send us a copy via apw@antipovertyweek.org.au
Join us by submitting your own event or support us throughout the week on social media on Facebook- Anti-Poverty Week, Instagram- @anti_poverty_week , and Twitter-@AntiPovertyWeek.

Child poverty and wellbeing videos
2022-10-14 15:00 - 15:30 (Australia/Sydney) | South Australia
The Children’s Policy Centre at ANU in collaboration with Family Care Shepparton and Uniting Vic. Tas have produced two short videos for APW 2022. They’ll be available on Friday 14 October for sharing on the ANU’s Children’s Policy Centre YouTube channel and APW YouTube channel and progressively shared through the Week. Key images and messages will also come out in social media tiles and we would wlecome sharing

Poverty in Australia 2022 research report launch
2022-10-14 07:00 - 07:10 (Australia/Sydney) | Online Media and Report Release
The Poverty in Australia 2022 Snapshot is the latest in their Poverty in Australia series, part of the Poverty and Inequality Partnership (PIP) between ACOSS and UNSW (Sydney). Released on the eve of Anti-Poverty Week 2022, it is the 18th report published by the Partnership and the 1st report from Phase 2 of the Partnership.
This report provides a brief overview of levels of poverty – overall and among adults and children – following the recent release of ABS data on household incomes in 2019-20. It examines trends in poverty since 1999, and through each quarter of 2019-20. Report now available here https://bit.ly/PovertySnapshot

Salvos APW Billboard
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-23 | The Salvation Army Tasmania
To help draw attention to Anti-Poverty Week in Tasmania, The Salvation Army supported by TasCOSS and Uniting, are displaying Anti-Poverty Week billboards on the Brooker Highway.
These billboards aim to get people thinking about Anti-Poverty Week and encourages them to take action.

Billboard Promotion
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-22 | Adelaide Showgrounds, Goodwood Road, Wayville, SA, 5034, Australia
2 x Electronic billboards on Goodwood Road.
There is over 60,000 vehicles and pedestrians passing these on a daily basis.

Light up for Anti-Poverty Weeks
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-22 | Adelaide CBD
If you see the lights of the Adelaide Footbridge (18 – 22nd Oct) and Adelaide Oval (22nd Oct) shining next week, it’s because they’re lighting up to raise awareness of poverty for this year’s Anti-Poverty Week. SA Power Networks on the corner of Anzac Parade and Glen Osmond Road will use their prominent community announcement board to run an anti-poverty week messaging throughouth Anti-Poverty Week too, as will Goodwood Road who will be doing their bit to raise awareness across their three electronic billboards displaying Anti-Poverty Week messages from 14 – 22nd October.

Anti-Poverty Week Event: Childsafe Environment Training Workshop
2022-10-14 | NAMRC, 28 MARY STREET, SALISBURY, SA, 5108, Australia
A Child Safe Environment Training workshop for community leaders and women from new arrival community groups will be conducted on Friday 14 October 2022 at Australian Migrant Resource Centre (AMRC) in Salisbury office.
This will empower and upskill the leaders and members in the communities.
This workshop will be conducted by accredited DHS facilitators and registrations will be by invitations only.

ACT APW Youth Art Competition
2022-10-07 - 2022-10-21 | Online (see website for details)
Entries must be submitted by 5pm on Sunday 16th October!!
Art submissions should fit the theme of the APW Art Competition: “Including Everyone”
Art must be uploaded as a pdf, jpg or png file (eg. a scan of a painting/drawing, a photograph, digital art)
Judges will be looking for artistic, creative and original art!
Entrants must be 18 years and under and live in the ACT
We welcome submission from all age groups up to age 18 and people with all diagnoses
Voting will open on Sunday 16th October and close on Friday 20th October! Winners will be announced on Friday 20th October.

Poverty and Gender, new research by NATSEM commissioned by UnitingCare Australia.
2021-10-25 00:00 - 00:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Media Release, Australia
New research report , release date to be confirmed.
