Anti-PovertyWeek NSW

14-20 October 2018 Help fight poverty and hardship!

[Catherine Yeomans, LLB, GAICD @cathyeomans]

Let’s celebrate the people who serve our local communities! I enjoyed catching up with @DanStrickAus and Jesse’s @MissionAust team today. Reaching out to local young people with friends from The Thin Blue Line MC. @nswpolice

[Councillor Daniel Strickland @DanStrickAus]

Thanks for coming along. Brilliant Coffs Harbour weather for it! @TBL_LEMC_Aust are hoping for blue skies for the ride home tomorrow! #apw2018 @APW_NSW @AntiPovertyWeek

[Vinnies NSW @VinniesNSW]

Looking for a simple way to do something this Anti-Poverty Week? Sign up to the @_EverybodysHome #Everybodyshome and @ACOSS #raisetherate campaigns to show your support for affordable housing and government assistance #AntiPovertyWeek #APW2018 @APW_NSW

[Homelessness NSW @HomelessnessNSW]

The @ACOSS report released today shows that 3 million Australians are living in poverty - many of those are $135 per week below the poverty line - we need to understand the impact of this on children, families & older people - says Tracey Wright from @MissionAust #AntiPovertyWeek

[Jacquelin Plummer @JacqPlummer]

Great to hear @mrbenjaminlaw speak about the importance of everybody in Australia having a right to a home and the need for a housing first approach during #antipovertyweek #apw2018 @APW_NSW

[UNSW Social Policy Research Centre @SPRC_UNSW]

READ the full Poverty in Australia Report here https://t.co/7f5qGPVOAO

[Vinnies NSW @VinniesNSW]

Opening event today for Anti Poverty Week 2018, alongside @missionaust and @mrbenjaminlaw #APW2018 #antipovertyweek @APW_NSW #dosomething

[Rhiannon Cook @RhiannonCook11]

. @mrbenjaminlaw on homelessness: “Why can’t we be proud of universal housing?” We know the solutions, why don’t we act?.” @APW_NSW @_EverybodysHome

[Homelessness NSW @HomelessnessNSW]

Great to be at the NSW Anti Poverty Week event. @mrbenjaminlaw talking about his Filthy Rich and Homeless experience - Australians are proud of universal health care so why can’t we have & be proud of universal housing? #AntiPovertyWeek #everybodyshome @VinniesNSW @MissionAust

[McAuley @McAuleycsw]

Lynette stayed with her abusive partner for five long years: she had no other choice. "I didn't have the financial means to leave," the mother of two young children said. #antipovertyweek #familyviolence https://t.co/lgEpImxzsO

[Salvos Australia @salvos]

This Moneycare Day, Salvos Financial Counsellor Kristen shares her 5 tips to help us all manage our money better. Needing help? Go to https://t.co/JhxZ4M3SeB or call 1800 007 007 (National Debt Helpline) #APW2018 #AntiPovertyWeek

[ACOSS @ACOSS]

Chronic and persistent poverty in Australia: says ACOSS CEO @cassandragoldie @SPRC_UNSW @abcnews #APW2018 #AntiPovertyWeek https://t.co/eEslG9USA5

[Salvos Australia @salvos]

Today is Moneycare Day, and we've released research which shows that the proportion of people over the age of 55 accessing our financial counselling & capability services has increased by 37% in the last 10 years. Read more here: https://t.co/dmW45mI9XL #APW2018 #AntiPovertyWeek

[HousingTrust @HousingTrustAU]

Housing Trusts Community Engagement Officer and Chief Housing Officer are attending today's Anti-Poverty Week Forum hosted by Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW #AntiPovertyWeek

[Anti-PovertyWeek NSW @APW_NSW]

It's #AntiPovertyWeek 14-20 October. The National Debt Helpline says it's getting an increasing number of calls from older Australians who can't pay their mortgage or rent — and the Helpline is set to receive a record number of calls this year. #APW2018 https://t.co/7eJjN6deXh

[Vinnies NSW @VinniesNSW]

“In NSW, there’s been a 30% jump since 2011 in the number of people experiencing homelessness. And that’s just of the tip of the iceberg when you consider the hundreds of thousands at the brink of poverty thanks to impossible rents and ludicrous energy bills." @jfxdegroot_de

[@VinniesAustralia @VinniesAust]

This Anti-Poverty Week we are sharing what poverty looks like in Australia #APW2018
The poverty line is considered a single adult earning $426.30 a week or less? For a couple with 2 children it is $895.22 a week or less. In Sydney the average cost of renting a home is $480.

[Vinnies NSW @VinniesNSW]

“In a wealthy State, in a wealthy nation, with a healthy economy, we should be getting close to solving the issue of homelessness,” said Vinnies NSW CEO, Jack de Groot @jfxdegroot_de “But the truth is that the problem is getting worse.” #AntiPovertyWeek #APW2018 @APW_NSW