CISVic - peak body for Community Information & Support (CIS) services in Vic. Providing advocacy, support & research to member agencies and their communities.
Did you know we are on other social media platforms?
We use all our platforms a little differently (and some more than others!) so check us out 👀
◾ Facebook: @ CISVictoria
◾ Twitter: @ CISVictoria
◾ Instagram: @ cisvictoria
No to Violence Chief Executive Officer Jacqui Watt explains what the recent Federal Budget means for No to Violence members and the broader family violence sector.
Read the full article 👉 https://t.co/1517ZCcvRz
Australia's housing crisis is deepening! For the first time, @anglicare_aust annual Rental Affordability Snapshot shows <1% of rentals are affordable for a single person working full-time on the minimum wage. #BuildSocialHomes#EverybodysHome
A plan to hike power prices by 30% this winter is dangerous and unjustified.
The proposal from Victoria's independent Essential Services Commission is also wrong on technical grounds.
We stand with other groups in opposing this price hike.
🔗 https://t.co/L6mpP4WfHo
A dental bus is driving to the doorstep of Melbourne's most needy to provide free oral health appointments.
But the wait to see a dentist in the public system is now longer than two years. @emilyrice28#9News
"Victorian government schools are supposed to provide students with free instruction and ensure students have free access to all items, but public school education can cost $1,300 a year."
#school costs #becausewehelp#CISVic#helpinglocalcommunities
https://t.co/KpzDiGQnJo
People on the lowest incomes are skipping meals, forgoing medication and enduring dangerous living conditions just to get by.
Charities are trying to meet demands for their services we need to urgently #RaiseTheRateForGood
Read more:
https://t.co/f83jfPcWk4
More than 100 people have been forced to remain in jail after their parole applications were withdrawn or rejected because of a lack of housing.
https://t.co/IiioobuVKP #SpringSt@GuardianAus@benitakolovos@AdesholaOre
There's a bit to know about Treaty. We’ve put together this video to help give you an intro to what it's all about 👍🏾
Watch more of our animated video series here: https://t.co/0wKt4SlOUi
Raising the rate of social security payments to above the poverty line, abolishing punitive mutual obligations & compulsory income management, would transform the lives of First Nations people struggling to house & feed their families on Centrelink payments. #RaiseTheRate
Too many people are depriving themselves of energy - cooking less, not heating or cooling their homes - and going without food, medicine and other essentials to pay energy bills. Yet they are still finding themselves in energy debt, with no way to pay that debt down.