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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Vulnerable renters face evictions in regional areas as inflation pressures build
Sky view of a regional town in central western New South Wales. Renters in regional Australia are facing forced evictions as inflation pressures push up the cost of housing and COVID 19 forces mass exodus from bigger cities. Photo: Adobe.
Renters
in regional Australia are facing forced evictions as inflation pressures push
up the cost of housing and COVID 19 forces mass exodus from bigger c...
Catholic-Anglican joint venture allows homeless and vulnerable to dine with dignity
Grace Anglican Church started a drop-in café at the church, offering lunch to the homeless and vulnerable every Monday and Friday from 10am to 2pm.
PODCAST: Poverty and homelessness, a responsibility of all in the community
Over 9,000 people experience homelessness every day in WA and over 30,000 people are on the wait list for social housing. The Record podcast speaks to Centrecare Incorporated Director Adjunct Professor Tony Pietropiccolo AM to discuss why the state is in this crisis and how community support towards people faced with poverty and homelessness, makes a difference. By Amanda Murthy.
Centrecare Inc part of new House Emergency Response group to address WA’s homeless
Leaders from organisations providing emergency relief funding, support to renters in the private rental market, and peak bodies have established a Housing Emergency Response group to identify and drive immediate solutions that will mitigate the impact and harm of the housing crisis. By Contributor.
Homeless inspire Mandorla’s 2021 winning artist
A talented young artist from Maylands, Britt Mikkelson, has won some $25,000, taking out the Acquisitive Prize (sponsored by St John of God Health Care) in this year’s Mandorla Art Awards with a sculptural work representing the volume of homeless people in Australia, 8200 Souls.
The Shopfront: safe place for those in need
A Western Australian living on the gross national minimum wage in 2018 would have to survive on $719.20 weekly.
With rising living cost and housing prices, the amount was certainly inadequate, which would increase the poverty rate and hence homelessness in the State.
The Shopfront is the Archdiocesan agency fully committed to fighting homelessness and helping those in need.
Catholic charity combats coronavirus
Daydawn Advocacy Centre, the Catholic agency that advocates in the area of indigenous housing, usually sees some 3500 visitors walk through the doors each year, many of whom with dependent children and facing homelessness.
Homelessness Week 2020: Perth Archdiocese works to see an end to those without a roof
With some of the coldest nights experienced in Perth this week in more than 15 years, the need to remember 9,000 West Australians who are homeless is ever more pressing.
The Record Magazine Issue 20 (August 2019)
The Record Magazine Issue 20. Photo: Jamie O'Brien. Front Cover: Feby Plando.
In this Issue 20 of The Record Magazine, we take a look at the topic of ‘Wellbeing’. It is a topic that I believe will be close to many people.
The 2017 figures reveal that almost one in five Australians have experienced symptoms of a mental health issue during the last twelve months, with anxiety being the ...
