Anti-Poverty Week 2017

More than 400 activities will be held around Australia in Anti-Poverty Week 2017.

More than 400 activities will be held around Australia in Anti-Poverty Week 2017. About a thousand organisations and tens of thousands of people will participate.

Activities and events
Activities during the Week will include launches, forums, workshops, awards, exhibitions, fund-raisers, publications, presentations, addresses, festivals and many other activities focussing on different aspects of poverty and hardship at home and abroad.

Venues include parks, civic squares, churches, community centres, libraries, health centres, welfare agencies, business offices, town halls, parliaments, universities, schools and markets

Themes and participants
Key themes include links between poverty and education, health, work, finance, housing, food and utilities. Other issues include Indigenous poverty, homeless people, poverty and children, poverty and older people, poverty and people with disabilities, rural poverty and many others.

Participants include major national organisations like ACOSS, Anglicare, Australian Education Union, Catholic Social Services, Salvation Army, Smith Family, St Vincent de Paul, UnitingCare, and United Voice.

Other participants include religious groups, educational institutions, credit unions, Rotary clubs, welfare agencies, community groups, businesses, unions, government departments and local councils around Australia.

Participants during the Week include the Governor General of Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lady Cosgrove, as well as senior Ministers and other leaders in government, health, education, welfare, business, religious, legal and other sectors.

http://www.antipovertyweek.org.au