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Isabella Stanley

241 Young people facing homelessness gain employment skills

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded

Young people facing homelessness have an uphill battle in finding and keeping a safe affordable home in Australia. Safety nets are failing to provide security for vulnerable young people, creating traumatic cycles of homelessness, violence, and poverty. Together we’ve provided training employment and educational outcomes for young people.

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Without a home and facing a Cyclone: StreetSmart responds to impacted communities

By Projects StreetSmart, Recovery Fund

Trying to shelter from a Cyclone without a home is impossible, yet thousands of people up and down the eastern seaboard have been trying to survive in that situation. It will take weeks for the full extent of the damage to be assessed but we know that right now people are relying on local charities and community organisations to survive and provide emergency supplies, support and shelter.

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Good Cycles programs are breaking the cycle for young people

Breaking the Cycle of Youth Homelessness

By Projects StreetSmart, Youth

Young people face an uphill battle when it comes to finding and keeping a safe affordable home in Australia. Our safety nets are failing to provide security for vulnerable young people, creating traumatic cycles of homelessness, violence, and poverty. Engaging in education, training, job-readiness and employment opportunities allows young people facing homelessness to disrupt and escape this cycle.

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$106,000 helps break barriers towards safe, stable housing

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Pets, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

Faced with increasing rents, a chronic lack of affordable housing, and income support below the poverty line, vulnerable people are up against systemic barriers that limit their access to safe affordable housing. Through our End of Year Appeal, we rallied our community to raise funds and awareness for young people, those with pets, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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Grant recipient of Women facing homelessness grants: Wellsprings for Women

$76,750 to support women experiencing homelessness

By Community Grants, Grant Impact, Older women, Projects StreetSmart, Recently Funded, StreetSmart Projects, Youth

Often grappling with impossible decisions between homelessness or violence and poverty, women and gender diverse people increasingly have nowhere safe to turn. They face persistent and systemic barriers to accessing housing and often experience ‘hidden’ forms of homelessness. Our community raised funds through September and October and 15 grants have been distributed to respond to this growing need.

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