Queensland Shelter E-bulletin –10th September 2009

Queensland NRAS Forum

Queensland Shelter in conjunction with the National Affordable Housing Summit Group will host a forum looking at the progress to date of the National Rental Affordability Scheme. Summit chairperson, Julian Disney, will convene the forum on September 25 at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Spring Hill. This will be a free event, so if you want to find out more about NRAS and the likely future directions and provide input into Shelter and Summit thinking about NRAS register your interest Melissa Martin at sjp@unsw.edu.au. Numbers are limited so register early to ensure your place.

When: September 25, 10am – 1pm.

Where: Hotel Grand Chancellor
23 Leichhardt St (Cnr Wickham Terrace)
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
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SAAP Conference: Congratulations Tanya!

Over 300 people gathered at the Hilton in Brisbane to attend the SAAP Conference, “Ending Homelessness: a vision and a plan” to address the issues of homelessness and housing in Queensland. Keynote speakers included Karen Struthers, Stephen Nash, Nan Roman, Felicity Reynolds, Liz Giles and Hellene Gronda. Held over two days on the 2nd and 3rd September 2009, the Conference brought together representatives from numerous organisations, and through plenary discussion sessions and smaller issue focussed workshops we looked at how the community services sector and Government can implement strategies and action plans to meet the challenges and targets outlined in the Homelessness White Paper – The Road Home.

Queensland Shelter would like to thank and congratulate Tanya Hall for organising a successful conference.

A more detailed conference wrap up and a link to the session notes can be seen on the Q Shelter website http://www.qshelter.asn.au/saap-conference-ending-homelessness-a-vision-...
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Congratulations Garry Mallard!

Queensland Shelter would like to congratulate Garry Mallard for receiving an Order of Australia medal. Garry has been an advocate for public housing tenants for many years and through TSN continues to provide an invaluable service to many organisations.
Thank you for your ongoing support Garry!
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Queensland Alliance Media Workshops: Two workshops to go!

Through September in the lead up to Mental Health week (4-10 October), the Queensland Alliance is holding one day media workshops tailored for the community mental health sector. These Queensland Health funded workshops are designed to build the capacity of community mental health organisations to engage with local media.

To see the dates and locations of the remaining workshops please go the Alliance website http://www.qldalliance.org.au/news/detail.chtml?filename_num=290595
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Welfare Rights Centre Photographic Competition

Photographers with an interest in their community.... Use your artistic talents to raise awareness about poverty and social exclusion in our community. The Welfare Rights Centre is hosting a community awareness campaign where everyone has an opportunity to participate and win $500 cash.

There are three prize categories:
1. Open category – sponsored by Mission Australia (Qld Branch)
2. Photographers that identify as having a disability
3. Photographs that have a rural or remote theme

The competition closes on 12 October 2009.

Examples of photographs are on the Website along with the rules and hints on taking photographs.

For further information please visit www.sceneandunseen.com or email Welfare Rights on wrcqld@wrcqld.org.au
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