Advocacy News

We put on a Fringe show! – We partnered with former ABC news reader James McHale to stage a hypothetical titled 'How Good Is Perth?'. The sold-out show was a quirky, wild ride exploring past and future scenarios of what makes for a liveable and inclusive city. Many thanks to the panelists, eminent Personalities Peter Klinken, Dale Alcock, Jenna Clarke, Marion Fulker, Nick Van Hattem, Sharon Wood-Kenney and our CEO Mark Glasson. Good sports with big hearts and big ideas! 

Homelessness submission to State Parliament - Homelessness is not an inevitable part of our society and we were pleased to provide a submission to the WA Parliament’s Inquiry into the financial administration of homelessness services in Western Australia.  The discussion points and recommendations contained within the submission have been collated from across Anglicare WA, incorporating the views and responses of front-line workers and the people they support, program managers, researchers, and our executive. Our submission is available on Parliament’s website. You may also like to sign up to the Everybody’s Home campaign. 

Welcome to our World platform from 100 Families WA is an online tool that promotes awareness of what families living in disadvantage go through and what can be done to address this issue. By increasing awareness we hope it will deepen peoples understanding and in turn, promote empathy and meaningful action. The website is part of the 100 Families WA collaboration - a first-of-its-kind research project that following engagement with families living in disadvantage, offers key insights on what helps, what hinders and what could be done differently to meaningfully address this issue.  

WA’s Population and Skills Needs - Our CEO Mark Glasson participated in the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre’s Policy Roundtable giving our perspective on the skills and employment needs for the state. Our focus is twofold. Most importantly we are concerned about breaking entrenched unemployment and disadvantage and the opportunities that exist in a tight labour market and a healthy economy overall (but not for all). Secondly, as part of a growing care sector we have a need as employers to ensure a strong and happy workforce for the long term. And BCEC are worth a visit for their recent research on Behind the Line: Poverty and Disadvantage in Australia