Morialta Trust Grant win The Morialta Trust recently awarded a grant of $21,000 to AnglicareSA’s Turning Point Program. The program provides young families with children aged under five experiencing homelessness with up to three months of family friendly accommodation so they can stabilise after crisis and plan for the future. We are grateful to the Morialta Charitable Trust and its Governors for their passion in supporting disadvantaged children, young people and their families.
ANWHA partners joined to launch emergency accommodation – Peppertree Place Peppertree Place We were proud to join our Adelaide North West Homelessness Alliance (ANWHA) partners at the recent opening of our first collaborative project – Peppertree Place. Located in the northern suburbs, Peppertree Place will provide
Peppertree Place will be a much better alternative for families, with support services then able to walk them through the entire process of finding a new, more permanent home. ANWHA is a collaboration between Aboriginal Sobriety Group, AnglicareSA, Centacare Catholic Family Services, St John’s Youth Services, The Salvation Army South Australia, Uniting SA, Uniting Communities, and the SA Housing Authority. AnglicareSA’s vision is “justice, respect and fullness of life for all”. We can’t achieve that if our human rights are not protected. People in Victoria, Queensland and the ACT have their human rights legally protected. These laws are delivering meaningful improvements in people’s everyday lives. We want that for SA. A Human Rights Act could provide a framework to require the South Australian government to consider everyone’s basic rights when it designs new laws, regulations, or policies.
temporary emergency accommodation for families experiencing homelessness who would otherwise be in hotel rooms. While some families are able to access emergency hotel accommodation, it’s not an ideal environment, with families large and small often living and sleeping in one room, with limited access to cooking facilities, and limited access for pets. Human rights It’s hard to believe, but here in South Australia, human rights are not yet properly protected in law. On Human Rights Day in early December, AnglicareSA joined with other like-minded organisations to call on the South Australian government to begin a community-wide conversation by establishing a public inquiry into a Human Rights Act for South Australia.
Morialta Trust’s Lauren Noake with AnglicareSA’s Kellie Bartlam
Importantly, it could also ensure South Australians have accessible pathways to resolve any disputes about their rights and achieve effective remedies if their rights have been unjustifiably breached, without expensive litigation. Together with SACOSS (South Australian Council of Social Service), Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, and other like-minded organisations, AnglicareSA will continue to advocate for a Human Rights Act that legally protects the dignity, security and interests of all South Australians.
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