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![]() About Anti-Poverty WeekAnti-Poverty Week was established in Australia as an expansion of the UN's annual International Anti-Poverty Day on October 17. The main aims of Anti-Poverty Week are to:
Everyone who is interested in helping to reduce poverty and hardship here or overseas is encouraged to organise their own activities during the Week or join in some being organised by other people. The activities can be large or small, and events at the local level are especially welcome. Future dates for Anti-Poverty Week: 14-20 October 2012 Facilitating GroupThe National Facilitating Group for Anti-Poverty Week includes representatives from more than twenty major national organisations and social welfare services which are actively involved in efforts to reduce poverty and hardship in Australia and overseas. There is also a Facilitating Group in each State and Territory. National and State Co-ChairsThe National Co-Chairs are Lynn Arnold (Anglicare SA) and Julian Disney (Social Justice Project). The State and Territory Co-Chairs for 2011 are listed below (See also: Contact Details).
A Summary of Anti-Poverty Week 2010Activities During the WeekMore than 450 activities were organised for Anti-Poverty Week 2010. This total was 12% higher than the previous year and continued an unbroken sequence of growth in each year since the Week began in 2002 with just four activities. Undoubtedly there were many other activities during the Week in 2010 of which we are unaware. More than 600 organisations convened or sponsored an activity during Anti-Poverty Week 2010. They included welfare agencies, community centres, overseas aid organisations, religious groups, schools, libraries, TAFEs, universities, businesses, unions, hospitals, disability organisations, youth groups, housing organisations, media outlets, sporting groups, local councils and government departments. People from hundreds of other organisations attended at least one event. Activities during the Week in 2010 included one or more of the following:
A number of Commonwealth and State Ministers, as well as many prominent community leaders, participated in activities during the Week. Launches included a resource kit, research reports, an action campaign, a booklet, a policy statement and a financial assistance program. Further details of activities are available at the activities pages Participants and VenuesThe number of activities during the Week has become too large to make reliable estimates of the total number of participants. However, several hundreds of people spoke at activities and many more than ten thousand people participated in them. Participants included people from a very wide range of fields, including social welfare, religion, politics, health, education, housing, business, sport, the arts, law and the media. Activities were held in each State and Territory. About 45% took place in or near the centre of a capital city, 23% in an outer suburb and 32% in a regional city or country town. Venues for activities included:
Media ReferencesWe know of more than 600 media references to activities undertaken as part of the Week. About three-quarters of them were in radio or television outlets (of which about 65% were in commercial outlets, about 12% were on television and more than 10% were greater than five minutes in duration). The other one-quarter of recorded references were in newspaper articles, of which about 25% were more than 500 words in length. About 55% of print references and about 40% of radio and TV references were in media outlets based outside capital cities. CoordinationThe Week was loosely coordinated through a National Facilitating Group, with the two honorary National Co-Chairs being based in Adelaide and Sydney and the two part-time staff being based in Adelaide and Sydney. Key organisational roles were played by Co-Chairs and Facilitating Groups in each State and Territory. These Co-Chairs were the heads or senior managers of the following organisations:
ResourcesThis year the effectiveness of the Week was greatly strengthened by the generous support of our Four Principal National Sponsors:
Valuable assistance was also provided by our Key National Sponsors:
Crucial in-kind support for the Week was provided by UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide, which continued to handle the Week's finances at the national level. A number of the State Co-Chairs obtained assistance from donors for activities within their States as well as providing in-kind support from their own organisations. Most individual activities during the Week were funded by the respective organisers or by donations obtained directly by them. Some cities, towns and suburbs in which activities were held during the Week:
About Our SponsorsPrincipal National Sponsors
Jobs Australia: Working for a fair and equitable AustraliaJobs Australia is a national network of non-profit organisations assisting unemployed people to get and keep jobs. The network helps members to make the most effective use of their resources and promotes the needs of unemployed people for the services and support that will help them to participate fully in society. Jobs Australia is the largest network of employment and related service providers in Australia and is funded and owned by its members.
Australian Red CrossWe help tens of millions of people around the world each year and care for local communities in Australia and Asia Pacific. With more than 100 million volunteers worldwide and 60,000 members and volunteers in Australia we can reach people and places like nobody else. Relief in times of crisis, care when it's needed most and commitment when others turn away. Red Cross is there for people in need, no matter who you are, no matter where you live. Here are some examples of our work.
The University of New South WalesAnti-Poverty Week was founded by the Social Justice Project in the Law Faculty of the University of New South Wales and the National Coordinator has been based there since 2004. The Law Faculty generously provides the National Coordinator with a work space and use of office equipment. Key National Sponsors
Other National Sponsors
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