BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://faithvictoria.org.au///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260711T191401UTC-9846ESUWCb@https://faithvictoria.org.au/ DTSTAMP:20260711T191401Z DESCRIPTION:Ballarat Interfaith Network (BIN)\, in partnership with Ballara t Regional Multicultural Council (BRMC) and Ballarat City Council would li ke to invite you to:\nCommunity Forum on Homelessness\nDate: Friday 21 Aug ust 2015 \; \; \; \; \;Time: \;6.15pm Location: Ea stwood Leisure Centre in Eastwood St\, Ballarat CBD\n'In any society\, the more you allow people to be marginalised in any way\, then the poorer the society is going to be'\, Linda Dessau\, the new Governor of Victoria.\nI ts estimated that 1 in 200 Australians are homeless and those who sleep ro ugh on our streets\, including in Ballarat\, face a greater risk of physic al and sexual assault as well as deprivation and mental illness. With inad equate funding and shortage of shelters homeless people are turned away ea ch night with nowhere to go.\nThis Forum will seek to address\, through in put from invited speakers and audience discussion\, the following issues: \n\nOverview of the homelessness problem in Ballarat: who\, why\, where\, how?\nWhat is being done in our community to deal with the issue?\nWhat is not being done?\nWhat more needs to be done?\nWhat is the role of Faith o r United Faith Community in the homelessness debate?\nDo we have a moral o bligation to assist the homeless?\nAny possibility of a coordinated approa ch?\nWhereto from here?\n\nInvited speakers include among others:\n\nJax R oan Grampians\, Homelessness Network Co-ordinator\nRenay Howard Mental Hea lth Social Worker\, Headspace Ballarat\nBob Maika\, Child &\; Family Se rvices Ballarat \nLorraine Gittings\, the Ballarat Soup Bus\n\nFor enquiri es: please email or call Margaret on: mflellis@netconnect.com.au \; Mo b: 0400 650 234 or Constantine: cosuchukwu@gmail.com \; \; Mob: 04 35 750 155 https://faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/696-communit y-forum-on-homelessness-ballarat-interfaith-network DTSTART:20150821T181500Z DTEND:20150821T210000Z LOCATION:Eastwood Leisure Centre in Eastwood St\, Ballarat CBD (20 Eastwood Street\, Ballarat VIC 3350\, Australia) SUMMARY:Community Forum on Homelessness: Ballarat Interfaith Network URL:https://faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/696-community-forum- on-homelessness-ballarat-interfaith-network END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR