COURTNEY THOMAS Charity Orange Sky kicks off their month-long Sudsy Challenge tomorrow, challenging participants to wear the same clothes for …
Charity thinks outside box on homelessness
JADE MACBETH Brisbane-based humanitarians Gali Blacher and Maddy Jones have made it their mission to challenge misconceptions around homelessness through …
Charities struggle to cope during pandemic
SAMARA MCRAE Charities on the Gold Coast have been struggling to provide valuable services to people experiencing homelessness since the …
Bra Gifting events support the girls
CHARLOTTE BRENNAN Local Charity Support the Girls Australia (STGA) provides homeless and low-income women with bras and feminine products at …
Australia’s biggest yoga class poses for dignity
JESSICA MYLNE Yoga4Dignity is putting on Australia’s biggest yoga class on Saturday August 31 to raise vital funds to help …
Supportive housing aids city’s vulnerable
JASON NYKIEL In Brisbane’s West End is an apartment complex with a difference. Unlike the multitude of other new housing …
Guides brave the cold for homelessness
MICAELA ABOODY Brisbane Girl Guides have helped raise awareness of homelessness by sleeping in a cardboard “city” in Redland Bay …
Crisis Centre expanding for the Commonwealth Games
BY MONIQUE ST CLAIR St John’s Crisis Centre, Surfers Paradise, is about to undergo a massive re-development over January 2018, …
Homeless art exhibition opens at Brisbane Festival
From the Thursday to Sunday Art From The Margins held its annual exhibition during the Brisbane Festival. This year marks …
Homelessness Week sheds light on Queensland’s homeless crisis
LOTTEY WILLSHIRE 2017’s Homelessness Week focused on action through innovation as studies show Australian homelessness rates are rising. Last week’s …