Anti-Poverty Week

Unions NSW as part of our Community Outreach Program will be launching a partnership initiative program with TAFE and the St Vincent De Paul Society during Anti-Poverty Week.

The purpose of this initiative will be to raise funds to implement program to provide education and training through the TAFE’s Outreach Program.  This program is aimed at providing education, training and skills to low paid workers and the most disadvantaged people in our community.

Unions NSW will be encouraging unions and their members to donate funds or sponsor a person for as little as five dollars per week.

We would like unions to donate towards the establishment of this program during the Anti-Poverty Week by sending your donations to Unions NSW. The funds will be managed by the St Vincent De Paul Society and paid to the TAFE Outreach programme.

We are planning to launch this initiative in Western Sydney on the Wed the 16th of October at our Parramatta Office.

There will be series of fund raising events throughout the week in our city, metropolitan and regional areas.

Poverty and severe hardship affect more than a million Australians. Around the world more than a billion people are desperately poor.

The main aims of Anti-Poverty Week are to:

• Strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world and within Australia;
• Encourage research, discussion and action to address these problems, including action by individuals, communities, organisations and governments.
• Last year, at least 600 organisations around Australia participated in more than 400 activities during the Week, with a total participation of more than 10,000 people.

For information and ideas, www.antipovertyweek.org.au