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Global Climate Strike

20 Sep 2019

Friday 20 September is the Global Climate Strike. Led by school students around the world, this time the strike is expanding to all sections of society. The impact of climate change on older people, especially people with low incomes and no assets, is going to be big.

Join the Retirement Accommodation Action Group at 11am to paint a banner for the march, or join with the contingent of HAAG members and staff at 1:45 pm on Level 1, Ross House.

Slavic Seniors Group Preston Aged Care Information Session

18 Sep 2019

On Wednesday 18th of September Sonja Zigic-Rahuz visited the Slavic Seniors Group Preston in Preston to deliver information about housing and aged care options in Serbian in Slavic/multi-ethnic. 11 people attended the session.

Slavic Senior Group Preston

18 Sep 2019

On Wednesday 18th of September Sonja Zigic-Rahuz visited the Slavic Senior Group Preston  in Preston to deliver information about aged care in Bosnian. 11 people attended the session.

Grand Boulevard child and community centre Aged Care Information Session

9 Sep 2019

On Monday 9th of September Hoda  Nahal visited the Grand Boulevard child and community centre-  Assyrian/Chaldean senior group in Craigieburn to deliver information about aged care system and the role of the Aged Care Navigator in Arabic. 35 people attended the session.

Serbian Pensioner Club Fitzroy Aged Care Information Session

6 Sep 2019

On Friday 6th of September Sonja Zigic-Rahuz visited the Serbian Pensioner Club in Fitzroy to deliver information about information about aged care and the navigator in Serbian. 38 people attended the session.

St Antonois senior club Aged Care Information Session

18 Aug 2019

On Sunday 18th of August Hoda Nahal visited the St Antonois senior club - Thomastown libarary in Thomastown  to deliver information about aged care  in Arabic. 20 people attended the session. The focus of the information session was on how to access the aged care, the types of services that are available to them and the role of the navigators

They also encouraged the participants to check the agencies well before they choose which one they will use in the future  

"One Rent Increase from Disaster" - Report Release, Western Australia

15 Aug 2019

On Thursday 15 August 2019 the national Ageing on the Edge Older Persons Homelessness Prevention Project is releasing its summary report on the housing crisis facing a growing number of older people in Western Australia.

Produced in collaboration with Council on the Ageing WA and a Reference Group of key WA agencies and individuals, the report highlights the rapidly growing problems facing many older people in WA. The report also identifies solutions to address the vital housing and service responses needed to help older people in WA who are struggling in poverty, hardship and at constant risk of homelessness.

HAAG August General Meeting

7 Aug 2019

HAAG Meeting - Winter Warmer

HAAG members and supporters are invited to our August general meeting, for soup and a chat!

11 am Thursday 22 August 2019

Hayden Raysmith Room

Level 4, Ross House

247 Flinders Lane

CALL 96547389 to RSVP or email HAAG@oldertenants.org.au

Diversity in practice workshop

12 Jul 2019

Learn to work respectfully with people from diverse social and cultural groups and situations. This course at Swinburne University focuses on those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Fair Go For Pensioners Conference

10 Jul 2019

Australia’s democratic system is in trouble. More public ‘welfare’ services are privatized and costly, there is a lack of federal political leadership and we have lost trust in them. Come and discuss what’s gone wrong, what sort of ‘welfare’ services and society we want and how we can get there.

 

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