A key part of HAAG's Early Intervention approach to homelessness is our Community Education projects. Through empowering older people with experiences of homelessness to share their stories, we reach out to diverse community groups, letting them know about our services.

Latest Community Education Events and Updates

Lorraine Bedella Seniors Centre Community Education Session

6 Jul 2023

On Friday 7th of July, Stephanie Agius, Rebecca Cook, Fiona Waters visited the Lorraine Bedella Seniors Centre in Altona North to deliver information about accessing affordable housing and aged care navigation through the Care Finder program. Vanessa Heart, Peer Educator attends the Macedonian social group weekly and translated the session. 24 people attended the session. 3 were signed up as Care Finder clients and 13 people signed on as HAAG members.

Raising Older People's Voices

28 Jun 2023
Shane and Fiona speak to Rebecca Cook, HAAG's early intervention and community engagement worker, about how we raise the voices of older people in our community education and advocacy work. She talks about our working groups, and a new project to collect older women's housing histories,. Shane and Fiona then go on to talk about our plans for Canberra during Homelessness Week.
Listen in on 3cr.org.au

Cranbourne Accessing Affordable Housing for Older LGBTIQA+ people info session

2 Oct 2023

Join our information session for older LGBTIQA+ community members about the experiences of housing stress and homelessness and how to access affordable housing at the Cranbourne Library.

Hampton Park Accessing Affordable Housing Info Session

16 Oct 2023

Are you skipping meals so you can afford your rent? Do you worry about your housing and how you can make ends meet? If this is you or someone you know, come along to this information session at Hampton Park Library in Narre Warren to find out how people aged 50+ can access affordable housing.  

Narre Warren Bunjil Place Accessing Affordable Housing Info Session

12 Oct 2023

Are you skipping meals so you can afford your rent? Do you worry about your housing and how you can make ends meet? If this is you or someone you know, come along to this information session at Bunjil Place Library in Narre Warren to find out how people aged 50+ can access affordable housing.  

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