Anti-Poverty Week, 13-19 October 2024, works to raise awareness about the causes and effects of poverty, inspiring meaningful steps towards its eradication.
In WA, close to 200,000 households experienced severe food insecurity in the last 12 months. Nationally, there are two million households experiencing extreme hardship.
Despite being one of Australia’s richest states, hardship is becoming more commonplace in Western Australia with rising cost of living impacting people’s ability to meet basic needs.
The nation’s leading suicide postvention program is dedicated to assisting all people and communities bereaved or impacted by suicide in Western Australia.
Mental Health Week reminds everyone that mental health is just as important as physical health and encourages proactive care for a healthier, happier life.
Ronald McDonald House Charities WA has supported families in WA for almost 35 years, helping them when life gets turned upside down due to a child’s illness or injury.
Adopting socially responsible practices enable businesses and individuals to contribute to a sustainable future, address social issues, and foster an inclusive society.
Having a simple conversation with a friend, family member, coworker, or even a stranger, can not only give someone a sense of hope, belonging and connection, but can help save a life.
Youth in remote and Indigenous communities in Western Australia need the most help right now, where school attendance and educational outcomes are particularly challenging.
The Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre went ‘Under the Sea’ for the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association of WA’s fifth annual ball, Unite Against MND, on Saturday 27 July.
The WA Government has an action plan to increase representation of people with disability employed in the public sector – a welcomed initiative to improve economic and social participation.
With a tightening rental market and increasing housing unaffordability, Perth is standing out as one of the toughest cities in the world to find a rental.
The Y WA Youth Parliament program will culminate in members attending Parliament House during NAIDOC Week to participate in a live debate in the chamber.
Delivering vital mental health programs in the Kimberley is a high priority of youth organisation zero2hero, as suicide continues to be the leading cause of death for Aboriginal children in the area.
