Since its launch in March, RACV’s emergency goods assist service has delivered more than 30,000 meals to vulnerable communities across Victoria impacted by COVID-19.
Melbourne City Mission welcomes the opportunity to present its submission to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Homelessness at a public hearing on Tuesday 14 July 2020.
MCM is among many not-for-profits benefiting from the generosity of big businesses who are giving food and other essential items at a time when demand on community services organisations is at an all-time high.
During the past few months MCM has partnered with several businesses to ensure our clients have access to food and essential items, at a time when demand on our services was high and many of Victoria’s most at-risk during the coronavirus shut-downs were unable to source their own supplies.
Education and sustained conversations are important to progressing Reconciliation in Australia. MCM was honoured to experience the stories and perspectives during National Reconciliation Week with a special webcast hosted by MCM CEO Vicki Sutton.
It is with great relief that MCM has, from May, met the test to access the employer wage subsidy Job Keeper.
COVID-19 has had an immeasurable impact on our daily lives, and isolation is incredibly difficult for young people and families experiencing homelessness.
We’re doing Sleep At The ’G a little differently this year, as sleepers prepare to put youth homelessness to bed by fundraising from home.
MCM provides crisis accommodation in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD for young people experiencing homelessness at Frontyard Youth Services. Some of our most vulnerable Victorians are at increased risk throughout the current COVID-19 pandemic.
In March the Commonwealth Government announced a new Early Childhood and Care Relief Package that aims to make childcare available for free to support families during the COVID-19 pandemic.