A Roof Over Her Head: Women, Homelessness and Affordable Housing in the Riverina

The A Roof Over Her Head: Women, Homelessness and Affordable Housing in the Riverina the online event hosted by the Country Women’s Association (CWA) Riverina Group was held on Wednesday 22 September.  

More than 80 people joined us via Zoom to listen to online to guest speakers Lynne Graham (Carevan Wagga Wagga Inc.), Wendy Middleton (Argyle Housing), Belinda McMahon (Sisters Housing Enterprises Inc.) and Dr Joe McGirr MP, Member for Wagga Wagga

 

Watch the Recording

 

Share the Link

A recording of the online is available via the following link: https://youtu.be/LqU_pBHGgew. We encourage you to use this link to listen or listen again if you joined the conversation on Wednesday night. Most importantly, this link is available for you to share with your fellow CWA members, friends and colleagues and continue to raise awareness of the important issue of homelessness and the need for social and affordable housing in rural and regional NSW, and the solutions being provided by Carevan, Argyle Housing and Sisters Housing Enterprises. 

Q&As 

The answers to the questions raised by participants during the online event have been captured and answered by our guest speakers. Click below to download the Q&A document.

Make a Donation 

Donations can be made direct to Carevan or Sisters Housing Enterprises by contacting the organisations.

Please note: Carevan is the current CWA Riverina Group Project. A number of  Branches have already made a donation to Carevan. However, Branches which have not yet made a donation may wish to do so by contacting Lynne Grahame at Carevan using the above email address.

 

Find Out More 

Visit the organisation’s websites for more information about what they do: 

Carevan Wagga Wagga Inc.

Sisters Housing Enterprises Inc.

Argyle Housing

 

Thank you for your support.

 

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RDA Riverina supported this event as part of our capacity building to local community organisations

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