Food security is a fundamental human right, yet one in 12 people across the world face hunger and in 2024, 120,000 Western Australian children were living in severely food insecure households.
One in seven people in Western Australia are living in poverty and October 12 to 18, 2025, has been dedicated to increasing awareness of this through Anti-Poverty Week.
Renewed awareness of current food insecurity and poverty levels has rippled across the country, with businesses urged to contribute to long-lasting solutions in the wake of National Food Bank Day.
New research has found that rough sleeping in Western Australia has increased 114 per cent since 2016, with 2,315 people currently rough sleeping across the state.
During Youth Week WA, we shed light on organisations that are helping to tell young people's stories, alleviate food insecurity, and address psychosocial implications of physical injury.
International Women's Day is an opportunity to celebrate women in leadership who are driving change and shaping communities, and those women and girls who are supported through for-purpose initiatives.
Anti-Poverty Week, 13-19 October 2024, works to raise awareness about the causes and effects of poverty, inspiring meaningful steps towards its eradication.
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.
Working the frontline of the cost-of-living crisis, financial counsellors are seeing firsthand the economy's devastating impact on people's housing stability.
