‘Local solutions’ needed to combat entrenched poverty and disadvantage
Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is sending every state MP, local council and community leader a blueprint to fight poverty and disadvantage in their backyard. The blueprint is contained in the...
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Victoria, please help all kids access sport
A coalition of sporting and social groups is calling on the Victorian Government to make sport more affordable for children from disadvantaged families. In Victoria, more than 75% of kids from well-off...
View ArticleCompulsory sport pushes costs onto parents – the answer is sport subsidies
MEDIA RELEASE All school-age children should be able to play sport however simply making PE compulsory isn’t the right response, according to Victoria’s peak social advocacy body. The Victorian Council...
View ArticleMental Health Royal Commission will save lives
The Victorian Council of Social Service is hailing plans for a Royal Commission into Mental Health as a landmark step that will save lives. Labor has pledged that, if re-elected, it will launch a Royal...
View ArticleVCOSS all smiles at public school dental pledge
MEDIA RELEASE Victorian families have reason to smile at the prospect of free dental care for all public school kids. Labor is pledging to cover the cost of check-ups, fillings, x-rays, extractions and...
View ArticleDon’t abandon the poor and the sick in a rush to combat climate change
VCOSS MEDIA RELEASE Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is challenging governments to put people experiencing hardship first, as they scramble to combat climate change. “Climate change demands an...
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Statement on public housing lockdowns
MEDIA STATEMENT The below remarks are attributable to VCOSS CEO Emma King: Public housing lockdowns are a dramatic move. But they are being done to protect tenants, and to save lives. This is a public...
View ArticleCommonwealth must not wind-down support as the pandemic escalates
MEDIA RELEASE The Federal Government is being urged to shelve plans to end a series of economic support measures for Victorians, as millions head back into lockdown. Free childcare, JobKeeper payments,...
View ArticleLoneliness and loss to cast a long shadow this Christmas
MEDIA RELEASE Victorians are being urged to look out for those community members for whom Christmas 2020 will be an immensely distressing and challenging time. The Christmas and the New Year period is...
View ArticleBold mental health report sets roadmap for real change
MEDIA RELEASE The release of the Mental Health Royal Commission’s final report is detailed, ambitious and significant. It puts people who have lived with mental illness at the centre of service design...
View ArticleVictoria braces for a brutal few month as COVID supports are wound back
MEDIA RELEASE Victorian social service agencies are bracing for a spike in requests for help, as temporary measures introduced to support people during COVID-19 are wound back. The Federal Government...
View ArticleVCOSS launches open-access vaccination ad
MEDIA RELEASE The Victorian Council of Social Service is launching a open-access video advertisement to encourage vaccination uptake. “As a peak body, VCOSS can’t increase vaccine supply or get...
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