MEDIA ALERT

Raise awareness of homelessness, dispell myths about the causes and provide an opportunity for community members to become involved in helping. Provide an opportunity for people who are homeless, or who need some support to keep their homes, to connect with community services. Provide an opportunity for organisations and workers in the eld to connect and examine ways to work together.

The Moreton Bay Housing and Homelessness Network will hold its second annual Homelessness Persons Week Expo on Wednesday 7 August at the Redcliffe Showgrounds. The expo aims to:

Reconnect Housing and Homelessness Expo is not only to connect the homeless, the hidden homeless and health care card holders with a range of government and non-government support services everyone is welcome to be a part of what will also be a fun day. Face painting for the kids. There will be more than 50 stalls, including: Support to access identity documentation including birth certicates, Support to access entitlements Support to register for housing

Metro North Medicare Local free health checks - plus a medical van, dental van and immunisations A range of local community services who can support people to maintain tenancies or to nd housing Distribute donations of large numbers of shoes, clothing, underwear, blankets, food, tents and other items

WHAT: Reconnect Housing and Homelessness Expo WHEN: August 7, 2013. Free breakfast kicks off at 6.30am. Expo 9am - 2pm. WHERE: Webb Hall, Redcliffe Showgrounds, Scarborough Road, Redcliffe. CONTACT: If youd like to interview one of our homelessness spokespeople, please contact; Mark Bolton Pine Rivers Neighbourhood Centre 865 Gympie Road LAWNTON Post: PO Box 489, LAWNTON QLD 4501 P 07 3889 0063 | F 07 3285 1531 M 0422 533 064 Ejourno@prnc.org.au W www.prnc.org.au

Enabling and encouraging individuals and families to take informed control of their own lives and together enriching our community.
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