In conversation to end child poverty

Join us for a special evening to hear from Professor Sharon Bessell on her groundbreaking work amplifying the voices of children living in poverty. #

Date: November 22, 2024 #

Time: 6pm – 8pm #

Location: Lawson’s Flat, 4 Sherwood Ct, Perth #

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The End Child Poverty campaign has brought together 150 organisations across Australia with one clear goal: to legislate an end to child poverty. #

Australian children don't just need housing. They need a home. - ANU Policy Brief 

• ANU researchers have spoken with 132 children about their experiences of poverty. Many said they have a house but not a place they would call a home.
• When children were asked what makes a home, children talked about having some outdoors space to play, and indoor space that protects them from cold, heat, and mould. Emergency housing, and in many cases affordable market housing, was not doing this.
• Policies that can reduce children’s experiences of poverty without any change in parental income include: addressing conditions in emergency housing, ensuring housing is built at a high quality, (not just in high quantities), and providing child-inclusive outdoor spaces.

Spend an evening with Professor Sharon Bessell to discuss her groundbreaking work amplifying the voices of children living in poverty.
Through her research, Professor Bessell is developing essential indicators to measure child poverty, helping us prevent more children from facing the scarring effects of poverty.

 MOR for Children: A Framework for Change The MOR Framework helps us to understand poverty from a child standpoint. It enables us to assess progress towards ending child poverty by understanding deeply the way poverty shapes children’s lives. It also uncovers the things that matter most to children, providing a basis for action that is child centred. Importantly, the MOR Framework provides a means of addressing the underlying causes of poverty.

The MOR Framework recognises that a lack of income is at the heart of poverty, but poverty is experienced as more than insufficient income. Poverty shapes every aspect of children’s lives – creating insecurity, limiting what they can do and how they participate in their communities, shaping how they are able to learn, and often putting stress on relationships that children value deeply.

Event Highlights:

• Speakers: Prof. Sharon Bessell sharing insights and stories from the More for Children research.
• Campaign Milestones and Vision: Learn about our campaign’s impact so far, our strategy for 2025, and how we’ll make change leading up to both state and national elections.
• Teddy Bear Installation: Witness a powerful visual representation, with 100 teddies symbolising 100 children, of which 17 will be in a different colour to highlight the 17% of children in poverty.

Held at Lawson's Flat, the space is small, and numbers are limited. A welcome drink and canapes will be served thanks to our campaign partners The Tony Fini Foundation.