homelessness

Music therapy lifting spirits at Haymarket

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It’s amazing what the power of music can do, even when you’re at your lowest. A buzz fills the air of Sydney’s Haymarket Foundation as the sound of raucous drums and thrashing guitar spills out into the courtyard. In a word? It sounds like fun. The musicians? Residents of the Foundation’s homelessness service taking part in a music therapy session….

LGBTI+ Sydney needs homelessness support

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Experiencing homelessness in Sydney is challenging for anyone, but for Sydney’s LGBTI+ communities an extra layer applies to every decision you make for your safety and security. Research shows that LGBTI+ people in Australia are twice as likely to experience homelessness due to a mix of factors like family rejection, violence and discrimination. When seeking support from medical services, Centrelink,…

World-first research about to get underway

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The Haymarket Foundation is involved in world-first research into homelessness. The research has recently been given ethics approval by Macquarie University. It is part of a grant awarded by the City of Sydney to the Haymarket Foundation. The work focuses on neuropsychological assessments for people experiencing homelessness who have suspected cognitive impairments. It offers people who have experienced prolonged and repeated…

Supporting former rough sleepers to maintain tenancies and improve health and wellbeing

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Neami National and the Haymarket Foundation are pleased to work in partnership to deliver the Sustaining Tenancy in Social Housing Program, a new initiative funded by the Department of Communities and Justice, which aims to prevent a large-scale return to homelessness. People who have a history of rough sleeping will receive extra support to maintain at-risk tenancies through the Sustaining…