❓ Mr. Lilburne asks about Lotterywest's support for addressing homelessness in Perth. The Minister responds by highlighting funding for Uniting WA's Tranby day centre and its role in connecting people with essential services.
AnsweredQoN 286Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
HOMELESSNESS — LOTTERYWEST SUPPORT
286. Mr P. LILBURNE to the Minister for Community Services:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's significant support for community organisations and
helping people in need of emergency assistance.
(1) Can the minister update the house on how support
provided by Lotterywest is assisting people experiencing homelessness in
Perth?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how this assistance is supporting those sleeping
rough to access supports and services to transition out of homelessness?
286. Mr P. LILBURNE to the Minister for Community Services:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's significant support for community organisations and
helping people in need of emergency assistance.
(1) Can the minister update the house on how support
provided by Lotterywest is assisting people experiencing homelessness in
Perth?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how this assistance is supporting those sleeping
rough to access supports and services to transition out of homelessness?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
(1)–(2) All
members are hopefully aware that in 2020, as a result of the pandemic, a lot of
the government's financial resources
were dedicated to make sure that they were going to where they were really
needed. That was certainly the case with Lotterywest. It set aside money
from lotteries to make sure it would be targeted to people in need as a result
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Late last week, I was very pleased to
go out to Tranby, run by Uniting WA in East Perth. It is a day centre available
for people who require a meal, might need a shower, might need to be linked up
with services to know where to go to ensure
their income is sorted or to know how to get onto the public housing waitlist ,
or where to get some financial counselling and the like. The Premier, the
member for Perth and I went out to Tranby in
late 2019 to look at the centre. Lotterywest was able to allocate $1.7 million
to Uniting WA for the refurb of Tranby. It has now been opened. It is a fantastic
new facility that really is fit for purpose. It
is warm and welcoming, and it provides an excellent entry point for people to
be linked in with the services they need. While I was at Tranby, I met
Kevin, who was previously a client of Uniting WA. He was showing off the
industrial kitchen there. They produce breakfasts and lunches there, but also
at times they get corporate groups in who might spend some time producing a meal
for people as part of their corporate ''givings''. Also, it was
good to meet some of the financial counsellors that were there. My electorate
office is next to Uniting WA in Fremantle, so I know some of those staff. It
was good to bump into them again. Thanks to Amanda Hunt, who is the CEO of
Uniting WA, and also to Susan Hunt, who is the head of Lotterywest and was also
at the event.
There is a lot to do with regard
to meeting the needs of people who are homeless and people who are vulnerable, but I know in partnership with
community sector organisations like Uniting WA, and with those sorts of
facilities, we are in a good position to make sure that people can get the
assistance they need.
(1)–(2) All
members are hopefully aware that in 2020, as a result of the pandemic, a lot of
the government's financial resources
were dedicated to make sure that they were going to where they were really
needed. That was certainly the case with Lotterywest. It set aside money
from lotteries to make sure it would be targeted to people in need as a result
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Late last week, I was very pleased to
go out to Tranby, run by Uniting WA in East Perth. It is a day centre available
for people who require a meal, might need a shower, might need to be linked up
with services to know where to go to ensure
their income is sorted or to know how to get onto the public housing waitlist ,
or where to get some financial counselling and the like. The Premier, the
member for Perth and I went out to Tranby in
late 2019 to look at the centre. Lotterywest was able to allocate $1.7 million
to Uniting WA for the refurb of Tranby. It has now been opened. It is a fantastic
new facility that really is fit for purpose. It
is warm and welcoming, and it provides an excellent entry point for people to
be linked in with the services they need. While I was at Tranby, I met
Kevin, who was previously a client of Uniting WA. He was showing off the
industrial kitchen there. They produce breakfasts and lunches there, but also
at times they get corporate groups in who might spend some time producing a meal
for people as part of their corporate ''givings''. Also, it was
good to meet some of the financial counsellors that were there. My electorate
office is next to Uniting WA in Fremantle, so I know some of those staff. It
was good to bump into them again. Thanks to Amanda Hunt, who is the CEO of
Uniting WA, and also to Susan Hunt, who is the head of Lotterywest and was also
at the event.
There is a lot to do with regard
to meeting the needs of people who are homeless and people who are vulnerable, but I know in partnership with
community sector organisations like Uniting WA, and with those sorts of
facilities, we are in a good position to make sure that people can get the
assistance they need.
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