{"id":11872,"date":"2022-10-18T02:52:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T02:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burdekin.org.au\/?p=11872"},"modified":"2022-10-18T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:18:21","slug":"home-sweet-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burdekin.org.au\/home-sweet-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sweet is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Five years after the initial Home Sweet event, and three years since the follow up event, the Link Wentworth<\/a> team are back at it again, raising much needed funds for homelessness with Home Sweet 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home Sweet commenced in 2017 and now, five years later, its needed even more due to the ever worsening housing crisis. There are more than 116,000 people experiencing homelessness across Australia and more than 17,000 Australian children under the age of 12 have no permanent home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Home Sweet campaign has raised over $300,000 across the two events in 2017<\/a> and 2019.<\/a> This year, with your help, we hope to raise $200,000 plus. Money raised will be donated to The Burdekin Association (youth homelessness service), Women\u2019s Community Shelters (providing safe accommodation for women escaping domestic violence) and Link Wentworth Scholarship Program (helping social housing tenants access education and employment training).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will be hosted on 17 March 2023 at Freshwater Surf Club<\/a> with an added option to join virtually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s next? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Donate, support a “sleepee” or sleep over yourself at Freshwater Surf Club on17th March 2023 to raise money for this valuable cause. You can also join virtually on the night by sleeping out in your car or backyard. Our CEO and some of our staff members will be sleeping over at the event and you will have the option to donate to the organisation or to an individual. More information.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor the event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Are you a business or individual who would like to sponsor the event? Please let us know if this is something you would be interested in supporting — we would love to hear from you! 2017 Press Release.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Famous faces in the past include: Brad Hazzard, Andrew Reid (Reidy), Christian Wilkins, Michael Regan, Jay Lenton …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about the event here: Home Sweet 2023 <\/a> and\/or download the Sponsorship Proposal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Home Sweet 2023 sleepover event is the perfect way to connect and reunite following a difficult couple of years, it will also provide economic, social and cultural benefits too! So we hope that you will jump onboard with great enthusiasm and support a wonderful community event that supports a number of initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organisers:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Link Wentworth is one of the largest community housing providers in Australia, managing approximately 6,400 homes\u00a0with around 10,000 residents and 200 staff. Link Wentworth is committed to providing more homes and delivering better services to enable a brighter future for people facing housing stress and homelessness. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some photos from the 2017 event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t