The Forgotten Women

🎄 Downer’s 12 Days of Christmas – Giving Back 🎄 For the second year, Downer is proud to continue our 12 Days of Christmas initiative, supporting charities that are close to the hearts of our employees and giving back to the communities we live and work in. This year, our people sent in over 160 nominations across Australia and New Zealand. Over the next 12 days, we’ll be supporting causes that focus on: 💚 Health 🧒 Youth 🐾 Animals 👶 Children’s Wellbeing 🍽️ Food & Shelter This initiative is a true reflection of our purpose – enabling communities to thrive by making a positive impact where it matters most. #12DaysOfChristmas #GivingBack #DownerGiving #CommunitySupport Children's Cancer Institute, Bravery Box Australia Ltd

📣 Grants news...our giving community has enabled $76,750 to be distributed across 15 organisations, helping to end, prevent, and respond to women's homelessness. Having no safe place to call home is growing reality for women and gender diverse folk who face systemic barriers like violence, discrimination, lack of suitable and affordable housing options, and pay/superannuation gaps. We're proud to be helping support a number of gender-specific responses across 6 states, creating change for refugee and migrant women, those affected by violence and abuse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, young women and gender diverse folk, older women, and those who have interacted with the justice system. Read more in our recent article: https://lnkd.in/gsvUkvxp Great to be funding the work of Wellsprings for Women (pictured), Seeds of Affinity , Mangrove Housing's The Forgotten Women project, SpeakOut - Immigrant Women's SpeakOut Association NSW, Women's Community Shelters' new refuge on the Mornington Peninsula, Law and Advocacy Centre for Women Ltd and others. #homelessness #grants #women #endinghomelessness #community

Tickets for WIRE 2025 are live! 📢⁠ ⁠ Join us at the stunning Howard Smith Wharves Rivershed for the highly anticipated Women in Real Estate (WIRE) luncheon.⁠ ⁠ Celebrated on International Women's Day, WIRE is a celebration of all the incredible achievements the amazing women in Queensland's real estate industry have achieved together.⁠ ⁠ With a delicious lunch from the incredible Howard Smith Wharves Rivershed team, keynote speech from Australian Icon Lisa Curry, amazing Brisbane city views and fabulous company, this is set to be our best WIRE to date.⁠ ⁠ This event will sell out, so get your tickets now to make sure to secure your seat early.⁠ ⁠ Click the link below for details⁠ https://lnkd.in/g9aJcv6d

The new state government has its work cut out for it, with low vacancy rates looking to be the new normal, according to our residential vacancy rate report for the September quarter 🏡 Of 50 government areas in Queensland, the vast majority were considered tight in the quarter, with almost half reporting below 1.0% vacancy and some reporting as low as 0.1%. With increasing housing scarcity becoming the norm, REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said it's critically important for the Crisafulli Government to make their pledge to deliver one million homes by 2044 a reality. Click the link to read the full report. https://lnkd.in/gqPE3S4x

At Mangrove Housing we are thrilled to announce that Yolanda van Diggelen has been promoted to Chief Operations Officer (COO). Yolanda has been an incredible asset to the team, and her leadership, dedication, and vision have played a pivotal role in our growth. We’re excited to see the impact she’ll make in this new role! At the same time, we’re delighted to welcome Gloria Vetekina to the Mangrove Housing family as our new Housing Services Manager. Gloria brings a wealth of experience and passion for supporting communities, and we’re looking forward to all that she’ll accomplish with us. Congratulations to both Yolanda & Gloria as they embark on these exciting new chapters! We look forward to working with you both to help more people within our communities. #Leadership #TeamGrowth #NewBeginnings #MangroveHousing #Communityhousing #COO #WelcomeToTheTeam #Community

Grateful to share our team's recent efforts in supporting The Forgotten Women Charity by assembling essential items for the "Live Like Her Challenge." This initiative helps participants better understand the challenges women face in difficult circumstances. Thanks to everyone who contributed — Our team are looking forward to working with The Forgotten Women in future initiatives! 💫 Helen Lloyd 🌟 Janine Jones🌟 Jeremy Bassard

On 5 September the dedicated team from HOWSS (Housing Older Women’s Support Service) took part in the The Forgotten Women Live Like Her Challenge, by sleeping in their cars overnight, to raise money to provide more housing for homeless women over 55 through The Forgotten Women project. This is the third year that Footprints Community has taken part in the event. More than 40,000 Queensland women over the age of 55 are homeless, with over 700 based in greater Brisbane. Known as the hidden homeless, these women are doing it tough by living in a car, couch surfing, living under the threat of violence and/or physically hiding. Congratulations to the HOWSS team for raising $5744 through their effort and a huge THANK YOU to those who donated to this worthy cause. If you need assistance with housing and are over 50 (or over 45 for First Nations), you can drop in to the HOWSS West End Hub Monday to Friday 9am–3pm or for more information about their services, call 1800 366 877 or visit: www.howss.org.au #LiveLikeHerChallenge #howss #FootprintsCommunity #housingolderwomen #housingcrisis