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Central Magazine published a short feature telling the story of single father Te Rangatahi Taniora, one life that the Oasis Youth Network has touched. Taniora talks about the support he received from ‘Friday’s at Oasis’ author Kate Baker and will be one of the five Oasis young people featured in the ‘Now and When’ photography exhibition. The exhibition runs from 27 November to 13 December at the ACP
Thanks to Robert Burton-Bradley and the team at Central for their coverage.
Starting Saturday 28th November, an extraordinary exhibition opens at the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney’s Paddington. Entitled Now and When, the exhibit is a culmination of a 10 week workshop facilitated by the Australian Centre for Photography and the Oasis Youth Support Network for five homeless youths, who are striving to change their stories.
During the course of the programme, they learned a range of photographic skills that enabled them to engage in positive ways with each other and the broader community – which is a major part in taking the steps needed to change their lives for the better.
Now and When is part of the Australian Centre for Photography’s social inclusion program, a major new initiative that partners with existing community groups to use photography as a tool of empowerment, by teaching new technical skills, building self-esteem and developing life skills.
Opening on the 28th November and running until 13th December, Now and When can be viewed in Gallery 4 at the Australian Centre for Photography, 257 Oxford Street, Paddington, New South Wales, 2021.
Gallery times are:
Tuesday – Friday: 12am til 7pm
Sat – Sun: 10am til 6pm
Ashley faced years of family hardship and homelessness before he arrived at Oasis. With their help, he now has a brighter future.
Every one of Australia’s 32,000 homeless young people have a story and we have the power to help them write the next chapter.
The Nova All Ears show aired last Sunday, with James Mathison and Paul Moulds talking about Youth Homelessness in Australia and what we can do to help as a community. If you missed the show, you can listen to a clip from it here, which features some short interviews with three of the kids who have been helped by Oasis Youth Support Network.
Many thanks to Nova and James for their time & support of Oasis and the 32,000 To Go Campaign.
This Sunday at 8pm, Nova’s All Ears will be hosted by James Mathison, who will talk about Oasis and the 32000 To Go campaign. Joining him will be Captain Paul Moulds and some special guests, so if you can, tune in to show your support for this great cause.
Airtimes by city can be found at Radio News.
Commuters in Sydney would have seen a little snippet about the 32,000 To Go campaign in Central Magazine yesterday. To everyone coming from there — welcome! Thanks to Robert Burton-Bradley and the team at Central for their coverage for this critical Australian issue.
You can read the article on the Central Magazine website.
In this morning’s Daily Telegraph, the 32,000 To Go leaflet was released throughout New South Wales and the ACT. As readers in Queensland discovered last Thursday, this photographic essay is raw and though-provoking and is focused on bringing awareness to the fact that 32,000 Australians aged between 12 and 24 will spend tonight without a home.
If today is your first visit to this site, you’ll find information on ways to help and campaign on this topic, including some very simple and practical ways to spread the word.
If you’d like to download the the 32,000 To Go leaflet to read or send to your friends, you can download the PDF here.
On Friday, Oasis’s Captain Paul Moulds joined Gemma Snowden on The Wire, a national community radio current affairs program, as a follow-on for The Oasis documentary, and to help introduce the 32000 To Go Campaign.
You can listen to or download the podcast at The Wire’s website (it’s the second segment from the top). Many thanks to Gemma and The Wire for their time.
We have launched our 32,000 To Go campaign in Queensland today, with 175,000 leaflets inserted into the Courier Mail.
Above is a sample image of the confronting leaflet, which depicts some of the ways, both positive and negative, that the 32,000 young Australians who are currently homeless make their way off the streets.
The ultimate message is that together, we can make Australia aware of this problem and offer these young people a brighter future. The 32,000 To Go campaign insert will be distributed in New South Wales on Tuesday, September 8th, and will be available for download here on the same day.
You can read about 32,000 To Go here, or to find out more visit the Oasis Youth Support Network site.
Last Sunday night, we welcomed the team from News.com.au’s photo department to spend a night with Captain Paul Moulds on the StreetConnect bus. After witnessing the work of Paul and Oasis Youth Support Network, their encounter has been documented in a striking video essay, which is featured on the News.com.au homepage.
You can see the full gallery here.
