Raising The Roof On Homelessness

Homelessness simply defined is the absence of a place to live.

Raising the roof on homelessness.

Was october 12th 2019. Approximately 235 000 canadians experience homelessness each year. Hundreds of thousands of people are forced to live on the st. Raising the roof provides national leadership on long term solutions to homelessness through partnership and collaboration with diverse stakeholders investment in local communities and public education.

2 create a comprehensive framework that looks at solutions to family homelessness at three levels. 3 develop practical tools and resources that can be. The number of homeless people and the length of time they spend homeless continues to rise. 1 learn about current programs and services across canada and internationally that are already working to address.

Thank you to everyone who attended sponsored donated and helped to make last year s event the most successful ever. In reality anyone can become homeless. Raising the roof preventing homelessness our reside initiative is designed to create a community renovation project with the specific intention to prevent homelessness by creating new housing options for people at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness. Raising the roof on homelessness homelessness was one of last year s biggest talking points and for good reason.

The upstream project for example is a school based initiative that works upstream to prevent youth homelessness as well as to promote student wellbeing and increase school engagement. A snapshot of homelessness in canada. Although the root cause is. Homelessness is not a choice.

Proceeds from this event benefit local charities james samaritan new orleans mission and north oaks foundation. We are already planning for our 6th annual raise the roof so please save the date friday october 16th at nostalgia 1720 in chalfont. Homelessness simply defined is the absence of a place to live. We work towards a day when all canadians have access to a safe and stable home with the support to achieve their potential.

This can be a person who has no regular place to live who stays in an overnight emergency shelter abandoned building all night coffee shop or theatre a car outdoors or other such places not meant to be living spaces.