Children, Young people and Families
VCOSS is urging the State Government to take significant steps to ease the financial burden for school families.
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There’s a well established link between poverty and poor oral health. No child should be ashamed to smile or scared
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Victoria needs an ambitious social housing building program to provide a roof to those most in need.
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All school-age children should be able to play sport however simply making PE compulsory isn’t the right response.
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The real issue isn’t intergenerational welfare dependency, it’s intergenerational disadvantage.
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VCOSS has joined a coalition of justice, human rights, social service and Aboriginal organisations to call on the Victorian Government
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VCOSS is outraged the Victorian Parliament has blocked the construction of new public housing planned for Melbourne’s east.
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Victorians will be rightly horrified by the revelations in The Same Four Walls, a new investigation into cruel and ineffective
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VCOSS is warning Victorians to be alert to a series of price hikes due to take effect in 2017. The cost
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Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has warned not all Victorians are benefiting from the state’s social and economic growth, and
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The Victorian Council of Social Service is warning of a social catastrophe in the Latrobe Valley if local communities aren’t
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A coalition of sporting and social groups is calling on the Victorian Government to make sport more affordable for children from
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People living in the Latrobe Valley experiencing poorer health and greater levels of disadvantage than the rest of the state
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The rising use of technology in the classroom and an increasingly competitive school system is adding significant costs to families’
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Reports that Victoria is the most expensive place in Australia to educate a child in a government school shows the
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The retirement of Bernie Geary AOM from the role of Victorian Children and Young People’s Commissioner is a timely moment
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The Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities tabled in the Victorian Parliament today provides a range of
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The Victorian Council of Social Service today welcomed the significant education funding commitments made by the Andrews Government, delivering on
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Melbourne being named the world’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the fifth year running fails to
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The Victorian Council of Social Service welcomes the Andrews Government’s long-term plan to improve the support service system for vulnerable
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The number of wrongful energy disconnections has reached an all-time high in Victoria, according to the Victorian Council of Social
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