Daily Rough Sleepers Count
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We take this opportunity to thank the private, workgroup and accommodation industry donors who have so far provided the rooms units or resources to fund our new Offstreets program. Offstreets provides an option for homeless parents with children to receive a leg-up in the form of unconditionally provided hotel/motel accommodation, for up to one week. While it is not a long term solution,it certainly provides some unconditional respite. Parents or family names are NOT recorded by our service, to ensure that the service is unconditional. We commenced this essential service in response to the large number of young children being seen on the streets in the company of desperate parents-and their circumstances are heartbreaking. The last thing these people need is to find out years later that their often temporary accommodation crisis has resulted in a mandatory report to DOCs who are then able to apply their imagination to concoct fanciful allegations at some future date against the hapless family.
We also seek further donations of rooms, units and funds to cover such on an urgent basis.These are NOT tax deductible as we are NOT a registered charity,at federal or state level. Your donation is 100% direct to the recipient, we just facilitate.
All families and the public need to be aware that ALL educators, child care centres, doctors, hospitals, police emergency housing providers and social workers, youth services organisations such as YOTS and Oasis are mandatory reporters
AND THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THEY COLLECT THIS INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF DOCS, often at the lowest point in your life-so far.
Armed with these mandatory reports DOCs can and do issue proceedings in the Childrens Court, which we consider Australias Guantanamo Bay. Allegations are sufficient to manufacture a case and DOCs delight in this style of presentation. Often cash strapped families are forced to use legal aid lawyers with only very basic access to resources, pitted against the combined resources of DOCs the DPP and Police, in a court where innuendo replaces evidence from your accusers.
The Sydney Daily rough sleepers count has been cobbled together and refers to the number of people sleeping rough , in the 24 hour period ending 2 a.m. Our count includes people who sleep by day in the many areas & places known to us as well as people and families sleeping in Cars and other non residential housing, squats as well as the more obvious locations.
Mon 24th June Total 588 age 5-17 144
Tues 25th June Total 438 age 5-17 132 Down 150/12
Wed 26th June Total 493 age 5 -17 113 Up 55/down 19
Thu 27th June Total 486 age 5-17 144 Down 7/up 31
Fri 28th June Total 401 age 5-17 118 Down 85/down 26
Sat 29th June Total 429 age 5-17 133 Up 18/Up 28
Sun30th June total 462 aged 5-17 88.Temp 9deg wind W8 up33/down 35 offstreets 14 Note our new more informative format from today.No off streets inc in counts.
Mon Total449 5-17 101 Temp 8degWindWSW5 down 13/up 13 offstreets 6
Tues 438 119 Temp6deg WindS12 down11/up 18 offstreets 12
Wed 463 140Temp7degwindV5 up 25/up 21 offstreets 3 due to no further funds
Thurs 478 112 Temp6degwindSE5 up15//down 28 offstreets 22
Friday 3rd Jul 564 5-17 177 Temp3dgWind NW18 up86/up 65 offstreets 9
Sat 4th Jul 502 5-17 159 Temp5deg Wind W8 down62/down18 offstreets 3
Sun 5thJul 479 123 offstreets 13
Monday6th July 416 111 temp11deg wind0 down63/down12 offstreets 18
Tuesday7th July 423 106 temp9degwindse 5 up7/down 5 offstreets 2
wed 8thJuly 430 118 temp cold wind 1-15 up7/up12 offstreets 6
thur 9thJuly 444 123 temp mod wind0 up14/up5 offstreets 8
fri 10thJuly 456 155 temp9deg wind2 up12/up32 offstreets 14
sat 11thJul 512 196 temp10degwind0 up56/up41 offstreets 6
worth mention,32 teens 13-16 sent home in groups alc/drug affected,thx 2 cooperating taxis.Most frm Eastern Subs.
sun 12 Jul 498 156 down14/down40 offstreets 5
mon13Jul 462 146 down36/down10 offstreets6
tues14July 450 135 down12/down11 offstreets6
wed15July 516 112 up66/down23 offstreets6
thu16July 480 123 down36/up11 offstreets11
fri17July 499 133 up 19 /up10 offstreets10
sat18July 508 130 up 9/ down 3 offstreets12
sun19July 513 135 up5/up5 offstreets6
mon20July 514 141 up1/up6 offstreets4
tues21July 516 130 up2/down11 offstreets8
wed22July 483 135 down33/up5 offstreets13
2 responses to “Daily Rough Sleepers Count”
Gina Scott
June 25th, 2009 at 04:53
Out at St Marys we have 6 families living in cars just in the carpark of my street.I know,they use my showers every day.They tell me DOCS will only help if they give them the kids, or its no go. One family have been told if they don’t have a house soon DOCS are taking their kids. I’d put them up at mine but I already have my brothers family squeezed in here
sydneyhomeless
June 25th, 2009 at 05:33
Thx for your input Gina. We know that the west is really doing it tough, with reports of big numbers Parra and Liverpool areas. Different postcode, same shit. Great that you can provide showers and I’m sure moral support. Out there,they may also be able to use showers at Ripples but they have to pay entry fees, about $2 I think.
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