Footscray Feeds6h ago

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122136995295050575

While getting credit for opening the Lighthouse Cafe which provides food but not housing or even a toilet to unhoused Footscray residents, the Salvo’s has been secretly working to close Foley House, a crucial and rare supported accommodation service in Footscray.

There was no announcement; had this not

Footscray Community Response

While getting credit for opening the Lighthouse Cafe which provides food but not housing or even a toilet to unhoused Footscray residents, the Salvo’s has been secretly working to close Foley House,...

Footscray Feeds1d ago

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122136864555050575

If you think police keep us safe, you urgently need to watch last night’s 4 Corners. Over and over police, drunk on power and impunity, are brutalising extremely marginalised community members. This is not https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6nomqV_tHlA&list=PLDTPrMoGHssDTF6wySxfL89TPt5LRezhz&pp=iAQB&ra=m

Footscray Community Response

If you think police keep us safe, you urgently need to watch last night’s 4 Corners. Over and over police, drunk on power and impunity, are brutalising extremely marginalised community members. This...

Footscray Feeds2d ago

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122136814899050575

The horrors of deploying state violence to further punish the most marginalised communities are happening all over the continent. And everywhere communities are coming together to defend those suffering the most at the hands of capitalist cruelty and to build communities based on care. Solidarity to all

Footscray Community Response

The horrors of deploying state violence to further punish the most marginalised communities are happening all over the continent. And everywhere communities are coming together to defend those...

Footscray Feeds6d ago

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122136391695050575

Calls for safety are political. They are never about everyone’s safety.

Who is losing out when some call for more security measures in the mall?

We need to roll back the securitisation of Footscray - no more cops, security guards, CCTV, urban planning that seeks to manage ‘undesirable’ populations

Footscray Community Response

Calls for safety are political. They are never about everyone’s safety. Who is losing out when some call for more security measures in the mall? We need to roll back the securitisation of...

Footscray FeedsMay 27

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122136325869050575

This is the shocking reality many in our community are facing. This person is still housed, but has no money left for food. With the government doing nothing - a government-funded Job Service Provider is giving him “prayers”. But these Job Service Providers are getting paid billions that should be spent

Footscray Community Response

This is the shocking reality many in our community are facing. This person is still housed, but has no money left for food. With the government doing nothing - a government-funded Job Service...

Footscray FeedsMay 27

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122136327699050575

Get along to this important action on Saturday!

Footscray Community Response

Get along to this important action on Saturday!

Footscray FeedsMay 25

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122136129615050575

#footscraybelongstoeveryone
#acab
#carenotsecuritisation

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#footscraybelongstoeveryone #acab #carenotsecuritisation

Footscray FeedsMay 25

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1188000303395879/

The City of Melbourne should have really taken on board everything they have heard from some of the Melbourne homeless community over the last 44 days since we have been engaging them about their problematic Community Safety Officer program.

No longer is it good enough that ANY security-type person in our CBD or suburbs

The City of Melbourne should have really taken on board everything they have heard from some of the Melbourne homeless community over the last 44 days since we have been engaging them about their problematic Community Safety Officer program. No longer is it good enough that ANY security-type person in our CBD or suburbs goes about their business without some peer-led training on homelessness and what our community is actually going through. It can be a life and death issue. The HPUV would be happy to facilitate this training. After the Vigil tomorrow night, please join us inside the Town Hall as we view what the Lord Mayor Nick Reece, Homelessness Advisory Committee Chair, Gladys Liu, councillors Owen Guest and others say on their vote to expand the CSO program at a cost of $3.75M. That money could be directed towards actually helping get people off the street, instead of viewing them as a safety risk to be managed. We now have 956 people on our petition who are calling for this program to be scrapped. There is no material justification for the doubling of this program. It's getting darker and colder outside. We will gather to honour all those who have died isolated, waiting for housing, in parkland and remote areas across our state, tomorrow night at 5:30pm. We hope you can join us. Please wear black and bring a flower. #csogogo | Homeless Persons Union Victoria

The City of Melbourne should have really taken on board everything they have heard from some of the Melbourne homeless community over the last 44 days since we have been engaging them about their...

Footscray FeedsMay 24

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1549423536570459/

Homeless Vigil - no more deaths!
Melbourne Town Hall
Tuesday May 26, 5:30pm

Honouring all those who have lost their lives to homelessness in parks and remote areas across Victoria.

Please wear black and bring a flower.

Our city should be a welcoming place for the most vulnerable members of our community. Our homeless

11 reactions | Homeless Vigil - no more deaths! Melbourne Town Hall Tuesday May 26, 5:30pm Honouring all those who have lost their lives to homelessness in parks and remote areas across Victoria. Please wear black and bring a flower. Our city should be a welcoming place for the most vulnerable members of our community. Our homeless friends and family should not be moved on from our city, issued with exclusion orders, and have their bedding and personal items removed. Shame on the City of Melbourne After the vigil, we will head inside to the council meeting to witness it justify a doubling of the Community Safety Officer program, despite the program's inadequate 6-month evaluation and our petition which gathered over 800 Melbournians in opposition to it. We hope to see you there in solidarity with all those homeless tonight across our city and our state. We want to see some serious compassion in action from our so-called leaders. How many more people have to die before something changes? #csogogo Councillors: Nick Reece Gladys Liu Owen Guest Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/09/homeless-people-deaths-per-year-australia-ntwnfb Guardian Australia | Homeless Persons Union Victoria

Homeless Vigil - no more deaths! Melbourne Town Hall Tuesday May 26, 5:30pm Honouring all those who have lost their lives to homelessness in parks and remote areas across Victoria. Please wear...

Footscray FeedsMay 21

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1549216113477492/

Today Maribyrnong Council’s security patrols have been caught lying and stealing belongings essential to survival from homeless residents. Some Welcome Crew!

When will there be accountability, transparency or justice? We’re supposed to believe that in a few weeks they’ll be welcoming homeless people after abusing their

16 reactions · 6 comments | Today Maribyrnong Council’s security patrols have been caught lying and stealing belongings essential to survival from homeless residents. Some Welcome Crew! When will there be accountability, transparency or justice? We’re supposed to believe that in a few weeks they’ll be welcoming homeless people after abusing their rights the week before and for months and years before that? Council’s local laws state (at section 78) that impounding powers are discretionary and “Council acknowledges that there are people in the community who are sleeping rough and acknowledges their rights. This clause is not intended to adversely affect individuals experiencing homelessness.” So we guess stealing homeless people’s sleeping belongings doesn’t “adversely affect” them? And lying that they’re protecting those belongings is cool and normal too? Council itself and nearly all councillors have blocked us from tagging them, so the community’s concerns about security patrol’s lawless behaviour and what this probably says about the “Welcome Crew” is not of much interest. We encourage our followers to tell councillors directly what they think. And thanks to Footscray Mall Friends for their on-the-ground eye-witness accounts, and their key role scrutinising and supporting people impacted by council’s shameful shit. City of Maribyrnong #acab #footscraybelongstoeveryone #carenotsecuritisation | Footscray Community Response

Today Maribyrnong Council’s security patrols have been caught lying and stealing belongings essential to survival from homeless residents. Some Welcome Crew! When will there be accountability,...