We have also been successful this year in receiving a grant from the NSW Department for Women. Under the new grants we have employed two of our members, a factory worker and an outworker, both of whom first had contact with us through our English classes. They are employed as administrative assistant and community organiser with restaurant workers respectively. It has been exciting to see the transition in their lives, as they have developed the confidence and skills to consider applying for a job with Asian Women at Work and been successful. The aim of this project was to undertake a social history of public and community housing in NSW through the voices of present and past public tenants.
Many young people experience age discrimination in the housing market.
1994 Public Interest Advocacy Centre grant for trialling a new program on advocacy and human rights training. Some grants are also made to other organisations. Useful initiatives are sometimes quite small. We do not provide recurrent funding. In exceptional circumstances we may fund more than one year of the establishment phase of a congregational or community development initiative.