Renna and Keira address the question; ‘Why don’t people get a job and work their way out of poverty?’ *Spoiler alert* It’s not that easy
100 Families WA resources are not to be used in any other way aside from those that have direct or indirect benefit to families who are experiencing disadvantage.
The Speaking from Experience series gives an insight into the experiences of people with lived experience of hardship or entrenched disadvantage.
Renna and Keira are both members of the Community Advisory Group of the 100 Families WA project. In this video they talk about the barriers they faced when accessing education and how learning has boosted their self-esteem, confidence, and capacity.
In this fourth Speaking from Experience video, Renna and Keira speak about their experiences of this issue, including how it looked and felt for them and what could be done today to improve situations for others.
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In the third video in the Speaking from Experience series, Community Advisory Group members Keira and Renna talk about the reality of barriers and hurdles which compounded with a lack of opportunity expose the saying “if you have a go you will get a go” as a myth.
Their stories, along with 100 Families WA findings shared to date, offer a valuable insight into the experiences of people with lived experience of hardship or entrenched disadvantage.
The second video in the Speaking from Experience series, Community Advisory Group members Renna and Keira answer talk about their experiences of the Coronavirus Supplement and how it has impacted their lives.
Their stories, along with 100 Families WA findings shared to date, offer a valuable insight into the experiences of people with lived experience of hardship or entrenched disadvantage.
The first in the Speaking from Experience series, Community Advisory Group members Renna and Keira answer some tough questions that people with lived experience get asked and talk about their experiences of homelessness, and what home means to them.
Their stories, along with 100 Families WA findings shared to date, offer a valuable insight into the experiences of people with lived experience of hardship or entrenched disadvantage.