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Madonna King has a deep and unique understanding of what makes young women tick.
The strategically selected members of the committee will provide insight from the viewpoint of younger people to help shape the Trust’s various business functions.
The Lady Musgrave Trust is establishing a Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) as a support group for the Board.
Brisbane-based fashion brand Styling You has announced it will donate $10 from the sale of every Nikki sequin SY logo t-shirt to The Lady Musgrave Trust.
Homelessness doesn’t discriminate. And it can happen in an instant for anyone from any background. But when it comes to the reasons why people find themselves homeless the list is long and varied, touching on a range of social, economic and health-related factors.
The week of 2-9 March 2019 is Queensland Women’s Week and The Lady Musgrave Trust is once again leading the cause with celebrations, fundraising and an awareness campaign that will see iconic landmarks across the state spring to life in purple lights.
On any given night in Australia, there are 116,000 people who are considered homeless. That’s about 50 homeless persons for every 10,000 people. But what does it actually mean to be homeless?
This Christmas, volunteers from St Peters Lutheran College will be gift wrapping at Myer Indooroopilly to raise funds for The Lady Musgrave Trust.
For young women and children experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity, finding a safe place to live can be the first step towards much more. It can help create the stability needed to rebuild routines, access education and support and begin planning for the future.
At this year’s Lady Musgrave Trust Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness, sector leaders unpacked how data and lived experience can work together to measure what really matters in women’s housing.
When Lilly Hatchman’s son arrived at 30 weeks, she found herself caring for a premature baby with nowhere safe to call home. Her experience is now shaping a $2 million effort to build supported housing for young women and children on the Gold Coast.
At the 2025 Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness program leaders and lived experience advocates examined why secure, affordable housing is foundational to growth and opportunity and how we can adapt our housing models to better support families and young people.
A panel of sector leaders explored Queensland-based programs that use education as a tool to disrupt cycles of poverty and overcome disadvantage at the 2025 Annual Forum.
At the 2025 Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness, experts outlined four proven solutions: a national plan, scaling supportive pilots, trauma-aware education and family-first housing.
Australia’s housing crisis demands more than quick fixes. At the 2025 Annual Forum, sector leaders and lived experience advocates called for a national plan to tackle structural inequality and deliver long-term change.
Discover gender-informed housing solutions from the 2025 Annual Forum, with expert insights from Dr Kate Raynor and Laura Mahoney on women’s homelessness.