Raising The Roof On Homelessness

The toque campaign is a high profile national fund and awareness raiser by raising the roof canada s national homelessness charity.

Raising the roof on homelessness.

Homelessness simply defined is the absence of a place to live. How sshrc funded research is helping winnipeg s inner city. This can be a person who has no regular place to live who stays in an overnight emergency shelter abandoned building all night coffee shop or theatre a car outdoors or other such places not meant to be living spaces. Approximately 235 000 canadians experience homelessness each year.

Anne ryan secretary treasurer of the windsor essex alliance to end homelessness. Raising the roof on homelessness. The number of homeless people and the length of time they spend homeless continues to rise. Throughout the campaign partners sell toques as a fundraiser culminating in toque tuesday the first tuesday in february.

A snapshot of homelessness in canada. Raising the roof homeward trust is a proud partner of raising the roof a national campaign running from november through february that raises funds to support ending youth homelessness. While homelessness is the result of a. Although the root cause is.

In reality anyone can become homeless. Homelessness simply defined is the absence of a place to live. The positive implications of having a roof over one s head are plentiful ranging from a better quality of life to greater economic opportunity. The raising the roof toque campaign aims to sell signature toques mittens and socks as part of a fundraising effort to address homelessness in individual communities across canada.

The charity works with other community organizations funding and producing research on homeless prevention programs. Transforming a bleak inner city neighbourhood into a flourishing district is a challenge for any community. Problems seem to outweigh solutions so revitalization appears hopeless. An estimated 235 000 experience homelessness each year with 35 000 homeless on any given night.

Ronn dunn chair of the windsor essex alliance to end homelessness telephone. The new preventative approach focuses on three core principles which are primary prevention systems based response and early intervention. Founded in 1996 raising the roof rtr aims to address and prevent homelessness in canada. C o windsor essex alliance to end homelessness 664 victoria avenue windsor on canada n9a 4n2.