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                    Real stories

                    Meet some people who have experienced homelessness on the streets of Melbourne. Our initiatives help to support people just like this.
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                    • Danielle, Daily Support Team client

                      Danielle had been rough sleeping in the city for several years before Daniel Sedgley, an Assertive Outreach worker in the Daily Support Team, began working with her. She’s now living in transitional housing in Melbourne’s inner north.
                    • Chris, Daily Support Team client

                      Chris was sleeping rough in Bourke Street during the deadly car attack in January 2017, and was one of the first respondents to help injured pedestrians. After working with the Daily Support Team, Chris is now in transitional housing.
                    • Vicky Vacondios, Homelessness Advisory Committee

                      After escaping domestic violence, Vicky and her three children were in and out of homelessness for nine years. She now advocates for people who experience domestic violence and volunteers on the Homelessness Advisory Committee and for the Council to Homeless Persons.
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