Christmas Strain Strangles Welfare Groups

Christmas Strain Strangles Welfare Groups
The Martin Place Christmas tree lights up in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 28, 2020. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
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Only a fraction of welfare organisations are able to meet soaring demand for help in the lead-in to Christmas.

‘Helping people in need during a cost-of-living crisis, a report from the University of NSW Social Policy Research Centre has found only three per cent of 1470 homelessness, mental health and family violence organisations are always keeping up with demand for services.