Anti Poverty Week

Anti Poverty Week History

Anti-Poverty Week is an annual week-long campaign which seeks support from the Australian community to help eradicate poverty. In 2021, Australia’s government reported having more than 3 million Australians living below the poverty line. Anti-Poverty Week was established by the Social Justice Project UNSW in 2002.The key message for Ani-Poverty Week was 2022 is “Poverty exists. Poverty hurts us all. We can all do something about it.” In 2022, Anti-Poverty Week will begin October 16th.