In September, Foodbank WA is launching “Park for a Purpose“, a new initiative designed to highlight the hidden reality of homelessness.

Press PLAY to hear Kate O’Hara discuss Foodbank WA’s new homelessness initiative

Foodbank Western Australia chief executive Kate O’Hara told 6PR Long Lunch host Mark Doran that participants will spend a night in their cars at Foodbank’s headquarters to better understand the emotional and physical toll of housing insecurity, with all funds raised supporting the deployment of a new mobile food van.

“Living out of a car or having some nights where you’re sleeping in your car, unfortunately, can happen far too easily to people who would never have expected it”, she said.

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