MAYOR Stephen Batty is calling on all golfers, local businesses, and residents to get behind The Mayoral Charity Golf Day, raising funds to fight homelessness on the Mornington Peninsula. Mornington Peninsula has the highest rate of homelessness in Victoria. With long-term rental vacancies scarce and the few available properties out of reach for many. Cr Batty emphasised that homelessness is not a problem happening somewhere else. “Local families and elderly residents are increasingly being forced to sleep in cars and on our foreshores,” said Batty. “Every dollar raised on the day goes straight to the local support centres doing the…
Saturday, August 8
