Shorna Moore
Head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations
Melbourne City Mission and Home Time Campaign
Shorna has been a leader in the justice, youth and homelessness sectors for almost 20 years and is dedicated to driving positive social change for children and young people. Her work on the issues of youth homelessness and children and young people experiencing family violence has resulted in lasting government and NGO reforms, and her work has been replicated across Australia and globally.
Shorna is a social justice lawyer and is the head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations at Melbourne City Mission and founder of the Home Time campaign. She is the former Policy and Advocacy director of the peak body for community legal centres, sits on several not-for-profit boards and was inducted into the 2022 Victorian Honour Roll for Women.
SESSIONS
Day 1
12:05
Panel: Learning from great advocacy
Session Moderator: Kate Colvin, Chief Executive Officer, Homelessness Australia
Home Stretch Campaign
Paul McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Anglicare Victoria
Home Time Campaign
Shorna Moore, Head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations, Melbourne City Mission
Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Forum
Darren Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Housing Victoria
Everybody’s Home Campaign
Sofie Wainwright, Senior Consultant, Horton Advisory
Day 1
2:25
Reforming systems to meet the needs of homeless young people with serious mental ill health
Home in Mind: Youth homelessness and mental health
Session Moderator: Shorna Moore, Head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations, Melbourne City Mission and Home Time Campaign
Douschka Dobson, Policy & Advocacy, Melbourne City Mission
Professor Pat McGorry, Executive Director, Orygen
Arlo, Lived experience Youth Advocate