The Lady Musgrave Trust 18th Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness
Stronger Together or Smarter Apart – Collaboration, Competition and the Choices that Shape Our Sector
For the first time, the Forum will run as a full day working session, creating space to bring the sector together for deeper conversation, practical learning and shared problem-solving across the system. This is not a traditional conference. It is a deliberate intervention.
Solving homelessness requires more than individual effort. It demands connection, trust and a willingness to work differently. The choices we make, to collaborate or compete, shape outcomes for families every day.
Bringing together government, philanthropy, community organisations and lived experience, the forum will move beyond discussion into action. Led by Ingrid Burkett, Co-Director of The Good Shift, participants will unpack the tensions between collaboration and competition, challenge assumptions and explore practical ways to shift the system.
This is a Forum for those ready to rethink how our sector operates and willing to leave with shared principles, practical commitments and a clearer, more connected way forward.
Thursday, 6 August 2026 | 9:00am – 4:00pm
Room Three Sixty, QUT Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane – with morning sessions streamed online
