2025 Homeless Persons' Memorial Service
6:00pm, Sat, 21 Jun 2025
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Event Details
| Type of event: | Performance | |||||||||||
| Start time: | 6:00pm | |||||||||||
| Duration: | Approx 1 hour | |||||||||||
| External website related to this event: | https://www.paycefoundation.com.au | |||||||||||
| Venue: | Martin Place Amphitheatre between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets |
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| Description: |  2025 Homeless Memorial Service
A very sad truth is that many who die on the streets are not commemorated.
Saturday 21 June is the Homelessness Memorial Day. The community of Sydney
is invited to attend a special Homeless Memorial Service in honour of all homeless people who have died on the streets and in the shelters of Sydney in the past 12 months
21 June is the longest night of the year, also known as the winter solstice.
On this day, we commemorate all individuals who have died while experiencing
homelessness in the past year. In the northern hemisphere there is a long tradition of communities coming together on the corresponding winter solstice night of 21 December each year, to commemorate those that have died homeless, and to reflect on the inhumanity of homelessness. This year in Sydney, a Homeless Memorial Service is being held to honour and remember those who have died on the streets and in the shelters of Sydney. Sadly, for many homeless who have died this is their only commemoration. The hope is also to bring our community’s attention to the need to end street sleeping, as well as the plight experienced by homeless people, especially during the cold winter months, when high numbers of deaths occur. The Memorial Service is open to all members of the community. We welcome all affected by homelessness including victims, carers, family, friends, outreach workers, volunteers, health workers and community workers. We also recognise the dedicated work undertaken by many community, not-for-profit and faith-based organisations helping those sleeping rough on the streets of Sydney.
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