Les Twentyman
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Leslie Jack "Les" Twentyman is a prominent social worker and community activist in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. [1]. He is one of Victoria's best known social campaigners, on issues ranging from homelessness, drug abuse, prison reform and social welfare.
He works for an organisation called Open Family [2] which helps street-children. It runs a youth refuge house in Victoria which houses 200 young people a year.
He was awarded the Order of Australia in 1994, and was a finalist for Australian of the Year in 2004.
He has been an independent candidate for the Legislative Council in 1992 and 1996 and is considering running again in 2006
He wrote an autobiography, The Les Twentyman Story, which was published by Hardie Grant in 2000.
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