Mission Australia

1. Our Response to Commonwealth Gov Green Paper - Which way home
(Document Downloads)

... work across all levels of Government and promote local responses under a national strategy. Our approach is informed by practise wisdom and backed up by extensive national and international research.  ...

2. Our Submission on Remote and Regional Communities
(Document Downloads)

Addressing the significant and entrenched nature of disadvantage within some regional and remote aboriginal communities requires a multi-layered, long term, community development approach. Such an approach ...

3. Experiencing Poverty: The Voices of Low-Income Australians
(Document Downloads)

... for Australia in the new millennium. The research is drawing on the concepts of deprivation and social exclusion to develop indicators that can form the basis of a new approach to the conceptualisation, ...

4. Rural and Regional Australia: Change, Challenge and Capacity
(Document Downloads)

... report makes a number of recommendations and calls for a whole of government approach – in co-operation with business and community organisations – to decrease inequality between rural/regional and metropolitan ...

5. Communities for Children (NSW, QLD, WA, TAS, VIC)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Communities for Children is a federally funded program that takes a collaborative approach in seeking to achieve better outcomes for children aged 0–5 and their families. It is implemented through a ...

6. State and Territory governments must set targets to reduce numbers of young people in detention
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... had proven the best approach to reducing juvenile offending was not putting young people in custody but providing them with access to programs that addressed the issues at the heart of their behaviour, ...

7. We must act now to save a lost generation
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... local governments and schools to develop collaborative plans to keep young people in education or identify job opportunities. “We need to get away from prescriptive and bureaucratic approaches to youth ...

8. Mission Australia opens its heart in Campbelltown
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  issues such as a relationship breakdown, or the loss of a loved one. In our experience people are often facing multiple issues so by taking a holistic approach, the outcome is better. “And importantly ...

9. New report shows groundbreaking homeless service is a success
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... traditional crisis accommodation to meet the needs of a new generation of homeless people. Rather than the short-term and 'one-size fits all' approach often associated with crisis shelters, the MAC specialises ...

10. Mission Australia Launches SA Early Learning Centres
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... take a holistic approach to early childhood learning which means we look at all aspects of a child’s life to ensure they can get the different types of care they need,” said Ms Twitchett “We envisage ...

11. The Mission Australia Story
(Pathways/About Us)

... recession of 1890 and the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Mission halls were overflowing with people in need. As the years progressed, so did the approach of these City Missions to their care of ...

12. Mission Australia Funding
(Pathways/About Us)

... and to thank them for the invaluable support. If a person approaches you asking for a donation for Mission Australia and you're concerned they are not part of our fundraising team, please call us on: 1800 ...

13. Community Services in Tasmania
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... Gateway. IFSS provides vulnerable children, young people and their families with a tailored approach to meeting individual and family needs. IFSS workers can provide a holistic range of case management ...

14. Community Services in the Northern Territory
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... recovery approach to assist people who have a severe functional limitation resulting from a mental illness. The program helps them to better manage their daily activities and provides access to a range ...

15. NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... proactive and approachable people prepared to approach people and sell our event and help us make a difference to the lives of young people. Here is a link to find out more about Cook for a Cause - http://www.cookforacause.org.au/ ...

16. NT Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... approach to assisting people with a severe functional limitation resulting from a mental illness to better manage their daily activities and to access a range of appropriate service/supports when they ...

17. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... Miller, NSW Client Group: Families & children Spend quality time with the families and children of the miller community. Miller Pathways takes a holistic approach to working with children, families ...

18. Strategic Partnerships
(Partnerships/Corporate Partnerships)

... we see partnerships as strategic relationships that aim to create mutual value. It is not a quick fix solution with a one size fits all approach. The construction of a successful joint venture in any ...

19. Mission Australia launches Reconciliation Action Plan
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... chief executive Paul O'Callaghan congratulated Mission Australia on being the first major Australian welfare group to develop a RAP. “Mission Australia has approached the task as core business," said ...

20. Mission Australia Early Learning opens its doors to the Illawarra
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... or linking in with GPs, dentists, opticians as well financial counsellors and government agencies like Centrelink. “We take a holistic approach to early childhood learning which means we need to look ...

21. Mission Australia to build $16M Aged Homeless Service as number of elderly homeless climbs
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... will contribute to the government’s commitment to reducing homelessness in line with its White Paper, The Road Home - A National Approach to Reducing Homelessness. The announcement also coincides with ...

22. A fresh approach in the mission to enable refugee and migrants to gain sustainable employment
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Young migrants and refugees often don’t have the same opportunities as other Australians when entering the workforce due to financial, cultural and educational barriers. Mission Australia’s ‘Getting to ...

23. Australia's approach to Juvenile Justice must change
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Programs designed to divert young people from offending behaviour and entering juvenile detention can not only be more effective than putting a young person in custody but up to 50 times cheaper to run ...

24. Concern at growing numbers of homeless people turned away
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... cause for alarm. “These figures are one more indication that over many years our country’s approach towards helping people out of homelessness has been a failure,” said Mr Hall. “These numbers – and ...

25. Early Learning Services
(Early Learning Services/Early Learning)

... approach - We believe that early childhood is a crucial time in the development of each individual. For this reason we will work in partnership with children and their families to ensure the best ...