Mission Australia

1. Partnerships in Action - Autumn 2006
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In August 2005, Vodafone Australia Foundation and joint community partners Mission Australia, Barnados Australia and Father Chris Riley’s Youth Off the Streets were presented with an Encouragement Award ...

2. Youth at risk the focus of new Adelaide Jobs Service
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... specific focus on young unemployed people. “In awarding its JSA contracts, the Federal Government identified particular regions where youth unemployment is particularly high and young people were vulnerable,” ...

3. NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
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... which offers humanities education to those who experience disadvantage and marginalisation. The completion of four units leads to the award of Certificate in Liberal Arts from Australian Catholic University. ...

4. Mission Australia assists northern small business development
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At the annual Mission Australia New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) graduation ceremony last night 84 Tasmanians came closer to realising their business dreams when they were awarded with a Certificate ...

5. Ambassadors
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... ‘Recessionism’ is exhibited at The Picture House Gallery in Gunning, NSW. LORRAE DESMOND Lorrae Desmond (MBE) is one of Australia’s most loved stars. Best remembered for her Logie Award winning ...

6. U-Turn graduates donate restored car
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...  Graduates were presented with certificates by the Minister for Infrastructure the Hon. Graham Sturges and Tasmania Police Acting Commissioner Darren Hine. Hazell Bros again provided the Excellence Award ...

7. Tackling truancy - is cutting welfare payments an effective method?
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... to award to pupils who showed the biggest attitudinal and academic change. Or in Ngukurr in the Northern Territory, where that community’s highly successful ‘no school, no swimming pool’ policy has been ...

8. Award winning aged-care service for the homeless turns ten
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... Special guest at the event will be Ita Buttrose, AO OBE. The occasion will be a double celebration for CCC, which the previous day received the $10,000 Positive Living in Aged Care Award (Selective Strategies ...

9. Homelessness among the elderly - The hidden face of Homelessness in Australia
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...  Charles Chambers Court was recently recognised with a ‘Positive Living in Aged Care’ award for the service’s approach to helping residents with mental health issues. It was a 2007 finalist in the Federal ...

10. Garden therapy for mentally ill
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... flowers in a small plot at Wolloomoolloo’s community garden. The four metres squared garden was recently awarded Best Community Garden and an encouragement award from the City of Sydney Council. ICHP’s ...

11. Program wins crime prevention award
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... Violence Prevention Awards. The Awards, to be presented at Parliament House on 6 March, recognise programs that have significantly contributed to the reduction of crime and violence in the community. ...

12. Enter Urban Quest 2008
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... at the Grand Final. A Peoples Choice Award will also be given at the Grand Final. The prizes are not yet finalised but are usually paid performances or recording time or paid lessons or a gift voucher. ...

13. U-Turn graduates donate car to victim of crime
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... Commissioner Richard McCreadie. Hazell Bros has again provided the Excellence Award for the best performing participant and RACT provided the OHS Award as well as donating the car repaired during the ...

14. Mission Australia congratulates Thomas Spottswood Australian Apprentice of the Year
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Thomas Spottswood, a client of Mission Australia’s Australian Apprenticeships Centres, received the Australian Apprentice of the Year Award at a ceremony held in Hobart on 8 November 2007. The ceremony ...

15. U-Turn graduates repair Bridgewater PCYC community bus
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... Mr Mundy. “In its inaugural year Mission Australia is pleased to announce that this scholarship has been awarded to Aaron Sprong.” U-Turn is a ‘best practice’ diversionary program for young people ...

16. Talented young Indigenous people blaze new trail under IYMP
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... Guide, the highest achievement as a Girl Guide, and was recently named as winner of the Zonta International Public Affairs Award for Zonta District 23 (all Zonta clubs in Victoria, Tasmania, SA,, WA and ...

17. Tasmanian U-Turn graduates reward victim of crime
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... Australia’s Temco Safety Award for understanding and application of occupational health and safety guidelines to Jeremy Burke and the Rumblers Award for participation and achievement to Shannon Pursell. ...

18. Adelaide Film Team in Running for National Business Award
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An innovative Adelaide based film-making team is the only South Australian business in the running for a major national small business award. What began as a hobby just a few years ago for Jennifer Lyons-Reid ...

19. Renowned local artist to open youth art exhibition
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Hunter Valley-based artist Greg Wilson will be the guest speaker at an awards presentation and exhibition of artworks by young people to be staged in Newcastle tomorrow (Tuesday) night. Wilson, whose ...