Mission Australia

1. The changing taste of welfare services - The evolution of Cafe One
(Document Downloads)

This publication focuses on the role the provision of food to disadvantaged people has played in Mission Australia’s history in Queensland - a journey that began with the Brisbane City Mission and continues ...

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

This is a complex paper that examines non-metropolitan disadvantage in the framework of five key areas: economic capital; institutional capital; social capital; human capital; and natural capital. The ...

3. Social Policy in the City - May 2008
(Document Downloads)

4. Two victims of car theft handed the keys to restored vehicles
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Spectrum, the Matt Goggin Foundation, Bocchino Motors, Glenorchy City Council and Loctec. The U-Turn workshop is located in Moonah, and a supported accommodation service is also available to enable ...

5. Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS) Withdrawal and Respite
(Community Services/Community Services)

The Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS) Withdrawal and Respite, in inner city Perth, provides a safe and supported environment for young people aged 12 - 21 who are wishing to manage their withdrawal ...

6. Onkaparinga Youth Services
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  Onkaparinga Youth Services is provided in partnership with and funded by the City of Onkaparinga. ...

7. Charles Chambers Court
(Community Services/Community Services)

Charles Chambers Court, located in Sydney’s inner city, is a fully accredited aged care facility. It provides high quality accommodation and personal care for homeless and frail or aged people, allowing ...

8. Reconnect
(Community Services/Community Services)

... city and Broken Hill), South Australia (Whyalla and Christie Downs ), Queensland (Toowoomba) and WA (Mandurah). ...

9. Missionbeat
(Community Services/Community Services)

... launched a new arm of the service, the Missionbeat Bicycles to improve the speed and flexibility of the service. Each day outreach workers on bicycles criss-cross the city talking to people sleeping ...

10. Project Officer - Child Friendly Communities - Mt Druitt
(Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - New South Wales)

Full time Dynamic and Rewarding role Mt Druitt location Focusing on children 0-12 and their families, our project builds the strengths and capacity of the community to ensure its facilities, ...

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

... feet. "Importantly the MAC has developed into a community hub providing a large range of services - not only to its residents, but the entire inner city community. "The MAC's success has only been possible ...

12. Missionbeat: a Sydney icon turns 30
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... many Sydney residents, Mission Australia’s famous Missionbeat vans are a familiar and comforting sight – patrolling the inner city to help homeless people and those most in need, 7 days a week, 365 days ...

13. Australia's Rugby Players lend Mission Australia a hand
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... homeless participants in the City to Surf with running equipment and talked football with some keen rugby supporters. “It’s not often that people sit and have a chat with homeless people so being able ...

14. Feds should play role in urban planning to improve housing affordability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and low-income people are clustered in areas where social and economic participation and growth is stagnant. “We need to see targeted investment in inner city housing on the grounds that it is well located. ...

15. Homeless hit the street for City2Surf
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Ten homeless men and women from Mission Australia’s Sydney services will run in Sunday’s City to Surf as part of a program to improve their general health and wellbeing. More than 50 Mission Australia ...

16. Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
(Philanthropy/Our Personal and Family Philanthropists)

... Grandfather of Sir Vincent Fairfax, was one of the founders of Sydney City Mission in 1862. Since this time, the Fairfax family and the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation has had an active role and involvement ...

17. About Mission Australia
(Pathways/About Us)

... various City Missions, including Sydney City Mission, our founding purpose is to meet human need and to give expression to the love of God. We believe in helping Australians in need get back on their ...

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

... a clear need for help, the City Mission movement, which had developed in the United Kingdom, found itself taking root in Australia. In 1859 the Town and Country Mission (later to be known as the Brisbane ...

19. Community Services in NSW
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

...  Creative Youth Initiatives Creative Youth Initiatives, in Sydney’s inner city, provides free creative programs for young people aged 16 - 25 who are facing many and varied challenges in their lives, ...

20. Pathways through a successful youth
(Community Services/Community Services)

... their families and friends, and sometimes for the whole community. We work in partnership with young people to develop their strengths and their capacity to make positive life choices. We support them ...

21. Community Services in South Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... assessment and intervention Group work program The Onkaparinga Youth Services (OYS) OYS is a Mission Australia initiative operated in partnership with the City of Onkaparinga, that delivers services ...

22. Mission Australia Employment Solutions
(Employment Services/Employment Services)

...  Or perhaps you’d like to refer them for a job capacity assessment or short-term intervention? Click here for more information about our specialist programs for the referral of your clients. Do you have ...

23. Mission Australia Job Capacity Account Services
(Employment Services/Providers)

Mission Australia Job Capacity Account Services provides a range of intervention and counselling services to help people overcome any short-term barriers that may be preventing them from returning or entering ...

24. Mission Australia Job Capacity Assessments
(Employment Services/Providers)

A Job Capacity Assessment (JCA) is a comprehensive assessment of a person's ability to work. People are typically referred for an assessment by Centrelink or by Employment Service Providers. The assessment ...

25. Providers
(Employment Services/Providers)

...  Click here for more provider information on Mission Australia NEIS. Mission Australia Job Capacity Assessments Do you want to identify your job seeker’s overall capacity to work?  A job capacity ...