Mission Australia
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Mission Australia Youth Survey 2008
Category: Download:Youth Surveys
We’re calling on all people, from all areas of the country, aged 11 to 24 years to participate in the survey. In its 7th year, the survey aims to identify what matters to young people, who they admire ... Thursday, 17 April 20082007 Youth Survey
Category: Download:Social Policy Reports
... - the sixth - is the biggest yet with 29,000 respondents, between ages 11-24, taking part in every state and territory around the country. Mission Australia\'s survey is a valuable snapshot into the minds ... Friday, 21 March 2008Youth Employment Stategy (YES)
Category: Download:Social Policy Reports
Mission Australia, one of the country’s leading providers of employment and training programs has launched a new blueprint calling for greater co-ordination between governments, business and community, ... Friday, 21 March 2008National Youth Survey 2006: the main concerns of young Australians
Category: Download:Social Policy Reports
Mission Australia has surveyed 14,700 young people across the country, aged 11-24, as part of its fifth National Youth Survey. The survey reviewed their concerns, what they valued and how they sought advice/ ... Friday, 21 March 2008Latest homeless figures reflect 'wasted years of inaction'
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... in 2006, which is an increase of 16 per cent – is particularly damning. “To have 105,000 people who are homeless on any one night in a country as wealthy and as prosperous as Australia is atrocious.” ... Thursday, 04 September 2008Improved literacy and numeracy keys to getting a better job
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... LLNP was a free service for eligible participants run in partnership with the Australian Government and had already helped close to 60,000 people around the country. “Statistics show that approximately ... Monday, 01 September 2008Tackling truancy - is cutting welfare payments an effective method?
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... instrumental in keeping class numbers high and has been copied by towns around the country. We have to get out of this mindset that – in relation to these issues – we’re going to change people’s behaviour ... Thursday, 28 August 2008Mission Australia set to relaunch family support service
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... John Harris, Welcome to Country Media enquiries: Please contact Joni van der Woude, PPR, 9388 0944 or 0431 365 549. ... Friday, 22 August 2008Young people's mental health - The hidden challenges and how innovation can help
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
Social Policy in the City Seminar - Wednesday 13 August 2008 Two of the country’s foremost authorities on young people’s mental health will discuss the hidden public health challenges facing young Australians ... Wednesday, 13 August 2008Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery Mid-winter Ball.
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... cause of youth homelessness in Australia – a problem that has doubled over the past 20 years with close to half of the country’s 100,000 homeless population aged under 24. Sometimes, giving a young person ... Thursday, 19 June 2008Flexible Job Network will help disadvantaged job seekers
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... it’s money where its mouth is by investing $3.7 billion over three years into skilling the country and helping the long term unemployed. “The proposed changes to the Job Network will make it more flexible, ... Friday, 16 May 2008Migrants and refugees give back to Australia
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
National Volunteers Week 12-18 May 2008 One of the country’s largest charities, Mission Australia reports that more than half of volunteers at its Migrant and Refugee Services are from non-English speaking ... Friday, 09 May 2008Campaign Kicks Off to Raise $100,000 for the Homeless
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... the country’s largest real estate website—realestate.com.au—will donate one dollar to the charity so it can provide support to homeless people, up to a total of $100,000. realestate.com.au’s General Manager ... Thursday, 01 May 2008Mission Australia welcomes groundbreaking youth homelessness report
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... that the eradication of homelessness in Australia must be our goal – and we can achieve it. Given that young Australians make up almost half the total number of the country’s homeless, and considering ... Wednesday, 09 April 2008Mission Australia Training Institute
Category: Pathways/Training
... to the business services sector. The Mission Australia Training Institute is also a leading provider of Language, Literacy and Numeracy programs across the country. Through these programs many students ... Tuesday, 01 April 2008Macquarie Group Foundation
Category: Partnerships/Our Corporate Partners
... programs across the country. Find out more about Macquarie Group Foundation Find out more about Mission Australia’s Research and Social Policy ... Wednesday, 26 March 2008Employers
Category: Employment Services/Employers
Mission Australia helps employers across the country find and keep the right staff. If you are an employer, we can provide you with suitable applicants – at no cost to you. We will also advertise your ... Sunday, 23 March 2008Employers Services
Category: Employment Services/Employers
Mission Australia helps employers across the country find and keep the right staff. If you are an employer, we can provide you with suitable applicants – at no cost to you. We will also advertise your ... Friday, 21 March 2008Travel Adventures Fundraiser
Category: Donations/Fundraising
... was an amazing experience. The countryside was beautiful, the local people were friendly and to see the conditions that our Australian Soldiers had to endure made me have respect for what they went through. ... Wednesday, 19 March 2008A - Z of Fundraising Ideas
Category: Donations/Fundraising
... to each other International themed nights or morning teas: Cook and sell traditional dishes - you could even play music or show a film from the country featured too. Jail break: Dress up and get sponsored ... Wednesday, 19 March 2008Our Volunteers
Category: Volunteer/Volunteers
... experience, retirees, recently-arrived migrants wanting to contribute to their new country and highly skilled professionals. The employees of our Corporate Partners are also involved in volunteering. ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008Community Services in the Northern Territory
Category: Community Services/Community Services by State
... around the country. NT Integrated Youth Services NT Integrated Youth Services provides an activity and diversionary educational based program to four remote Indigenous Communities (Aputula / Finke, ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008The Mission Australia Story
Category: 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 ... Friday, 14 March 2008Body image the main concern for young Australians
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
... Mission Australia’s sixth National Survey of Young Australians and its largest so far. It was conducted on-line and through schools, colleges and youth services around the country with the help of government ... Tuesday, 04 December 2007Australia needs national uniformity on early childhood education and support
Category: News/Media Releases Archive
One of the country’s leading providers of community services to families says Australian children and their parents are being let down by a lack of uniformity in early childhood education and services ... Thursday, 27 September 2007