Mission Australia

1. Enhancing participation: New possibilities for disadvantaged Australians
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Catalyst-Clemente snapshot. Universities, community organisations and businesses across Australia are being encouraged to become involved in the Catalyst-Clemente program - groundbreaking educational initiative ...

2. Head Game: new Sounds of the Street Album
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...  (CYI) – a service that aims to support 16 to 25 year olds facing many and varied challenges in their personal lives to build self esteem and communication skills, offer them positive learning experiences ...

3. NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
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... and alternative education programs such as drama, music and writing skills. SWYPE aims to increase young people’s self esteem, to help motivate them towards further training, education or to employment. ...

4. TAS Volunteer Opportunities
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... with our LLNP is a very rewarding experience! This is an opportunity for you to give back to your community, feel good about yourself by helping to build our students skills, confidence and self esteem. ...

5. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
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... For the clients in our community services, lack of self-esteem and self worth is a major issue. Even though the support our staff provide does go a long way to help them make positive changes in their ...

6. Social enterprise restaurant to provide training for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people
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... the opportunity to be trained in a skill that will boost their self-esteem and provide them with a skill they can use wherever they were in Australia or overseas,” Mr Bird said. “The training program, ...

7. When Gambling is No Longer Fun
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... poor self-esteem, a tragedy or painful event such as the death of a loved one or a history of abuse. Since we know the precursors are often social, it makes sense to start with more preventative programs ...

8. Here comes trouble: new Sounds of the Street album
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... lives to build self esteem and communication skills, offer them positive learning experiences and provide opportunities to gain formal music qualifications. Students are tutored by professional musicians ...

9. Mission Australia welcomes Homelessness Revolution
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... this, homeless people need help, not just with housing, but also with dental and psychological health, personal hygiene, literacy and numeracy, self-esteem and fitness. “But unfortunately, in the current ...

10. 'Through my eyes' - Art changing young lives
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... insight into the thoughts and feelings of young people who are often not heard or valued. “At Creative Youth Initiatives, our aim is to build students’ self-esteem, improve their communication skills ...

11. From little things, big things grow - a story from Mission Australia’s Special Needs Dental Service (SNDS)
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... self-esteem. He smiled often, and communicated confidently. By this time, he had completed his Diploma of Welfare and was looking to enrol in a social work degree at university in 2009. He had also been ...

12. Improved literacy and numeracy keys to getting a better job
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... is a great first step in improving, not only your reading, writing and numerical skills, but also your problem-solving, communication and self-esteem. “With stronger literacy and numeracy you open up ...

13. Tackling truancy - is cutting welfare payments an effective method?
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... that resonates with their culture, values and world views. Programs that unite approaches that promote self-esteem and build confidence through engaging with culture with a focus on academic excellence. ...

14. Homeless men take up the City2Surf Challenge
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... – for their fitness, their self-esteem and for just improving their general outlook on life,” said Daniel. “Getting out of homelessness – and staying out – is about more than just having a roof over your ...

15. Making university education accessible to disadvantaged Australians
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... tasks – an extraordinary success given the backgrounds of the participants,” Ms Cunial said. “In addition to the benefits of improved self-esteem, the students also walk away with real communication, ...

16. Community Services
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... with young people to build their self-esteem and help them become more resilient   Early Learning Services We provide high quality early learning services to enrich each child’s learning potential ...

17. Mission Australia launches ground-breaking education program
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... Coordinator Louise Oakley said the course encouraged students to examine, contemplate and question the world around them, and build their self-esteem. “All the students need is a desire to learn, ...

18. Vodafone Foundation Australia
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... with young people in a mentoring capacity to develop their creative skills and talents and assist them in building self esteem and confidence. More recently, the Foundation became a major partner in Mission ...

19. Learning the ropes on trip of a lifetime
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... a square rig vessel is second to none when it comes to developing and building on their self esteem, confidence, leadership and teamwork.” “The skills they learn on board don’t just stay on the ship. ...

20. Former 36ers Mark Davis on the ball to help at-risk young people in Adelaide’s south
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... exercising regularly can sometimes seem just too hard for young people who may be experiencing family conflict, low self-esteem, mental health issues or bullying, for example” she said. “But we know ...

21. Experiences of young homeless people make for a surprise
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... – can have on personal appearance and self-esteem. “Another interesting outcome was young homeless people’s concern about sexuality. We think this reflects both that this group experiences more sexual ...

22. University courses for disadvantaged Australians offer a path out of poverty
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... Mission Australia and the St Vincent de Paul Society and uses the Arts and Humanities – eg: literature, drama – to build participants’ self-esteem, create a feeling of community engagement and develop ...

23. Mission Australia and Vodafone Australia Foundation launch innovative Youth Arts Project
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... the Youth Studio at the Queen Victoria Museum with the final exhibition to be held at the Powerhouse Gallery located at the Inveresk Railway Yards.” Mr Mundy said the project aims to build self esteem, ...

24. Musings into minds of at-risk young people
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... illness, drug and alcohol abuse, family breakdowns or are at risk of homelessness. The program helps students build self-esteem, improve communication skills, encounter positive learning experiences and ...

25. Art offers unique insight into the minds of at-risk young people
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... and mental health issues. The program’s creative courses in music, visual arts and photography provide them with opportunities to build self-esteem, improve communication skills, encounter positive learning ...