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Experiencing Poverty
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... services to find out first-hand about their living conditions and expectations. ... Tuesday, 18 March 20085th Birthday for Volt Youth Enterprise Centre
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... young people attended VOLT’s pre-employment training, personal development and leadership program, hip hop and other music and art workshops. Recent additions to VOLT’s activities include the Handy Parents ... Tuesday, 12 August 2008National Learning & Development Manager - Employment Services - Sydney CBD
Category: Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - New South Wales
... of this particular environment. As leader you are a ‘hands on’ person, with a commercial awareness, who’ll bring practical experience in Web based L&D applications and will develop L&D materials ... Tuesday, 12 August 2008Campaign Kicks Off to Raise $100,000 for the Homeless
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... lack of understanding of homelessness is also a cause of concern. If we’re to make inroads into homelessness, we need to build better awareness of the issues at hand. “realestate.com.au’s generous support ... Thursday, 01 May 2008Personal and Family Philanthropy
Category: Philanthropy/Philanthropy
... help and see what your investment has enabled us to achieve Be given the opportunity to meet our staff, see our facilities and gain first hand insight into how we help Australians in need rebuild their ... Monday, 28 April 2008A - Z of Fundraising Ideas
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... selling handicrafts, cakes and charity cards. Your own ideas: They’re often the best! Zany ideas: Run a competition to think of an idea for a fundraiser beginning with Z! ... Wednesday, 19 March 2008QLD Volunteer Opportunities
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... you have good customer service skills and the ability to deal with people from various backgrounds. Food preparation and kitchen hand experience would be beneficial, although not essential. Commitment: ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008Graduate Success - Luke Butcher
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... experience and supervision of a mentor and my services manager I was able to first hand experience the flavour of regional and rural mental health services. Mission Australia offers unique, rewarding experiences ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008Adelaide's heatwave hits the homeless
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... issues of the heatwave, and keep plenty of water and sunscreen on hand to give out as the need arises.” However, longer term solutions – such as prevention, improved crisis accommodation models and access ... Friday, 14 March 2008The Mission Australia Story
Category: Pathways/About Us
... and needy in their communities. Handouts and ‘soup lines’ were replaced with structured programs that looked at the causes of problems, and sought to find long-term solutions. Attempts were made to provide ... Friday, 14 March 2008Mission Australia opens new Launceston office
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... the office will also provide personal helpers and mentors for those in the local community suffering from mental illness. “These helpers and mentors give disadvantaged people the hand up that they need,” ... Monday, 10 September 2007Growing numbers of grandparent-carers evidence of emerging social phenomenon
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... a ‘hands on’ role – at a time when most people are retiring and taking it easy – can be a major strain, financially and emotionally. “As almost two-thirds of grandparent families rely on a government ... Tuesday, 17 July 2007UN report on Australian housing crisis rings true
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... don’t dismiss its recommendations out of hand, instead, that they use it as an impetus for concerted action. “From our perspective, one of the report’s chief recommendations – that Federal and State ... Tuesday, 12 June 2007Tasmanian U-Turn graduates reward victim of crime
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... the U-Turn course, five also achieved their Certificate I in Automotive. “The course aims to break the cycle of motor vehicle theft by engaging participants in ‘hands on’ automotive training while addressing ... Saturday, 05 May 2007Work for dole project reconstructing history in SA
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... dioramas for the Salvation Army. The handmade three-dimensional models feature miniature scenes of warfare and disaster, including World War One’s Western Front, plus rescue operations such as bushfires ... Monday, 30 April 2007Mission Australia and Vodafone Australia Foundation launch innovative Youth Arts Project
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... positive learning opportunities,” he said. The YAP program is possible thanks to the generous support of the Vodafone Australia Foundation and Vodafone staff in Tasmania who will be providing hands on ... Tuesday, 13 March 2007Job seekers give new life to school after arson attack
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... handyperson skills and expertise in fencing, gardening, landscaping, water conservation, building maintenance and painting. Media please note: a photo opportunity can be organised with some of the Work ... Monday, 05 March 2007Adelaide Business Leaders set to play Santa for struggling families
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... hand to families who are trying, often against tremendous odds, to develop positive pathways for the future,” he said. The Australian Institute of Company Directors Charity Christmas Luncheon is ... Thursday, 14 December 2006Hunter Imaging Group support for the homeless exceeds $100,000
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When representatives from Hunter Imaging Group hand over a cheque to Mission Australia next Monday (20th Nov), it will symbolise more than seven years and in excess of $100,000 worth of support to a local ... Monday, 20 November 2006Generous donation at U-Turn graduation
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... tradesmen. “The course aims to break the cycle of motor vehicle theft by engaging participants in ‘hands on’ automotive, panel beating and spray painting training while addressing life-skills and personal ... Tuesday, 03 October 2006Young, Financially Insecure and a Victim of Violence - The Face of Homelessness in Western Australia
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... issues at hand and National Homeless Persons’ Week will help bring the issue to the forefront of people’s minds.” In 2005, Mission Australia assisted around 16,000 homeless people by providing crisis ... Monday, 07 August 2006Increased Rents Create a Greater Risk of Homelessness - Queensland
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... of finding affordable housing in Brisbane first hand is Mission Australia’s Café One volunteer, Phil, who was homeless for two months before being accepted into a boarding house in Fortitude Valley. “When ... Monday, 07 August 2006Emerging Art Businesses go on Show
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... The Rocks Sydney the FREE exhibition includes over 100 artworks in mediums such as paintings, glass art, hand-made candles, photographs, digital art and fashion design. This exhibition largely promotes ... Monday, 26 June 2006Innovative arts program engages disaffected Tasmanian youth
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... is possible thanks to the generous support of the Vodafone Australia Foundation and Vodafone staff in Tasmania who will be providing hands on support throughout the course. Vodafone Australian Foundation ... Tuesday, 16 May 2006Brisbane's War Chronicles recorded by unemployed
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... had one lady who was a nurse on the PNG front line tell us stories that have been too painful to tell her family,” Nicola said. “These women have either seen war first hand or have lived with the uncertainty ... Wednesday, 26 April 2006