Mission Australia

1. Triple Care Farm
(Document Downloads)

... living skills, counselling and vocational training programs such as metalwork, woodwork and farming. Sports and recreation activities are also available at the farm. The service includes a post support ...

2. Experiencing Poverty
(Document Downloads)

... services to find out first-hand about their living conditions and expectations.  ...

3. National Youth Survey 2005: Rural and Regional Responses
(Document Downloads)

The differences between young people living in rural/regional Australia and those in metropolitan areas have been highlighted in a new publication based on Mission Australia's 2005 National Youth Survey. ...

4. Towards new indicators of Disadvantage: Deprivation and social exclusion in Australia
(Document Downloads)

Towards new indicators of disadvantage is the major report of a project which has aimed to understand disadvantage based on the actual living standards and experiences of people in poverty. The research ...

5. The experiences of young people: How do their living arrangements impact
(Document Downloads)

This publication explores the experiences of young people who are homeless or in foster care. Results draw from the National survey of young Australians 2008. In 2008 Mission Australia conducted its seventh ...

6. Triple Care Farm
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  living skills, counselling and vocational training programs such as metalwork, woodwork and farming. Sports and recreation activities are also available at the farm. A post support program “Stepping ...

7. Fairfax House (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Fairfax House provides a safe and secure environment for families in crisis. The service provides ongoing holistic case management and support. Families receive assistance with basic living, money management ...

8. Pathways projects (NSW, VIC, WA, NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  is structured around the specific needs of the community within which it is located. In Victoria, our Pathways program is focused on supporting the children of African refugee families living in Northern ...

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

... a high quality and independent lifestyle. The service provides modern, stable and secure accommodation for elderly people, who have been living on the street or moving through crisis accommodation. ...

10. We must act now to save a lost generation
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Twenty-two-year-old Marcus* had been involved in drugs ever since he’d been at school. He dropped out in year 9 and over time his relationships with family and friends disintegrated. He ended up living ...

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

... its care, encourages independent living, allows clients stays of up to three months and offers a range of services (eg: dental, GP, education, computer skills, counselling, employment) to help people back ...

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

... site, not only for privacy but also to avoid getting drenched or sunburnt. “By putting our workers on bikes, we ensure people living around Sydney’s stairwells, alcoves and doorways have access to basic ...

13. PM for a day? What would you do to tackle poverty?
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to dental services; and 11 per cent don't have a separate bed for each of their kids. “People living in poverty are unable to participate in the activities that most of us take for granted. They are ...

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

In the nineteenth century, Australia consisted of developing colonial settlements living among hundreds of Aboriginal tribes. These colonial settlements were sites of tremendous deprivation. Identifying ...

15. Annual Review
(Pathways/About Us)

... to help prevent drug abuse and anti-social behaviour among young aboriginal people living in remote communities We opened Roma House, a new accommodation service aimed at helping long-term homeless people ...

16. Ambassadors
(Pathways/About Us)

... homeless ourselves.” Now living back in Australia, Jonathan Coleman has been credited as being one of Australia's most successful exports to the UK. Jono created a name for himself in the 80s through ...

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

... highlands of NSW for young people aged 16-24 with complex backgrounds. Triple Care Farm provides residential living skills, counselling and vocational training programs such as metalwork, woodwork and ...

18. Community Services in Western Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... accommodation in a safe and caring home environment. Navig8 This program seeks to help young people primarily aged between 14 – 25 who are in state care to navigate a path to independent living as ...

19. Community Services in the Northern Territory
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... of appropriate services and supports. The Intervention and Case Management Service The intervention and Case Management Service assists people living in Katherine who are homeless or at risk of being ...

20. Community Services in Victoria
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... the Greater Dandenong area. African Pathways Program The African Pathways Program assists refugee children and families from the Central Horn of Africa who are living in Darebin and Banyule. The aim ...

21. NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... may mean facing someone who has hurt or abused them. Giving evidence can often mean reliving a traumatic experience. Mission Australia Court Support Service aims to help minimise the potential negative ...

22. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... in the southern highlands of NSW for young people aged 16-24 with complex backgrounds. Triple Care Farm provides residential living skills, counselling and vocational training programs such as metalwork, ...

23. Hear From Others Who Have Left a Bequest
(Donations/Bequests)

... day. When I first came out of teachers’ college and we went to the kindergartens around Woolloomooloo. I saw so much poverty. I’d never seen it before. I saw six people living in a single room, struggling ...

24. Mission Australia launches Reconciliation Action Plan
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Mission Australia has become the first major Australian welfare organisation to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) – a strategy for how it intends to contribute to reducing the gap in living standards ...

25. Mission Australia to build $16M Aged Homeless Service as number of elderly homeless climbs
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... unsanitary living conditions, and malnutrition. “We’ve taken all of this into account in our plans. This development will not only provide a roof over their head, it we’ll provide the full range of support ...