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Partnerships in Action - Sept 2007
Category: Download:Partnership News
Our partner’s commitment to engagement strengthens relationships at all levels of the organisation. This past year our partner Vodaphone has increased by over 100 percent their volunteering teams, activities ... Tuesday, 25 March 2008Spiralling fuel costs hurt Sydney's Missionbeat vans
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... goes up that shortfall becomes even greater. “We’ve been scrambling over the past 12 months to cover our fuel costs with each rise at the bowser. “And if petrol reaches $2 a litre – or higher – as is ... Tuesday, 24 June 2008Human Resources – National Office - Various positions
Category: Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - New South Wales
Human Resources within Mission Australia has contributed to significant business imperatives over the past 12 months and increased its profile. As a result of the success of our contribution we are now ... Tuesday, 24 June 2008Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery Mid-winter Ball.
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... 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 2008Migrants and refugees give back to Australia
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... them to government and community organisations, health services, the public transport system, English classes and other services in their local area. In the past year, NESB volunteers from both services ... Friday, 09 May 2008AGL
Category: Partnerships/Our Corporate Partners
... program, employees have provided tremendous support to Mission Australia’s homeless services in Sydney and Adelaide for the past four years. In late 2006, the partnership reached a new strategic high ... Tuesday, 25 March 2008Freehills
Category: Partnerships/Our Corporate Partners
Freehills has been working with Mission Australia since 1993. The partnership began with the establishment of the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre in inner city Sydney’s Darlinghurst. Over the past 14 years, ... Tuesday, 25 March 2008Johnson & Johnson
Category: Partnerships/Our Corporate Partners
... Johnson have developed and expanded a relationship with Mission Australia over the past several years that is focused around these four key areas, generously supporting the Pathways to Prevention program ... Tuesday, 25 March 2008Hear From Others Who Have Left a Bequest
Category: Donations/Bequests
Supporter stories Our supporters leave a bequest to us for many different reasons. Some, because they have been personally helped by Mission Australia in the past and want to give something back; others, ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008Community Services in NSW
Category: Community Services/Community Services by State
... the symptoms. The non-institutionalised environment aims to prevent the stigmatisation felt by homeless and marginalised people in the past and prevent the ‘revolving door’ syndrome. It offers a range ... Monday, 17 March 2008Community Services in Tasmania
Category: Community Services/Community Services by State
... undertake a structured 10-week automotive training course in car maintenance and bodywork, delivered in a workshop environment. Post-course support is available and past students are given the opportunity ... Monday, 17 March 2008Pathways through a successful youth
Category: Community Services/Community Services
... rates of the young people participating in the program. Students undertake a structured 10-week automotive training course in car maintenance and bodywork. Post-course support is available and past students ... Monday, 17 March 2008Garden therapy for mentally ill
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Mission Australia is trialling the use of gardening as a way to combat the isolation, stigma and poor health experienced by people suffering from mental illness. For the past six months, clients of Mission ... Monday, 17 March 2008Affordable housing crisis a big issue for regional areas like Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla.
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... Iron Triangle towns including Whyalla are looking at median housing price growth of more than 20 per cent over the past 12 months,” Mr Herselman said. “Many people will benefit from the resources boom, ... Friday, 02 November 2007Home care program for mentally ill reaps huge rewards National Mental Health Week
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... of Health – have spent a combined 28 days in hospital over the past 12 months. In the 12 months prior to HASI beginning, the same clients spent a combined 356 days in hospital. According to Mission ... Monday, 08 October 2007Sydney’s bed shortage crisis for homeless women
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... a serious bed shortage for this client group. In the past 12 months, Mission Australia’s 23-bed Kings Cross crisis accommodation service for women, A Woman’s Place, has provided accommodation for around ... Monday, 06 August 2007WA’s booming housing market drives 30% increase in homeless families
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... said due to the large increase in housing prices and rents in Perth and WA over the past three years, more and more families were finding themselves homeless, at risk of homelessness, or living in overcrowded ... Monday, 06 August 2007Work for dole project reconstructing history in SA
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... History participant Greg Graham, who had worked on military history as a hobby in the past, said the project was a great opportunity to improve job prospects. “It involves the development of lots of ... Monday, 30 April 2007Young people leap to assist Whyalla roo shelter
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... kangaroos at her Whyalla Stuart home for the past 21 years, but her backyard shelter was wrecked during recent strong winds. Local business Stratco has donated a new shed and the Salvation Army approached ... Tuesday, 03 April 2007Job seekers give new life to school after arson attack
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... work of a group of jobseekers. The Mission Australia Elizabeth Park Primary Rejuvenation Work for the Dole project has seen a group of 20 jobseekers working on the school for the past six months, to ... Monday, 05 March 2007Hunter Imaging Group support for the homeless exceeds $100,000
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... for the past seven years,” she said. “We are indebted to the organisation for both their financial and personal support of our programs and look forward to our partnership enduring for many years to come.” ... Monday, 20 November 2006Art offers unique insight into the minds of at-risk young people
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... Youth Initiatives’ (CYI) class of 2006. A number of past students’ artworks will also be on show. CYI’s students have faced or are at risk of facing many different challenges in their lives such as homelessness ... Tuesday, 07 November 2006Rising Sydney Rents Lead to a Growing Number of Homeless Families in Western Sydney
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... at risk of homelessness. It assists clients in crisis by immediately responding to their basic needs. In the past six months, the service has helped 673 adults in Western Sydney with finding accommodation ... Monday, 07 August 2006Young people in rural South Australia more concerned about alcohol, stress and jobs
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... down over the past decade, the non-metropolitan rate remains 1.7 times higher,” he said. “Young people are telling us through this survey that alcohol use is a serious issue in rural and regional communities ... Monday, 17 July 2006Emerging Art Businesses go on Show
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... businesses in NSW get established in the past year. For more information on The Winter FlareZ exhibition, visit www.flarez.org Media contact Anh Dang, (02) 9641 5031 or 0423 028 654 ... Monday, 26 June 2006