Mission Australia

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

Housekeeping/Maintenance - A Woman's Place, Potts Point A Woman's Place is a homeless service for single women. This is a crisis residential service that aims to make a difference in the lives of the ...

2. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

...  Financial cost estimate: TBC Location: Drummoyne, NSW Client Group: Homeless Women Spend quality time with the women who are supported by the Women in Support Housing (WISH) Program. The program ...

3. Hush for Homelessness launches in Martin Place
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... All money raised will go to Mission Australia’s services providing crisis care, transitional or medium-term accommodation and essential support for homeless men, women and children. Mission Australia’s ...

4. Specials & Events
(Big Heart/information)

... 9 June until sold out. All pairs $18.00 - at the Montague Street Shop Only - open 7 days. Women’s, Men’s & Children’s Fashion Footwear including  sneakers, dress shoes, leather children’s shoes – a great ...

5. Paid maternity leave battle reignited
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for employees in 2007. Of its 3,500 staff, close to 70% are women, so the move to paid maternity leave was both a moral and practical decision. As an organisation that believes strongly in family and ...

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

... and offering them support.  The iconic vans transport homeless men, women, children, families and intoxicated or drug affected men and women to services to meet their immediate needs, including safe accommodation, ...

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

... based on a pre-existing service provided by the “Strong Women” patrollers from the communities of Yirrkala and Ski Beach. The Patrol offers people voluntary transportation to a place of safety, be that ...

8. Pathways away from homelessness
(Community Services/Community Services)

... them support.  The iconic vans transport homeless men, women, children, families and intoxicated or drug affected men and women to services to meet their immediate needs, including safe accommodation, ...

9. Body image the main concern for young Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... women’s level of concern about body image has increased from 28.5 per cent in 2006 to 34.9 per cent in 2007. “As a community, we should all be concerned by these results,” said Ms Hampshire. This is ...

10. More homeless services needed in Tasmania
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to the national figure of 46 per cent. “But these figures are out of date. Based on our experiences – and what other agencies are saying – we believe homeless numbers across all groups (women, men, families, ...

11. Sydney’s bed shortage crisis for homeless women
(News/Media Releases Archive)

One of Sydney’s leading providers of crisis accommodation services is having to turn away hundreds of homeless women each year as the city struggles to cope with growing numbers of women needing help and ...

12. Increased rents create greater risk of homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... provides a 24-hour, intensive support base for the state’s homeless men, women and families – helping them transition from the streets into a more independent, sustainable and safe mode of living. Residents ...

13. Combating youth unemployment rates in Tasmania
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for Children program model to include a focus on young people, aged 6-16. • Expand funding for effective programs that work with very marginalised young people. • Develop and implement a Rural Women’s ...

14. New blueprint to tackle causes of Australia’s youth unemployment problem
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for effective programs that work with very marginalised young people. Develop and implement a Rural Women’s Apprenticeship Program that provides training and local career development opportunities ...

15. Roma House - A new service for homeless Queenslanders launched in Brisbane
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... intensive support base for the state’s homeless men, women and families – helping them transition from the streets into a more independent, sustainable and safe mode of living. Roma House represents ...

16. Mission Australia to open new offices in Adelaide's west
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... education options, case management, and life skills training to young people, particularly young women who are disconnected from mainstream education. School holiday programs at the Athol Park Neighbourhood ...

17. New program to protect homeless young women from sexual assault, other harm
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Young women who are living on the streets or in unsafe situations in Adelaide are being taught self-protection skills in a ground-breaking new program being run by Mission Australia. They are being taught ...

18. Brisbane's War Chronicles recorded by unemployed
(News/Media Releases Archive)

In time for ANZAC Day, a group of unemployed people from Brisbane is capturing the memories of women at war – those left behind and those called into service – during World War I and II. The documentary-style ...