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1. Miller Pathways celebrate Families Week
(Daily News/Blog)

... Kim Carr, Federal Member for Fowler, Chris Hayes, and Mayor of Liverpool Wendy Waller all attended and officially opened the event. Families enjoyed food, live music and performances, giveaways, children’s ...

2. A big hand for our wonderful volunteers
(Daily News/Blog)

... Service this month. The play area is much enhanced with planted shrubs and the decks have citrus trees in tubs on display. An impressive contribution, one the children, families and staff will ...

3. What drives our Home Tutor Scheme volunteers to give?
(Daily News/Blog)

... with migrants and refugees - many of whom are house-bound because they're caring for infant children, family responsibilities or illness. Volunteer tutors are provided with free training and support ...

4. Aim’n High (VIC)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... Australia Early Learning Service centre in Doveton, while their children receive high-quality care. Aim'n High also provides intensive case management and parenting education to help the young women ...

5. Children busy renovating in the playground
(Daily News/Blog)

We couldn’t pass up the chance to share this cute snap that recently appeared in The Lakes Mail of children at Mission Australia’s Cooranbong Early Learning Service (ELS) busy at work in their playground. ...

6. Geni’s story
(News/MA Newsletter)

Imagine for a moment being married at 13, giving birth to five children by the time you were in your mid-twenties and then losing your husband and most of your family to civil war. Now you’re left alone ...

7. Government to establish new Children’s Commissioner role
(Daily News/Blog)

The Gillard Government has announced the creation of a National Children’s Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said the new commissioner will ...

8. Westpac team to take on Kokoda Track for good causes
(Daily News/Blog)

In late August a small team comprising Westpac staff and customers from across Australia and the Pacific Islands will trek along the Kokoda Track to raise funds for Mission Australia and the Save the Children ...

9. Winter Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... away. In fact, on any given night, 82 per cent of families are turned away from homelessness services because they’re already full. Brenda and her four children know this from experience. With four ...

10. Winter Phone Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... away. In fact, on any given night, 82 per cent of families are turned away from homelessness services because they’re already full. Brenda and her four children know this from experience. With four ...

11. Report shows need to work harder to help homeless children and youth
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia says a new report showing children and youth under 25 make up half of Australia’s homeless population serves as a chilling reminder of the need for more assistance for this vulnerable ...

12. Grab a free Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream and support Australians in need
(Daily News/Blog)

... counts! By dropping your token into the Mission Australia pint tub you’ll help us to provide support services to families, children and individuals in need. We’d really appreciate your support. So ...

13. Our new baby playgroup proves popular with Inala families
(Daily News/Blog)

Staff and families at Mission Australia’s Communities for Children service in Inala, Queensland, have celebrated National Playgroup Week at their free weekly Baby Playgroup. The Communities for ...

14. Miller kids to get their cubby thanks to The Liverpool Leader and you!
(Daily News/Blog)

... newspaper so they could built an adventure cubby for the children. Well, thanks to the fantastic response from our friends in the community and online, as well as staff, family and friends, the kids ...

15. Seniors’ Week salute to grandparents raising grandchildren
(Daily News/Blog)

With Seniors Week under way in New South Wales, it’s the perfect time to recognise the grandparents raising grandchildren who take part in Mission Australia support programs.  Every Thursday ...

16. Patrick gets second chance with Catalyst Clemente
(Daily News/Blog)

... education program. Just over a year ago, Patrick was sleeping on a children’s playground in Brisbane’s New Farm Park. He was homeless, isolated and crippled by alcohol addiction. Now he is studying ...

17. Energiser Toy Rescue giving battery-operated toys new life
(Daily News/Blog)

... thing. Join in and spread a little more positivity, Australia.” Last year Mission Australia’s services for children and families helped over 78,000 individuals and 5,331 families. Mission Australia ...

18. Photo essay focuses on homeless women who ‘deserve better’
(Daily News/Blog)

... their life before experiencing homelessness, which in many cases included marriage, children and a home in the suburbs. “Once you get behind the game, you’re in survival mode,” says Annette, who at one ...

19. 'Connecting girls, inspiring futures’ on International Women's Day
(Daily News/Blog)

... service to that community." “Because I have to travel for training and to provide the outreach service, it can often be difficult to find childcare for my own children when I can’t be there,” she adds. Like ...

20. Giving voice to the voiceless
(Community Services/Community Services)

... their children the best chance in the long run. We worked with other community housing providers to secure the future of the National Rental Affordability Scheme, which is a key plank in preventing homelessness ...

21. Young mums are aiming for success
(Community Services/Community Services)

... in Aim’n High is voluntary – Ashlee and the other students became involved because they wanted to be positive role models for their children. Excelling in their studies, the young women are well and ...

22. Young people get trackside with Audi
(Daily News/Blog)

... for children being supported by Mission Australia's Community Services. In addition to this Audi Australia is currently purchasing over $50,000 of learning equipment for all 27 Mission Australia Early ...

23. Half all youths in juvenile detention unsentenced: AIHW
(Daily News/Blog)

... Children's and Youth Law Centre, Matthew Keeley, told the ABC’s AM the figures were unacceptable and all governments should be doing more to bring youth detention rates down. Aboriginal youth detention ...

24. Pathways to Prevention (QLD)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Based in the Inala and Ellen Grove (Carole Park) areas of south-west Brisbane, Pathways to Prevention is a holistic early intervention and crime prevention program that works with children aged from birth ...

25. Tips for a good start at school
(Daily News/Blog)

Starting school is a crucial milestone for both children and families. Jenny Chaves, Mission Australia's Service Manager for Communities for Children in Inala, Queensland, recently offered advice ...