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

Mission Australia’s child and family service in the Liverpool area, Miller Pathways, celebrated Families Week on Friday by hosting a free Community Fun Day. The Federal Minister for Human Services, Senator ...

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

... have no family or friends to visit them and the volunteers are always surprised at how much fun they have chatting to the residents and calling games of Bingo! Corporate Volunteers from Vodafone hosted ...

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. Responsible Gambling Awareness Week: Seniors at risk
(Daily News/Blog)

... “SMART Recovery” support group, family support group and, talks and presentations to the community.  Where to get help There are a number of support services available to people with a gambling ...

5. Going Places up for Workplace Innovation Award
(Daily News/Blog)

... rough sleeping or chronic homelessness. Its “housing-first” approach means the first priority is to safely house the person or family. Further support includes counselling and helping people to gain ...

6. “Gambling. If you have to lie, we need to talk.”
(Daily News/Blog)

... ready to seek counselling, it’s more often than not too late: they’ve lost their savings, their house and done irreparable damage to family relationships. “We need people to seek help before it gets ...

7. New SA program aims to help youth feel good about their bodies
(Daily News/Blog)

... to promote a level of physical perfection that is neither healthy nor achievable. “The survey also told us that 87.2 per cent of respondents preferred to turn to their friends and family for advice, ...

8. Working families losing grip on secure housing
(News/MA Newsletter)

... with twins, they were well prepared for what was to come. The family was already starting to get the nursery ready when they found out the owners of their property had decided to sell. While it was initially ...

9. Junaa Buwa! Centre for Youth Wellbeing (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... Justice, other community service organisations, family and self-referrals from young people. Contact For more information about Junaa Buwa! call (02) 6651 3418 or email coffsyouthrehab@missionaustralia.com.au ...

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

... childcare  Government subsidised childcare fees  Family education and support  Personal development and career activities  A team approach that enables mothers to reach educational ...

11. 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 ...

12. The cost of homelessness
(News/MA Newsletter)

... like to encourage you, our supporters, to help us to get the word out about this groundbreaking report. Please share it with your friends, family or colleagues, either by talking about the findings ...

13. Insight with Cheryl O’Donnell, Southern NSW Community Services Operations Manager
(News/MA Newsletter)

... to the Family and Community Services helpline, so we have a lot on our plate. "When life gets tough my staff and the people we help inspire me to keep going. I’m so proud of the work my teams do on a ...

14. Our Roma House adventurers scale new heights
(Daily News/Blog)

... touch with family and friends and been disconnected from their community. This program allows participants to explore new ways to overcome the challenges they have been dealing with and feel good about ...

15. A reminder to bet with your head on Anzac Day
(Daily News/Blog)

... factors such as impulsiveness, thrill-seeking and risk-taking. Depression, anxiety and low family connectedness can also feature. So what can you do if you, or someone you know, is developing or has ...

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

... and her young family. Brenda and her children spent two weeks on a relative’s living room floor, then five nights in a motel until their money ran out, followed by a dreadful week sleeping in the ...

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

... and her young family. Brenda and her children spent two weeks on a relative’s living room floor, then five nights in a motel until their money ran out, followed by a dreadful week sleeping in the ...

18. Society will be judged by how it deals with homelessness, researcher says
(Daily News/Blog)

... Australia through this project to help men who experiencing homelessness to reconnect with family was significant.” Dr Paul Flatau, who led the longitudinal component of The Michael Project, told guests ...

19. Thanks to the men from The Michael Project for sharing their stories
(Daily News/Blog)

... men who generously shared their experiences. Among them was Gordon Broomham (pictured). An accountant for 30 years, he walked away from his practice, his home and family when severe depression got ...

20. Robbie’s going across the Gobi for Australians in need
(Daily News/Blog)

... a marathon each day, he agreed to take up the challenge. “It took a bit of persuading but I decided to take it on,” Robbie wrote on his Telstra Exchange blog. “Well why not? I was planning a family ...

21. Newly graduated U-Turn crew makes the pages of Top Gear
(Daily News/Blog)

... a local panel beater and raising a young family. “I'm happy where I am and happy to be thought of as a role model,” he said.  You can read more of Zac’s very honest and personal story in this ...

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

... reconnect them with family or friends who can provide a secure and sustainable living environment. “Clearly, we need more of these services to stem the flow of young people into homelessness. We ...

23. 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 ...

24. Snapshot paints depressing picture of impact of homelessness
(Daily News/Blog)

... compared with 36 per cent of those who had never been homeless. Adults who had been homeless were more than twice as likely to be in a one parent family (17 per cent compared with eight per cent). In ...

25. Cecily makes every week Seniors Week at Charles Chambers Court
(Daily News/Blog)

... for many decades, Cecily said aged care appealed to her because it’s an area where she knew she would really be needed. “Very few of the residents at Charles Chambers Court have family or any visitors,” ...