Search - Youth

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

... steering group, made up of representatives from Office for Youth, Youth Affairs Council of South Australia, ACEDA, YWCA and Mission Australia. Flinders University is also supporting this initiative through ...

2. Cautious support for Budget, but more to do
(Daily News/Blog)

... rate I suggest is much worse. In a growing number of areas around the country youth unemployment is above 30 per cent. Efforts to increase the participation of vulnerable and marginalised Australians ...

3. 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 ...

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

... to become positive role models for their children.  Aim’n High is funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Connections Uniting Care and the School Focused Youth Service. ...

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

... entertaining when they spend more time and money than they can afford,” Ms Rendall said. “In other words, develop problem-gambling behaviour.” Youth problem gambling has been associated with personality ...

6. Soulful Gabby takes out 2012 Urban Quest title
(Daily News/Blog)

Congratulations to 17-year-old Gabby Wright, who last night won Mission Australia’s Urban Quest NT youth talent competition at a National Youth Week celebration concert in Darwin. Gabby stole the show ...

7. Brother against sister in the Urban Quest Semi-Finals
(Daily News/Blog)

... 13 April. The event also kicks off Youth Week 2012. Everyone is welcome! If you plan to be in Darwin this weekend, you can also experience the excitement of the Urban Quest Finals for yourself. Buy ...

8. ‘We've got our son back’: parents praise DAYS in open letter
(Daily News/Blog)

... the help of Mission Australia’s Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS) service in Perth. DAYS is an integrated service incorporating Next Step (a government alcohol and other drugs youth service) ...

9. Deni Hines gives words of wisdom to Urban Quest singers
(Daily News/Blog)

... to help young Territorians build self-esteem and confidence through music. The Urban Quest Semi -Final gets underway at 4pm at Casuarina Square on Friday 13 April. The event also kicks off Youth Week for ...

10. 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 ...

11. CYI postcards celebrate transformative power of art
(Daily News/Blog)

The theme for this year’s upcoming Youth Week - ‘Imagine, create, inspire’ - echoes the philosophy of Mission Australia’s Creative Youth Initiatives (CYI) service, currently being celebrated ...

12. Beswick to host region’s first footy final for young women
(Daily News/Blog)

... men’s competition last year. The event aims to builds youth connections and improve self-esteem among young people. Mission Australia Community Services staff will be providing fruit and handing out ...

13. Twenty young Territorians set for Urban Quest semi-finals
(Daily News/Blog)

...  They’ll then take to the stage at Casuarina Square on 13 April to compete for the top spots – and kick off Youth Week in the process. Two days later they’ll star in the Urban Quest Finals Concerts ...

14. ‘DAYS saved my life’ – Rick’s story in The Sunday Times
(Daily News/Blog)

A graduate of our Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS) in Perth has told The Sunday Times how without Mission Australia’s help he would certainly be “in jail or dead”. Before entering DAYS, Rick took ...

15. Aboriginal trainees playing vital role in saving parrot in SA
(Daily News/Blog)

... both gained their boat licences.” Jobs dream rates highly Today The Courier Mail highlighted findings from our 2011 National Survey of Young Australians, which showed Aboriginal youths placed ...

16. Cheer the RaboDirect Melbourne Rebels and stand up for youth
(Daily News/Blog)

... Victorian youth programs such as our Charcoal Lane social enterprise restaurant and Learning Unlimited help young people to reengage with training and education. Scrumhalf Richard Kingi is intimately ...

17. Young Aboriginals keener to find work than their non-Aboriginal peers
(Daily News/Blog)

... Herald.  Mission Australia is calling for federal government help to develop an employment program targeted at 15- to 18-year-old Aboriginal youth, many of whom were dropping out of school, failing ...

18. Shannon Noll shines light on the music biz for Triple Care Farm students
(Daily News/Blog)

... Coca-Cola Australia Foundation and Triple Care Farm in their effort to use creative arts as a tool to rehabilitate and inspire youth towards a better future.” Triple Care Farm Supervising Psychologist ...

19. Flooding continues across south-east Australia
(Daily News/Blog)

... waiting at an evacuation centre set up in the town's Police and Community Youth Club (PCYC) amid fears their homes could go under later today. The region's SES controller, James McTavish, said there ...

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

... youth justice policies, homelessness, and getting people with disabilities into work, so that Australia becomes a fairer place, for everyone. Find out more about Mission Australia’s advocacy work. ...

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

...  The 2011 Mission Australia National Survey of Young Australians revealed that youth are more worried about school and study than ever before. Almost 46,000 Australians aged between 11 and 24 were asked ...

22. Cheers febfasters on making it to March!
(Daily News/Blog)

A huge thanks to the fantastic febfasters who sent booze on a holiday during February to raise funds for youth programs, including Mission Australia’s Youth Beat service in South Australia and Tasmania. ...

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

... our Dubbo Leadership and Cultural Development Program and Orange Youth Accommodation Support Service (OYASS), enjoyed VIP treatment throughout the action-packed day, hosted by Audi Australia CEO Uwe Hagan. ...

24. Roar and Mission Australia kick off Indigenous jobs program
(Daily News/Blog)

... Women’s and Youth teams will mentor participants to help them achieve their employment goals.  “This exciting partnership with the Brisbane Roar is about providing lasting employment opportunities ...

25. Woodside Beds transformation at DAYS gets thumbs up from residents
(Daily News/Blog)

After a week of hard work by Woodside Energy volunteers and designer Christie Blizzard, Mission Australia’s Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS) residential rehabilitation program in Perth’s Carlisle ...