Mission Australia

1. Report shows way forward to tackle youth unemployment
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... up,” said Mr Hall. “We’ve got youth unemployment on NSW’s Central Coast at 39.3 per cent, in outer western Melbourne at 41.1 per cent and in Adelaide’s west at 36.9 per cent. That can’t continue. ...

2. Onkaparinga Youth Services (SA)
(Community Services/Community Services)

OYS is a Mission Australia initiative operated in partnership with the City of Onkaparinga, that delivers services to young people, aged 12-25, who live in Adelaide’s Southern Suburbs. Services include ...

3. The Parks Family Accommodation and Support Services (SA)
(Community Services/Community Services)

The Parks Family Accommodation and Support Services in Adelaide’s western suburbs provide a continuum of community housing options and support for families. We provide four accommodation units and ...

4. Mission Australia helping families cut energy bills to prevent poverty spiral
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Anti-Poverty Week Sunday, October 12 - Saturday, October 18 Families in Adelaide’s north western suburbs are slicing as much as $200 from their energy bills each quarter through a Mission Australia program ...

5. Aussie Rock legends to harness young talent
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Australian rock legends Doc Neeson, John ‘Swanee’ Swan, and ACDC’s Mark Evans will be heading for Adelaide’s northern and southern suburbs for two special sessions to nurture local music talent. They’ll ...

6. 5th Birthday for Volt Youth Enterprise Centre
(News/Media Releases Archive)

The Mission Australia VOLT will celebrate five years of providing services and support to young people in Adelaide’s southern suburbs with a birthday party at the VOLT on Friday. The party – complete ...

7. Learning the ropes on trip of a lifetime
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for the voyage by Mission Australia. But the trip won’t be all smooth sailing for Sam, who’s a valuable member of South Adelaide’s Under 17 football team. Nearly two metres tall, he’ll have major problems ...

8. Former 36ers Mark Davis on the ball to help at-risk young people in Adelaide’s south
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Former Adelaide 36ers basketball star Mark Davis will be the special treat on the menu tomorrow (Tuesday, August 14) at an innovative program designed to help at-risk young people in Adelaide’s south ...

9. Young people in Adelaide’s south on a roll to prevent crime, bridge generation gap
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Young people in Adelaide’s south have come up with a ‘Crackerjack’ idea to help prevent crime and bridge the generation gap between old and young at a special Mission Australia lawn bowls event at the ...

10. Talented young Indigenous people blaze new trail under IYMP
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... 18, from Berri in South Australia’s Riverland who is studying to be a doctor at the University of Adelaide’s School of Medicine Dallas Osborne, 17, from Cunnamulla, Queensland – a flautist who is ...

11. Rock Adelaide's South to 'Make Poverty History'
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Free Live Music at Centro Colonnades, Noarlunga Oct 14. Five of Adelaide’s freshest bands are turning up the volume at Colonnades Shopping Centre in Noarlunga on Saturday, October 14 to make sure everyone ...

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

Official opening, Friday 29 September 2006 Leading Australian community services group, Mission Australia, is opening a new office in Adelaide’s west tomorrow with a focus on helping young people who ...

13. Music leaders and new bands unite to 'Stage Against the Machine'
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... of local talent aimed at reviving the live music scene, particularly in Adelaide’s south. Exactly ten years after poker machines began to kill off many live music venues across Adelaide, musicians from ...

14. Unlimited Ways of Learning For ‘At Risk’ Students in South Australia
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... under programs being launched by Mission Australia. The Mission Australia Learning Unlimited programs are to be conducted in partnership with schools and community and employment groups in Adelaide’s ...

15. Story on live music scene in Adelaide’s south
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... event – aimed at re-establishing live music in Adelaide’s south – will this Friday feature dynamic live performances by eight outstanding young bands from the local area and is expected to again attract ...

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

... and physical assault,” said Leonie Karlsson, who initiated the Equip program and manages Mission Australia’s Hindmarsh Centre, Adelaide’s only overnight youth sobering-up unit and outreach program for ...