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... program, which Mission Australia runs in Darwin and Katherine, helps families who have experienced homelessness to move into and maintain their own home. After a nervous wait over the Christmas period, ...
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
... it may be good for us after a Christmas and New Year of excess. “It was in a time before we had these months allocated to causes – no febfast, Dry July or Movember back then. There was no central charity ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
... Plan – Coastal Sydney.  Shane joined as Service Manager in September. His team is currently preparing for the busy post-Christmas holiday season, which will see many Aboriginal people return to ...
Monday, 23 January 2012
Volunteers from the community, corporate and political worlds rolled up their sleeves on Christmas Day to help Mission Australia spread seasonal cheer to disadvantaged Australians. In Brisbane’s Fortitude ...
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
Thinking of gambling as a way to earn money can be especially tempting at this time of year when Christmas and New Year expenses mount. But as Karen Rendell, Gambling Counsellor at Mission Australia’s ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Mission Australia’s Going Places service in Cairns has held a Christmas party for people who are turning their lives around after experiencing homelessness. Earlier this month the Going Places staff ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Mission Australia’s Bellambi site, thanks to some generous local donors, will be putting on a free Christmas Breakfast on Christmas Day for people from the Bellambi and general Wollongong area. The breakfast ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
The Audi dealer network has generously presented Mission Australia with thousands of gifts to distribute to children in need this Christmas. At the official hand-over ceremony in Sydney last week Mission ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Thousands of Victorian children experienced their first visit to the zoo yesterday at a pre-Christmas fun day organised by Mission Australia in partnership with Zoos Victoria. Now in its fourth year, ...
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
... the chance to experience something different in the Rebels’ company”. One lucky fan even had the boys sign his little brother’s rugby boots and received a RaboDirect Rebels cap as an early Christmas ...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
11. Brisbane Roar
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)
... match held at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Read more about our partnership Pop-up shop spreads Christmas spirit to Brisbane’s disadvantaged Brisbane Roar players help out at Café One Teaming up ...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
A Tasmanian woman who fell victim to car theft has been handed an early Christmas present in the form of keys to a fully restored 2000 Holden Barina by a group of eight young Tasmanians graduating from ...
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Mission Australia still needs to collect approximately 1,000 more presents to hand out to men and women at our 36th annual Christmas Lunch in the Park.  Up to 2,000 people will attend the Christmas Day ...
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Some of the most disadvantaged members of our community had the chance to go Christmas shopping, thanks to the Mission Australia Spirit of Christmas Shop. The one-day pop-up-shop held on 13 December ...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
15. Staff on a mission all pull together
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... than most of us. While we are running around trying to work out what to buy family and close friends for Christmas, there are people who are simply looking for their next meal or somewhere safe and warm ...
Monday, 12 December 2011
... lovers last night at Ultimo TAFE’s Muse Gallery in Sydney. Titled ‘See Why I’, the exhibition was a crowd pleaser, with plenty of guests snapping up artworks for their own homes, offices and as Christmas ...
Thursday, 08 December 2011
We all know the joy that even the smallest gift can bring to a child at Christmas – but for mums and dads who are trying to find a place to call home or are struggling to deal with family breakdown or ...
Friday, 02 December 2011
Sports stars, media personalities and other prominent West Australians got stuck into the sticky tape and gift paper yesterday to wrap hundreds of presents for Mission Australia’s upcoming Christmas Lunch ...
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
... go directly to helping families experiencing disadvantage in the lead up to Christmas. Their motivation for fundraising came from when they were living in Hornsby several years ago. Walking home from ...
Tuesday, 08 November 2011
20. Christmas joy in the park
(Community Services/Community Services)
Christmas is one of the toughest times of the year for the people Mission Australia helps, simply for the reason that at its heart is a celebration of love, family and joy. For many of the people that ...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
21. The case for a brighter future
(Community Services/Community Services)
... Mission Australia who knows where I’d be? I wouldn’t be who I am today and able to help the people who need it the most – as I once did.” This year Danielle is especially looking forward to Christmas ...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
... broader Australian population is not supportive of the deportation of unaccompanied minors. The plan to deport vulnerable and unaccompanied children from Christmas Island to Malaysia is inhumane. Children ...
Monday, 22 August 2011
One of Brisbane’s leading homeless services, Roma House, warmed up winter this week by hosting a special Christmas in July community lunch. Around 80 guests, including residents, staff, other local community ...
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
24. Westpac staff warm our hearts
(Daily News/Blog)
... Douglas. “At this time of year people traditionally give away their summer clothes, having donated winter garments around Christmas – but of course the need during the colder months is for warm jumpers ...
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
... about current volunteering opportunities at Mission Australia’s Wattle House at our WA Volunteering Opportunities page. Further reading: Woodside volunteers freshen up YASS for Christmas Promoting ...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
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