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1. Katherine family finds A Place To Call Home
(Daily News/Blog)

... 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, ...

2. Urban Quest (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... to concentrate on their strengths and build self-esteem and confidence through healthy competition, mentoring and support. The first Urban Quest Final attracted around 2,000 Territorians, who saw Darwin ...

3. NEIS helps Dang grow fruitful business
(Daily News/Blog)

There’s a world of difference between running a seafood restaurant in bustling Bangkok and growing tropical fruit and vegetables in Humpty Doo, 40 kilometres south-east of Darwin. Just ask Phatchathorn ...

4. Youth Beat (SA, NT and TAS)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Youth Beat is a Mission Australia safety and early intervention program supporting young people on the streets of Adelaide’s CBD, Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine and Hobart’s northern suburbs. The brightly ...

5. Saltwater Kitchen making its mark in Darwin
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s Saltwater Kitchen social enterprise has plenty on its plate, with more requests for catering coming in each week. Based in Darwin, this commercial catering business provides practical ...

6. Community barbecues offer insight into long-grasser life
(Daily News/Blog)

Two supported accommodation facilities for homeless people in Darwin’s north are today hosting community barbecues as part of National Homeless Persons’ Week. Operated by Mission Australia, the facilities ...

7. NT Urban Questers top Triple J charts
(Daily News/Blog)

... Darwin. By taking part the brothers helped to raise funds for Mission Australia’s youth homeless services across the Top End. The teenagers from Wagaman narrowly missed taking out the Urban Quest...Jack ...

8. Debut performer wins Urban Quest 2011
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Darwin High School student outperformed 10 other finalists to win the Mission Australia talent competition at the Darwin Entertainment Centre on Saturday night. The singing pianist brought many in ...

9. Tough call at Urban Quest semi-finals
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... which includes a performance by Deni Hines, starts at 7pm at the Darwin Entertainment Centre this Saturday, 2 April. Tickets cost $17.50 per person or $50 per family of four, with all proceeds supporting ...

10. Urban Quest finals in their sights
(Daily News/Blog)

Twenty young Territorians are getting ready to score a place in the Top 10 at next week’s Urban Quest semi-final to be held at Casuarina Square, Darwin. The singers hope to impress guest judge Mark Holden ...

11. NT Youth impress at Urban Quest - live and by Skype
(Daily News/Blog)

The search for talented Territorians is heating up, with the early Urban Quest heats unearthing plenty of amazing hip hop artists, singers and guitarists. Last week’s heats at Darwin High School, Sanderson ...

12. Top End talent hunt begins
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for homeless young Territorians.   The heats are the first step for contestants vying for a spot in the Urban Quest Finals Concert, which opens National Youth Week in Darwin. Australian pop idols ...

13. Darwin services closed as area on cyclone alert
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia has closed all its Darwin services ahead of the cyclone that is expected to hit the area in the next 24 hours. Staff closed services – including those that operate 24 hours - yesterday ...

14. Long grassers help out Queenslanders with Out Of The Rain
(Daily News/Blog)

A group of Darwin “long grassers” (people who sleep out in the city’s parks) have been so moved by the plight of their fellow Australians affected by the Queensland floods that they are hosting a special ...

15. Saltwater Kitchen welcomes new head chef and trainees
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s Saltwater Kitchen has welcomed a new Head Chef, Leigh Harding, who is sharing 30 years’ worth of culinary knowledge with the Darwin social enterprises’s latest intake of trainees.  ...

16. Spirit of adventure
(Daily News/Blog)

Cally Faithful describes herself as fun-loving and adventurous. Not just for parachuting solo, but also for moving to Darwin to become Mission Australia’s Northern Territory Chaplain. Cally is passionate ...

17. The Fury unleashes potential in Northern Queensland
(Daily News/Blog)

... a lot of exciting things in the pipeline,” said Prins. "For example, we’re looking at working together to run after-school ‘homework clubs’ in Townsville, Cairns and Darwin initially, with hopes to extend ...

18. Medical Transport Service (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Mission Australia’s Medical Transport Service provides a transport and driver liaison service. The service is available to eligible remote Aboriginal clients in the Top End and clients in Darwin, Palmerston ...

19. Sobering Up Shelter (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

The sobering up shelters, in Darwin, Katherine and Nhulunbuy, promote individual and community well being by minimising the harm associated with alcohol and other substances, through a coordinated range ...

20. Grass Roots Solutions (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Grass Roots Solutions is a mobile service that visits the Darwin and Palmerston aboriginal town camps on a daily basis. Outreach workers engage with families and provide them with assistance and information ...

21. Personal Helpers and Mentors Program (NSW, SA, TAS, NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... services. They are located in NSW (Orange and Newcastle), SA (Whyalla), TAS (Launceston) and NT (Darwin / Palmerston) ...

22. Community Services in the Northern Territory
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

Mission Australia works with communities in Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs, Nhulunbuy, Nguiu, Borroloola, Timber Creek, Kalkarindji, Maningrida, Jabiru, Timber Creek, Apatula (Finke), Imanpa, Mutitjulu ...

23. Telstra
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... has supported many Mission Australia projects including: QLD Internet Cafe Mission Australia Centre redevelopment Darwin Youth Beat Relocation of the Sydney Head Office Program contributions ...

24. Urban Quest - registration form 2012
(Downloads/Miscellaneous Documents/Documents)

... be held in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs in late February and March. All types of singers are welcome – from rappers and beatboxers to country and rock vocalists.  ...

25. Youth Beat
(Downloads/Fact Sheets/Fact Sheets Documents)

Youth Beat provides a Youth Outreach Service to young people in the northern suburbs of Darwin, Katherine and the surrounding areas, who are on the streets at night. The service engages and connects with ...