Mission Australia

1. New report shows groundbreaking homeless service is a success
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... significantly lower cost per day than providing a bed in another institutional setting (eg: hospital or jail). The report An icon for exit: The Mission Australia Centre 2005-2008 - an analysis of the ...

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

... the Sobering Up Shelter, Police Station, Hospital or their community. Katherine Money Business Program The Katherine Money Business Program provides aboriginal individuals and families with money ...

3. Job Seekers
(Employment Services/Job Seekers)

... term goals. We specialise in placing people in positions across many varied occupations and industries including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, office administration, clerical, harvest ...

4. Hear From Others Who Have Left a Bequest
(Donations/Bequests)

... the stories of four supporters who have left a bequest to Mission Australia: Wendy's story I’ve been a supporter of Mission Australia since the 1970s when I worked in a hospital. It was there I saw ...

5. Social enterprise restaurant to provide training for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... restaurant with a transitional labour market program designed to empower disadvantaged young people to develop professional and life skills to transition into a successful career in hospitality...  ...

6. From little things, big things grow - a story from Mission Australia’s Special Needs Dental Service (SNDS)
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... The waiting period for treatment at the dental hospital, although free of charge, was a number of years. Faced with these options, Brian felt the chances of his getting his dental needs met in the immediate ...

7. Mission Australia's Michael Project for the homeless launched today
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... in Sydney. It is funding a nurse (working in collaboration with St Vincent’s Hospital) who visits rough sleepers and ministers to their physical and mental health needs at a stage before they front hospital ...

8. New poverty research shows Australians missing out
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... hospital 99.3% 8.7% 6 Disability support services, when needed 98.9% 60.2%  ...

9. Home care program for mentally ill reaps huge rewards National Mental Health Week
(News/Media Releases Archive)

A program which helps people with mental illness receive care at home – helping them avoid homelessness and maintain their community links – has successfully reduced their time spent in hospitals by an ...

10. You can help give young Australians the chance of a future.
(Uncategorised Content)

...  Each night she struggled to find somewhere safe to sleep. Just when Jane thought her life couldn’t get any worse, she ended up in hospital with a needle infection.   Tonight **21,940 young ...