Mission Australia

1. An icon for exit: The Mission Australia Centre 2005-2008
(Document Downloads)

... the broader community – behind a new vision for working with homeless men which goes beyond meeting immediate accommodation needs. ...

2. Concern at growing numbers of homeless people turned away
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... shelters are turned away each day.  The data, released this morning by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, show that of people needing new and immediate accommodation every day in 2008-09, ...

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

... nine Crisis Accommodation Program (CAP) houses for families in need. We work with clients to provide the necessary support to help resolve immediate issues, address long term needs and assist with access ...

4. Missionbeat (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... families and intoxicated or drug affected men and women to services to meet their immediate needs, including safe accommodation, medical care or food and clothing. In June 2009 Mission Australia ...

5. Pathways to strong families and happy healthy children
(Community Services/Community Services)

... their situation, then we help them implement ways to overcome their more immediate challenges and build resilience for the future. In implementing these solutions, we work with the existing strengths of ...

6. Providers
(Employment Services/Providers)

... to help get them past any immediate barriers they face. Click here for more information about Mission Australia Job Capacity Account Services.  ...

7. NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... varying levels of intervention from immediate, basic needs such as a safe place to stay, food, clothing and showering facilities, through to empowering the individual through flexible, innovative and responsive ...

8. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... of homelessness. The centre provides immediate, basic needs such as a safe place to stay, food, clothing and showering facilities. Staff help residents to develop individual intervention plans, which ...

9. Concern at growing numbers of homeless people turned away
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... homeless shelters are turned away each day. The data, released this morning by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, show that each day in 2007-08 about 385 people who requested immediate accommodation ...

10. When Gambling is No Longer Fun
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... you must deal with the issues that led them there. Most people progress well with intensive counselling – by ensuring their immediate needs are met, offering simple strategies to protect their assets, ...

11. Mission Australia welcomes Employment Service changes
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to its employment services system to allow newly redundant workers to access immediate assistance. As a result of the reforms people who are made redundant will no longer have to wait three months before ...

12. The welfare experiment - an opinion piece from Mission Australia's CEO, Toby Hall
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... abuse and neglect, I understand the desire to reach for new policy mechanisms that might achieve immediate results. But we can’t let our impulse for quick action blind us to the bigger issues at stake.   ...

13. 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 ...

14. Making university education accessible to disadvantaged Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Professor Peter Howard, National Leader of Clemente Australia at ACU National said there was an immediate and profound impact on the students who had taken the course. “We’ve had students who have found ...

15. New centre with historic heart offers assistance to disadvantaged Tasmanians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... works immediately and contributed a further $800,000 which has resulted in the building’s $1.4 million redevelopment. “In addition to the programs which will help disadvantaged individuals and families ...

16. University courses for disadvantaged Australians offer a path out of poverty
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  Associate Professor Peter Howard, ACU National’s Director of Catalyst-Clemente, said the course’s impact on the students was immediate and profound. “Since undertaking the course we’ve had students ...

17. Rising Sydney Rents Lead to a Growing Number of Homeless Families in Western Sydney
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... at risk of homelessness. It assists clients in crisis by immediately responding to their basic needs. In the past six months, the service has helped 673 adults in Western Sydney with finding accommodation ...