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

A formerly homeless family of eight from Katherine is enjoying a fresh start in 2012 through the A Place to Call Home initiative, managed by Mission Australia. The Australian and Northern Territory governments ...

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

... 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. The top performers will then go through ...

3. A fresh start for Katherine youth
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia is giving young people in Katherine a fresh approach to food with through a new community garden project. The project aims to reconnect youth from the Northern Territory town and surrounding ...

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. NT literacy and numeracy students look to the future
(Daily News/Blog)

For Scott Wassman, Mission Australia’s Regional Service Manager in Katherine, National Literacy and Numeracy Week highlights how central these skills are to everyday life. “Poor literacy and numeracy ...

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

... Hawke, 13, Stuart Park Gabrielle Wright, 16, Palmerston Jianynne Anastacio, 16, Katherine Tevita Moala, 16, Darwin Kane Bishop, 15, Darwin Leighton Kay-Mick, 13, Karama John Micairan, 18 Palmerston ...

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

... and an apprentice electrician from Katherine who dreams of “making it big and going to Nashville”. The event, sponsored by Mission Australia, hopes to raise awareness of youth homelessness in... Twenty ...

8. New sobering up shelter opened in Katherine
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Government Media Release, 17 March 2011  The Federal Minister for Indigenous Health and Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon officially opened a new sobering-up shelter in Katherine today. The construction ...

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

... Middle School, Palmerston Library and Katherine High School attracted around 50 contestants aged from 10 to 19. One keen singer who was unable to attend the Katherine heat in person, due to local flooding, ...

10. Binjari residents help Clean Up Australia
(Daily News/Blog)

... Katherine Town Council provided the skip bins and clean-up packs for the town camp. The Katherine Times reported that Wastemaster collected “520 kilograms in Katherine and a staggering 1,000 in Binjari” ...

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

... Katherine and Tiwi Islands at 3:30pm for artists under 19 years across vocal, street, rap and beatboxing categories. The competition will raise much needed fundsfor Mission Australia to develop accommodation ...

12. Improving financial literacy in Indigenous communities
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... was first piloted in 2005 in Katherine, Tennant Creek, Nguiu (Tiwi Islands) and Galiwinku (Elcho Island) in the Northern Territory, and Geraldton and Kununurra in Western Australia. It is now delivered ...

13. Spirit of adventure
(Daily News/Blog)

... one-on-one conversations with our employees; visiting services across Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs; leading reflections at staff meetings and writing regular inspirational pieces for the Territory ...

14. Katherine Money Business Program (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

The Katherine Money Business Program provides aboriginal individuals and families with money management information and support. The program builds self reliance and improves individual, family and community ...

15. 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 ...

16. The Intervention and Case Management Service (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

The intervention and Case Management Service assists people living in Katherine who are homeless or at risk of being homeless, camping illegally in public places, or involved in anti-social behaviour. ...

17. 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 ...

18. 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.  ...

19. 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 ...