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1. What drives our Home Tutor Scheme volunteers to give?
(Daily News/Blog)

... and learn local nuances of the language: “She can say ‘No Worries’, so that’s good! Working with Hao Fang has taught me a lot – especially to slow down when I speak. I’ve also learnt a few words of ...

2. Junaa Buwa! Centre for Youth Wellbeing (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... misuse. The name Junaa Buwa! means “to declare a new beginning’” in the local Gumbaynggirr language. This Mission Australia service provides holistic three-month live-in drug and alcohol rehabilitation ...

3. Young Aboriginals keener to find work than their non-Aboriginal peers
(Daily News/Blog)

... he told The Sydney Morning Herald. The 20-year-old is now an apprentice chef. Twenty-five-year-old Jack Buckskin has worked as a Kaurna language teacher for five years and said he was one of many young ...

4. New beginnings for Junaa Buwa! centre in Coffs
(Daily News/Blog)

... Buwaa! means “to declare a new beginning” in the Gumbarynggirr language. Funded by the NSW Government’s Attorney General’s Department, Junaa Buwa! was officially opened on Wednesday by John Hubby, ...

5. Unique childcare program launched in Elizabeth Vale
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... a parent mentor and will assist in promoting bonding and attachment, positive behaviour guidance, language and literacy development, and a general healthy lifestyle. The first group of volunteers will ...

6. New program to reduce road fatalities among young Victorians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... new arrivals to Australia are often challenged by language barriers, lack of experience in motorised society and not having had a licence previously,” said Ms Cockfield. “Ignition will help both this ...

7. LLNP changing lives on the Mid-North Coast
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... numeracy skills. The Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLNP) program provides up to 800 hours of language, literacy and numeracy training. Courses are provided in 200 hour modules, with minimum attendance ...

8. Media coverage - NBN: LLNP changing lives on the Mid-North Coast
(Daily News/Blog)

A Mission Australia-run program in Taree and Forster-Tuncurry, New South Wales, is having great success helping adults improve their reading, writing, speaking and numeracy skills. The Literacy, Language ...

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

... skills are one of the many barriers to job seekers in finding long-term employment,” Mr Wassman said. Mission Australia operates the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) in Katherine, in the ...

10. It’s never too late to learn
(Daily News/Blog)

During National Literacy and Numeracy Week, we’d like to highlight Mission Australia's Literacy, Language and Numeracy program, which is helping to break down barriers to employment and community participation. ...

11. Communities for Children - Mt Druitt (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... primary schools Hook’d Up – a learning enrichment program for children aged six to 12 First Connections (promoting speech and language development) Child-Friendly Communities Project Mt Druitt ...

12. Help needed for kids from disadvantaged families to make successful transition to school
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... because of cultural and language differences, poverty, unemployment, dislocation, violence, illness or disability and this can impact on their child’s transition to school. “For families with complex ...

13. New information standards needed to help Australians at‐risk of homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... ancestry, languages spoken at home and level of English proficiency.* The MMHA report shows that existing homelessness data does not meet this benchmark because country‐of‐birth is likely to be the only ...

14. North West community benefits from new Mission Australia office
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... The new centre offers a variety of community programs including Family Support, Disability Support, Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programs, Integrated Family Support Services, Gateway Services and Local ...

15. A chance to assist migrants
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  "Not knowing our national language can be a huge barrier in settling into Australian life," she said. "Imagine not being able to make a doctor's appointment for a sick child or buy a train ticket." ...

16. Literacy courses ‘a lifesaver’
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Media coverage - The Border Mail, 14 April 2011  Lacey Seears says Mission Australia’s language, literacy and numeracy courses turned her life around.  The Albury resident, 26, says she went from being ...

17. Make a difference to someone's life - become a volunteer English tutor
(News/Media Releases Archive)

MA Media Release, 29 March 2011  Mission Australia's Home Tutor Service (HTS) in Parramatta is crying out for volunteers to teach newly arrived refugees and migrants English language skills to help them ...

18. Geraldton and Meekatharra / Mid West Gascoyne Region (WA)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) This service supports jobseekers within the Midwest WA Gascoyne region to improve in competency with language, literacy and/or numeracy to enable them ...

19. National Survey of Young Australians
(Research/Research and Social Policy)

... Islander identification, location, languages spoken at home, if the participant had a disability, education and employment as well as living arrangements. This year we adjusted a question to link sources ...

20. Pathways to life and work-ready skills
(Pathways/About Us)

... care Automotive Business Children’s services Construction Horticulture Hospitality Retail and youth work  English language and adult literacy. For more information about the courses ...

21. Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program
(Community Services/Community Services)

Mission Australia's Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program provides training to increase skills in speaking, listening, reading, writing and maths.  Our aim is to help remove one of the major ...

22. Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
(Community Services/Community Services)

... ancestral lands we are gathered today. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land. Resources Aboriginal language groups - interactive map ...

23. Community Services in NSW/ACT
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... Other: Language, Literacy and Numeracy program  ...

24. Community Services in Western Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

...  Pathways to strong families and healthy, happy children Christmas Lunch in the Park, Perth Community Drug Service Pathways for life and work-ready skills Language, Literacy and ...

25. Pathways to sustainable employment
(Community Services/Community Services)

... in the community and find lasting employment. Through vocational programs such as the Australia Government's Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program and our range of social enterprises, we provide opportunities ...