Mission Australia

1. Community Services in Queensland
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

...  Flexible and informal case management Crisis counselling Advocacy The café also offers access to visiting service providers, including Centrelink, Spiritus, and a community legal clinic run ...

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

... with other agencies to provide support for homeless families and individuals. Services include: Personal and financial counselling Legal support Support for isolated families Migrant mental ...

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

... homeless, camping illegally in public places, or involved in anti-social behaviour. It also helps people who have been released from prison return and re-integrate into their community. Pathways through ...

4. Community Services in Victoria
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... technology and financial management training Car ownership and maintenance education Traffic law education Road safety education and training Legal support where barriers have been identified in ...

5. Mission Australia Job Capacity Assessments
(Employment Services/Providers)

... motivation, confidence, social interaction and financial; legal barriers such as ex-offender history and legal limitations (such as parole or court case pending); and finally, environmental barriers such ...

6. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... health, alcohol & other drug use, legal, family reconciliation (when mutually requested) and exit housing. Our clients & staff would really enjoy the ambience that comes with a garden make over. As a ...

7. Important Information for Legal Practitioners
(Donations/Bequests)

As a legal practitioner, you can help our supporters include a bequest to Mission Australia in their Will. Here is a few ways you can help our supporters: Join our legal panel To help our supporters ...

8. Frequently Asked Questions
(Donations/Bequests)

... Will is a legal document, we advise that you speak with a solicitor who offers a Will writing service. If you don’t already have a solicitor, you can download our list of solicitors who can assist you. ...

9. Making or Changing Your Will
(Donations/Bequests)

... residual or percentage bequest. This means that your bequest will grow along with the value of your estate. Because your Will is a legal document, we advise that you speak to a Solicitor about making ...

10. Leaving a Bequest for Mission Australia
(Donations/Bequests)

... Asked Questions Contact the Bequest team For legal practitioners Important information for legal practitioners Correct wording Contact the Bequest team  ...

11. Our Volunteers
(Volunteer/Volunteers)

... legal information to newly arrived refugees, informing them of their rights and responsibilities in Australia. Although they are both full-time lawyers, they devoted their limited spare time to developing, ...

12. Useful Links
(Housing/VIC)

Tenant & Legal Advisory Services • Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, (Phone) 03 9628 9800, (Website) www.vcat.vic.gov.au • The Victorian Office of Housing, (Phone) 1300 650 172, (Website) ...

13. Useful Links
(Housing/TAS)

Tenant & Legal Advisory Services • Tenants Union of Tasmania, (Phone) 03 6223 2641 or 1300 652 641 • Office of the Residential Tenancy Commissioner, (Phone) 1300 654 499 • Magistrates Court, ...

14. Useful Links
(Housing/NSW)

Tenant & Legal Advisory Services • NSW Housing Appeals Committee, (Phone) 1800 629 794, (Website) www.hac.nsw.gov.au • The Office of Community Housing , (Phone) 02 8753 8280, (Website) www.housing.nsw.gov.au ...

15. The big issues facing our kids
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... have tried illegal drugs, and 23.4 per cent of 18- to 19-year-olds. It seems our efforts to create anti-drug awareness among younger teens are generating plenty of worry but are not necessarily equipping ...

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

... and activities, as well as disclosing more and more about his personal history as time went by. As staff grew to know Brian, they recognised that he was also in need of some legal assistance so they referred ...

17. Freehills
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

Freehills has been working with Mission Australia since 1993. The partnership began with the establishment of the Shopfront Youth Legal Centre in inner city Sydney’s Darlinghurst. Over the past 14 years, ...

18. Vodafone Foundation Australia
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... and have highly complex needs such as alcohol and/or other drug dependency, mental health issues, disabilities, educational barriers, legal problems and/or are victims of abuse. This program has helped ...

19. Growing numbers of grandparent-carers evidence of emerging social phenomenon
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... also get caught up in draining legal battles over child custody and family conflict; others struggle with kids who exhibit the behavioural effects of parental abuse or neglect; while some lose their social ...

20. Hunter Legal Service assisting the Disadvantaged
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... with funding from the Law & Justice Foundation of NSW and probono legal support from Sparke Helmore Lawyers, was set up to provide improved access to legal services for people who are economically and ...

21. Young, Financially Insecure and a Victim of Violence - The Face of Homelessness in Western Australia
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... of our homeless clients are also struggling with the symptoms of mental illness and, rather than alcohol, have addictions to illegal drugs.” Ms Paskevicius said this portrait of homeless Australia flies ...

22. New program to protect homeless young women from sexual assault, other harm
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... that is the fact that few who have been sexually assaulted actually report it, either for fear of further victimisation and/or because many don’t feel comfortable with police or other legal authority. ...

23. Privacy Statement
(Uncategorised Content)

... may be required to disclose information by law or for various legal purposes (for example, we often have to provide information on clients to the government bodies that fund our programs). Ensuring ...