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1. Concern at the number of homeless people turned away
(Daily News/Blog)

... many services in outer metro and regional areas are reporting demand that they are unable to meet. What then follows is a ‘drift’ into the inner city which causes both a loss of personal and community ...

2. Reconnecting with life
(Community Services/Community Services)

... to Mission Australia’s South-East Metro Community Drug Service in the Perth suburb of Cannington, he was determined to change his life. This service offers counselling to families and individuals with ...

3. Free Mind Field music event for Perth youth
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Wattle House, On Track, Jacaranda House and South East Metro Community Drug Service teams will be there on the day, along with representatives from the WA Government’s Mental Health Commission, Headspace, ...

4. Language program opening doors for new arrivals
(Daily News/Blog)

... more than 30 metro and rural locations. The program aims to help build students’ verbal and written English skills and in turn open doors to employment, study and community participation. It also...Last ...

5. Locals living rough
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... number of homeless people in the Sydney metropolitan region. “Growing up in the area over the years I have seen an increase in homeless people and not just in the town centres but city-wide,” Cr Bowen ...

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

... – more than half from non-metro areas – to understand what they needed for their kids to start school as successfully as possible. “They identified supports including establishing ‘transition to school’ ...

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

... “Anecdotally, many services in outer metro and regional areas are reporting escalating demand that they are unable to meet. What then follows is a ‘drift’ into the inner city which causes both a loss of ...

8. South East Metro Community Drug Service (WA)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... provides a group support structure for people who have less severe issues. Diversion program SE Metro Community Drug Service (CDS) provides a range of police and court diversion programs that aim to ...

9. Language program opens doors to work, study and the community
(Daily News/Blog)

...  Catering for a wide range of backgrounds and ages, Mission Australia delivers this program in 40 city and rural locations. In the Sydney metropolitan area, women make up 70 percent of the 400 LLNP students. ...

10. Restoring broken lives in Western Australia
(Daily News/Blog)

... well-renowned Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS) in Perth. One of a kind in WA The only youth program of its kind in metropolitan Western Australia the DAYS Residential Rehabilitation Program is ...

11. 300 Melbournians to get taste of reconciliation on Sandridge Bridge
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... 450 services across metropolitan, rural and regional Australia – in every state and territory – and last year assisted more than 300,000 people. Mission Australia has been helping change the lives of individuals ...

12. Support rolls in for Queenslanders
(Daily News/Blog)

... safety, although we are not close to you in distance, we are close to you in heart and mind.” - Sladjana Armour, Service Manager, Southern Adelaide Metro Regional Services. Mission Australia’s Volunteering ...

13. Melbourne Zoo opens doors to 3,000 children and their families from across Victoria
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... in the past. “All families have been provided with free travel on metropolitan and regional networks for the day, which will boost their confidence on public transport in the future. “We thank Metlink ...

14. Daniel makes the Sydney Magazine's Top 100
(Daily News/Blog)

... available today in Sydney metro newsagencies and to subscribers of The Sydney Morning Herald in New South Wales. Extract from today's article: As a police officer in the inner west, Daniel Petsalis's ...

15. Opinion - Time for fresh thoughts on welfare reform
(Daily News/Blog)

... community. Witness the destruction and decay passive welfare has created in some Aboriginal communities and suburbs on our metro fringes. We all know this – governments know it, community agencies know ...

16. Michael Project (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Excerpt from 'The Michael Project Evaluation' from the UNSW National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre:   The Michael Project will work with homeless men in the greater metropolitan Sydney area ...

17. Indigenous Youth Mobility Program (NT and SA)
(Community Services/Community Services)

This program works with young aboriginal people, aged 16-24, their families and communities to help them access pre-vocational training, apprenticeships or tertiary education in metropolitan centres around ...

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

Mission Australia believes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should enjoy a quality of life with every opportunity to succeed. Working closely with local communities - in metro, regional and remote ...

19. Triple R Services - Gambling & Financial Counselling (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... These services operate from NSW and work in many different areas and helps people in metro, regional and rural communities. There are many other activities that Triple R Services are doing in communities, ...

20. Pathways projects (VIC, QLD, NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  Northern Melbourne, VIC This site is focused on supporting the children of African refugee families living in Northern Metropolitan Melbourne to make positive transitions into and through school. ...

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

... provides a range of programs that assist clients to address personal issues and enable them to secure and maintain stable housing. Community Drug Service (WA) The Southeast Metropolitan Community Drug ...

22. Community Services in South Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

Mission Australia works with communities across metropolitan and regional South Australia to support young people and their families.  Click here to contact us in South Australia Our South Australian ...

23. Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... a local library, school, church or settlement services provider. Volunteers are needed in metro Sydney, especially Auburn, Bankstown, Blacktown, Cabramatta, Campbelltown, Campsie, Fairfield, Greenacre, ...

24. Support Mission Australia
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... and provide employment solutions. In 2009-10 we operated over 550 community and employment services from 350 sites in metropolitan, rural and regional Australia. Our services transformed the lives of ...

25. Make an online donation to Mission Australia
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... us, please download the Donation Authorisation Form at this link. In 2009-10 we operated over 550 community and employment services from 350 sites in metropolitan, rural and regional Australia. Our ...