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1. Together we can tackle housing shortage: MA Housing Chief
(Daily News/Blog)

... borrowing against its properties, Britain's community housing sector has raised additional funds in excess of £40 billion ($59 billion) for the delivery of social housing, affordable housing and urban ...

2. Coastal Sydney Aboriginal Tenancy Support Service (CSTSS) (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... that make them vulnerable to homelessness. Clients may receive any or all of the following services: Tenancy management plan Ongoing in-home supports Psychological social supports Advocacy assistance ...

3. Our partners
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... in 2003 to assist research into key social issues confronting Australian society. The partnership is now entering its fourth year with a strong continued commitment to funding the Research and Social ...

4. Wollongong youth get a helping hand from jobs workshop
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... provide some great advice on the ups and downs of looking for a job. For example, we have a social media expert who’ll talk to the young people about how the things you add to your social networking site ...

5. Executive Leadership Team (ELT)
(Pathways/About Us)

... most successful regeneration companies, prior to moving to Australia in 2007. In late 2009, after two years in development consultancy advising on affordable and social housing, urban renewal and partnerships, ...

6. 2020 Strategy
(Pathways/About Us)

... for all our stakeholders. Sustainable growth By focusing on new business that is financially, socially and environmentally sustainable, we will strengthen our capacity to help Australians in need. ...

7. Snapshot of nation’s housing supply ‘depressing reading’
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... of the nation’s housing profile.  “If there was any further evidence needed that Australia’s housing situation is in very bad shape, then this is it,” said Mission Australia’s head of social policy, ...

8. Our social enterprises
(Pathways/About Us)

Mission Australia’s operates several social enterprises - business ventures that also aim to achieve a social outcome – including:   Charcoal Lane  Based in Melbourne’s Fitzroy, Charcoal Lane specialises ...

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

... and the majority of all people turned away were female. Mission Australia’s General Manager, Social Advocacy and Public Affairs, Eleri Morgan-Thomas, said the knowledge that the majority were family ...

10. Staff on a mission all pull together
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Learning. Subsequently, Mission Australia joined with the Benevolent Society,the Brotherhood of St Laurence and Social Ventures Australia in establishing Goodstart Early Learning, which now operates 661 ...

11. Mission Australia places millionth job seeker
(Daily News/Blog)

... period of time due to anxiety and depression, as well as a sleep disorder. He felt socially isolated and disconnected from his community. Mission Australia Employment Solutions staff at Maroondah in ...

12. Missionbeat nurse makes ‘sydney’ magazine’s influence list
(Daily News/Blog)

... Workers to help meet the medical, social, mental health and housing needs of homeless people - some who have been living on the streets for decades. Paul featured in the ‘Altruists’ category of the ‘sydney’ ...

13. Aherlkeme life skills celebration
(Daily News/Blog)

... social wellbeing and visitor management and provides tenants with an opportunity to develop the skills they need to transition to public housing and maintain a good tenancy. Alice Springs Mayor Damian ...

14. We love our Big Hearted volunteers
(Daily News/Blog)

... a range of social enterprises that provide local jobs and reduce landfill. Among them is the Soft Landing mattress recycling operation and Featherweight, which produces padded sports equipment using old ...

15. Young people stressing about study
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... before. Interviewed on this morning’s ABC News Breakfast program, Mission Australia’s General Manager Social Advocacy and Public Affairs Eleri Morgan-Thomas said that anxiety about school or study and ...

16. Sustainable growth
(Pathways/About Us)

One of our 2020 organisational goals is to become financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. We will achieve this by honing our business focus and strengthening our capability to support people ...

17. Working smarter
(Pathways/About Us)

By focusing on new business that is financially, socially and environmentally sustainable, we will strengthen our capacity to help Australians in need.   As of June 2011, Mission Australia had 3,551 ...

18. Service excellence
(Pathways/About Us)

... families and healthy, happy children Mission Australia believes all Australian children should experience a safe, healthy and happy childhood and that providing opportunities for emotional, social and ...

19. Lead experts
(Pathways/About Us)

... the media and wider community.   A national voice for change In 2011 the need to identify and respond to social needs in a more focused manner led to the formation of our Social Advocacy and Public ...

20. Resolve to help at-risk Queenslanders stay housed
(Daily News/Blog)

Social housing tenants at risk of homelessness due to mental illness will get extra support to remain in secure accommodation thanks to a new Queensland Government initiative delivered by Mission Australia. ...

21. A fresh start for Goodstart
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Society, Mission Australia, the Brotherhood of St Laurence and Social Ventures Australia – formed a consortium to operate former ABC Learning centres. ABC Learning went into voluntary liquidation in ...

22. Calculate your household carbon price on new interactive site
(Daily News/Blog)

... by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), of which Mission Australia is a member, consumer advocate CHOICE and The Climate Institute. Designed to offer relevant and easy-to-understand information ...

23. Common Ground Sydney supportive housing initiative opens doors
(Daily News/Blog)

Sydney’s landmark supportive housing initiative – Common Ground Sydney – was opened today by the Federal Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Senator Mark Arbib, the NSW Minister for Community ...

24. Rebels with a cause
(Daily News/Blog)

... constructed by Mission Australia’s Urban Renewal social enterprise, to Hemmings Park. Players even manned the My Future Community Garden stall that had been set up in the Pop-Up Park to...Eight new RaboDirect ...

25. Featherweight packs a double whammy
(Daily News/Blog)

... a growing number of Mission Australia social enterprises based in the Illawarra that aims to tackle the two issues of waste and local unemployment, Featherweight was officially launched on Tuesday at an ...