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1. Gambling won’t pay the New Year bills
(Daily News/Blog)

... to fill a core need and can become increasingly hard to resist. The gambler may find they are gambling to combat boredom, to forget troubles, escape from problems or because they believe that gambling ...

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

... started volunteering with Mission Australia I was extremely shy and had trouble holding down a conversation. I recently started working in the op shop. This has been wonderful. It has built my confidence, ...

3. NEIS helps Dang grow fruitful business
(Daily News/Blog)

... in my native Thailand. Hence I had an overall understanding of running a small business. But I still had trouble with the small business course because I cannot read English. So an interpreter was arranged ...

4. The case for a brighter future
(Community Services/Community Services)

... with potential, a good school girl, didn’t get into much trouble. I loved looking after children and babysitting for some weekend pocket money. “Then it all changed after one night, when I met the man ...

5. Lumped with debt
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  Watch the ‘Lumped with debt’ video Related coverage:  The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney housing supply in ‘dire trouble’ It takes more than eight times the average annual income to buy an average ...

6. 6.30 With George Negus, Channel 10: Media coverage: Lumped with debt
(Daily News/Blog)

... coverage:  The Sydney Morning Herald -Sydney housing supply in ‘dire trouble’ It takes more than eight times the average annual income to buy an average Sydney home, according to a report by a housing ...

7. Help them, don't lock them away
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  Instead of treating them as criminals, these programs help troubled young people learn how to make a positive contribution to the community and change their lives for the better. Early-intervention ...

8. Media coverage - Courier Mail: Help them, don't lock them away
(Daily News/Blog)

... help troubled young people learn how to make a positive contribution to the community and change their lives for the better. Early-intervention programs take this a step further, by working to prevent ...

9. Early help is best way for juveniles
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... if they take into account their culture and background. Instead of labelling them as criminals, the programs help troubled youth learn to make a positive contribution to the community and change their ...

10. Media coverage - Cairns Post: Early help is best way for juveniles
(Daily News/Blog)

... as criminals, the programs help troubled youth learn to make a positive contribution to the community and change their lives for the better. This is a good result, not just for the young person, but for ...

11. International Youth Day – a chance to help young people reconnect
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... some of the most vulnerable young people in our communities – people who have often lost touch with their families, disengaged with education and found themselves homeless or, worse, in trouble with the ...

12. Former homeless speak out
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... downward spiral… “He lost his job in a merger. He didn't have a college degree, so he had trouble finding another job. Then, his house burned down. He didn't have insurance, so he lived in a shed behind ...

13. Fighting the drop-out factor
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... where he tried trades such as metal fabrication and furniture-making. Now 16, he says he and some friends started to get into trouble in year 9 and left Craigieburn Secondary College that year. "The ...

14. 60 seconds with… Sharyn Brown
(Daily News/Blog)

... for young people is communicating with other agencies and getting their point across. I don't think youth are always heard. We work with 'at risk' young people who come from troubled backgrounds. They ...

15. Case study: Liz, Chigwell House
(Daily News/Blog)

... also offers low-cost temporary housing for those at risk of homelessness through 14 units on site. Hobart mum of four, Liz, was having trouble coping as a parent. Liz's five year old daughter, Hayley*, ...

16. Woman’s Day shares a Macarthur Christmas miracle
(Daily News/Blog)

... Mischa, 5, both have autism. Watching them laugh and play together is something their mother had never thought was possible, given that children with autism often have trouble relating to others or expressing ...

17. Things looking up for Urban Descent
(Daily News/Blog)

... troubled young people aged 16 to 24. ...

18. A refuge from home
(Daily News/Blog)

... the services of Nightspot.   Natalie's story Natalie was in trouble, and it had come at the worst possible time. After escaping from her violent home in Queensland, she was then suddenly forced from ...

19. Shane turns his life around
(Daily News/Blog)

Shane*, who had been diagnosed with ADHD, had little interest in school. By the age of 14, he had disengaged from mainstream education and was getting himself in trouble with the police. He first heard ...

20. Help transform a troubled young life - 2010 Spring Appeal launched today
(Daily News/Blog)

Today Mission Australia launched an appeal to raise money for young people battling severe issues such as mental health disorders and substance abuse. An alarming 40% of young Australians aged 16 to ...

21. Help transform a troubled young life today
(Community Services/Community Services)

... in reaching out to emotionally hurt and troubled young people. Creative Youth Initiatives (CYI), is a unique service that provides free creative programs for young people aged 16 - 25 who are facing ...

22. On your marks, get set, JUMP!
(Daily News/Blog)

... the Triple Care Farm, which provides an environment of peace and healing for emotionally hurt and troubled young people aged 16 to 24. Details for Urban Descent: Date: Friday 22nd October 2010 ...

23. Mission Australia launches 2010 Youth Appeal
(Daily News/Blog)

... with their families or a troubled group of friends, it can be easy for them to get stuck in a destructive lifestyle. The statistics are troubling when one in four* Australians aged 14 to 19 have used ...

24. We must act now to save a lost generation
(Daily News/Blog)

... in a car, spraying graffiti and getting into trouble with the law. Marcus realised he was headed down a road that would destroy his life and decided to take action. He tried to give up drugs on this own, ...

25. Workplace Giving
(Partnerships/Corporate Partnerships)

... programs helping troubled youth transform their lives - to find out more click here. Support another area of Mission Australia’s work transforming the lives of Australians in need - please contact our ...