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1.
Living with teens - north-west Sydney information nights
(Daily News/Blog)
... a free series of information nights for parents living with teenagers. The program will provide parents and carers with an opport
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y to listen to local speakers on the topics of transitions, body image, ...
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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Miller Pathways celebrate Families Week
(Daily News/Blog)
Mission Australia’s child and family service in the Liverpool area, Miller Pathways, celebrated Families Week on Friday by hosting a free Comm
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y Fun Day. The Federal Minister for Human Services, Senator ...
Monday, 21 May 2012
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A big hand for our wonderful volunteers
(Daily News/Blog)
Here at Mission Australia we want to take this opport
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y in National Volunteers Week to express our deep appreciation of the work our band of volunteers do. Every week hundreds of people from all walks ...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
4.
What drives our Home Tutor Scheme volunteers to give?
(Daily News/Blog)
... time to ask some of our dedicated Home Tutor Scheme volunteers what motivated them to volunteer – and what they get out of it. Based in Sydney, the Home Tutor Scheme matches volunteers from the comm
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y ...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
5.
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week: Seniors at risk
(Daily News/Blog)
... “SMART Recovery” support group, family support group and, talks and presentations to the comm
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y. Where to get help There are a number of support services available to people with a gambling ...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
6.
Going Places up for Workplace Innovation Award
(Daily News/Blog)
Mission Australia’s Going Places service in Cairns, which helps disadvantaged locals to find and sustain housing, has been named as a finalist in the 2012 Health and Comm
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y Services Workforce Innovation ...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
7.
Triple Care Farms students give back to local community
(Daily News/Blog)
Students from Mission Australia’s Triple Care Farm recently found out that voluntary acts of kindness in the comm
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y can bring rewards. Eighteen students from Triple Care Farm’s residential program ...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
8.
Cautious support for Budget, but more to do
(Daily News/Blog)
... accurate unemployment forecast. Mission Australia’s CEO, Toby Hall, also expressed his disappointment at the missed opport
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y to tackle homelessness and place it at the forefront of the national agenda. ...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
9.
Working families losing grip on secure housing
(News/MA Newsletter)
... of New South Wales, and were very settled in their comm
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y. Rob worked locally, which meant he was always home for tea and to help the kids with their homework. When Jenny was told she was pregnant ...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
10.
Junaa Buwa! Centre for Youth Wellbeing (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)
... Buwa!, to ensure they can smoothly move back into the comm
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y and into work or study. Junaa Buwa! is funded by the NSW Government’s Attorney General’s Department. It accepts referrals from Juvenile ...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
11.
Get a headstart in the City2Surf Gold Charity
(Daily News/Blog)
... website, email comm
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yfundraising@missionaustralia.com.au or call 02 9219 8016 Running in another city? You can run for Mission Australia in a number of events around the country. Simply register and ...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
12.
Aim’n High (VIC)
(Community Services/Community Services)
... to become positive role models for their children. Aim’n High is funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Connections
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ing Care and the School Focused Youth Service. ...
Monday, 07 May 2012
13.
Geni’s story
(News/MA Newsletter)
... to flee, your comm
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y bribes officials to release you. They drop you and your children at the border, leaving you stranded in the desert with five hungry mouths to feed. This, this is the real-life ...
Monday, 07 May 2012
14.
The cost of homelessness
(News/MA Newsletter)
... They also improved their connection to the comm
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y around them. In addition to these changes, the men were also much less likely to access health and justice services. After one year, the money ...
Monday, 07 May 2012
15.
Insight with Cheryl O’Donnell, Southern NSW Community Services Operations Manager
(News/MA Newsletter)
... from the livestock sales every day, talking about the low prices and the suicides occurring out of utter despair. I realised I wanted to get back into comm
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y welfare, where I began. Within three days ...
Monday, 07 May 2012
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MA Housing celebrates first anniversary at its Blacktown base
(Daily News/Blog)
MA Housing yesterday marked a year since moving into its Blacktown offices with a comm
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y celebration that included the city’s Mayor Councillor Alan Pendleton. Last year MA Housing, which is part ...
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
17.
Government to establish new Children’s Commissioner role
(Daily News/Blog)
... and programs.” The Minister for Families, Comm
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y Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin said establishing a Federal Children’s Commissioner was key action under the Government’s National Framework ...
Monday, 30 April 2012
18.
Our Roma House adventurers scale new heights
(Daily News/Blog)
... program. They also met Queensland Minister for Comm
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ies, Child Safety and Disability Services, the Hon. Tracy Davis MP, who saw first-hand the impact this innovative program had on lives. The abseiling ...
Friday, 27 April 2012
19.
Attack on homeless man highlights dangers of rough sleeping
(Daily News/Blog)
... more likely to be housed, half as likely to feel isolated from the comm
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y and three times more likely to be employed. Timely, tailored support To learn more about The Michael Project’s success with ...
Thursday, 26 April 2012
20.
A reminder to bet with your head on Anzac Day
(Daily News/Blog)
While Anzac Day is a day of reflection, it’s also synonymous with gambling – with games of traditional two-up and AFL and NRL commemorative clashes providing plenty of opport
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ies to punt. Karen Rendall, ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Society will be judged by how it deals with homelessness, researcher says
(Daily News/Blog)
... the comm
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y services sector, academics, Mission Australia staff, people who had taken part in The Michael Project and supporters. Dr Culhane said he was particularly impressed by the comm
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y participation ...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
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Thanks to the men from The Michael Project for sharing their stories
(Daily News/Blog)
... hard alcohol, and was sleeping in crisis accommodation in 2009, is now sober and living in his own
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. He has run the City 2 Surf every year since joining the project and volunteers at the local Foodbank: ...
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
23.
Report finds new homeless service model saves money, changes lives
(Daily News/Blog)
... after a year in the program the men: Reduced their hospitalisation rate from four to 1.7 times that of the general population. Reported they were half as likely to feel isolated from the comm
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y ...
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
24.
Soulful Gabby takes out 2012 Urban Quest title
(Daily News/Blog)
... said she was amazed with the wealth of talent they had discovered through the Urban Quest program. “This has been a wonderful opport
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y for Mission Australia to work with young people in Darwin, Palmerston, ...
Monday, 16 April 2012
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Robbie’s going across the Gobi for Australians in need
(Daily News/Blog)
... with a week’s supplies. Oh yeah!” How you can help a man on a Mission Although The Gobi March is not a charity event, Robbie has declared 2012 to be his “year of giving”, so saw the trek as a great opport
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y ...
Friday, 13 April 2012
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