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1. 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 Community Fun Day. The Federal Minister for Human Services, Senator ...

2. ‘Rediscover the real you’: George shares how he beat his gambling problem
(Daily News/Blog)

Given it’s Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, we’d like to share an inspirational letter recently sent to a Mission Australia’s Gambling Counsellor. Written from the heart, it beautifully sums up George’s ...

3. A big hand for our wonderful volunteers
(Daily News/Blog)

Here at Mission Australia we want to take this opportunity 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 ...

4. Responsible Gambling Awareness Week: Seniors at risk
(Daily News/Blog)

More seniors are turning to gambling to escape boredom, loneliness or the recent loss of a loved one, says Mission Australia’s ACT Gambling Counselling and Support Service Counsellor Karen Rendall. Ms ...

5. Triple Care Farms students give back to local community
(Daily News/Blog)

... identity. National Volunteer Week 14 – 20 May Every week hundreds of people from all walks of life donate their time, knowledge and energy to help Mission Australia create a fairer Australia. Find out ...

6. “Gambling. If you have to lie, we need to talk.”
(Daily News/Blog)

... with the beginning of 2012 Responsible Gambling Awareness Week (14-20 May). Team Leader of Mission Australia Gambling Counselling and Support Services in the ACT, Christina Sanchez, acknowledges the ...

7. New SA program aims to help youth feel good about their bodies
(Daily News/Blog)

... about what they see and hear in the media and public arena, allowing them to make informed and healthy choices. The program will run for 10 weeks culminating in a peer-lead Body Image Forum in Adelaide ...

8. Working families losing grip on secure housing
(News/MA Newsletter)

... kids applying for the same handful of properties, Rob and Jenny’s family felt they were being pushed to the bottom of the list. After a few weeks of fruitless searching, they came to the devastating ...

9. Aim’n High (VIC)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... meet the demands of parenthood and study. Young mothers attend the Aim’n High program four days a week and receive practical assistance, including: VCE classes Homework support  High-quality ...

10. Children busy renovating in the playground
(Daily News/Blog)

...  Centre Director Fiona Leonard told last week’s Lake Mail that “it’s all about building connections between children and nature. All of the kids love helping to shovel bark and put rocks in place.” ...

11. Winter Sleepout 2012: get involved!
(News/MA Newsletter)

Each year thousands of people swap their warm beds for sleeping bags for just one night to get an idea of what it’s like to be homeless. Held during National Homeless Persons’ Week, from 6 to 12 August, ...

12. Our Roma House adventurers scale new heights
(Daily News/Blog)

... adventure followed a kayaking expedition at Currumbin last week. Both activities were part of Roma House’s bush therapy program to empower people to overcome the challenges that led to their homelessness. ...

13. Attack on homeless man highlights dangers of rough sleeping
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s Michael Project report, released last week, indicated the high incidence of traumatic experience, including serious physical assault, among people who are homeless. Today’s news about ...

14. Winter Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... and her young family. Brenda and her children spent two weeks on a relative’s living room floor, then five nights in a motel until their money ran out, followed by a dreadful week sleeping in the ...

15. Winter Phone Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... and her young family. Brenda and her children spent two weeks on a relative’s living room floor, then five nights in a motel until their money ran out, followed by a dreadful week sleeping in the ...

16. Society will be judged by how it deals with homelessness, researcher says
(Daily News/Blog)

An eminent US researcher into homelessness this week told guests at the launch of Mission Australia’ Michael Project report he believed our society will be judged by how well we supported homeless people. ...

17. Soulful Gabby takes out 2012 Urban Quest title
(Daily News/Blog)

Congratulations to 17-year-old Gabby Wright, who last night won Mission Australia’s Urban Quest NT youth talent competition at a National Youth Week celebration concert in Darwin. Gabby stole the show ...

18. 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 opportunity ...

19. Brother against sister in the Urban Quest Semi-Finals
(Daily News/Blog)

... 13 April. The event also kicks off Youth Week 2012. Everyone is welcome! If you plan to be in Darwin this weekend, you can also experience the excitement of the Urban Quest Finals for yourself. Buy ...

20. ‘We've got our son back’: parents praise DAYS in open letter
(Daily News/Blog)

...  “While with them he went through detox and then into a live-in rehab centre. The whole process went for about 15 weeks. They provide counselling, activities and medical advice. He came through this a ...

21. Deni Hines gives words of wisdom to Urban Quest singers
(Daily News/Blog)

... to help young Territorians build self-esteem and confidence through music. The Urban Quest Semi -Final gets underway at 4pm at Casuarina Square on Friday 13 April. The event also kicks off Youth Week for ...

22. Newly graduated U-Turn crew makes the pages of Top Gear
(Daily News/Blog)

... visited the U-Turn headquarters in the Hobart suburb of Moonah to talk to staff as well as students about this innovative program that includes a 10-week automotive training course in car maintenance and ...

23. CYI postcards celebrate transformative power of art
(Daily News/Blog)

The theme for this year’s upcoming Youth Week - ‘Imagine, create, inspire’ - echoes the philosophy of Mission Australia’s Creative Youth Initiatives (CYI) service, currently being celebrated ...

24. Beswick to host region’s first footy final for young women
(Daily News/Blog)

...  Last week, players and spectators caught up after the game over food prepared by young residents at a local hostel. “It was just another way to get local young people engaged and involved in their ...

25. Our new baby playgroup proves popular with Inala families
(Daily News/Blog)

Staff and families at Mission Australia’s Communities for Children service in Inala, Queensland, have celebrated National Playgroup Week at their free weekly Baby Playgroup. The Communities for ...