Mission Australia

1. Stand up and speak out - response to Timana Tahu's Origin resignation
(Daily News/Blog)

For those of you in AFL States, the eastern seaboard has been rocked over race related statements by Andrew Johns at the training camp for the State of Origin. Over the weekend, Timana Tahu quit the ...

2. Australians unleash their creative potential and raise funds for Creative Youth Initiatives
(Daily News/Blog)

Keep an eye out for a feature in today’s Weekend Australian Magazine on the recent American Express Festival of Potential, which raised a donation of $75,000 to support Mission Australia’s Creative ...

3. Chigwell House (TAS)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... of homelessness.  The service operates on weekends and evenings providing supported referral to traditional support services.  Please contact Chris on 0407 866 107. Youth Connections (YC) is a new ...

4. Triple Care Farm (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... cottages  Outings to the movies, bowling etc Weekend activities such as canoeing, hiking, mountain bike riding, caving, going to the beach Work with the farm's animals, with help from Farmer Tom ...

5. Ambassadors
(Pathways/About Us)

... My Generation for MCM Entertainment syndicated to 105 stations around Australia on the Gold Network every weekend. It is the second biggest syndicated show in Australia and will continue to grow in 2008. ...

6. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

...  Activity: Painting Date: Weekends only Time: TBC Volunteers: 10-12 Financial cost estimate: $400-$600 Location: Warnbro, WA Client Group: Families & Children Help create a welcoming natural ...

7. Mission Australia joins industry and government at the Social Innovation Summit
(News/Media Releases Archive)

It is one of the frustrations of our society that for all of our knowledge and progress, we can not seem to fix the entrenched disadvantage that permeates much of our community. Last weekend, 50 people ...

8. Mission Australia supports local music in the south
(News/Media Releases Archive)

The best live bands in the southern suburbs will compete against each other in the Battle of the Bands staged by Mission Australia’s Reynella Enterprise and Youth Centre (REYC) over the October long weekend. ...

9. Homeless youth on the rise in Tasmania
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... each weekend. “The main issues for the young people we see are homelessness, no participation in education or employment, poor physical and mental health, family breakdown and lack of hygiene. “Alarmingly ...

10. Youth Beat service highlights concerns for young Tasmanians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Noel Mundy said the Youth Beat program, which sees on average around 300-350 young people each weekend, is a mobile after hours outreach van providing support, referrals and information to the young people ...

11. Youth Beat service to help young Tasmanians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... on Friday and Saturday evenings as well as during the day on weekends. Follow up referrals will then occur on Monday’s and Tuesdays.” Mr Mundy said through activity based engagement Mission Australia ...

12. Tasmanian youth wanted for mobile arts competition
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... service on Friday and Saturday evenings as well as during the day on weekends. Follow up referrals will then occur on Monday’s and Tuesdays. “Mission Australia hopes the Youth Beat program will engage ...

13. Backyard footy competition takes game back to grassroots in SA's mid north
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Finals footy fever is coming to South Australia’s Mid North this weekend but the groundbreaking Jamestown Backyard Football League won’t be calling on local footy champions to pull on their boots for the ...

14. Rock Adelaide's South to 'Make Poverty History'
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Finding Grace and Hair on Fire - will be strutting their stuff between 2-6 pm to promote the cause. The event will also promote this weekend’s STAND UP Against Poverty, part of the Global Call to Action ...

15. Music leaders and new bands unite to 'Stage Against the Machine'
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... weekend extravaganza follows the success of a range of Stage Against the Machine open microphone sessions at the Reynella Centre, a partnership between Mission Australia and the City of Onkaparinga. “We ...