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1. What drives our Home Tutor Scheme volunteers to give?
(Daily News/Blog)

... by Mission Australia. Lessons are one-on-one and held in the students' homes. Over the years we’ve received plenty of great news stories from volunteers like the following women:   Belinda Belinda ...

2. Going Places up for Workplace Innovation Award
(Daily News/Blog)

... for its mentoring component. Going Places is a Queensland Government-funded program that offers housing assistance to single men and women, young people, couples and families in Cairns who are experiencing ...

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

... to move through adolescence and beyond as a skillful and confident person. In 2011, Mission Australia’s National Survey of Young Australians found young South Australian women registered their ...

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

... Australia Early Learning Service centre in Doveton, while their children receive high-quality care. Aim'n High also provides intensive case management and parenting education to help the young women ...

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

... the art of four Creative Youth Initiatives graduates. The artworks include a cheeky take on Picasso’s ‘Two Women Running On The Beach’ that’s set in a skate park, a pencil drawing of a head in profile ...

6. Beswick to host region’s first footy final for young women
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Mission Australia is encouraging Northern Territory footy fans to head to Beswick on Wednesday to see the women’s home team take on Barunga. The top of the Under 15 years Women’s AFL NT table clash features ...

7. Twenty young Territorians set for Urban Quest semi-finals
(Daily News/Blog)

With all the Urban Quest NT heats done and dusted, 20 talented young performers are busy preparing for the competition’s next exciting stage – the semi-finals. This year young women are dominating the ...

8. ABC video shows Going Places housing program getting results in Cairns
(Daily News/Blog)

... Government-funded program offers housing assistance to single men and women, young people, couples and families experiencing chronic homelessness. Its “housing-first” approach means the first priority ...

9. Photo essay focuses on homeless women who ‘deserve better’
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Mission Australia understands only too well that there is not “typical” face of homelessness – it can affect people of all backgrounds, genders and ages. To mark International Women’s Day The Global ...

10. 'Connecting girls, inspiring futures’ on International Women's Day
(Daily News/Blog)

Today Mission Australia joins organisation's worldwide in marking the 101st International Women's Day, which celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women and highlights remaining ...

11. Celebrating A Safe Place for Change
(Community Services/Community Services)

... for training and further study were presented to graduates by Hays Recruitment, the Bowral Branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) and the Jamberoo CWA. Kiama Rotary Club also gave out the Fred ...

12. Young mums are aiming for success
(Community Services/Community Services)

... in Aim’n High is voluntary – Ashlee and the other students became involved because they wanted to be positive role models for their children. Excelling in their studies, the young women are well and ...

13. Roar and Mission Australia kick off Indigenous jobs program
(Daily News/Blog)

... Women’s and Youth teams will mentor participants to help them achieve their employment goals.  “This exciting partnership with the Brisbane Roar is about providing lasting employment opportunities ...

14. U-Turn gift to Chigwell pensioner warms hearts in Hobart
(Daily News/Blog)

... and spray-painting, and five weeks learning mechanical skills. On graduation, students often pursue a Certificate II in welding or automotive mechanical. Young men and women participating in U-Turn also ...

15. CEO CookOff goes down a treat!
(Daily News/Blog)

... Women in Support Housing and MA Housing tenants, as well as other Sydney-based not-for-profits. They sat down at long banquet tables with community services workers from a range of organisations as well ...

16. Young mums tell Women’s Weekly why they’re Aim’n High
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Young mothers from Mission Australia’s Aimin’ High program in Melbourne’s south-east have told this month's Australian Women’s Weekly how the educational program has changed their lives for the better. ...

17. Going Places (QLD)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... which was launched in November 2011, Going Places offers housing assistance to single men and women, young people, couples and families experiencing chronic homelessness. They may be sleeping rough or ...

18. Employment projects restore hope to SA Riverland
(Daily News/Blog)

... women of varying ages – working on local regeneration projects, including tree planting and home beautification work. On completing the 12-month traineeship, he will receive Conservation and Land Management ...

19. Triple Care Farm graduates celebrate fresh start
(Daily News/Blog)

... by the Bowral Branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) and the Jamberoo CWA, while Kiama Rotary Club gave out the Fred Wynne Memorial Award and an encouragement award. Fit for Good CEO Lisa Champion ...

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

... with Mission Australia’s own experiences. Our data suggests that single women with children and families are likely to have the most difficulty in accessing accommodation due to a lack of capacity. “Anecdotally, ...

21. Gifts still needed for Perth’s Christmas Lunch in the Park guests
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Mission Australia still needs to collect approximately 1,000 more presents to hand out to men and women at our 36th annual Christmas Lunch in the Park.  Up to 2,000 people will attend the Christmas Day ...

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

... of flexibility in the workplace. Almost 80 per cent of our staff are women and we allow people to work part-time, work from home when needed and we generally try to accommodate people wherever we can." Mission ...

23. Missionbeat nurse makes ‘sydney’ magazine’s influence list
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... Hospital and Mission Australia to provide frontline medical care for the many men and women who sleep rough in the city's streets. Since 2008 he has been working alongside Missionbeat's Community Service ...

24. Young mums tell Sunrise they’re Aim’n High
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... response to the high number of teenage mums dropping out of school in Melbourne’s south-east. Beginning in mid 2011, Aim’n High is helping 13 young women to maintain their studies ‘off campus’ while ...

25. Crafty Chef wins our inaugural National Employer Award
(Daily News/Blog)

... with over 75 years’ experience in waste management. In the past year the company has helped to transform the lives of 22 female job seekers through The Women Take the Wheel Program, which resulted in participants ...