WELCOME
It’s been a tough year for our sector due to a pandemic environment, increased cost of living and workforce shortages at a time of increased service demand.
I am incredibly grateful for the commitment of our leaders and frontline staff for supporting the people we serve during this time and for the support of our partners, funders and collaborators. Together, we assisted 8,531 people in Victoria through 30 services that enable children, young people, families and communities to thrive.
This year we continued to pursue and refine our plans to grow our impact in Victoria through new services, innovation and partnerships, building on our State and National capability.
There are many wonderful achievements to celebrate over the year, but a few of the highlights:
- As Communities for Children facilitating partner, we engaged and consulted with children, families and local services in the City of Greater Dandenong to develop our 5-year Community Strategic Plan.
- Our Better Futures program continues to support young people exiting Out of Home Care towards independence.
- Partnerships with employers and Aboriginal communities are creating employment pathways for participants in the Disability Management Service program.
- Being selected to undertake the Navigator trial for young people aged 10 and 11 years.
- Expanding the L2P program to support more young people in the Wellington Shire of Gippsland.
The well-being and development of our people was more important than ever this year. We continued to support hybrid ways of working and flexible work practices.
I hope you will be inspired by the impact and stories in this year’s report knowing that your support makes this possible. We look forward to another year of assisting people in need together and striving towards an Australia where everyone has a safe home and can thrive.
Warm regards,
Together, we supported 8,531 Australians in VIC on their journey towards independence last year.
Employment, education & training
5,793 people assisted
through 27 services
Community development
2,727 people assisted
through 2 service
Justice & corrections
11 people assisted
through 1 service
Our work in action
Mission Australia stands together with Australians in need, until they can stand for themselves.
Thank you for making our work possible this year.
Driving excellence
Our Impact Measurement Program helps us understand how our 78 homelessness services improve the lives of the people and communities we serve. We measure our impact by asking the people we help about their housing and wellbeing when they start a service and when they exit.
Funded by the Federal and State Governments, our services provide support to people who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Our impact measurement data shows that when people left a service, they were more satisfied with their personal wellbeing than at the start.
92% of people at risk of homelessness at entry were in secure and stable accommodation at exit.*
*All closed cases who at service entry were at risk of homelessness and who exited between July 2021 and June 2022 (n=2204). Data for secure and stable housing (n=1854).
^Matched data collected from July 2021 to June 2022 (n=389) compared to Australian population normative range.
1Deakin University and Australian Unity Limited. (2021). Australian Unity Wellbeing Index - Appendices 38. Subjective wellbeing in Australia during the second year of the pandemic. Geelong: Australian Centre on Quality of Life, School of Psychology, Deakin University
Financial summary
Thank you for your generosity
Our people
Our staff
Our volunteers
We thank our 759 selfless volunteers, who over the last financial year generously contributed almost 22,447 hours in support of our staff and the people we serve.
More inspirational stories
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