Celebrating your impact

Thanks for helping families with nowhere to go

When a combination of distressing life events left Janelle* without a safe place to stay, your support was life-changing. Thanks for helping Janelle’s little family secure a safe place to call home. Thanks to you, Janelle’s family is together again.

Miracles really do happen..."Janelle 

Read Read Janelle’s story

Your support makes a difference. Together, we helped:

Roger isn’t just living. He's thriving, thanks to you!

Roger*, 28, had never experienced homelessness before his struggle with mental health. A lack of support meant he was extremely vulnerable to homelessness. With the right support services, Roger had a chance to turn his life around and step towards independence. Today, Roger is standing on his own two feet again. Thank you for helping people like Roger thrive!

Celebrate Roger’s journey

Your support helps young people like Moon find a safe home

Moon, 15, encountered homelessness for the first time during the pandemic. After leaving an unsafe home, Moon slept on a different couch every night. With your generosity, we worked together to help Moon find a safe place to call home.

Meet Moon

Honouring the life and generosity of Fred Kewley

Recently, Fred Kewley passed away after his 100th birthday, leaving a gift to Mission Australia in his Will.

Fred first donated to Mission Australia in 1992, when he heard about our work in the community. Seeing people in less fortunate situations, Fred was passionate about helping others, particularly families escaping domestic violence, and continued to support our work for over three decades.

Mission Australia looks after people who are at the bottom of the ladder, they get them back up again as well." Fred, proud Mission Australia supporter

We wouldn’t be able to do the work we do without the commitment of people like Fred.

We won’t forget your kindness. Thank you, Fred Kewley (1922-2022).

Learn more about gift in Wills

Thanks for giving young people a voice

The insights we gain from the Youth Survey – Australia’s largest online survey for people aged 15-19 years – helps us advocate on behalf of vulnerable young Australians.

Thanks to your support, our latest Youth Survey Report 2022^ reveals the top issues that young people faced in 2022.

Young people were most concerned about:

See the findings

Meet Crystal Taylor, our National Community of Focus Specialist

Community of Focus is about working together with people from all parts of a community to tackle complex challenges and create sustainable population-level change. In each Community of Focus people are facing multiple issues at the same time.

We know that their experience is the same across much of their community. Although much of the impact we aim to see is many years away, small sparks are already evident. In Cairns South, our first Community of Focus, the team is supporting multiple working clusters.

We’re seeing lots of ‘ah-ha’ moments and a shift in mindsets. By elevating local voices, and stimulating local leadership and aspirations, the community can take the lead in creating change, supported by our local teams.

Help a vulnerable family

Every gift you give has a life-changing impact on the people we care for. This year, will you extend your generosity to help mums like Melinda*?

Donate today

¹Mission Australia Annual Report 2022
^The Mission Australia Youth Survey includes responses from 18,800 young people between April and August 2022.
*Names and images have been changed to protect the identity of the people we help.