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25.01.2022 Do you want to be a vehicle for change? Can you help to slam the brakes on inequality? Join us online for a PitStop this Friday morning at 10.30 to hear inspiring stories of how young people's lives have been transformed by learning automotive and life skills through Hand Brake Turn. This event has been organised and run by RMIT University Youth Work Students who have seen firsthand the impact that Hand Brake Turn has on young people.... Show your support and spread the news widely. This is an online event not to be missed! To donate directly, go to: www.gofundme.com/f/hand-brake-turn-pitstop #Education #Automotive #Mechanic #YoungPeople #Hope #Future #YouthWork #HandBrakeTurn #PitStopFundraiser
25.01.2022 Heres some wonderful news that we can all celebrate together more than 2000 vulnerable Victorians housed temporarily in hotels will get ongoing housing options and support throughout the pandemic, and out the other side! This is an insightful and forward-thinking decision by the Victorian Government that will make such a difference for thousands of people experiencing homelessness, and bring hope for the future in the midst of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,... says Concern Australia CEO Michelle Crawford. Through the work of our Steps Outreach Service and Inside Out programs, we see firsthand the impact that insecure housing and homelessness has on young people. On their behalf, we say thank-you to the Victorian Government for this welcome announcement, and commit to working with the Government and other agencies to support young people throughout the process and into the future. For many years Concern Australia has particularly appreciated the advocacy and representation that Housing Minister Richard Wynne has made on behalf of disadvantaged Victorians. There is still much more to be done, but this is a huge step in the right direction. Dan Andrews Richard Wynne MP Ros Spence MP Tim Pallas Gabrielle Williams MP Katie Hall MP Natalie Suleyman MP - Electorate Office Ben Carroll MP Natalie Hutchins MP Council to Homeless Persons Launch Housing Australian Council of Social Service Victorian Government News State Government of Victoria #COVID19 #Homelessness #pandemic #crisis #accommodation #youngpeople #StepsOutreachService #InsideOut #SocialHousing #InThisTogether #Victoria #VictorianGovernment
25.01.2022 Stage 4 lockdown shouldn't be an obstacle to having fun and making a difference! Next week our friends from Rotary Northside are hosting an online trivia night, with all proceeds going to support our Steps Outreach Service as they walk with young people who experience homelessness. Don't miss out - register for your tickets now!
25.01.2022 If it wasnt for you, I wouldnt be alive. Hear powerful stories about how our Steps Outreach Service supports young people experiencing homelessness and provides a soft place to fall in this interview with Anne and Grace on the Community Heart with Paul & Mark radio show. Anne and Grace also give a real insight into the challenges that COVID-19 has created for young people who were already vulnerable, and the ways the Steps team has adapted so they can continue providin...g crucial support. The isolation is massive, says Grace. A lot of the young people we meet feel alone. Being in a room by yourself for the whole day takes its toll. Support vulnerable young people with a donation to Concern Australia on our website: www.concernaustralia.org.au #YoungPeople #StepsOutreachService #COVID19 #Pandemic #Homelessness #InThisTogether
24.01.2022 You can help young people like Jamie who are experiencing homelessness in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Donate now to support our Steps for Youth Homelessness Run Melbourne team: https://tinyurl.com/ya5fpoq7 The annual Run Melbourne event is vitally important because Steps doesnt receive Government funding, and its harder than ever to access grants because of COVID-19, Steps Outreach Service Manager Anne Mitchell said.... Its the main part of our fundraising for the year. Now, more than ever, young people need our help. We know people donate because they care. We know they want to be there for vulnerable young people right now, and supporting our team effort for Run Melbourne is a great way of doing this. #COVID19 #RunMelbourne2020 #YoungPeople #Homelessness #InThisTogether #StepsOutreachService
24.01.2022 The scaling back of JobSeeker is the worst Christmas gift Australia's vulnerable people can get. Join the #RaisetheRateforGood campaign and let the Federal Government know its not good enough. #RaiseTheRate #youngpeople #disadvantage
23.01.2022 We are so grateful to Jane and Igniting Change for their help and support of Concern Australia's homelessness program, Steps Outreach Service. They have helped Steps to support young people experiencing homelessness by connecting us with their networks of generous people and organisations who have donated groceries, care packs of toiletries, hand sanitiser and Easter eggs as well as financial support. Igniting Change and Jane really are helping us to make a difference!
23.01.2022 We're so pleased that we get to welcome Brendan Littlechild, our newest Board member, to the Concern Australia family in Reconciliation Week. Brendan, we're excited about what your contribution will bring to our work for young people and children, and for our reconciliation journey with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As we journey forward, we can work together to create a positive future that includes self-determination and prosperity for Aboriginal and Torres... Strait Islander people and communities, Brendan says. Find out more about Brendan in the article on our website #InThisTogether #ReconciliationWeek #Reconciliation #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #Youngpeople #Children Reconciliation Australia Reconciliation Victoria Indigenous Workforce Consulting Common Grace SURRENDER God's Squad CMC - Melbourne God's Squad CMC International Aboriginal Victoria Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency - VACCA Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc Dandenong & District Aborigines Co-operative Ltd Koorie Youth Council Australians Together Mahana Culture
23.01.2022 After 15 years of providing after-school care and school holiday programs to the children and families of the Collingwood Public Housing Estate, we have decided to pass the LiveWires program into the care of our community partner, drummond street services. Find out more in this statement on our website. Importantly, LiveWires will continue into the future, sustaining a highly-valued community service. ... We want to offer our gratitude to the key partner of the LiveWires program, the Yarra City Council, who have provided fantastic support and encouragement in the transition of the program to Drummond Street Services.
22.01.2022 For many young people who live life on the margins, things were already tough, and now they are getting even tougher. They're at risk of falling through the cracks without your help. You can give them hope for the future. Donate now to our end-of-financial-year appeal: www.concernaustralia.org.au/donate/... #EOFY #COVID19 #YoungPeople #Hope #Future
22.01.2022 Over the weekend our Run Melbourne team put in a massive (socially distanced) effort to raise almost $20,000 for the work of the Steps Outreach Service to support young people experiencing homelessness. You can tune in tonight at 7pm to hear all about it when Anne Mitchell and Grace Baulch will be on Community Heart with Paul & Mark on Northwest FM 98.9. They will also share how young people are faring during the pandemic and what the Steps Outreach Service is doing to provi...de support. Listen in on Facebook live at the Community Heart with Paul & Mark page, on the TuneIn.com website, or dial into 98.9FM on your radio in the metropolitan Melbourne area. Find out more about the stellar achievements of our Run Melbourne team in this story on our website: https://tinyurl.com/yygkm8qj #RunMelbourne #RunMelbourne2020 #YoungPeople #pandemic #COVID19 #InThisTogether #Homelessness #Hope
22.01.2022 Life in COVID-19 lockdown has looked different for people throughout the community. Some have been at home with families, some in share houses, and others have spent the time on their own. In our Inside Out houses, young people who have experienced challenging lives have been sharing lockdown with their live-in mentors. To help them cope with the inevitable cabin fever, our team of youth workers have been coming up with creative weekly challenges for the young people. They g...et points for each challenge, and the young person with the most points after lockdown finishes will receive a huge prize pack. We shared about the first challenge, the Bake-Off, a few weeks ago: https://tinyurl.com/ycpo7epl Since then, the young people have also taken part in: - Easter egg eating challenge - Spoken word/rap challenge - Graffiti/art competition - Garden ornament competition Theres more detail about these competitions below. These are just some of the ways that our team responds creatively to support the young people who come into our care. What creative things have you been doing during lockdown? Find out more about Inside Out: www.concernaustralia.org.au/inside-out/ THE COMPETITIONS Easter egg eating: Young people were given a chocolate bunny and asked to eat it in a creative way, with the fastest time winning the challenge. One young person hung theirs from a washing line and another dressed up as a rainbow to eat her egg - which she did in 15 seconds! Rap and spoken word: Young people were invited to create a spoken word piece or rap and perform it over video. Entries ranged from young people writing about their mental health and experience of isolation, asking their live-in mentors to perform for them, or sending through photos of their work. Graffiti: The young people were provided textas, colouring pencils and an A3 art book and encouraged to produce a piece of graffiti or art. Garden ornament: This challenge encouraged the young people to use what they have lying around the house and upcycle it into a creative garden ornament. #COVID19 #FlattenTheCurve #Lockdown #YoungPeople #Creativity #InsideOut
21.01.2022 With the rapid growth in cases across metropolitan Melbourne this week, todays announcement by the Premier and our desire to ensure the safety of our staff, volunteers and young people, we have made the decision to close our offices effective immediately. All staff are working from home with access to resources until further notice. Please contact 9470 2972 if you require more information. Stay safe, stay well, be kind. ... #youth #youngpeople #COVID
21.01.2022 At six months old, Crystal was removed from her mother and placed in foster care. At 16, she ran away and ended up living on the streets of Melbourne. Now Crystal is in stable accommodation, has completed an online course and is looking for work. The COVID-19 crisis could have caused another relapse, but support from our Steps Outreach Service team has helped her through it. With your support, she's looking to the future. Find out more about her story. ... Donate now: www.concernaustralia.org.au/donate/ Find out more about our end-of-financial-year appeal and give young people hope for the future: https://tinyurl.com/yb96y3oa #EOFY #Appeal #YoungPeople #Homelessness #Hope #Future #COVID19
20.01.2022 Vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are being hit hard by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. This Christmas, you can give them the gift of a changed future. Find out more and read stories of lives that have been changed: https://tinyurl.com/yya52k8a... Donate directly to the Christmas Appeal now: www.concernaustralia.org.au/donate/
20.01.2022 Were so very grateful for the way we're working together with others to support vulnerable young people during the pandemic. This week we'd like to acknowledge our partners at Better Than Nothing Masks. We ordered 100 of their handmade facemasks for our frontline youth workers in our Inside Out and Steps Outreach Service teams. These teams are classified as essential workers. The facemasks will enable them to continue to support vulnerable youth throughout the pandemi...c in a safe and sustainable way. The masks are being modelled by our CEO Michelle Crawford, and her husband, Alan. Check out Better Than Nothing Masks on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/better.than.nothing.masks #COVID19 #pandemic #Safety #PPE #facemasks #InThisTogether #generosity #StepsOutreachService #InsideOut
19.01.2022 Child Protection Week reminds us of the importance of Putting Children First. The pandemic is creating a perfect storm - increasing numbers of children and young people at risk, while the ability of child-focused organisations to provide support and protection is under threat. NOW is the time for action. There is much to be done to ensure that children and young people are kept safe during the pandemic, and that we BUILD BACK BETTER to ensure we all play our part in prote...cting children. Find out more, and get involved. #playyourpart #ncpw #ncpw20 #BuildBackBetter #EverybodysHome #HomeStretch #RaiseTheRateForGood #RaiseTheRate #Children #ChildProtection #YoungPeople Play Your Part Everybody's Home Raise the Rate The Home Stretch
19.01.2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on children and families, and the way that agencies in our sector support them. Were so proud of the way that Concern Australia staff in all our programs have adapted to the situation, keeping their focus on caring for vulnerable children and young people while staying safe and following all Government directions to prevent community transmission of the virus. Find out more about the impacts in this new report from the Centre for ...Excellence in Child and Family Welfare. #COVID19 #Pandemic #InThisTogether #Children #YoungPeople #Hope #StepsOutreachService #InsideOut #HandBrakeTurn Steps Outreach Service Hand Brake Turn
19.01.2022 Its been fantastic to be a part of the Youth Futures Summit this week, where we have heard from Prime Minister Scott Morrison (ScoMo), the leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese, and many YOUNG frontline experts, which was incredibly refreshing. Were pleased to hear many people talking about the importance of a national youth strategy, and the creation of an Office of Youth, to help shape a future full of hope and promise for Australias young people. Ross Gittins gives... a great overview of the issues facing young people in his column today. The Youth Commission has proposed a detailed youth futures guarantee laying out reforms and measures that would better support our young people in meeting the challenges they face. Challenged to respond to the proposal, Morrison was masterfully noncommittal. Find out more about the summit: https://youthfuturessummit.org.au/ Find out more about the National Youth Commission call for a Youth Futures Guarantee: https://tinyurl.com/y6gmdjaq #YFS2020 #YoungPeople #Education #Housing #Homelessness #Justice #future #hope #COVID19 #pandemic
19.01.2022 Yesterday’s Victorian State Budget had lots of good news for vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people. It included significant investments in mental health, Child Protection, residential and targeted care, employment opportunities and more. We’re particularly pleased with the commitment to the goals of The Home Stretch campaign to support young people 18 to 21 who have been living in out-of-home care. ... Paul McDonald, Chair of the Home Stretch coalition, called it the single most significant reform to child welfare in a generation that would halve the homeless rates of this group of young people. These announcements will go a long way to helping young people realise a hopeful future. There is much to be done, and we all need to play our part to support young people impacted by the fallout from the pandemic. That’s where you come in. You CAN make a difference. Donate to our Christmas Appeal now: www.concernaustralia.org.au/donate/ Find out more about why young people need your support: https://tinyurl.com/yya52k8a #TheHomeStretch #HomeStretch #MakeIt21 #YoungPeople #OutOfHomeCare #ChildProtection #pandemic #COVID19
14.01.2022 As Victoria moves into six weeks of stage 4 lockdown, were adapting daily to ensure that the most vulnerable young people in our community get the support that they need in the safest possible way. Find out what it means for our programs and the young people we support. And cupcakes. There's cupcakes. ... Hand Brake Turn Steps Outreach Service Values For Life #COVID19 #Pandemic #Lockdown #Vulnerable #YoungPeople #Hope #InsideOut #StepsOutreachService #HandBrakeTurn
13.01.2022 Today is International Youth Day. This years theme, Youth Engagement for Global Action, seeks to highlight the ways in which the voices of young people can be raised and heard at local, national and global levels to help create a better future for all. One of the ways were doing this at Concern Australia is by bringing the voices of young people to our Board of Directors. Recently Stephanie Armstrong, 24, and Nathan Linton, 24, joined the Board as Observers. Were lookin...g forward to the insight and wisdom they will bring to our governance conversations. Well introduce them to you all in more detail soon. International Youth Day is an important opportunity to celebrate and highlight young peoples voices, actions and initiatives. With the COVID-19 pandemic having a massive global and local impact on young people, their active involvement in our community life and how we navigate the ongoing challenges is more crucial than ever. Find out more about International Youth Day: https://tinyurl.com/yy8jpx8j #InternationalYouthDay #YouthDay #IYD2020 #YouthDay2020 #YoungPeople #Voice #Action #Listen #COVID19 #pandemic #UN75 #YouthEngagementForGlobalAction #Youth4GlobalAction
13.01.2022 The Prime Minister just announced a staged scaling back of the JobSeeker rate. Before the pandemic, the Newstart rate wasn't enough to live on. We can't risk going back to that rate. Join us to call on the Government to Raise the Rate for good so that everyone can put a roof over their head and food on the table.... Find out more on our website (link below ) or go straight to: https://raisetherate.org.au/ For more detailed analysis of the Prime Minister's announcement and the impact that it will have on vulnerable people, follow the latest posts from Australian Council of Social Service. #RaiseTheRate #RaiseTheRateForGood #pandemic #COVID19 #YoungPeople #Poverty #YouthAllowance #JobSeeker
13.01.2022 When Mason arrived for his first Hand Brake Turn class, it was difficult for him to see hope for the future. He was disengaged from his schooling and experiencing mental health challenges that led to violence and anger management issues. With support from our youth workers and trainers, we watched Mason develop into an excitable, enthusiastic young man who was setting goals to become a motor mechanic and eventually secured an apprenticeship. Your support helps young people ...like Mason find hope for the future. Find out more about his story Learn about our EOFY appeal and donate to make a difference: https://lnkd.in/gHi_ANE #EOFY #Appeal #HandBrakeTurn #YoungPeople #Automotive #Education #Hope #Future
11.01.2022 Our Run Melbourne team needs your help to hit their target! They need to raise $20,000 but with the virtual event happening this weekend, theyre still only at $13,000!!! The annual Run Melbourne event is one of the most crucial fundraising events for the Steps Outreach Service, raising vital money to support young people who are experiencing homelessness.... The COVID-19 pandemic has made fundraising very difficult, and life even harder for young people who are facing challenges. Our dedicated team have been training hard, and by themselves. They need your encouragement, and help to reach their target. Donate now to the Steps for Youth Homelessness team on the Everyday Hero page: https://tinyurl.com/ya5fpoq7 Find out more about how your donation will help young people like Jamie in this story on our website: https://tinyurl.com/y7kv4snv #RunMelbourne #RunMelbourne2020 #YoungPeople #Homelessness #Hope #COVID19 #pandemic #InThisTogether
11.01.2022 Today is national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day. Its a day to celebrate the children and young people of the oldest living culture in the world. This years theme is We are the elders of tomorrow, hear our voice".... With all Victorian school students on a study-free day as part of the move into Stage 4 lockdowns, now is a great time to take advantage of the activities available on the special Aboriginal Children's Day website: https://aboriginalchildrensday.com.au/activities/ #NATSIChildrensDay2020 #ChildrensDay2020 #EldersOfTomorrow #StrongInCulture #EldersOfTomorrow #ChildrensDay2020 #YoungPeople #Culture #respect
11.01.2022 We have been so delighted to see Government leaders take real action to support the vulnerable! Thank you to the Victorian Government for these commitments that will change lives and help our community build back better and stronger as we work together to recover from the impact of the pandemic. - $5.3 billion to be spent building more than 12,000 public housing homes over the next four years, creating 43,000 jobs: https://tinyurl.com/y3m8ruty... - $870 million overhaul of the mental health system, including investing $47.8 million into early intervention support for young people: https://tinyurl.com/y2agc6td #youngpeople #socialhousing #BuildSocialHousing #EverybodysHome #housing #Homelessness #MentalHealth #COVID19 #pandemic #economicrecovery #hope #future #InsideOut #StepsOutreachService Steps Outreach Service Dan Andrews Richard Wynne MP James Merlino Everybody's Home Council to Homeless Persons
09.01.2022 Nathan and Jesse are so chuffed to be graduating from Hand Brake Turn this week. And WE are so grateful for your amazing generosity this year donating to our EOFY and Crisis Appeals - we couldn't provide hope for the future for children and young people like Nathan and Jesse without you. Thanks for being a part of the Concern Australia family, we are truly making a difference together! ... #Thankyou #Appeal #Generosity #youngpeople
09.01.2022 Before doing the course I was in and out of school. I havent been to school in a while. Doing Hand Brake Turn, I learned how to do basic mechanics. Now I want to focus on school, and get a job working on cars." ~ Jesse, 16 July 15 is World Youth Skills Day. We're celebrating by applauding the two groups of young people who completed our Hand Brake Turn course in the gap between Stage 3 lockdowns. Celebrate with them, and find out more in this story ... #wysd #wysd2020 #skillskeepmoving #education #vocation #skills #career #automotive #mechanic #youth #youngpeople #COVID19
08.01.2022 Our teams keep adapting to support vulnerable young people during the pandemic. We recently introduced this Car Mechanic Simulator game for Hand Brake Turn students that they will use every Wednesday to continue their practical learning away from the workshop. Check out the video, turn up your speakers and start grooving!... Our trainers join the students online and repair and service cars in a virtual environment that builds their knowledge, skills and enthusiasm from the safety of their home and its fun! Who says you can't learn how to repair a car while in lockdown!?!? Many of our Hand Brake Turn students need the tailored, one-on-one attention and support provided by workshop classes with our trainers, and lockdowns have also highlighted the literacy and numeracy challenges that many face. This means that standard approaches to online learning, such as independent reading and writing based tasks, dont meet their needs. Car Mechanic Simulator is a wonderful innovation that helps overcome these challenges and keeps Hand Brake Turn students connected and engaged, helping to pave the way to a brighter future. Check out more videos, photos and learn more about the Car Mechanic Simulator here: https://tinyurl.com/ycg6k3vb Find out more about Hand Brake Turn: www.concernaustralia.org.au/hand-brake-turn/ Thank you so much to PlayWay and Red Dot Games for creating a program that is making such a practical difference to vulnerable young people during the pandemic. #YoungPeople #Automotive #Mechanic #Education #HandBrakeTurn #COVID19 #Pandemic #Innovation #Online #Simulator #VirtualLearning #OnlineLearning
06.01.2022 Today its R U OK Day and World Suicide Prevention Day! Every day is a day to start a conversation that could change a life. This is even more important during the current crisis when challenges to mental health are so much more heightened. ... At Concern Australia, we focus on the wellbeing and mental health of ourselves, colleagues and the young people we work with, daily asking R U OK? Our staff day this year was via Zoom, so we took the time to ask everyone R U OK? But its also important to learn what to ask next. Its not always easy to keep the conversation going when someone says theyre not OK, but it could change a life. When we know what to say next we can help someone open up and find pathways to support long before they're in crisis. Learn what to say next and help create a world in which we're all connected and protected from suicide. Visit www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask to get started and learn how to ask R U OK?, listen, encourage action and check in. And check out the resources for World Suicide Prevention Day at www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ Suicide Prevention Australia #RUOK #WSPD2020 #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #anxiety #depression #suicideprevention #mentalhealthmatters #beyondblue #ruokday #awareness #lifeline #selfcare #itsokaynottobeokay #mentalillness #suicideawareness #covid #hope #bekind #semicolon #positivevibes #wellbeing #quote #fitness #love #worldmentalhealthday #kindness #mentalhealthmonday
06.01.2022 Are you under 22 and looking for a creative outlet that makes a difference during Stage 4 lockdown? Check out the Steps Outreach Service Homelessness Photography Competition. There will be some great prizes on offer, and the best photos will have the potential to be selected for an exhibition and inclusion in a calendar. You can't take photos of people who are actually homeless, but it does mean that you can get your creative ideas flowing.... #Youngpeople #homeless #Homelessness #vulnerable #Hope #InThisTogether
06.01.2022 Its Indigenous Literacy Day! Its a great day to highlight the efforts of the The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the work that is being done to instill a love of reading in children from remote communities all across the continent. You can join in the celebrations at this live virtual event at 12.30pm today with Jessica Mauboy, Anita Heiss - Author, Andy Griffiths, Alison Lester, Shelley Ware and June Oscar AO. ... AND the event will also include kids and community members from Tiwi Islands and Jilkminggan in the Northern Territory and Bidyadanga in Western Australia sharing stories and the value of language. Find out more in this short video from Shelley Ware: https://tinyurl.com/yxluwvyt #FirstNations #IndigenousLiteracyDay #ILD2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #Reading #Education #Literacy #ReadingOpensDoors
04.01.2022 In this National NAIDOC Week, we acknowledge all First Nations people who have occupied and cared for this continent for more than 65,000 years, and particularly honour the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung peoples, on whose lands our offices are located. This year’s NAIDOC Week theme is ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’, recognising and celebrating this ongoing occupation of, connection to and care for country. This morning Concern Australia staff were privileged to hear fr...om our newly-appointed Board Member Brendan Littlechild from Indigenous Workforce Consulting who shared with us about his family story and his ancestry through the Narrunga and Ngarrindjeri peoples of South Australia. How are you marking NAIDOC Week? Find out more about NAIDOC Week 2020 here: www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/2020-theme Find out more about Brendan Littlechild on our website: https://tinyurl.com/yydmutbe Find out more about whose country you are on using the Native Land interactive map and its associated free apps for iPhone and Android: https://native-land.ca/ #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand #Narrunga #Ngarrindjeri #Wurundjeri #Woiwurrung #Boonwurrung #Culture #Country
04.01.2022 How are colourful tie-dyed overalls connected to the COVID-19 lockdown? Find out in the latest e-newsletter from Concern Australia. Click here: http://eepurl.com/g-5Kov
04.01.2022 Young people deserve a secure and sustainable future, but for many of them right now it's not a reality. With young people facing increasing challenges in education, employment, youth mental health, housing and more, we need to come together to create a better world post-COVID-19. Attend the National Youth Commission Australia Youth Futures Summit (fully online) next week and share your ideas. ... We'll be there sharing what we've learned through our specialist programs in education, housing and homelessness, and youth justice! Tickets on sale now: https://youthfuturessummit.org.au/ #YoungPeople #Education #Housing #Homelessness #Justice #future #hope #COVID19 #pandemic
03.01.2022 DONATE BEFORE JUNE 30 TO CREATE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE I dont feel like another kid in the system. Thats what Renee says about the support she receives from Concern Australia Youth Workers through our Inside Out program.... Your donations make a real difference for young people such as Renee, Crystal and Mason. Donate before June 30 to provide hope to young people AND secure your tax deduction for this years tax return. Together we offer hope and care to young people who desperately need it, letting each of them know that they are precious and valued. We will continue to stand by them in the year ahead and do all we can with your help to ensure they don't fall through the cracks. #EOFY #Appeal #YoungPeople #Hope #Future #Care
03.01.2022 We would like to invite individuals and businesses to be part of creating Hope at Home for the young people that we support. After five months working from home, there is no doubt that we are all challenged as we manage the impact of the lockdown personally and professionally. The feelings of isolation, fear and anxiety are a very real challenge for young people in care - something that we all share during this crisis.... Given the nature of our work with young people in the Child Protection system, it can be difficult to find ways in which individuals and businesses can support us and we know there are many who would like to bring joy to a young persons life and home in these difficult days. These are young people such as Renee you can read her story here: https://lnkd.in/eBEDWSj We have created Hope at Home as a way in which you and/or your organisation can help meet the needs of young people who are living in our Inside Out houses and brighten their days and homes through indoor plants, care packs, meals and so on. Our goal is to bring happiness and lift spirits through this crisis. Please contact us if youd like to be involved. You can email Emmah Williams directly on [email protected] Wed be grateful if you could share this information broadly with your friends, families and community and business contacts. #HopeAtHome #ConcernAustralia #InsideOut #Hope #Home #ChildProtection #YoungPeople #COVID19 #Pandemic #InThisTogether #CreateHope
03.01.2022 Were so pleased that the Victorian Government is seeking to extend the ban on rental evictions and rent increases until as late as April next year. It will ensure that more people dont fall into homelessness. Governments across the country have done a great deal to support the vulnerable during this crisis. But more needs to be done. We need more affordable homes.... Please join us in using the Everybody's Home campaign tool to email the Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, calling for him to invest more in social housing. Go straight to the online tool here: https://tinyurl.com/yxudtl6d Find out more about the campaign, and our work to support young people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity, in the Homelessness Week story on our website: https://tinyurl.com/y5wgmcg9 #EverybodysHome #BuildSocialHousing #youngpeople #homelessness #StepsOutreachService #InsideOut Council to Homeless Persons Homelessness Australia Australian Council of Social Service Mission Australia
02.01.2022 This Sunday, the critically acclaimed documentary In My Blood It Runs will screen on ABC TV, and be available on iView for a period of time. We encourage you to take the time to watch this powerful story, and learn more about the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #InMyBloodItRuns #Reconciliation In My Blood It Runs documentary
02.01.2022 Our hearts are with the family, friends and community of Solomone Taufeulungaki, a 15-year-old boy who was killed by a group of young men just minutes from our office in Braybrook. Solomones family and community have responded to this tragedy with grace and love. A strong example for us all. Concern Australia stands firmly with communities of ALL cultural backgrounds and we state clearly that the issue is not one of race or culture. Its an issue shining light on young peopl...es needs. See our full statement below. #youngpeoplematter #JusticeForSolomone #youth Victoria University Secondary College
01.01.2022 Its hard to stay at home if you dont have one. Up to one in six young people have experienced homelessness. The COVID-19 pandemic makes things even tougher for those with insecure housing. ... Join us this Homelessness Week to support the Everybody's Home campaign, and call on State and Federal Governments to do more to fix the housing system. You can also hear stories from our Steps Outreach Service team about being on the frontline of working with young people experiencing homelessness in the pandemic. #HW2020 #EverybodysHome #BuildSocialHousing #youngpeople #homelessness #StepsOutreachService #InsideOut Council to Homeless Persons Homelessness Australia Australian Council of Social Service Mission Australia
01.01.2022 Renee* has been in the foster care system since she was a young girl, and has lived in six different homes. Moving from house to house meant no consistent relationships that could bring stability to her life, and Renee carried feelings of being rejected and not wanted. Now she has the stability of living in one of our Inside Out homes and she's looking to the future.... Learn more about Renee's story, and the touching Mother's Day card she wrote to one of our Youth Workers. You can support young people like Renee. Make a last-minute donation to our end of financial year appeal. Donate now: www.concernaustralia.org.au/donate/ Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/yb96y3oa #Appeal #EOFY #YoungPeople #Hope #Future #Care #InsideOut
