We are proud to know that Anne Mitchell, Program Manager of Steps Outreach Service, is still being recognised across Australia on our television screens. She is being congratulated due to winning the “Unsung Hero” category of the HESTA National Community Sector Awards. Watch her story now in 90 seconds. [...]
Anne Attard is the Queen of the Kitchen at LiveWires. Each week she teaches a group of children how to cook pasta, lasagne, potatoes and dumplings – while also letting them scrape the bowl and taste left-overs of brownies, slices, muffins and goodies they've baked. She began volunteering [...]
Kierra came to LiveWires when she was 5 years old, after her mother Amy was recommended to the program from her neighbour. Amy hurt her back a couple of years ago and had been struggling to endure the constant pain and continuous visits to the hospital. As a [...]
On Sunday July 29 2018, members and supporters of our Steps Outreach Service will be tying up their runners and taking part in Run Melbourne. We will be raising money for Steps Outreach Service to support them to continue to help young people experiencing homelessness in Melbourne. If you [...]
Recently our team including Rev Dr John Smith (Founder), Michelle Crawford (CEO) and Tim Powell (Values for Life Program Manager) met to reflect on the past, discuss the present, and explore the future. During this time, Tim shared insights, trends and highlights from school seminars over the past year. [...]
We are very excited to share with you our new promotional video for Inside Out to help us recruit Live In Mentors/Volunteers to be Lead Tenants for young people aged 16-19. We recently interviewed some of our long-term live in mentors about their experience and reflections living in houses [...]
Pictured: Tim Powell conducting a Values for Life seminar with students. Our Values for Life team have already started to run workshops with schools across Australia, helping young people to build their resilience and learn how to cope with challenging issues like cyber-bullying, body image and peer [...]
With over 20 years experience, Concern Australia has been successfully delivering the Hand Brake Turn (HBT) program from various locations across Australia with over 9,600 students having completed the course to date! This 7 week prevocational automotive training program offers a 3 day per week (20 hours) automotive [...]
Gabrielle Williams MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Parliamentary Secretary for Carers & Volunteers, and Local Member for Dandenong officially opened our South East Regional office in Dandenong on Wednesday 25 October, 2017. Gabrielle cut the red ribbon, dramatically lowered down from a car hoist, from inside our Hand [...]
Check out this short video from the most recent graduates from Class 104 of Hand Brake Turn! It’s great to get their feedback and hear what they have learnt from the program and how they see Hand Brake Turn helping them in the future. Phil said “It helped [...]
