For over 40 years, we have worked at the hard end of social justice, providing support for people and communities experiencing disadvantage. We have adapted and evolved our work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are continuing to provide services and supports in new and creative ways.
We work to improve community safety and help those leaving prison reconnect with community in a positive way through skill development and employment opportunities.
We work along side remote Indigenous communities and newly arrived refugee groups to build people's participation to and increase capacity for decision making and self determination.
We work with long-term unemployed and marginalised people to build skills, deliver recognised training and connect job seekers with real opportunities for employment.
Our Artful Dodgers Studios offers a space where young people can explore their creativity, find community, and have some respite from challenges they are sometimes confronting. These can include mental illness and social isolation.
For some of our participants, coming into...
Nick Pace has been working with Tyler for nearly all of the three years he has been a practitioner with Connexions. During this time, he’s found how one of his personal values–transparency–is shared within the program.
Nick also appreciates how Connexions...
Jesuit Social Services’ Artful Dodgers Studios in Collingwood is one of Victoria's longest-running community spaces for marginalised young people often experiencing multiple and complex challenges in their lives.
The Studios invite young people to explore music and art in a safe,...
Award winning filmmaker Maggie Miles is the latest recruit to the ‘Just Voices’ speakers program run by Jesuit Social Services.
Maggie will talk about her film ‘Guilty,’ which highlights the final 72-hours in the life of Myuran Sukumaran, the 'Bali Nine'...
