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The smell of sizzling sausages and fried onions drifted through the streets of Sunshine last Saturday, drawing people toward the outdoor space of our Western Metro Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect Centre. Around 50 carers and family members from across the community gathered to partake in a ‘Family Fun Day’ - organised in collaboration with Satellite Foundation and Western Health - which included a range of arts and crafts activities, face…
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Homework Club celebrates its annual Iftar event
Ramadan is an important time of year for Jesuit Social Services' Homework Club, with most participant families of Muslim faith. Once again, Ramadan was celebrated with the annual Iftar event, providing an opportunity for families and staff to enjoy dinner and activities together. Homework Club supports around 40 children, largely from new migrant background, through…
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Supporting young people through lived experience: Ayesha’s mentoring story
“I’ve always been the person who needed support. Now I get to be that support for someone else.” For volunteer mentor Ayesha Turner, supporting young people through our Community Connections Mentoring program is not just a job, it’s deeply personal. Community Connections Mentoring connects young people who are living in, or who have lived in, out-of-home care with trained volunteer mentors…
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"Timing is everything": Eco-Justice Hub volunteers support those affected by Victorian bushfires
Much was lost when the Longwood bushfires ran through homes and farms in January, but recent work from visiting volunteers has helped one Upton local to reinstate his burnt-out garden.
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Remembering John with a Gift of Hope
Hear how Steve honoured the memory of his brother, John, by donating to Jesuit Social Services to make a difference to people who face similar challenges.
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Homework Club celebrates another successful year
Homework Club volunteers, participant families and Jesuit Social Services staff gathered to celebrate another successful year together over a barbecue and a bounce on the trampolines.
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Life-changing support at Perry House
For more than 30 years, Jesuit Social Services’ Perry House program has provided supportive housing for young people with a cognitive impairment, who are involved with the justice system and at risk of experiencing homelessness.
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Bringing a justice lens to climate resilience
Communities across Australia are facing more frequent and severe disasters — from bushfires and floods to long-term environmental stresses. But the impacts aren’t evenly shared. For people already facing housing instability, poor health, or financial hardship, the impacts of climate change can deepen existing inequities and injustice.
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Modelling respect and equality in schools
In 2017, Jesuit Social Services established The Men’s Project, informed by our decades of work with boys and men who perpetrate, and are often also the victims of, violence. By working directly with boys and men, as well as those in their lives, we can promote positive forms of masculinity and work to prevent gender-based…
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Maribyrnong helping participants to break the cycle of recidivism
In Victoria, around half of all people exiting the state’s prison system are homeless. Access to stable accommodation is a key factor in people being able to break the cycle of recidivism. Jesuit Social Services in partnership with Corrections Victoria and G4S began operating the Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility in 2020. The program works with…









