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On a pathway to an improved future
- 27 October 2017
People with an acquired brain injury make up over a third of people in the Victorian prison system. KATHRYN KERNOHAN speaks to Brigid Henley about how the Enabling Justice Project helps create opportunities for people with an acquired brain injury after their release. Navigating day to day life after leaving prison can be extremely challenging…
Next Steps wins at Victorian Homelessness Achievement Awards
- 15 September 2017
CEO Julie Edwards with Next Steps’ Alice Minns (left) and Sally Gray (centre) at the Victorian Homelessness Achievement Awards Jesuit Social Services’ Next Steps program has been recognised at this week’s 2017 Victorian Homelessness Achievement Awards, winning the Excellence in ending homelessness among young people category. Next Steps works with young people aged between 16 and…
Generosity supports Perry House upgrade
- 15 August 2017
To mark Homelessness Week (July 7-13), Jesuit Social Services last week unveiled a new BBQ deck at Perry House. Jesuit Social Services’ Leanne Acreman and Peninsula Support Group’s Peter Royal Perry House is a residential facility for young people with intellectual disabilities who have involvement with the youth justice system to learn independent skills. Participants…
Mentor reward: Terence volunteers to help young people leaving care
- 4 December 2016
Terence is a leaving care mentor with Jesuit Social Services. He tells SEZ WILKS why everyone needs someone to believe in them. Image credit: Pexels Terence Leong was 14 years old when he went into full-time care. Now a father, he says his experiences of foster and residential care inspired him to volunteer with young…
Upgrades to Perry House and Dillon House
- 8 September 2016
A recent grant by the Department of Health and Human Services has supported Jesuit Social Services to upgrade facilities at Perry House and Dillon House. The two properties provide supported accommodation for young people experiencing homelessness leaving the youth justice system. Dillon House is part of the Next Steps program, which also delivers intensive case…
Indigenous artworks for Dillon and Perry House
- 17 February 2016
Jesuit Social Services recently purchased two new pieces of artwork for our living skills residential programs Dillon House and Perry House. Both properties are home to young people with involvement in the criminal justice system, and seek to develop independent living skills as participants re-integrate back into the community. The artworks were purchased at Confined…
Perry House makeover
- 21 May 2015
Jesuit Social Services’ Perry House has had a facelift, thanks to the generosity of two retailers. Adriatic Furniture and Adairs recently provided discounted furniture, bedding and manchester, which alongside a new paint job by Rob Thomas of Sensory Bespoke, has given a breath of fresh air to the house. “We were really pleased that Adriatic…
Call for funding security
- 11 February 2015
Jesuit Social Services has joined more than 50 non-profit organisations and peak bodies across the country in signing an open letter to Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison, calling for the Federal Government to commit to a four-year National Homelessness Partnership Agreement. The services are currently in limbo as the government has refused to commit…

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