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Healing through dialogue: Callum’s path to making amends

Participating in a Youth Justice Group Conference gave Callum the chance to apologise in person to the people he harmed, talk about things from his perspective, and then listen to the impact of his offending. Callum came out of the group conference with an agreed outcome plan, making commitments to enrol at a TAFE, avoid anti-social…

“My career is head work and volunteer work is heart work” – how Lucy’s volunteer role is helping young people to thrive

With two decades of volunteering experience under her belt, Lucy Losinno was looking for a new way to help in 2020 when she came across the Community Connections Mentoring program, and decided to give Jesuit Social Services a call. Hear how her support is helping her participant to "live her dream."

Growing skills and relationships in the garden.

“I have grown as a person over the last 15 months, and I know doing this has helped me gain a lot of knowledge, not just about gardening but about myself,” says Jim*. Jesuit Community College, in partnership with the Department of Justice and Community Safety, runs the program to support men who are in…

How conversation helped Billy reflect on harm caused.

"It was like a wake-up call for me that I had to change, I needed to stop doing bad stuff and concentrate on my future,” said Billy*. He had taken part in Jesuit Social Services’ Youth Justice Group Conference program. The process encouraged him to take responsibility and to make amends for his offending.

“I’ve been building a desk for my house, it’s really cool”.

Christian* is a student at the Ignatius Learning Centre. For the first time in his life, he now looks forward to school every day. “I didn’t like any teachers at my old school, but I don’t mind some of the teachers here, so that’s good and it’s cool. They know how to approach kids, it’s…

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How dialogue helped Billy reflect on harm caused

16-year-old Billy* did the wrong thing under the influence of drugs and older peers, but took responsibility for his actions through our Youth Justice Group Conferencing program. Billy is a 16-year-old boy born in the Northern Territory who moved to Darwin several years ago with with his step-uncle. He had recently started to drink and…

Nine Yarra neighbourhood houses join forces to strengthen local climate resilience

Nine Yarra neighbourhood houses gathered this week to launch a plan to reduce their environmental footprint and support the local community to adapt to climate change.