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Housing support helps self-belief grow
The strong links between homelessness and contact with the criminal justice system are well documented. Twenty-five per cent of people entering prison experience homelessness in the four weeks before entering prison and more than half of those...
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Launch of Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA)
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) has been officially launched at the start of World Refugee Week, which runs from June 14 to 20. Backed by leading Catholic peak organisations and convened by Jesuit Social Services, CAPSA aims to change hearts and minds across Australia in support of the abolition of harsh asylum…
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Jesuit Social Services staff and participants were out in force recently on the opening day of one of Australia’s biggest community events The Brunswick Music Festival. The recent festival opening day party held along Sydney Road Brunswick, had thousands of people flocking along to witness a smorgasbord of musical talent, taste multicultural food, check out…
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Jesuit Social Services was proud to recently organise the opening and blessing of the Atitjere Church in the Sandover region of the Northern Territory. Our involvement in the project stems back to 2012, when our Central Australian team was invited to visit the Atitjere community, 215 kilometres from Alice Springs at the foot of Mount…
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Artful Dodgers Studios gets Grill’d
The innovative work of Jesuit Social Services gets invaluable community support from far and wide, which now extends to leading hamburger chain Grill’d. Grill’d recently became supporters of our Artful Dodgers Studios when patrons at the Richmond restaurant voted Jesuit Social Services as the organisation most deserving of support. Manager of Richmond Grill’d, Alex Wyllie…
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Afternoon tea celebrates volunteers’ time, effort and energy
We celebrated the generous support of volunteers during National Volunteer Week, which ran from 9–13 May 2016. National Volunteer Week is an opportunity recognise the collective effort of our volunteers, who help us deliver a range of services across communities. During 2014-15, more than 200 volunteers gave a combined estimated 10,436 hours of time and…
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Talking to all kinds of people: Martin is a counsellor with Support After Suicide
When MARTIN RYAN was given a social work placement at Jesuit Social Services in 1978, he never imagined he’d be back in 2009. Now a counsellor with our Support After Suicide program, MARTIN chats to SEZ WILKS about a career spent helping others. “When I dropped out of school in year 12, I suddenly had…
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Meet Betty, who sends salaries to our family of over 250 staff
As Jesuit Social Services turns 40, payroll officer BETTY MUNCKTON celebrates 20 years with the organisation. SEZ WILKS discovers how she balances family with balancing numbers. “A lot of people struggle to find their niche in the world. But I never did. I always wanted to do what I’m doing: to work in an office.…
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Dr Joe McGirr talks to Vanessa Ientile about what motivates him to to support Jesuit Social Services as a Community Partner. Joe McGirr, Community Partner I live and work in Wagga Wagga where I have been a medical practitioner and health manager for 25 years. I am married with four grown children and am currently…
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On a pathway to an improved future
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…