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Jesuit Social Services builds awareness of injustice and advocate for social change based on grounded research and experience.One of the key ways we advocate for change is through the media, including providing a platform for our frontline staff and program participants to share their experiences with the broader community.We also regularly publish media releases responding to current issues and supporting our policy and research work.
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StandBy is a national service that provides free and practical support to anyone who has been bereaved or impacted by suicide, at any stage in their life. Established in 2002 to meet the need for a coordinated community response to suicide, StandBy is Australia’s leading suicide postvention program. Jesuit Social Services delivers this service in Victoria in North Western, South Eastern, and Eastern Melbourne, and Gippsland.
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The Ignatius Learning Centre is a Catholic Specialist Secondary School in Melbourne for boys aged 15-17 who are involved with the youth justice system. The school provides a safe, holistic and therapeutic learning environment, and promotes the development of the whole person – including intellectual, physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual elements of each young person.
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Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA)
Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS Australia) co-convene the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) — a unified national network campaigning for the just and humane treatment of people seeking asylum in Australia, founded in 2013. CAPSA is supported by an advisory group of representatives from Australian Catholic organisations working to promote social justice.
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Dropping off the Edge is Jesuit Social Services' landmark research into locational disadvantage, conducted over more than 20 years. Through major reports mapping disadvantage across every community in Australia, released in 2007, 2015 and 2021, Dropping off the Edge shows clearly that complex and entrenched disadvantage is experienced by a small but persistent number of locations in each state and territory across Australia.
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African Visitation and Mentoring Program (AVAMP)
The African Visitation and Mentoring Program matches people of African background who are involved with the criminal justice system in Melbourne with a mentor to support them through their sentence and post-release.
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Guidance on climate action and resilience planning for neighbourhood house networks
There are close to 400 neighbourhood houses in Victoria and over a thousand across Australia. In a community emergency, neighbourhood houses are often the first to respond, and they play an essential role in rebuilding communities. Importantly, they also take a preventative approach, building the resilience of communities by addressing the underlying drivers of vulnerability in their every day work.
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Next Steps works with young people aged 16–24 years who have involvement with the criminal justice system and are experiencing, or at risk of homelessness. The program provides intensive after-hours support and safe, appropriate, and sustained residential accommodation at our Dillon House location.