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Dropping off the Edge – VicHealth report
Dropping off the Edge 2021 was released in November 2021 and provides a comprehensive analysis of persistent and entrenched disadvantage across Australia, including a state-by-state analysis using 37 indicators as well as supporting qualitative research. This report, commissioned by VicHealth, presents Victoria-specific findings from Dropping off the Edge 2021 and has an added focus on…
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Mature-aged student Natasha refreshes her numeracy skills in our pre-employment course
At first, Natasha doubted she would learn much from Jesuit Community College’s general education program – a 25-day Certificate I course for adults looking for work or further study.
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Raising sons to embrace healthy, positive masculinity
The Men’s Project recently collaborated with leading girls’ rights agency Plan International Australia and Promundo, a global leader in engaging men and boys in promoting gender equality and preventing violence, to produce a guide for parents to help boys embrace healthy, positive masculinity. The guide offers parents nine simple, practical tips to talk to their…
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New approaches are needed to work with repeat offenders
As the Crime Statistics Agency releases research showing that a small number of repeat offenders are responsible for more than 40 per cent of incidents recorded by Victoria Police, Jesuit Social Services’ Media Relations Manager KATHRYN KERNOHAN writes that new approaches to working with repeat offenders can help people break the cycle of crime. Today,…
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Navigator supports disengaged students aged 12-17 to re-engage with an education or training pathway. Signs of disengagement may include a pattern of absenteeism, school refusal, truancy or withdrawing from school. Navigator works intensively with young people, families, schools and support networks to address underlying issues in disengagement, help learners overcome barriers, and expand their opportunities…
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Trust and relationships at the heart of the Hub
Jesuit Social Services’ Dropping off the Edge research into locational disadvantage, conducted over more than 20 years, finds that many communities in Western Sydney deal with multiple and complex forms of disadvantage.
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Unpacking the Man Box Unpacking the Man Box is based on a survey of 1,000 young Australian men aged 18 to 30. The report builds on the findings of The Men’s Project’s 2018 reportThe Man Box. The initial Man Box report found that young Australian men who believe in outdated masculine stereotypes were themselves at higher…
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2023-24 Federal Budget provides relief to many Australians, but fails to lift others out of poverty
The 2023-24 Federal Budget, handed down tonight, includes some positive investments to ease current cost of living pressures experienced by millions of Australians and support vital services such as Medicare, but a modest increase to the Jobseeker payment does almost nothing to lift vulnerable people out of poverty, says Jesuit Social Services. “Treasurer Jim Chalmers…
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Net zero has transformative potential for disadvantaged Victorians
Over the next year, the Victorian Government will deliberate on its 2035 target for emissions reduction to mitigate climate change, and ideas to achieve it. Jesuit Social Services recently made a submission to the independent panel tasked with making recommendations to the Government. In it, we argued for a target of net zero greenhouse gas…
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5th National Justice Symposium
Youth at the centre. Jesuit Social Services and the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) were pleased to host the 5th National Justice Symposium on 28 July 2021. Thirty years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and five years since the announcement of the Royal Commission into the protection and detention of children in…