Media Releases
Melbourne Citymission comment on the global financial crisis and the Rudd Government's stimulus payments
8 April 2009
Melbourne Citymission comment on the global financial crisis and the Rudd Government's stimulus payments
Reconciliation on the agenda in Melbourne’s west
13 March 2009
One year on from the Prime Minister’s historic apology to Australia’s indigenous peoples, a local community service organisation is doing its bit to progress the reconciliation agenda in Melbourne’s west.
'Birthday' comes early for Reservoir East students
18 February 2009
A few months shy of its second ‘birthday’, a breakfast club for students at Reservoir East Primary School today received an unexpected gift from the Australian Medical Association Victoria (AMA).
City survey provides new insights in youth homelessness
28 August 2008
Six years ago, the city’s largest youth homelessness service faced imminent closure, crippled by commercial rates of rent in the CBD. This week, King Street drop-in centre ‘Frontyard’ marked a major milestone, as its 15,000th client walked through the door.
People pull on their PJs for Melbourne's Homeless
28 July 2008
There was an explosion of colour in the city on Friday, 8 August, when Melbourne’s smart business set switched from bespoke black and navy suits to PJs, in aid of the city’s homeless population.
Welfare Chief Responds to Homelessness Green Paper
22 May 2008
The head of one of Melbourne's largest welfare agencies has welcomed the Federal Government's Green Paper on homelessness, but warned that vulnerable people will fall through the cracks if the Government completely dismantles its current platform for funding and delivering homelessness services.
Young people beat the odds to launch local screen printing business
21 May 2008
A group of young people grappling with unemployment, insecure housing and other complex issues have overcome the odds to launch a silkscreen printing business in North Fitzroy.
Seaford grandmother honoured posthumously for legacy to Melbourne's homeless
14 May 2008
Every night, refuges throughout Melbourne struggle to accommodate the city's burgeoning homeless population. Now, thanks to the passion and drive of Seaford identity, the late Mavis Lester, some of Melbourne's most vulnerable women and children can sleep a little easier.
Brunswick the key to PM's 2020 vision
22 April 2008
A children's hub in Brunswick could hold the key to turning Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's vision of ‘one-stop childcare shops' from a ‘big idea' to a reality.
Melbourne welfare chief welcomes youth homelessness focus
8 April 2008
The head of Melbourne's largest youth homelessness agency today welcomed "Australia's Homeless Youth" - the findings of a 12-month inquiry by the National Youth Commission - but said it was a travesty that 20 years on from the Burdekin inquiry, little had changed for young people on the margins.
Youth Enterprise Hub opens in Braybrook
12 December 2007
After months of anticipation, Melbourne Citymission today joined with the State Government to open the doors to the agency’s Youth Enterprise Hub (YEH) in Churchill Avenue, Braybrook.
Children the new face of housing affordability crisis
4 December 2007
Disadvantaged children from Melbourne’s west are the new face of the nation’s housing affordability crisis, according to Anne Turley, chief executive officer of Melbourne Citymission.
Government 'reforms' trap young people in insecure, low-paid jobs
27 August 2007
The Federal Government's welfare reforms and industrial relations changes are funnelling young jobseekers from disadvantaged backgrounds into insecure, low-paid casual jobs, with multiple spells returning to income benefits, a leading welfare agency claimed today.
Welfare chief calls governments to account for youth policy failures
9 August 2007
Melbourne Citymission today called for a national overhaul of federal and state youth policy, saying that traditional approaches were ‘piecemeal’ and ‘ad hoc’ and perpetuating exclusion instead of reducing barriers for young people experiencing homelessness and other forms of disadvantage.
GAME ON! Melbourne teens tackle youth debt
9 May 2007
A board game developed by a 23-year-old while he was living on Melbourne’s streets five years ago is set to take Victorian schools by storm.
Homeless young people claim the right to belong
17 April 2007
Every night across Melbourne, hundreds of young people are without a safe place to stay.
Housing crisis at flashpont
27 March 2007
Melbourne Citymission has added its voice to a new affordable housing campaign launched in Canberra today, with Chief Executive Officer, Anne Turley, saying she can’t recall a time in the organisation’s recent history when housing has been at such a crisis point in Melbourne.
Melbourne Citymission
For 155 years, Melbourne Citymission has worked with disadvantaged people across Melbourne and Victoria. Every week we help thousands of people build a clear pathway out of disadvantage, economic exclusion and social isolation.
Our services support:
- people to find a pathway out of homelessness
- disabled people to get the resources and support they need to live the life they want
- people to break the cycle of poverty and abuse
- people to find jobs, or enter into education and training.
