The 2000s
Around the time of the new millennium, the Board of Melbourne Citymission recognised the need for research and evidence-based practice. To achieve the vision of a fair and just community for everyone, Melbourne Citymission needed to advocate for structural and systemic change in social and public policy.
2004 marked Melbourne Citymission’s 150th Birthday. It also heralded a milestone in cross-sectorial partnerships. Melbourne Citymission had long been an advocate of the notion that tackling disadvantage in the community could not be done individually, it had to be done as a community.
At this time Melbourne Citymission, with the support of philanthropy and the State Government, established the Agora Think Tank, a coming together of leaders from not-for-profit, business and Government sectors to work in partnership to find new and different ways to address disadvantage.
