Each year the children from the Collingwood Public Housing Estate look forward to the LiveWires Summer Holiday program, and this year was no exception. Poor air quality caused by smoke from the bushfires meant we had to cancel the family day trip to the FunFields Theme Park, but the [...]
As we begin 2020, we’re looking forward to reviewing where we have come from over the past few years and planning for the future. In Children’s Week 2016 we launched 2020VISION, our four-year strategic plan that laid out our plans to realise our vision of an Australia in [...]
Thank you for your support throughout 2019. Our offices will be closed from the end of business on Monday 23 December, and will reopen on Monday 6 January. The young people in our programs will be provided with tailored support during this time. We wish you love, hope, [...]
“When the pioneer is gone, those who follow will do more ...” ~ Rev. Dr John Smith, Founder, Concern Australia DONATE NOW Almost 50 years ago the Rev. Dr John Smith had a vision of an Australia that nurtures its children and young people - particularly those [...]
“To everyone that’s helped me to get where I am, it’s fantastic. Thank you so much and thank you to Concern Australia.” At our recent Annual General Meeting, we were privileged to hear from Adam*, a young man who is living in one of our Inside Out homes. [...]
We have created two new roles to help us move into the next exciting chapter of Concern Australia, with a focus on Hand Brake Turn and Values for Life. The General Manager – Education, Enterprise and Innovation will be a part of Concern Australia’s Executive Leadership Team, and will [...]
Joy and Russell Smith have been long-term supporters of Concern Australia’s work, with their significant financial support over more than two decades impacting the lives of thousands of children and young people. Like many others, their first encounter with our work was through our late founder, the Rev. [...]
The recent Victorian school holidays were full of fun and adventure for children from the Collingwood Public Housing Estate as they joined the LiveWires team for a range of activities and outings. You can see more photos in the image gallery on the LiveWires Facebook page. Exploring at [...]
It’s hard enough for adults to build for the future when poverty is an ever-present barrier to be overcome. For many of the young people that we work with, poverty directly contributes to the complex situations they find themselves in, making growing up and finding [...]
We feel incredibly blessed by some of the generosity shown to us by our partners and supporters. Making a difference for children and young people is very much a team effort. This month, our friends from kogo (Knit One Give One) gave us three bags of beanies, gloves [...]
