Over the past 18 months, Concern Australia and the RMIT Vocational Education Youth Work program have been working together to strengthen outcomes for young people who take the Hand Brake Turn course while offering real-world experience to RMIT Youth Work students. Hand Brake Turn students at their [...]
We were delighted to welcome David Eldridge AM back on to the Concern Australia Board as Board Chair in February 2018. His connection with the Concern Australia story goes back much longer. He served on the Board in the late 1990s, and was a member of our Advisory Group [...]
Hand Brake Turn recently reached another huge milestone when we celebrated our 10,000th student graduating from the program. It’s been a big year for milestones – earlier this year we marked 25 years of Hand Brake Turn at events in Braybrook and Dandenong. Jayden with his trophy [...]
Last week the children from our LiveWires program celebrated Book Week with creativity, flair and thoughtfulness over two days. One of the LiveWires children with her 3D hot-air balloon carrying her goals and aspirations. On Tuesday the children and leaders read Oh, the Places You’ll Go! [...]
Rebecca Taggart is an experienced youth worker who has been with Concern Australia for the past year. She started working across both our Hand Brake Turn and Inside Out programs, and now is a full-time case worker in the Projects & Innovation team for Inside Out. This team [...]
Pictured: Hand Brake Turn Program Manager Ian Dubbeld instructs a student on changing a tyre. Hand Brake Turn has been providing hands-on automotive training and vocational mentoring for more than 25 years, and we continue to look for innovative ways to reach young people and give them [...]
Homelessness Week this year runs from 4-10 August. With this timely reminder focusing our attention, it’s clear that Concern Australia’s work to support young people experiencing homelessness or vulnerable situations is more important than ever before. Supporting the faces behind the statistics Every week, our Steps Outreach Service [...]
Eight young people are pursuing their dreams thanks to scholarship grants they have received through our partnership with the Rotary Club of Central Melbourne. Rotary Central Melbourne have been long-term supporters of Steps Outreach Service, including through our annual Christmas appeal. After more than two decades of seeing [...]
On Sunday, 28 July, a beautiful winter’s day greeted our Steps for Youth Homelessness team as they arrived in the city to take on Run Melbourne. Grace Baulch and Wade Dix get ready to Run Melbourne. The sun shone on our 11 enthusiastic team members – [...]
We’d like to introduce you to Neysa Charlton, who joins Concern Australia as After Hours Care and Holiday Program Coordinator for our LiveWires program in Collingwood. Neysa has taken over from Cynthia Mitchell, who was LiveWires Coordinator for nearly six years. We congratulate Cynthia on her new adventure [...]
