Kierra came to LiveWires when she was 5 years old, after her mother Amy was recommended to the program from her neighbour. Amy hurt her back a couple of years ago and had been struggling to endure the constant pain and continuous visits to the hospital. As a [...]
On Sunday July 29 2018, members and supporters of our Steps Outreach Service will be tying up their runners and taking part in Run Melbourne. We will be raising money for Steps Outreach Service to support them to continue to help young people experiencing homelessness in Melbourne. If you [...]
This is an open design and can include text, artwork, street art or whatever your imagination and creativity can design that will look amazing on a T-Shirt. Designs can capture the issue of homelessness or just appeal to the current fashion in the community. Open to secondary school students [...]
Recently our team including Rev Dr John Smith (Founder), Michelle Crawford (CEO) and Tim Powell (Values for Life Program Manager) met to reflect on the past, discuss the present, and explore the future. During this time, Tim shared insights, trends and highlights from school seminars over the past year. [...]
As Board Chair Pictured: David Eldgride newly appointed as Board Chair We are delighted to announce that David Eldridge AM has been appointed as Concern Australia’s new Board Chair. David’s background, experience and passion for Concern Australia’s work with young people and children is evident, and [...]
Winner of the James Ridgeway Award - 2017 Pictured: Jason McDonald handing Andrew Parker the James Ridgeway Award Certificate. We are delighted to share with you our first staff profile for the year – showcasing our Housing Worker, Andrew Parker – who was [...]
We are very excited to share with you our new promotional video for Inside Out to help us recruit Live In Mentors/Volunteers to be Lead Tenants for young people aged 16-19. We recently interviewed some of our long-term live in mentors about their experience and reflections living in houses [...]
Pictured: Tim Powell conducting a Values for Life seminar with students. Our Values for Life team have already started to run workshops with schools across Australia, helping young people to build their resilience and learn how to cope with challenging issues like cyber-bullying, body image and peer [...]
Thank you to everyone who helped out and supported our Christmas campaigns this year. A big thanks to our friends at Aussie Tune, John Sands, Infoxchange, Rotary Club Central Sunrise and Rotary Southbank, Life Melbourne church, Barea Café and all the people who have donated toys and food hampers [...]
This year we held our inaugural Christmas decorations competition with some of our Inside Out Lead Tenants/Live In Mentors and young people living in homes we manage. Four houses participated and we were very impressed with the effort and enthusiasm that they put into decorating their houses. Houses were [...]
