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 [...]
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 – [...]
One run can change your day, many runs can change lives. Every July for the past eight years, Grace Baulch has braved a cold winter’s morning to be a part of the annual Run Melbourne fundraising event. Youth Worker Grace Baulch, running to raise money for [...]
We’ve had a wonderful time celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and community at NAIDOC Week events this week. Joshua Tavares helps paint Tavares Lane, named after his father Antonio Tavares, with a giant Aboriginal artwork. On Tuesday, our LiveWires program took part in the [...]
When Cyclone Debbie rampaged across Queensland, the storm damaged thousands of homes and hundreds of schools, and left a clean-up bill of more than $3.5 billion. It was the second most damaging cyclone in Australia’s history, and many communities are still recovering two years later. So when our Values [...]
A Mother's love and resilience We were inspired to hear Sharon's story, a mother of a LiveWires participant, who has faced adversity with strength and resilience. Sharon grew up in Country Victoria, born in Benalla. A lot of her 20s and early 30s was spent travelling [...]
We are hosting an International Women’s Day event at the Collingwood Neighbourhood House to celebrate the diversity of women and their achievements. We will be celebrating with local women and mothers who have agreed to contribute their skills and talents on the day to run activities for their [...]
LiveWires and the Collingwood Soup Van Holiday Program held activities across wider Melbourne in January for 81 children and 45 parents and grandparents living in the Collingwood and Richmond Housing Estates. On a sweltering hot day, families piled into three buses and headed to FunFields. It was a beautiful [...]
Dear Friends, Everyone has a story to tell – with your support this Christmas, we can listen. Christmas brings a lot of joy for families all over Australia. We know working with young people experiencing trauma, mental illness and homelessness that Christmas is not a time of joy [...]
