McAuley Community Services for Women has used its deep understanding of the inter-connecting issues facing women and children who are experiencing family violence and homelessness to contribute a submission to Victoria's Royal Commission into Mental Health Services. As the only Australian family violence agency which also offers employment support, McAuley has also contributed a submission to a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry on family violence and employment.

 

Jesuit Social Services welcomes the news that a new youth detention facility will be built close to Darwin and Palmerston, in line with the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory’s recommendation that the Don Dale facility be closed down. It is crucial that the new facility is designed in line with international best practice in youth detention, and that facilities themselves should be small and home-like, with an emphasis on education and skill development. Read the media release, here.

Thousands of people come to CatholicCare for support each year, and each year we in the Catholic Social Services sector are finding more and more people who are in need of help. This month the CatholicCare Sunday Appeal is launching in parishes across the Archdiocese of Melbourne and Diocese of Sale. Its is asking for your help to reach more people in need so it can give them the support to break through the barriers they face, and live life to the full.