Concern Australia

18/05/2026

It is National Volunteer Week and we have much to celebrate at Concern Australia with our wonderful volunteers including live-in mentors, lived experience advisors, Board members, pro bono industry supporters and fundraisers.
Thank you! We are so grateful for you and your commitment to creating positive futures.

Come and join us:
https://www.concernaustralia.org.au/get-involved/ -with-us

15/05/2026

It was great to welcome Eastern College Australia Masters of Transformational Development Students to Hand Brake Turn this week. We explored how we can best deliver empowering programs which value and support young people.

15/05/2026

Support our Steps Outreach Service - join our team for Run Melbourne.
We’d love to have you along!

At Run Melbourne we are passionate about supporting our amazing runners to raise funds for a cause close to their heart, and together we have raised over $22 million dollars over the past 18 years. This year we are aiming for $1.2 million dollars, and we believe that with your help we can get there,...

05/05/2026

As you can see below it was great for our Hand Brake Turn Sunshine team to collaborate with Hester Hornbrook Academy and RACV last week. At Concern Australia we love these partnerships which create more opportunities for young people to flourish:

05/05/2026

Thank you The Good Vibe Society for your ongoing support for our Steps Outreach Service and young people experiencing homelessness.

28/04/2026

Great to see some of our volunteer live-in mentors in Collingwood tonight for training facilitated by Dom from Turning Point.

17/04/2026

A special moment this week when Program Manager Bettina Twyman met the Duchess of Sussex at a community lunch in Melbourne.
Bettina shared how Concern Australia programs support young people to feel valued, safe and empowered.

16/04/2026

Come and work with us!
Important role developing employment pathways in Melbourne’s west. Focus on the automotive (+ related) industries. Please share with your networks:

Create positive pathways to sustainable employment and build partnerships across the community to open up opportunities for young people.

15/04/2026

Today on Youth Homelessness Matters Day we celebrate the work of our Steps Outreach Service.
Last year members of Steps’ Lived Experience Advisory Group produced this podcast. It contains huge wisdom about what helps in preventing and helping move on from homelessness.
We are very grateful to our Advisory Group members for their willingness to share their stories for the sake of others, and also for continuing to show up each week with practical support and care for young people to bring about an end to homelessness.

View stepspodcast’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

13/04/2026

We love our volunteers at Hand Brake Turn and they all bring something unique to our program.
That includes the canine ones and here is Eduardo 🐶 who is very friendly and cuddly and so brilliant at helping everyone feel calm and welcome.

Eddie is pictured with Charlie and Emmanuel - our social /community work students who are also brilliant 😎: