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01: Who is The Salvation Army?

02: What is the schools booklet?

03: Salvos Education and Outreach Initiative

04: The Salvation Army International Development Office

05: Edify

06: Fundraising - Red Shield Appeal

07: The Couch Project

08: Youthlink

09: Hope for Life

10: Volunteer opportunities

11: Salvos Ambassador Movement

12: Contact information

Salvos schools booklet

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We help Aussies doing it tough in the hope they find freedom from the things that can crush the human spirit. Our services offer practical, emotional and financial support to people from all walks of life.

The Salvation Army is an international movement working in over 125 countries around the world.

It’s also part of the Christian church with its message based on the bible and its ministry motivated by the love of God.

The Salvation Army is not-for-profit and nondiscriminatory, with a presence across Australia and the world. We’re in big cities, small towns, regional areas and the remote outback.

We believe that by bringing to light the issues hidden away behind stereotype and misconception, we can help people of all walks of life find ways to join the fight and help secure freedom for someone else.

At the Salvos, we believe in the power of community. Without the support of the community – that’s you - we simply would cease to exist. The way we see it, the need is great and we’re better together.

Together with you, we can help over one million people each year find freedom to live life to the full.

This booklet is written to help you understand some of the many ways that the Salvos are getting alongside young people, inspiring them, equipping them with knowledge and inviting them to lead.

The Salvation Army is about people finding freedom.

What is the schools booklet?

Who is The Salvation Army?

We want the young people from your school to find freedom, hope and fulfilment, whether through understanding hidden homelessness with the Couch Project, or becoming a Salvos Ambassador. We see your students being on the forefront of the next generation of change.

Opportunities we feature in this booklet range from classroom presentations about homeless youth, to the many opportunities available for young people to volunteer to roll up their sleeves, and be part of a movement that makes a difference.

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The Salvos Education and Outreach Initiative aims to empower school communities by educating students about how people their age are at risk, and equipping them to respond to social issues wherever they may find them.

Salvos Education and Outreach Initiative: See it, Study it, Change it

“Your visit to us was a real pleasure and left the kids on a natural high for quite some time. I really believe we all need to do whatever we can to get the message out to kids that they are not alone.” - Principal

“Your workshop was first class—very enjoyable, informative and highly professional. Your love, passion and enthusiasm for your work was evident to everyone.” - Teacher

“Thank you so much for guiding us through this experience, teaching us and sharing your own personal experiences. I really think it has changed my life.” - Student

The Oasis Documentary

“I can’t express how useful and easy the documentary and resources have been to explain an issue that is often so difficult to explain to young people.” - Teacher

The Oasis is an award-winning documentary that follows the lives of Major Paul Moulds and seven homeless young people at the Oasis Youth Support Network in Sydney.

The film, along with its accompanying study guide and teaching resources, helps to demystify the complicated issue of homelessness for middle and senior school students, and to equip young people to make a difference to youth homelessness in Australia.

When we come to your school to do our presentation and workshop, we help students explore the following themes in the context of youth homelessness:

• The importance of belonging and building inclusive communities;

• How to support yourself and others through stressful situations;

• Mental health, family breakdown, abuse and alcohol/other drugs;

• Stereotypes, stigmas, attitudes and how they can contribute to inequality;

• Developing resilience and overcoming adversity;

• The importance of active citizens and community service opportunities;

• And how the Salvos respond to social issues.

Watch The Oasis documentary (rated M) at:theoasismovie.com.au/watch/watch-film

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Presentations and workshops

Through the workshop, real stories and real people are discussed, and we run fun group activities that help students to understand the cause and effect of homelessness for themselves.

Not only that, but we encourage students to empathise with those experiencing homelessness, and equip them with ways they can take action, and make a difference in the future.

Experience

• Real stories and examples of youth homelessness.

• Fun group activities that explore the causes, effects and stereotypes of youth homelessness.

• Factual information and data relating to youth homelessness.

• Examples and action plan of how students can help in their communities.

• Information about where to go for help, how to ask for help and how to support someone in a tough situation.

• Q & A opportunity for students.

• Curriculum-mapped resources provided to teachers and students.

Where

• We can host presentations and workshops at your school, or organise a service visit to a Salvation Army centre of your choice.

Now taking bookings for 2014 and 2015.

Teaching Resources

Resource Aims Curriculum Links

The Oasis documentary study guide

(written by ATOM and Shark Island Productions)

The study guide is designed to help students understand the complexities of youth homelessness; empathise with those impacted by the issue, and see how committed and caring management can make a difference in people’s lives.

Society and Environment (SOSE/HSIE), Values Education, Religion and Society, Health and Human Development, Community Development Studies, Psychology, English and Media Studies.

Youth Homelessness Matters Teaching Resource

(written by The Caledonia Foundation, Shark Island Productions, Reach Out! Teachers Network and Inspire Foundation)

This resource is about raising awareness of youth homelessness, celebrating the resilience of young people who are experiencing homelessness in Australia and empowering the next generation of young people to take action to prevent youth homelessness in the future.

Australian Curriculum: English, Literacy Strand Year 9 and 10 NSW: Personal Development, Health and Physical Education QLD: Society and Environment ACT: Essential learning achievement and content links at Late Adolescent stage of development.

Teaching Social Issues Through English

(written by English Teachers Association and Shark Island Productions)

The Teaching Social Issue through English resource references the Australian Curriculum: English, integrating the strands; Language, Literature and Literacy, in activities based on the documentary and on related literary texts. Students are also given extensive and detailed support in creating a documentary to raise community awareness on this social issue.

References the Australian Curriculum: English, integrating the strands, Language, Literature and Literacy, in activities based on the movie and on related literary texts.

Download the teaching resources and more information for free at:theoasismovie.com.au/education/studyguide

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To have Salvos Education at your School, please contact:

Bee Orsini Salvos Education Consultant

[email protected] (02) 9266 9688

Find out more about the Salvos Schools program at:

salvos.org.au/schools

2013 Salvos Education and Outreach Initiative highlights

The Caledonia Foundation’s funding of The Oasis awarded as one of the Top 50 Philanthropic Initiatives in Australian history.

Our Schools Coordinator spoke at TEDx Macquarie University and at events alongside the Dalai Lama, Sir Richard Branson and Sam Cawthorn.

Salvos Ambassador Movement began its pilot phase with 31 students from 17 different high schools selected as The Salvation Army’s first youth ambassadors.

A National Youth Homelessness Awareness Schools tour with X Factor’s chart topping “What About Tonight”, reaching 22 schools and over 8,000 students in three weeks.

35 schools and over 150 students attended the Red Shield Youth Project at Oasis, Streetlevel Sydney, Wollongong and Manly.

Since 2011, workshops and events for over 300 schools and over 30,000 participants have been completed.

Advisory Board – get involved

In 2014, The Salvation Army will be forming its first ever Salvos Education Advisory Board. We are looking for enthusiastic educators who want to make a contribution towards the strategic direction of the initiative, the implementation of a major relaunch, and updates to our resources.

We believe in the power of community. People loving other people, and people helping other people. We

believe no-one should have to ‘go it alone’.


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Halima Jumanne is one of the women residing in Kahama, Tanzania, where The Salvation Army operates an integrated, community-based, micro-credit program. She is a single mother of two.

Having the idea of establishing a business in order to support her family, Halima failed to start because she didn’t have any capital. Due to her poverty, affording

access to loan services from other microfinance institutions or commercial banks wasn’t an option as she didn’t own any collateral.

Halima heard about the micro-credit program through a Salvation Army officer who was doing home visits in her street. In December 2012, Halima received her first loan from The Salvation Army.

She established a business of buying and selling green vegetables, fruits and various food items from local farmers.

“I have a great dream, that one day I will own a very big shop than what I am running now and will become an excellent entrepreneur.

“My income has now improved and I am able to send my children to school.”

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We can provide dynamic lesson plans, presentations, facts and figures, engaging fundraising activities, and real life stories of people who have been helped to thrive. We help students to open their eyes to the issues experienced by communities around the world, and to understand that they, too, can be part of the difference.

Examples of activities your students can be part of:

• Fundraising through “The Chick Effect” Easter Appeal

• Sponsoring a school or child-centred project in a developing community

• Raise awareness about a particular issue

To have The International Development Office or their resources at your School, please contact:

Betsy Pineda Communications Coordinator


You can download the available resources at:

salvos.org.au/said

The Salvation Army International Development Office - resources for schools

Through our International Development Office, we provide community development and capacity-building in partnership with communities in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.

Because we are a worldwide movement, we are able to support the farthest reaches of the world through locally-based Salvos.

We work in the areas of:

• Gender equality and the empowerment of women.

• Health education and combating of disease.

• Facilitation of education for children and adults.

• Child-centered development.

• Improved access to clean water and sanitation.

• Livelihood and income-generation activities.

“My name is Zubaida, I live in Jhang in Pakistan. My husband is crippled and we are very poor. There is no one in our house to earn and that’s why we were struggling very hard to live. With the support of The Salvation Army livestock program I am able to earn for my family with the goat I’ve received. I sell milk every day. I am taking good care of goat, and it has now delivered two kids. I’m happy, so is my family as we will raise these kid goats. It will be a good income and better future for our family. I’m thankful to The Salvation Army who encouraged people like me to be self-supportive and earn for their families.”

Zubaida - Pakistan Livelihood Project

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STUMP

Plenty of people want to do something about poverty and injustice, but knowing where to start is often the hardest part.

STUMP is a project organised by our Edify team, which helps young people to volunteer and do life with some of Australia’s poor and marginalised in their own backyard. The project runs throughout the year as a 3-5 day experience. STUMP is an opportunity to get exposed to real social issues and the people who face these issues every day.

Examples of activities your students can be part of:

• serving meals in community cafes

• assisting with the running of Salvos stores

• gardening, painting and cleaning

• participating in a guided street walk

• participating in programs with community members

• attending specialist training and workshops

To enquire about STUMP, please contact:

Steve Woods Edify Coordinator


Find out more about Edify at salvos.org.au/edify

Edify was founded on the principle of connecting young people with the weak and vulnerable in Sydney’s urban city community. Its impact on the lives of the community, and the lives of the Edify students, has been immeasurable.

Edify

Edify is about young people finding freedom, so they can help others find freedom.

In a nutshell, we help you impact your generation through:

• Youth Work Diploma: Edify offers the Praxis Diploma in Youth Work. This is a faith-based, two year accredited course for young people aged 18-28. Our students study and serve in a variety of frontline Salvo placements throughout NSW & ACT.

• Mentoring: step-by-step Christ centered mentoring and support.

• Training & Talks: we offer consulting, training and/ or general info nights for schools, youth groups etc on a variety of youth & faith related topics.

• 6 plus 1: a one week adventure of self-discovery; 3 days hiking in the Blue Mountains, 3 days discovering our spiritual gifts and 1 day of reflection.

• STUMP: (Short Term Urban Mission Project) is run in partnership with Sydney Streetlevel Mission: it is a 3-5 day front-line mission experience with the Salvos in the inner-city of Sydney; suitable for groups or individuals, aged 16 and up.

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“Going into STUMP, I was afraid. I hardly knew the people that I would be staying with. I was afraid to meet new people, afraid to be in an unfamiliar place. But I knew that I wanted to be pushed out of my comfort zone.”

“In my time at STUMP, I got to meet so many wonderful people!”

“The people in the community were so lovely. I felt privileged to be able to meet and serve such beautifully broken people and hear their stories.”

“The training was quite intense. We learnt about community, boundaries, homelessness and alcohol and other drug abuse. This really helped me to get informed on these issues and it was great that we could put our new knowledge to practical use.”

“The debriefing sessions also helped me to reflect on what I had learnt or experienced in the day and it was great hearing other people’s thoughts as well.”

“One of the highlights I would have to point out is the day we spent at the Samaritan House. That was a great day, where we could just prepare lunch for the beautiful ladies, eat with them, pamper them and just talk and hang out with them. Hearing their stories was incredibly touching.”

“The other highlight would have to be the Streetlevel wedding. It was great being able to participate in the preparation of the wedding and having the opportunity to serve food and drinks to the community.”

“Something I learned was that ‘there is no failure, only feedback’. This has helped to shape my attitude towards situations and people.”

“The STUMP experience was nothing like I expected, definitely challenged me and changed my perspective, especially in regard to those who are marginalized. I learnt a lot and am grateful for the chance to be involved in such a beautiful community.”

We don’t give up on people - not only responding to immediate needs but journeying with people for the long haul, helping them to find freedom

and stay free as well.


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Where:

• Oasis Youth Support Network, Surry Hills

• Streetlevel Mission, Surry Hills

• Manly New Life Centre

• Penrith Freedom Centre

• The Salvation Army Macquarie Park

• The Salvation Army Macquarie Fields

• The Salvation Army Wollongong

To find out more or to register your School, please contact:

Bee Orsini Salvos Education Consultant


Visit salvos.org.au/rsa-schools-event

The Red Shield Youth Project

In the lead up to the Doorknock weekend, year 11 and 12 students and their teachers are invited to experience a Salvation Army service/centre firsthand, meet and hear from people who have been assisted by The Salvation Army and participate in educational activities.

“The students and I found it an extremely eye-opening and inspiring experience and we are determined to promote the Red Shield Appeal within our school. The students were especially moved by Nathan’s story and the fact that he had been the vice-captain of his school prior to living on the streets. This particular fact really resonated with them.” – Principal

When: 1-13 May 2014 (The first 2-3 weeks of Term 2 annually)

Who: Year 11/12 students and supporting teachers (optional)

The Red Shield Appeal is The Salvation Army’s primary annual fundraising drive.

Fundraising - Red Shield Appeal2014 Doorknock Appeal: Weekend of 24-25 May

The Red Shield Appeal Doorknock takes place on the last weekend of May and it offers Australians from all walks of life a change to not only get behind the Salvos but to be part of transforming the lives of people right around the country.

For 45 years, The Salvation Army has used the Doorknock Weekend to raise much-needed funds for those in our community who are disadvantaged. We need 100,000 volunteers across Australia to generously give up their time and join us on the frontline.

We couldn’t do this work without the fantastic level of support from schools and their students. By volunteering and generously sharing their time to help us, students are rewarded with a sense of personal satisfaction and fulfilment.

The Red Shield Appeal is also about more than raising funds. We are passionate about connecting students to their

local community, strengthening their understanding of community issues and services, helping young people to support themselves and others and providing leadership development opportunities.

If your school is interested in an activity that changes lives and communities, here are some ways you can be involved:

• Include the dates of the Red Shield Appeal Doorknock in your school calendars and newsletters.

• Encourage students to be involved in the Doorknock and/or the Red Shield Youth Project.

• Invite a Salvos representative to address a school assembly in the lead up to the Doorknock Weekend.

• Include a community work component such as the Doorknock within your curriculum.

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Student opportunities to get involved with The Couch Project include:

• Organising an awareness and fundraising event at school like a movie night.

• Getting sponsored to sleep on a friend’s couch or to organise a mass sleepout at school to raise awareness of the hidden nature of youth homelessness.

• Raising funds for The Couch Project, securing the incentives such as bed socks and onesies.

Register your school’s interest at: thecouchproject.com.au

“Mum worked in financial services but when the credit crisis hit she lost her job then we lost the house. She was so embarrassed and so ashamed to ask her friends if we could stay with them, but she did, and we stayed with friends, family, anyone.

“I was 16 then and didn’t want to add to mum’s burden, she was trying so hard to find work but she was really knocked about by everything. I left school and got a full time job but it wasn’t enough to support us. So I moved out. It’s easier to couch surf when you’re on your own.

“After staying with all my mates, I ran out of friends, I mean I had stayed with everyone on my footy team.

“Then I heard about Oasis, I didn’t think they could help people like me but they did. They helped me to go back to school, get my own place and start thinking about university again.” – Peter*

*Name has been changed to protect privacy

It’s not a sleep over if you can’t go home. 2014 Couch Project Campaign: August-September 2014

The Couch Project:raising awareness of the hidden face of homelessness

The Couch Project is a fundraising and awareness campaign, which aims to combat youth homelessness through raising awareness of the dangers of couch surfing.

The Couch Project is your opportunity to help students take action, raise awareness of youth homelessness and rebuild young lives!

When a young person thinks that their home is no longer a safe place, they often go to stay at a mate’s place. While it’s less scary than sleeping rough on the streets, it can be just as dangerous. Eventually they move to another mate’s place, and then another couch, and end up sleeping on the couches that are less safe: friends of friends, dealers, or even worse.

This is the hidden face of homelessness for many of the 44,083 homeless young

Australians under the age of 24 years. Couch surfing is the first step in the cycle of youth homelessness, and its instability spirals into increasingly worse situations.

Funds raised through The Couch Project go directly towards providing services and programs for homeless youth throughout Queensland, New South Wales and ACT.

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Café Horizons

The Café aims to provide vocational training and life skills to at-risk young people who experience difficulty in accessing traditional training. Particularly for those in recovery from drug dependence, Café Horizons provides accredited training in a supported, flexible, hands-on, enterprise environment.

Our mission is to break the cycle of disadvantage and give hope to at risk and marginalized young people across Greater Western Sydney.

Goals:

• To assist at risk young people to avoid the pitfalls of early School leaving, homelessness, substance abuse and crime, through the delivery of targeted holistic, needs based, early intervention programs.

• To assist young people who have become disconnected from mainstream through early School leaving, homelessness, substance abuse, crime and alienation.

• To assist young people who have left School early gain the skills and experience necessary to be able to compete more equitably in the employment market, through the provision of targeted vocational training programs and work experience options.

If you would like to get students involved in Youthlink programs or you’d like to support Youthlink, please contact:


Find out more about Youthlink at:salvos.org.au/youthlink

Examples of activities your school can be part of:

• Referring at risk and disengaged students to Youthlink programs

• Consider using Café Horizons for your catering at school.

• Host a goods drive at school to benefit the young people who access Youthlink.

Youthlink is The Salvation Army’s specialist youth service in Greater Western Sydney.

Youthlink: a series of programs that reach out to young people on the edge

The Salvation Army Youthlink

Youthlink provides early intervention, intensive case management and vocational training programs to disadvantaged and at risk young people across Greater Western Sydney.

Youthlink runs several programs including:

Reconnect

With a view to early intervention, Reconnect works with young people aged 12-18, and their families. The goal of the program is to prevent family breakdown and homelessness by focusing on improving family relationships and strengthening ties to education, training, work and community.

Take Five

The Take Five program is funded by the

Department of Education and Training and assists young people aged between 12 and 16 to remain in or return to school or take up alternative education pathways.

FYRST

FYRST stands for Follow-On Youth Recovery Support Team, and is a support service for young people 16-25 years who would like to address their drug and alcohol issues.

iDiscover

iDiscover runs for five weeks and consists of day programs and camps throughout Sydney and the Blue Mountains. Participants have the ability to receive a statement of attainment from SIS20210 Certificate II in Outdoor Recreation as well as the opportunity to participate in Work Experience. The final week of the program consists of work readiness skills.

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QPR Training includes:

• Myths and facts about suicide.

• Some warning signs of suicide.

• How to apply QPR.

• And how to offer hope and support.

QPR was written by Dr Paul Quinnett, PhD., a clinical psychologist and trainer with over 35 years experience. The training can be accessed easily through our online course, and the material is user friendly, engaging and easy to digest.

It takes one hour to complete, but the knowledge learnt could change someone else’s life forever.

Find out more about QPR Suicide Prevention at: suicideprevention.salvos.org.au

Hope for Life:equipping everyone with the tools to recognise the warning signs of suicide and how to help

The Salvation Army believes that all of us can learn how to support and journey with those who lose hope.

Hope for Life trains and equips you to know how to respond to people who might be at risk of suicide, as well as those who have been bereaved by suicide.

By becoming informed, you might help to save a life and truly bring hope.

Each year, more people die by suicide than in fatal car accidents: the tragedy of suicide claims the lives of more than 2000 Australians each year.

The grief, confusion and anguish that comes from losing someone you love—whether family member, friend, or colleague—is devastating. For every person who dies, another eight people are directly affected by this loss. Suicide directly affects over 16,000 Australians every year.

The Hope for Life Suicide Prevention & Bereavement Support provides information, resources and training for those who need it: those supporting others at risk of suicide or those who have lost a loved one to suicide.

QPR Suicide Prevention

These are three simple steps that anyone can learn quickly to help save a life from suicide.

Just as people trained in CPR help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognise the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to Question, Persuade and Refer someone to help.

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“Adam is an 11 year old boy attending school in Penrith. The deputy principal reports that Adam often becomes angry, regularly disengages from learning in the classroom, abuses teachers and fellow peers, has little to no positive peer relationships and displays no remorse nor understands his responsibilities as a student. He is referred to the deputy principal an average of 5-7 times a week and has been suspended several times.

“In April he was referred to attend a Salvation Army kids camp with nine other boys from his school. Throughout this camp, Adam connected with a wide range of other campers in social and recreational settings while staff were able to establish healthy relationships, encouraging him and his positive behaviour.

“Since then, Adam has regularly engaged with The Salvation Army through the Sports Leadership Program displaying high level of engagement through existing relationships with mentors involved in the program from the kids camp. This term’s program has been centred around self-awareness. With appropriate behaviour management, Adam’s engagement provides a safe environment

for his physical, social and emotional development alongside the other students in the program. His teacher says Adam is always looking forward to the next week in the program but also reports significant improvements in his classroom behaviour and interaction with other students.

“I told Adam of the positive reports I was hearing from his teachers and the deputy principal and I asked him what has changed for this to happen. He said he really enjoys coming to the program and the lessons he’s learning are helping him to avoid trouble and that he’s happier. We will continue to work with Adam through this program until the end of the year supporting his development in preparation for high school.”

– program coordinator Jason Poutawa.

Volunteering opportunities for schools include:

• Coaching and running activities

• Administrative support

• Promotion

• Hosting a goods drive for new equipment

Since it began in Australia over 120 years ago, The Salvation Army has worked hand-in-hand with ordinary Australians who have given their time to help those who are in need.

Volunteering Opportunities: inviting your students to stand with us at the forefront of the issues

When you help The Salvation Army as a volunteer, you offer support to someone at their greatest time of need.

And sometimes it’s as simple as being there: many who have been helped over the years tell us that knowing that someone cared was the turning point in their lives.

Our volunteers also report a great sense of satisfaction, joy at developing new skills, gaining work experience, making new friends, and simply having fun!

Here are just some of the ways that you, or your students, can volunteer to help us build community and inspire change:

Sports Leadership Impact Program

The Salvation Army’s Sports Leadership Impact program is an in-school early intervention program based on an active learning approach for young people aged 10-13 in Western Sydney and surrounding areas.

The program is specifically geared towards:

1. Strengthening confidence and self-esteem;

2. Teaching communication and interpersonal skills;

3. Learning healthy life-skills and values through sport;

4. Developing leadership capacity.

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Candle bag packing and Carols in the Domain

Every year Oasis gathers the support of businesses, schools and individuals to assist with packing 10,000 candle bags that will be sold at the Woolworths Carols in the Domain concert in December.

If your school would like to provide some Christmas cheer to Oasis, by way of packing candle bags with close to $100 worth of goodies including scented candles, juicy magazines and delicious food, or if you would like to help sell the candle bags on the day, please contact Oasis:

[email protected] (02) 9331 2266.

Christmas Day lunch

Every year, The Salvation Army Streetlevel hosts a Christmas Day lunch for 1200 people. This year it will be held at Australian Technology Park in Waterloo. If your school would like to volunteer at this event, registrations open on November 1st. Go to: salvos.org.au/sydneystreetlevel and hit the link to “Getting Involved”.

Other volunteer opportunities

We also offer a wide variety of other volunteer opportunities at various Salvation Army services, and support service learning, Community and Family Studies, work placements, and city experiences and can tailor to suit the needs of your School.

What is there to do?

The Salvation Army can use volunteer help right across the organisation, including areas such as:

• Telephone counselling

• Preparing and serving food

• Typing, clerical, mailroom and reception work

• Research and marketing

• Fundraising

• Running in the City2Surf or Blackmores Sydney Running Festival

• Serving in stores

• Accompanying aged care or other clients on excursions

• Playing music

• Bus driving

• Mentoring and encouraging

• Advocacy

You can also contact us for lists and ideas of goods and services that could be raised by your school that are needed by individual centres such as Christmas hampers, rough sleeper packs and more.

If you would like to enquire about volunteering opportunities for your school, please contact:

Christina Ha Volunteers Coordinator


Street Dreams

Street Dreams is a national dance and mentoring initiative developed as a partnership with Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD), which caters for young people aged 8-18. This program helps connect young people with unique and exciting opportunities to discover and reach their full potential in life.

If your students could benefit from any of the above programs or your school is interested in providing program support (or helping to start new programs in your local area) then please go to streetdreams.info or contact:



• Referring students to the Street dreams program

• Promotion within the community

• Helping to start Street dreams in your community

School holiday programs

The January summer holidays can be the most disengaging time for kids with very little structure around them. Many are unable to access programs, services, and experience family restraints with going on holidays. Though this may be a difficult time, we see this as an opportunity to support children, young people and families of Western Sydney by engaging them in a fun, exciting, active holiday programs through sport, dance, drama, art & craft and music.


• Volunteering as a camp leader

• Administrative Support

• Promotion within the community

• Establishment of new programs for areas in need

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2013 SAM Highlights

• 120 applicants, 31 ambassadors, 17 different high schools

• Ambassadors attended fortnightly meetings including personal development training

• Attended a five day leadership development camp

• Helped launch The Couch Project for Oasis in Circular Quay

• Hosted a National Schools tour about wellbeing with X factor boy band “What About Tonight”

• Organised a Year 9 and 10 Social Justice Conference for over 100 students

• Supported individuals who were at risk at School and in their community

• Completed work placement with Salvos Education and Salvos Legal

Contact the Salvos Ambassadors: [email protected] (02) 9266 9688

To find out more or to apply for the Salvos Ambassador Movement, please visit findyourmission.com.au

The Salvos Ambassador Movement (SAM) is a leadership development initiative which aims to educate, equip and empower high school students to be part of the next generation of history makers tackling social justice issues.

Salvos Ambassador Movement: creating the next generation of history makers

Recruiting from March 2014

This is a brand new, 12 month volunteer opportunity for students 15 years and over to address social issues which affect them and their local community.

Core elements of the initiative include:

• SAM Bootcamp (three day leadership development camp).

• Specialist training and workshops.

• Volunteering opportunities and local mission trips.

• Event and campaign development.

• Public speaking and advocacy for social issues and youth leadership.

• Advisory council of young people to The Salvation Army.

Applications for Salvos Ambassador Movement open on the 27th March 2014.

“So far, I’ve learnt that this program has provided me with the opportunity to reach out, not only with my friends and teachers at school, but also helped me gain a better understanding of homelessness in Australia (and in general).”

“Knowing there are so many other passionate youths and inspirational mentors is truly heartwarming and encourages me to keep fighting to make a positive difference in the community and beyond. To be honest, this is even better than I expected as the projects and events we are working on are so high-scale and life-changing. Thank you so much!”

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Support services

Salvo Care Line The Salvation Army’s 24-hour telephone counselling service, providing free professional short term support to people in need.

P: 1300 36 36 22 salvos.org.au/salvocareline

Kids Helpline “We care and we listen, for any time and for any reason. Free 24/7 phone counselling, email counselling and web counselling”

P: 1800 55 1000 kidshelp.com.au

Suicide Call Back Service The Suicide Call Back Service is a 24-hour, nationwide service that provides telephone and online counselling to people 15 years and over who fit one of the following categories:

• People who are suicidal

• People caring for someone who is suicidal

• People bereaved by suicide

• Health professionals supporting people affected by suicide

P: 1300 659 467 suicidecallbackservice.org.au

headspace headspace offers specific services for people aged 12-25 going through a tough time. We can help with all sorts of issues like relationship break ups, exam stress, peer pressure, bullying and depression. Whatever the issue is, we’ve got your back. headspace.org.au

Eheadspace Eheadspace is a confidential, free, anonymous, secure space where you can chat, email or speak with qualified youth mental health professionals if you are 12 to 25 years. eheadspace.org.au

headspace centres headspace centres have been created because we believe young people need services designed especially for them. Students between 12 - 25 who are having a tough time or know someone who is can visit one of 55 headspace centres across Australia. headspace.org.au/headspace-centres

Reach Out Australia’s leading online youth mental health service, where you can get the help you need, where and when you need it. On ReachOut.com students can find:

• Factsheets, stories and videos

• Information

• Guides, tools and apps

• Forums

reachout.com

Homelessness AustraliaStudent centre for student assignments, contact information and advice for at risk students homelessnessaustralia.org.au

Contact informationYour school is not alone

Salvos Education and Outreach Initiative Bee Orsini 140 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000 (02) 9266 9688 or 0429 174 995 [email protected] salvos.org.au/schools

Salvos Ambassador Movement (02) 9266 9688 [email protected]

Edify Steve Woods (02) 9360 1710 [email protected]

International Aid Development Betsy Pineda (02) 9266 9774 [email protected]/said

Oasis Youth Support Network 365 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 (02) 9331 2266 [email protected] salvos.org.au/oasis

Streetlevel Mission 339 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 (02) 9360 1710 [email protected] salvos.org.au/sydneystreetlevel

Sports Leadership and School Holiday Programs Keith Nolan 0422 911 771 [email protected]

Volunteering Christina Ha 02 9266 [email protected]

Salvation Army contacts

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We believe in freedom through action. We see ourselves as a movement rather than an

institution – inspiring, equipping and inviting people from all walks of life to join the fight and be part of

helping secure freedom for someone else.


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For general enquiries phone 13 SALVOS (13 72 58).

Please consider the environment when disposing of this brochure.Produced by The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory Communications and Public Relations Department. salvos.org.au

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