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Corps-based partnerships strengthening parents
A program that helps eligible parents plan for the future once their youngest child goes to school has been launched in five corps across South Australia. ParentsNext is a Federal Government program d...
More fuel for Drive for Life
Corps Officer Major Paul Moulds (second from right) outside the Auburn Corps with representatives from Transurban and The Salvation Army Drive for Life program. The Salvation Army Drive for Life progr...
Employment Plus launches new disability services
Jessica Jovanovic and Ben Warren, who featured recently on ABC TV’s Employable Me, assisted The Salvation Army develop resources for their newly launched Employment Plus Disability Em...
Innovation Funding gives asylum seekers a boost
An Australia Territory Innovation Funding grant couldn’t have come at a better time for Brunswick Salvation Army’s Asylum Seeker and Refugee Service centre. The grant is part of the Inn...
Coffee provides grounds for employment
Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds, former Test cricketer David Boon and The Salvation Army Housing Campbell Street program manager Anthony Fagan at the coffee cart. Many people will tell you that a cup...
I am done with gambling
The spring racing carnival is in full swing. The horses immaculately groomed, and the “fashions on the field” are capturing the eyes of the crowd. The bookies are taking their bets and...
Dealing with the devil of addiction
Jarrod found hope through The Salvation Army's Dooralong Transformation Centre. Today Jarrod beams with goodwill. He laughs easily and often. He has a fulltime job, a bunch of good friends and shares...
Surrendering to God ended my battle with addiction
I grew up in a good home with a hard-working family. I had a Christian upbringing. I was about 13 when I got involved with drinking, marijuana and cigarettes. It was a fun and rebellious kind of thing...
Looking forward to a clean Christmas
Hayden and Valena, participants of The Salvation Army William Booth House Recovery Services Program, are looking forward to spending Christmas sober with their families this year. Christmas this year...
Freedom from addiction
On 22 August 2014, on my way to my office, I was stopped by undercover detectives, arrested in front of my colleagues, and later charged with serious drug-supply offences. I was on the nightly news fo...