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Tiny house, big answer to prayer
Menai Salvation Army Leader Mark Soper takes delivery of the Tiny Home that has been donated to house people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. The Salvation Army in Sydney’s south has...
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Little fundraisers with a big heart for the homeless
Colonels Mark and Julie Campbell (back left) with Melinda Eagleton and her neighbour Liz, and the group of children who raised $400 for The Salvation Army to help those impacted by homelessness in Mel...
Teenagers put pedal to metal for youth homelessness
Are you brave enough to be a ‘Billycart beast for justice?’ That was the question asked of high school-aged Salvos from across South Australia/Northern Territory Division, who held...
Sleeping rough in Hobart to end homelessness
Salvos, business leaders and local politicians took to the streets of Hobart last week to sleep rough in a bid to curb Tasmania’s homelessness crisis. More than 55 people from the state govern...
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Salvos homelessness work to feature on SBS
The work of The Salvation Army in supporting young people experiencing homelessness will be featured in a documentary, Life After the Oasis, on SBS television this Sunday night. Watching wi...
Housing ends homelessness
Livia Carusi, The Salvation Army National General Manager of Homelessness, really needs some strategic career advice. Ask her what the Army’s policy on homelessness is and she replies without...
Ahead of the pack
Lighten the load in your suitcase — and life — by not carrying around excess baggage. I hate packing! Whether it’s to move house, go on holidays or to a conference, packing is on...
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And that's another story
Telling tales about each other connects families through the generations. Everyone loves a spider story. Like the time when my 10-year-old daughter put her foot into her school shoe and a huntsman ra...
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Gateway to freedom
Honouring a gift of sacrifice that knows no boundaries. Every evening at 8pm the Last Post is played under the great arch of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium. I recently witne...
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Leaving fear behind
Panic attacks were paralysing Tina until she met God at a Salvo church. For me, anxiety came in the form of panic attacks. I was 32 years old and 25 weeks pregnant with twins when I experienced the s...