Tag Archive for: Helping Hands

A Place to Call Home: For Some, It’s the Ultimate Christmas Gift

By: Helping Hands TV

“Wesley Mission has given me hope. Wesley Mission has given me back trust. Wesley Mission has given me back appreciation of love,” says Martin, a recipient of housing through Wesley Mission’s Homeless Services. Read more

Designing Communities to Tackle Loneliness: The ‘Little BIG Foundation’

By: Helping Hands TV

Michael Easson believes that everyone is important. Read more

How Innovation in Education is Changing Australia

By: Helping Hands TV

Students in rural and regional areas have an educational disadvantage, and addressing this issue can bring about social change across Australia. Read more

The Benefits of Music in Education

By: Helping Hands TV

“Everyone has music inside them as an inherent way of communicating and connecting,” says Bernie Heard from the Australian Youth Orchestra. Read more

Tough Love That Transforms Lives: Veteran Mentors

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“There’s no bad kid. There are only children with negative learned behaviours,” says Matthew French, co-founder and director of Veteran Mentors. Read more

The Organisation That’s Empowering Veterans for Business Success

By: Helping Hands TV

Successful veteran businesses deliver many social benefits to ex-servicemen and women, their families and in many communities across Australia, according to Tim Lewis, a retired Royal Australian Air Force member and a veteran entrepreneur. Read more

Escaping the Comparison Vortex is Key to Feeling Happy and Blessed

By: Helping Hands TV

“Happiness really is about contentedness,” says social researcher, Mark McCrindle, from McCrindle Research. “And if we’re forever chasing the next thing, that happiness never arrives.” Read more

Being a Supportive Friend in Mental Health Challenges: 7 Helpful Tips

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“There is no health without mental health,” say Graeme Cowan. Read more

Bringing an End to Toxic Masculinity

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“The best masculinity,” offers Graeme Cowan, during a recent Helping Hands panel discussion on the topic of positive masculinity, “It’s being protective, it’s being caring, and it’s being supportive.” Read more

What Does Good Leadership Look Like?

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“A good leader,” says Mark Jones, Chief Storyteller at the ImpactInstitute, “has a very clear picture of the future, a strong vision, and you’re able to bring people along on the journey.” Read more