A Collaborative Movement
Using principles of collaboration, over 100 community-based members have joined together with the national organisation Mission Australia to help stimulate collective action and sustain the long-term changes they want to see.
Our Vision
“Happy and healthy young people contributing to a brighter future in Cairns South”
Was developed to represent the desire for our children and young people to have the well-being, support and opportunities they need to grow and thrive.
Our Mission
By 2030
We will make an incremental localised impact to improve the life of children and their families in Cairns South through:
Collective Approach
Taking a collective approach to strengthening communities and tackling complex systems
Evidence-Based
Using evidence-based decision-making to help families overcome intergenerational disadvantage
We Listen
Seeking out and listening to the voices of the vulnerable and including them in our decision-making
Celebrating
Connecting with our community, celebrating its diversity and success
Our Focus Area
Children are developing well in their first 1,000 days and launch into early learning.
Young people have the foundations needed as they start adolescence and launch into a thriving future.
Young people have the foundations needed as they start adolescence and launch into a thriving future.
The Governance Group
Cairns South Together is guided by a Steering Committee whose members have experience in setting and leading the strategic direction, relationship-building and advocating for change.
Chair – Hon. Curtis Pitt MP
Deputy Chair – Councillor Cathy Zeiger
Hon Stanley Jones AO QC
Linda Bailey
Peter Piccone
Bruce Houghton
Cassy Bishop
Jamie Finger
Jason Salecich
Adam Sarota
Tony Martens
Allison Halliday
Keiren O’Brien
Aquila Luki
Anne Holden
Dr Phil Flint
Brett Schafferius
Represented by Chris Hodgman
The Working Groups
Collaborative working clusters are made up of volunteers from the community, service providers and local business. They sit alongside the Steering Committee to think deeply, test ideas and suggest solutions.
Role of Backbone Organisation
Mission Australia is committed to collaborating with the Cairns South Together movement and providing resources to progress and support the activities of the broader movement.
In Cairns South, Mission Australia works alongside the local community through a range of programs and services including:
- Communities of Focus
- Hambledon House Community Centre
- Communities for Children
- Community Chaplaincy
- The NDIS Local Area Coordination, Partner In the Community and Early Childhood Early Intervention Services
- Woree Supported Accommodation Service
- Going Places Homelessness Service