During the 1990s, the Mission to the Streets and Lanes operated from Napier Street, Fitzroy. Services provided included family counselling and support, foster care and accommodation for young women.
St David’s Hostel was established in around 1973 by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes on St David’s Street, Fitzroy. It first provided accommodation for young women on their release from prison, but by 1975 it housed teenagers making the transition from Unit 64 (Brighton Children’s Home) to more independent living. In the 1990s,…
The House of Mercy, in Cheltenham, was opened in 1892. It was run by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes as a home for ‘fallen and friendless women’. The women in charge of the House of Mercy were to become known as the Community of the Holy Name. The House of Mercy ceased providing…
The Church of England Homes for Children was established in Wilson Street, Brighton, in 1894 by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes to care for neglected children. In 1916, the property next door was purchased, and the Home expanded to include a babies’ Home for children over one. In 1927 the babies’ Home moved…
‘Unit 64’ came into being in 1975 when the Mission to the Streets and Lanes regrouped its former Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service in Brighton. The Mission housed children and adolescents in two cottages: Unit 64 (64 Wilson Street), and St Faith’s (62 Wilson Street), and also provided family rehabilitation services out of…
The Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service (also known as the Brighton Family Centre) was the new name given in 1968 to the Mission to the Streets and Lanes’ children’s homes in Wilson Street, Brighton. It accommodated children and young people in ‘family group home’ units, and delivered preventive services including family counselling. In…
St Luke’s Toddlers’ Home in Bendigo was run by the Mission of St James and St John. When it opened in 1932, the Toddlers’ Home was for children from 18 months to 5 years of age. Over time, St Luke’s cared for older children, and by the mid 1970s included adolescents. During its operation, St…
St Agnes’ Girls’ Home in Glenroy was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1926. The Mission opened the Home to care for girls aged 5 to 14 who were born to unmarried mothers and who could not be cared for by their own families. The Home was closed in 1963,…
St Paul’s Boys’ Training Home was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1928 and situated in at Newhaven on Phillip Island. It housed ‘delinquent boys’ aged between 9 and 16. In 1955, St Paul’s Training School became the St Paul’s Home for Boys. St Paul’s Training School, run by the…
St Nicholas’ Boys’ Home in Glenroy was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1926. It accommodated boys aged 5 to 14. It was closed in the mid 1950s, and boys were transferred to the St Paul’s Home for Boys in Newhaven, on Phillip Island. St Nicholas’ Boys’ Home in Glenroy…
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