Community Support Programs

Prison Bus

PRISON VISIT SERVICE

City Mission’s Prison Visit Service provides free transport for friends and family members who would like to visit loved ones currently in prison. The service operates the second Saturday of each month and travels to Risdon Prison Complex in Hobart.

Before booking with us, you must contact the prison on 6165 7400 to book a time to visit between 12:30pm and 2pm on the Saturday of the Prison Visit Service. To be eligible to visit, you must be registered as a visitor and approved by Corrective Services. All visitors must provide approved government photo ID (drivers licence, passport etc) and children under 18 can visit parents if ID has been provided.

Once your visitation time has been confirmed by the prison you must then book your seat with us through City Mission’s Family Services on 6335 3000. Your seat will need to be booked before 4pm on the Thursday prior to your visit. Please note we have limited capacity, so we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.

The Prison Visit Service departs at 9am from City Mission’s Chapel, 48 Frederick St Launceston and arrives at Risdon Prison Complex at approximately 12.30pm. The service returns to Launceston around 6pm.

What to bring:

Photo ID

Lunch or money to buy lunch at the designated rest stop

Appropriate clothing

Car seats/capsules for babies/infants

Contact Numbers:

Risdon Prison Complex 6165 7400

Family Services 63 35 3000

You can find full details on visitation and requirements at https://www.justice.tas.gov.au...

Project North

Project North takes a community-led approach to empower and inspire locals in the northern suburbs of Launceston, including Rocherlea, Newnham, Mayfield, Mowbray, Invermay, Ravenswood and Waverley.

"What people long for is a chance to have their voice heard, to feel valued, understood and supported. Understanding that for a community to truly thrive, locals must have a say in its future." said Ray Green Project Lead.

This initiative is powered through collaboration and as such recognises and is thankful for generosity and support of Olive Road in partnership with City Mission North & North West TAS. Project North is about bringing people with a lived experience of their communities to the forefront of decision making when it comes to things that matter to them and aims to identify and alleviate some of the more persistent and complex social issues in the Northern Suburbs of Launceston. It hopes to achieve this through local communities working together around an agreed resident led collective impact approach. A key component of this project is the empowerment of local community members being the primary owners and changemakers when it come building a better future for those they love.

Ray Green (Project North – Community Development Lead) works alongside various place-based community stakeholders, such as the City of Launceston, the Northern Suburbs Community Centre, Starting Point Neighbourhood House, local community sheds, the Migrant Resource Centre, Community Housing Limited as well as government and business to help equip, resource and develop local leaders, facilitating the longer term viability of the project.

Passionate stakeholders working alongside these community members help underpin and resource these dreams. Once a common/community agenda has been agreed upon local community groups/teams work in collaboration to leverage their combined assets to achieve both long term projects as well as running smaller quick win projects that build, community spirit, self-belief and momentum.

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For more information please contact: community@citymission.org.au

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