https://www.stitches.org.au/home daily 1.0 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1618128294651-T1ZTYNLZV7T3TCE0HX36/Connect-04.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1618128929971-0NL04LMCYVFBNVY0SA2I/educate-05.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1618128358395-2Z0YG97ODF8S1182MGQN/Untitled-1-03.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/ba73c53a-6cbd-4e2c-a552-e61d394a3e67/DSC_0485.jpg Home - Connect We connect and build relationships within the inner-city social housing community by providing events that provide community inclusion and participation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1613967776043-4XY4KGNQ7ZMEDRS4IKXQ/D9b0xVsA.jpeg Home - Educate We engage and serve community needs through tutoring education that will build an employment pathway for their future and break poverty over their lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1624745445141-P7D8I0SE2CUULH3UJKHF/FITZROY+-+GIRLS+WITH+WIGS+AND+SAY+NO+BANNERS.jpg Home - Prevent We help kids make positive life choices to prevent them from drugs, violence and crime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1618221549411-RHHODXYAU87MVYSTDOT3/Heart-06.png Home https://www.stitches.org.au/one-eighty daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/3ae4d4c5-9d48-4b90-ac9d-43a5bc6af59a/oneeightylogo2011.jpg Our Programs - Program Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/f2194468-28e6-4abe-a961-ed4cda01d038/one_eighty_finale-92.jpg https://www.stitches.org.au/about-us daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1598253639787-ZFGHA2YFI72E6Y8J4SNT/wurundjeri.jpg About us A woman and a man pose with their fists raised in front of a large mural of an elderly man with a raised fist, wearing a black beanie with an Aboriginal flag patch. The woman has curly blonde hair and the man is wearing a black jacket and a black cap with an Aboriginal flag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1598253642699-KWEC39DJIC0QWR9HX1C4/patrick+and+chris.jpg About us Three people standing behind tables with food at a community or charity event, with a chain-link fence and trees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1598253660685-WO7F6YEF1PEC6LMBIHWU/GAMES%2520-%2520GIVING%2520OUT%2520PRIZE.JPG About us A boy receiving a toy from a woman at a community event, with a man standing beside him, all wearing yellow shirts and caps near a toy truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1598283897479-SZ7J6EXHPSO7BVYB58G9/Operation-Stitches-Christmas---128148.jpg About us A man in a yellow shirt and blue cap speaking into a microphone at a festive outdoor event with children seated on the grass, decorated with holiday ornaments, a spinning wheel, and a black trailer in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1626213736349-QAZ14PJA63E2ASE4BCRC/stitchesfundraiser-49.jpg About us https://www.stitches.org.au/donate daily 0.75 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1634898045875-843NXMTFHY4J7SE6O2TB/Screen+Shot+2021-10-22+at+9.19.07+pm.png Donate - 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A persons life void of love and kindness simply need to be rekindled with a spark of hope that somebody cares enough to stop and reach out to them https://www.stitches.org.au/we-connect daily 0.75 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1613969054770-G2G8MG4SY1KGXGOP48J9/1-bjBcpg.jpeg We Connect It is important to understand community - what a community is, and the specific nature of the community we work in. Anything we do in a community requires us to be familiar with its people, its history, its demographics, culture, issues, and needs. Operation Stitches has worked within the local public housing sector for more than 25 years. This has not only given a clear perspective of the community’s needs we work with, but also it has gained the acceptance and trust of our organisation. Our programs include carnival style events and parenting program that promote community engagement and inclusion where we connect with not only the young people but also families, single parents and other vulnerable singles. https://www.stitches.org.au/we-educate daily 0.75 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1613969171443-75FQH8KFZ3YCHF3BAA8D/htVpiTvA.jpeg We Educate A good education is essential to build a good pathway for the future. Hundreds of young people reside in the public housing sector where through their social disadvantage they miss out on many opportunities to build their future goals. Many come from migrant families where English is their second language and often struggle to assist their children academically. Early years provide the foundation for the development of life skills and academic education that the young need in order to reach their individual potential in society as adults. Positive Influence and encouragement builds character, life skills and habits developed during this period which affects not only their own sense of belonging and self-worth, but also what they will achieve throughout their life. Lack of basic learning skills will cause these children to fall behind in schooling and finally drop out of school all together as they grow older. https://www.stitches.org.au/tutoring daily 0.75 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f3fb0ab9569095fcbd96a8f/1618224382745-HOL60HNY3CRGOE3SIYV4/R0wcwjVg.jpg Tutoring Club - Education support More than 100 children (from prep to grade 12) attend our weekly tutoring program with dozens of volunteer tutors who have a love for education. 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