Will you rise to the challenge?

The 100&1 Club is a new Teen Challenge SA initiative raising money to help people overcome addiction. It involves 100+ people raising $1,000 each (or more!) over 10 weeks. The 100&1 Club members undertake self-directed activities as an individual or team that...

Our Promised Land

It didn’t quite take 40 years – although sometimes it felt like it – but our move to Strathalbyn has certainly yielded milk and honey – and alpacas, sheep, goats, turkey, geese, chickens, ducks and guinea fowl. It was a mammoth job to pack up and move our entire rehab...

You got us over the line!

In the summer 2020 edition of our newsletter, we announced that Teen Challenge had been given a God-opportunity to purchase a new rehabilitation facility in Strathalbyn and that a major partner offered support of a low-interest loan of 1.2 million dollars to see this...

Teen Challenge on the radio

On Sunday 22 November 2020, Teen Challenge SA was invited to speak on 1079 Life as part of their Sunday Night Talk segment with Paul and Laureen Newsham. Two of our students, Trystram and Tavis, shared their stories on-air about addiction and rehab, and Trystram even...

New board member at Teen Challenge

We recently welcomed Pastor Greg Donald to the Teen Challenge SA board. Greg is the senior pastor of Engage Church Kadina, and he is an ordained minister with Australian Christian Churches. Before this appointment, Greg spent over ten years pastoring in the Northern...

Intake procedure now online

With the onset of COVID-19, we have made some changes to our intake procedure. We now have an online intake form on our website. New applicants can make an online application, which is then emailed directly to our intake officer. The good thing about an online form is...