NEWS

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 Territory. In the Northern Territory, he managed four crisis intervention youth centres…

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 that when someone decides to consider rehab,…

Winter 2020 appeal letter

Thank you for being part of the Teen Challenge family!

Love one another

This message from our CEO Graham Ross comes from our winter 2020 newsletter. One of the problems each of us face today is desensitisation – becoming numb, deaf, dumb and blind to events around us. As I write today (and the figures will be vastly different when you read this), worldwide, there are 5.1 million…

End of a chapter for Eddy

After approximately nine years of working with us, Eddy is moving on. Eddy first heard about Teen Challenge SA through his youth work placement. He then started volunteering at the homelessness shelter in Whitmore Square in Adelaide. Like many, Eddy felt the call to the ministry for the lost. He decided that after his placement,…

We are seeking a new home

Building on 38 years of transforming lives in South Australia for people who suffer from addiction and substance abuse, we are seeking a new home. The next decade marks a time where South Australia has one of the highest recorded rates of methamphetamine use globally, coupled with alcohol being the most widely used drug in…

Farewell to Dave and Helen

On Friday 27 April 2018, we officially said goodbye to a wonderful couple, Dave and Helen, who have given so many years of service to our organisation.