No one should go hungry at Christmas, or anytime but it is a stark reality for many people. The Eurobodalla Homelessness Support Service (EHSS) in Moruya is helping the community with food hampers to help reduce the pressure caused by rising food, rent and fuel prices. To date the EHSS has assisted families with nearly…
Anglicare is in need of more foster carers and will be running two, commitment free, information sessions for people who may be interested in finding out more about becoming foster carers. Foster carers can come from all walks of life; married, single, unemployed, working full-time. Whether you’re in it for the long-term or can…
“[Respite care] is something we wanted to do for a while,” says Shelly. “We knew there were a lot of children who were in situations where they weren’t receiving the care and attention that they needed… We felt this was something we could do together with passion and commitment, and we felt like respite care was going to be our…
Clients of Anglicare’s Housing and Homelessness Service in Goulburn have been receiving free cooking classes thanks to the Mulwaree branch of Country Women’s Association. Every Monday, Anglicare clients attend the classes hosted by the CWA which takes them through recipes step-by-step and also educates them on safe food handling, storage, healthy eating and tips…
In celebration of National Volunteers Week, St Johns Hall was transformed to host a special morning tea to honour and celebrate Anglicare’s volunteers. The event was attended by more than 100 volunteers from a range of Anglicare services in Canberra including St John’s Care, Anglicare Retail and Disaster Recovery. Guest speaker Virginia Haussegger, a…
On Wednesday 8 May the Canberra YMCA, in partnership with Anglicare, officially launched Youth Space. The initiative, based at Anglicare’s building at Scotts Crossing in Canberra, provides afternoon support for young people with activities like games, cooking and a safe place to meet with the YMCA team and receive additional support. The launch event was attended by young people,…
By Susan Mickelburgh – Anglicare Senior Carer Practitioner (Moruya/Bega) Susan has been a social worker for over 40 years and has undertaken a variety of roles in the public and private sectors in several parts of Australian and in Indonesia. She has worked for Anglicare for 18 months and is passionate about seeing families, children…
By Debbi Fluke, Anglicare NSW South, NSW West and ACT Despite, or perhaps because of, society’s increasing focus on the online world, there is a strong drive for rebuilding community in local areas. Older generations are becoming increasingly isolated; refugees and migrants have limited English and opportunities to engage in community; younger people need safe,…
Brad Braithwaite has been appointed in a new role at Anglicare as Deputy CEO. Brad will have a particular focus on helping us develop the organisational capability required to meet emerging strategic challenges, especially our goals around improved program evaluation, business intelligence systems, philanthropy and workforce development. Brad was Deputy CEO of Argyle Community…
This week the team from Ashmont Community Centre in Wagga Wagga were announced the winners of the Anglicare Australia’s National Partnership Award. The award is one of four national awards given out annually across a network of over 30 community service organisations operating across Australia, and celebrates the partnership between the Anglicare Riverina Youth and…
