Anglicare Family Day Care recently honoured Goulburn Playgroup Leader, Rhonda Perry, as she marked her retirement following 38 years of service with the organisation. The celebration event took place at Anglicare’s Goulburn Family Day Care Centre and was particularly memorable as Katie Beelen-Smith, who was the event organiser and Anglicare’s Education Leader in Goulburn,…
Goulburn Soroptimists donated over 150 items of non-perishable food to Anglicare’s emergency relief services this week to assist vulnerable local families. Anglicare’s regional manager for housing support services, Toni Reay, said the donation would benefit growing numbers of people approaching the organisation’s housing and emergency relief services for help. “Winter is always a particularly…
On Friday 18 June, Anglicare’s manager at Gordon Community Centre in South Canberra, Laura Dawson, gratefully accepted a $10,000 donation from representatives of the Lyone Foundation to assist women experiencing domestic violence. Ms Dawson says that the need in the local area continues to increase, with the growth in need being especially noticeable since…
Anglicare Goulburn is calling for donations of food and toiletries through their Pantry Appeal which helps disadvantaged people needing assistance through their emergency relief and homelessness and housing services. Since the end of the COVID supplement and the easing of moratoriums to assist renters, many disadvantaged families are further struggling to make ends meet. Anglicare’s…
On Wednesday 19 May, Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT’s Disability Day Centre in Crookwell will be officially launched by NSW State Member for Goulburn, Wendy Tuckerman and Upper Lachlan Shire Mayor, John Stafford. The centre began operations at the end of 2020, and is the result of a partnership with the congregation of…
This week, commencing 3rd May, is National Family Day Care Week and Anglicare Goulburn’s Family Day Care Educational Leader, Katie Beelen-Smith, is calling for more people to consider becoming Family Day Care Educators. Family Day Care is a unique and flexible model of care, allowing Educators to work from home and choose their own…
Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has revealed that post-COVID there is a distressing lack of affordable housing options for families in Canberra, particularly those on low incomes. The data shows a cripplingly small portion of properties would be affordable for people relying on government payments, with virtually no houses available for anyone receiving Jobseeker,…
24 March 2021. Anglicare’s emergency relief services in Reid and South Canberra are calling for urgent food donations following a surge in demand with the announcement of cuts to the Jobseeker COVID-19 supplement from 1 April. Jason Haines, executive officer at St John’s Care, said his particular service is seeing around 20 families per…
20 January 2021 Generous support from local churches, businesses and individuals has enabled Anglicare to continue to meet the increasing needs of local families who found themselves struggling over the Christmas and New Year period. Hundreds of donated Christmas presents and items of non-perishable food, given in the lead up to Christmas, allowed Anglicare…
Hundreds of local families are expected to benefit from Anglicare and St Saviours Cathedral annual Christmas Giving Tree appeal which begins this week. This marks the ninth year of the appeal, and Dean of St Saviour’s Cathedral, The Very Reverend Phillip Saunders, says that following such a challenging 12 months, the Giving Tree is…
