Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & the ACT are thrilled to announce official Sanctuary® certification of our programs including Out-of-Home care (PSP), Therapeutic services, Community and Corporate Services and our RTO Anglicare College. We are especially excited at having achieved certification for our Early Childhood Education and Care services, which are the first in…
Statistics from Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot, released this week, confirm that unprecedented rental rate increases over the past few years have culminated in a devastating reality for people surviving on low incomes. The Snapshot, which Anglicare releases annually, evaluates the private rental market to determine the affordability and appropriateness of rental properties for households…
Anglicare is excited to unveil their innovative new mobile health clinic at the event, which will also celebrate 25 years of The Junction Youth Health Services. The newly out-fitted health van will provide clinical health services to young people in the Canberra region who experience barriers to accessing traditional supports. The service will be…
Anglicare will soon pilot a Learner Driver Program for a select group young people in the ACT who would otherwise struggle to fulfill Access Canberra’s updated requirements for a provisional drivers licence. The ACT’s introduction of the Graduated Licencing Scheme in January of 2020 means that learner drivers under the age of 25 are…
Hundreds of local families are expected to benefit from Anglicare and St Saviours Cathedral annual Christmas Giving Tree appeal which launched earlier this month. This marks the eleventh year of the appeal, and St Saviour’s sub-dean, Canon Anne Wentzel says that she is already overwhelmed by the response from the community. “We’ve already received…
The Chair of the Board of Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT, Ms Lynette Glendinning, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Brandon Howard as the organisation’s next Chief Executive Officer, commencing in February 2023. Mr Howard is currently Executive General Manager – Community and Pathways at GenU, a national charity, offering…
Anglicare NSW South, NSW West, and ACT today congratulates Minister Natasha Maclaren-Jones and Premier Dominic Perrottet for adopting the life-changing reform to extend support to 21 years for those in state care. Anglicare Interim CEO, Brad Braithwaite, said that this further three years of support for young people in care will make a world…
Anglicare ACT is excited for the launch of an innovative new mobile health clinic that will complement their existing bulk billed health service. The Junction Youth Health Service supports young people aged between 12 and 25 years in the Canberra area. A recently announced $210,000 grant from the ACT Health Directorate will fund the…
The ACT Children First Alliance (CFA) supports the national call for action by Australia’s early childhood education workforce for Government to address the current pay inequity due to the gendered nature of the work by funding increased wages in a sector that is critical to both children’s learning and wellbeing and the Australian economy….
Anglicare NSW South NSW West & ACT is proud to honour Goulburn Family Day Care Educator, Maddison Lord, who has won Regional Educator of the year for Goulburn and Southern Tablelands in the 2022 Excellence in Family Day Care Awards. Maddison, who has worked for the past three years as an Educator with…
