Twenty three of our Anglicare accredited disaster recovery volunteers assisted with the recovery response at Tathra, when fire devastated the small community before Easter. These trained volunteers included clergy, such as Archdeacon Carol Wagner, parishioners from across the region, and Anglicare staff. They helped at the Evacuation Centres in Bega and Bermagui, at the…
Listening so as to walk in Love Anglicare has been working with Sapphire Coast for many years through Emergency Relief and the Sapphire Surprise Anglicare retail shop. This has created a developing partnership between Anglicare and the local churches as it provides practical Christian love, through welfare and compassion, to struggling individuals and families. Anglicare…
For Naomi Williamson, 43, a participant at Anglicare’s Disability Services, the opening of Anglicare’s new recycled clothing retail store at Jamison Centre in Macquarie on Tuesday 13 February at 5pm means more than a new shopping experience. Naomi is one of two disability services participants who have found employment with the opening of the new…
Anglicare services received special visits from NSW ministers following NSW Cabinet meetings held in Goulburn in late February. The Hon. Ray Williams MP, Minister for Multiculturalism, and Minister for Disability Services, visited Anglicare’s recently opened Disability Services Day Centre in Goulburn, where he met with staff and participants. Anglicare’s Early Childhood Centre at Goulburn TAFE…
Emma and her partner Darryn were doing well and providing for their family of five children, as well as a niece who needed a safe home. The kids had some behavioural challenges and so they came along to the local Anglicare supported playgroups where Emma found friendship, parenting support and encouragement. Anglicare was already part…
“…We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country. For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations,…
Written by Rev’d Dr Ian Coutts. Easter is a fortnight earlier this year than in 2017. Therefore Lent starts equally early this year, with Ash Wednesday on 14 February. Lent, of course, is a penitential season in the Church leading up to Easter. It reminds us of our baptismal and confirmation vows ‘to reject all…
New Anglicare Retail store provides employment opportunities for people living with a disability and greater community connection For Naomi Williamson, 43, a participant at Anglicare’s Disability Services, the opening of Anglicare’s new recycled clothing retail store at Jamison Centre in Macquarie on Tuesday 13 February at 5pm means more than a new shopping experience….
Embracing Ministries is excited to offer ‘Little Treasures’ – a holiday program in the ACT for children of all abilities. With the support of trained leaders and young mentors, children with special needs will learn about the Easter story alongside their mainstream peers, allowing the program to be totally inclusive to children both with…
Written by Anglicare CEO, Jeremy Halcrow. Supporting justice for Australia’s first peoples is core to Anglicare’s mission. So how should we respond to this week’s debate about Australia Day? To be honest, I was somewhat shocked by the Australia Institute poll that found just 38 percent of Australians know the reason Australia Day is January…
