After an extensive recruitment process which drew a very high quality field, the Rev’d Karen Kime has been appointed General Manager for Cultural Safety. The recruitment panel, which included independent member Robyn Forrester (CEO of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre) was unanimous in its decision. Karen is a Birripa woman and was previously Anglicare’s…
More than 40 staff and clients attended Anglicare’s Morning Tea for National Reconciliation Week at Holt on May 30. They heard a presentation from guest speaker Bob Slockee, Relationships Manager from Australians Together, which is a not for profit organisation working for Aboriginal people across Australia. Australians Together developed this professionally produced video https://vimeo.com/268698933…
In April Embracing Ministries had their first Little Treasures Holiday Program. This provided 35 primary school children with the opportunity to learn the Easter story, make new friends, and have fun in a supportive and loving Christian environment. One family asked to share their experience of Little Treasures… “School holidays for families with children with…
30 May 2018. Written by Anglicare Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Halcrow. We are currently celebrating Reconciliation Week and the nation-wide theme this year is “Don’t keep history a mystery”. One frightening statistic being promoted by Reconciliation Australia is that surveys have found that 1 in 3 Australians “don’t believe that Aboriginal people experiences mass…
28 May 2018. Wagga’s Ignite Mentoring program has been ‘reignited’ through its participation in the Wagga Wagga Takes 2 charity fundraising event. Wagga Wagga Takes 2 is annual event which pairs local “celebrities” with accomplished singers for duets to raise money for local charities around the Riverina. This year the event has raised over $431,000…
By Jeremy Halcrow, CEO of Anglicare NSW South/ACT This week Anglicare released our annual Rental Affordability Snapshot showing the availability of private rental accommodation for low-income Australians. Across Australia the statistics are shocking, but for the ACT the worsening trend over recent years can only be described as heart-breaking. The report, now in its ninth…
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…
