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,…
Let us pray Heavenly Father, we give thanks for the work of Anglicare and its staff and volunteers. As we build on the foundations of Sister Esther and the Community of the Holy Name nearly 90 years ago, help us to continue to serve those in our communities who face challenges and difficulties every day….
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…
Friday 28 September was Ian’s last day at Anglicare. He began very part time five and a half years ago with the ACT Anglicare Fostering Team, then with parish partnerships and later as General Manager for Mission and Community Engagement. The Mission and Community Engagement team responsibilities included Emergency Relief, Disaster Recovery, No Interest…
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…
By Angie Winter – Case Manager from Anglicare’s Housing and Homelessness services This article was inspired after seeing my coordinator assist one of our clients. The client was a single dad raising five children, who was moving into permanent housing after living in transitional housing. On this occasion, the father was taking three of his…
On Sunday, 24 June 2018 at Holy Trinity Parish in Orange, staff from Anglicare Western and parishioners from Holy Trinity combined for some friendly competition. The cooking contest was based on using locally donated pumpkins. Hosted by the Rev’d Mal Dunnett there were reports that there was “light hearted bribery, underhandness and corruption all…
Anglicare and Lanyon Valley Anglican Church recently celebrated the first anniversary of their partnership to establish Gordon Community Centre. Debbi Fluke, the Coordinator reports: “Since the Centre opened in early 2017, we have seen significant growth both in our service delivery, and community awareness and engagement in the Centre. From a few visits to…
For the past four years, Bishop Rob has served the Diocese of the Riverina, which stretches from the western edge of Wagga to Victoria and South Australia in the South and East and up past Broken Hill in the North – about 37% of New South Wales. A former actor, Rob had a one…
Without a safe home, it’s almost impossible to other areas of life to be healthy and functioning. For Wayne, a single father from Sydney, he knew this all too well. “I moved to Goulburn from Sydney after a relationship breakdown, and I still found rent costs here were too high for me. I didn’t want…
