In 2021, Anglicare opened an emergency relief hub in Bathurst in partnership with the local Anglican Church where the service is based – and already the hub is experiencing an influx of people needing assistance. Every week volunteers from the church and community are on board to assist, and include people from a wide range…
Anglicare’s bushfire recovery coordinator Jo Murrell recently hosted a morning tea and a plant giveaway to support community members who were affected by the Black Summer bushfires. The initiative was started by Wagga Wagga locals and avid gardeners, Keith and Eva Bergmeier who provided over 200 plants from their own extensive garden with specimens including…
For Crookwell local, Yvonne, the opening of Anglicare’s Disability Day Centre last year meant the end of regular trips to Goulburn to access disability support for her 40 year old son, Mark who has Down Syndrome. The new Centre was opened in partnership with Crookwell Anglican Church and is located in a building co-located…
The recent lockdowns in NSW and the ACT have caused a new wave of anxiety and uncertainty first experienced in the 2020 lockdowns. Families can’t leave their homes, people living alone are left further isolated, and those who are vulnerable are struggling the most. People have approached Anglicare emergency relief services for help wearing…
Anglicare NSW South, NSW West and ACT (Anglicare) is lending its support to a grassroots initiative in Dubbo aimed at protecting vulnerable communities in Western NSW. The project is the work of Dubbo local, Cyrena Harris, and provides at-risk Aboriginal communities with COVID Care Packs of sanitizer, hand wipes, face masks, colouring-in books and…
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…
Rev’d Mike and Chloe Pailthorpe from Bungendore Anglican Church share with us their passion for ministry and Phil’s Emporium Op Shop which serves the local community in many ways and operates in partnership with Anglicare. When did you know you were called to ministry? Mike: I became a Christian in late high-school and almost…
In March, the Anglicare Executive Team and Anglicare’s Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, hosted a formal farewell for Rev Karen Kime on the banks of Wagga Beach. As Anglicare’s General Manager of Cultural Safety, Karen made an outstanding contribution to our organisation to lead us in the development and implementation of Anglicare’s Reconciliation Action…
By Bishop Mark Short. I am writing this reflection on International Women’s Day, thankful for the enormous contribution made by women, lay and ordained, stipendiary and voluntary to the life and witness of our Diocese. I am also proud that our Diocese has been a pioneer in the recognition of women’s ministry through the…
Embracing Ministries provides pastoral care, spiritual support and developmentally appropriate programs for children and especially families in the Canberra area who live with disability. The program has seen incredible growth over the past year, in spite of the challenges of COVID-19. According to Director, Andrea De Vaal Horcui, families feel they have found a…
