On Friday 18 June, Anglicare’s manager at Gordon Community Centre in South Canberra, Laura Dawson, gratefully accepted a $10,000 donation from representatives of the Lyone Foundation to assist women experiencing domestic violence. Ms Dawson says that the need in the local area continues to increase, with the growth in need being especially noticeable since…
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…
Anglicare Goulburn is calling for donations of food and toiletries through their Pantry Appeal which helps disadvantaged people needing assistance through their emergency relief and homelessness and housing services. Since the end of the COVID supplement and the easing of moratoriums to assist renters, many disadvantaged families are further struggling to make ends meet. Anglicare’s…
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 of…
In November last year, Anglicare Rural Chaplain, Rev’d Michael Palmer, coordinated a community project to empower Aboriginal children from Eden Marine High School on the NSW south coast through a canoe building project. Over five days, six young people of different ages worked together to build, decorate and eventually paddle their three canoes in…
This week, commencing 3rd May, is National Family Day Care Week and Anglicare Goulburn’s Family Day Care Educational Leader, Katie Beelen-Smith, is calling for more people to consider becoming Family Day Care Educators. Family Day Care is a unique and flexible model of care, allowing Educators to work from home and choose their own…
Anglicare in Wagga Wagga recently farewelled an incredible foster carer, Kath Withers, who has served as a carer for more than 100 children over the past several decades. Kath also works as an artist, casting a calm and quiet presence in the artist studio of her home surrounded by paintings, sculptures and clothing through…
Barefoot in the creek beside her bushland house, award winning Australian author, Jackie French, embodies what it means to notice and appreciate the world around you. As she prepares to once again judge Anglicare’s annual Pens Against Poverty schools writing competition, Jackie kindly invited some of the Anglicare team to film her giving a…
Anglicare foster carers, Barb and Dave Rugendyke, have fostered more than 400 children over three decades. They currently care for a 14-year-old and an 18-year-old, as well as their adopted 8-year-old daughter, Sarah, and they regularly provide respite care to toddler twins. Sadly, they lost their home and all of their belongings during the…
Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has revealed that post-COVID there is a distressing lack of affordable housing options for families in Canberra, particularly those on low incomes. The data shows a cripplingly small portion of properties would be affordable for people relying on government payments, with virtually no houses available for anyone receiving Jobseeker,…
