Anglicare housing service prepares to help more local families as COVID-19 creates financial stress Anglicare’s Homelessness and Housing service in Goulburn is bracing for an influx of clients impacted by the COVID-19 measures that have seen some jobs on hold or disappear. Anglicare senior manager, Toni Reay, says that employment instability or job loss…
Anglicare services stretch to meet demand as more local families face financial stress Anglicare’s team at the Ashmont Community Resource Centre encourage people to seek help early if they are facing job loss and financial instability as a result of COVID-19 measures. Anglicare senior coordinator, Jasmine Woodland, says that while face to face services…
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant many people, especially the elderly, have become increasingly isolated due to strict social distancing measures. Fiona Harris, an educator from Calwell Early Childhood Centre, has launched a heart-warming project aimed at keeping young children and aged care residents connected when face-to-face visits are no longer an option. The Art…
Eager to make a positive difference despite his dysfunctional upbringing, Joc joined the fire brigade at just 14 years of age. Joc served in the NSW Fire Brigade for 22 years, but even his experience as a crew leader in the specialised division, could not prepare Joc for the horrors of the Canberra Fires…
This past summer we have drawn on the support of our Disaster Recovery teams more than ever. Over 60 volunteers selflessly assisted at over 20 Bushfire Emergency Evacuation Centres across regional NSW and the ACT – some for weeks at a time. The impacts of the fires were truly devastating with 5.4 hectares of land…
Anglicare advises that there has been a report of a person in an unmarked van illegally posing as an Anglicare volunteer in the Holbrook/Jingellic region during the recent bushfire evacuation in the area. This has been reported to police and Anglicare have followed up on this. Anglicare confirms that there were no people working as…
No one should go hungry at Christmas, or anytime but it is a stark reality for many people. The Eurobodalla Homelessness Support Service (EHSS) in Moruya is helping the community with food hampers to help reduce the pressure caused by rising food, rent and fuel prices. To date the EHSS has assisted families with nearly…
Children in the Albury and Wodonga region are missing out the stability of a permanent home with foster care provider, Anglicare, calling on more local people to consider becoming carers. “While we care for children of all ages from birth to 18 years, we find that it is usually school-age children that we struggle the…
The Canberra Gambling Reform Alliance (CGRA) has congratulated the ACT’s Gambling and Racing Commission (The Commission) for releasing the results of the latest ACT Gambling Survey but expressed strong concerns that the results expose that no headway has been made in reducing gambling harm to the Canberra community. These results provide yet more evidence that…
Nearly 300 students from 33 schools in the ACT and parts of NSW put pen to paper in support of Anti-Poverty Week as part of Anglicare’s ‘Pens Against Poverty’ schools writing competition, expressing their heart for issues ranging from family to refugees. The inspirational competition, which began in 2015, gives school students the opportunity during…
