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…
Anglicare (Western region) proudly announces the establishment of a partnership with FoodCare in Orange to provide improved support for vulnerable local families. The partnership, which commenced last week, allows Anglicare to refer people who are in need of emergency assistance to the FoodCare service at Glenroi Community Centre, Garema Rd, Orange. FoodCare Orange buys supplies…
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…
When a relationship breakdown left Maddison and her baby son with nowhere else to go, she turned to Anglicare for help. “Anglicare helped me and even paid for hotel accommodation for me until something more permanent could be found,” says 20 year old Maddison. “I couldn’t go home to live with my own mother and…
Anglicare (NSW South, West & ACT) proudly confirms the establishment of a consortium with MacKillop Family Services to deliver the newly launched Permanency Support Program – Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) as part of the Out of Home Care reforms in NSW. The partnership ensures continuity of therapeutic approaches across both agencies. This will be particularly…
Families in the Goulburn-Mulwaree region are set to benefit from the NSW government’s budget announcement to extend preschool subsidies for children aged 4 years to also include those aged 3 years. Anglicare’s Executive Manager for Early Childhood Education and Care, Simon Bennett, welcomes the move which is expected to result in up to $800 worth…
CRGA POLICY STATEMENT The Canberra Gambling Reform Alliance (CGRA) recognises that current community contributions are highly valued by those organisations who receive these cash donations and in-kind support. CGRA also recognises that this scheme aims to redistribute gambling profits towards activities that deliver community benefit. While this aim is commendable, CGRA believes that the current…
