Anglicare Riverina Financial counselling Services is calling for anyone in the Riverina region who is struggling with finances to make Thursday 18 May the day they fight the stress and take back control. Anglicare, along with other financial service providers, are holding a free Bring Your Bills day at Thurgoona Community Centre on the day…
Students from Burgmann Anglican School Forde are stepping up on behalf of those in need on Monday 8 May with generous donations of food to mark the launch of Anglicare’s 2017 Pantry Appeal. With demand for emergency food relief increasing, Burgmann school students plan to set the bar high and encourage others to also give…
Canberra-Queanbeyan families face worst rental affordability rates in the nation according to Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot, with 2.3% rental affordability for Canberra families on a minimum wage compared with 4% in Sydney and up to more than 40% in other comparable metro capitals. Regional statistics show that low income earners, young people and single…
10 March 2017. The Coalition government has announced that it will consider creating a new affordable housing body to assist renters and those on lower incomes in accessing community housing. Executive Director of Anglicare Australia Kasy Chambers appreciates the Government’s commitment to doing more work on a range of issues to improve housing affordability. She…
8 March 2017. Written by Jeremy Halcrow – Anglicare, Chief Executive Officer. Today (March 8) is International Women’s Day. This led me to reflect on whether that growing rates of child poverty in this country are linked to gender inequality and whether we can do more speak out against the factors driving this appalling outcome….
7 March 2017. Three inspiring young Canberrans were awarded with $350 personal grants by the Country Women’s Association’s Canberra Branch. The CWA Young Carers Grants recognise that these young people, each a carer for a family member, have missed out on a normal childhood in many ways in order to fulfil a role more mature…
Three inspiring young Canberrans were awarded with $350 personal grants by the Country Women’s Association’s Canberra Branch. The CWA Young Carers Grants recognise that these young people, each a carer for a family member, have missed out on a normal childhood in many ways in order to fulfil a role more mature than their…
Anglicare does a lot! Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT also works in a lot of communities – from Eden to Dubbo, from Liverpool to Wagga Wagga and Albury. Our services are as diverse as the regions we work in – from Emergency Relief to Early Learning Centres to Disability services and Youth + Family…
Joy had been working in the garden when she made the decision to leave. The bushfires were approaching and in the scorching plus 40 degree heat and heavy breeze, 75-year-old Joy knew she had to go. After getting her dog into the car, and collecting a handful of items as she hurried out of the house,…
13 January 2017. New case manager at the Anglicare Rae Burgess crisis housing service in Yass, Amanda Green, says that mental illness, domestic violence, shame and a fear of FACS intervention are some of the reasons people avoid asking for housing help until it’s too late. “The cost of living in Yass is high and…
