Anglicare Riverina in Albury, New South Wales, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Anglicare Riverina

Locality: Albury, New South Wales, Australia

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24.01.2022 14 year old Heidi says she has noticed a big difference within herself since joining the Anglicare Starting FRESH program in Wagga Wagga The program has been created for students who need some extra support or are at risk at disengaging from school. Starting FRESH runs several days a week and involves an engaging fitness activity and a healthy breakfast to ensure these young people have the best start to their day!... The program has seen young people grow in confidence, have a more positive mindset as well as creating and building healthy habits. Starting FRESH was largely funded by grants from the Department of Communities and Justice which lasts until June 2021. Anglicare is seeking community support to ensure this program continues well into the future

22.01.2022 Due to COVID restrictions, Carevan and Wagga Wagga City Council is working on a program to cook nutritious meals at the Carevan warehouse 3 days per week. Meals... are labelled and frozen. Service providers collect the meals and distribute them to their clients in need. The demand is currently great, with 350 meals going out each week. For those requiring meals, they will need to register with one of the service providers. Please ring Lynne (0444554588) to find out where your nearest service provider is located.

11.01.2022 The Thread Together Mobile Wardrobe has been at Mount Austin High School today fitting out some of the class of 2020 with formalwear for their formal next week. If you’d like to be part of delivering this amazing program to your community, come along to our volunteer information night next Monday evening at 6pm at the Ashmont Community Resource Centre on Tobruk st. RSVP essential due to COVID19 safety planning. Rsvp to Bre [email protected] or message us :)

11.01.2022 Looking for a NAIDOC Week activity for young people? The 2020 NAIDOC Week poster is also available as a colouring in! It includes some information about how ...the artwork represents the Rainbow Serpent, Dreamtime and ties into the 2020 theme - Always Was, Always Will Be https://www.naidoc.org.au//2020-naidoc-poster-colouring-in

10.01.2022 Please join us in congratulating Aunty Isabel for her most recent achievement. An incredibly deserving and inspirational woman to receive this recognition. Born in 1932, Isabel Reid is the oldest living survivor of the Stolen Generation children who were unjustifiably and forcibly removed from their families because they were Aboriginal. Isabel, her sister Betty and brother Jack were taken on the way home from school. Their parents had no idea what had happened to them.... Isabel and Betty were sent to the Cootamundra Domestic Training Home, becoming domestic servants with their wages paid to the NSW Government. As an Elder of the Wiradjuri people, Isabel has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the Stolen Generation to help prevent it from happening again. In 2013, she was made an inaugural director of the Coota Girls Aboriginal Corporation, and in 2016, she was appointed as an inaugural member and Chairperson of the Stolen Generations Advisory Committee. Her strong leadership was instrumental to the NSW Government offering a $74 million reparation package to those forcibly removed under the Aborigines Protection Act 1909-1969. A natural leader and outstanding public speaker, 88-year-old Isabel is a highly valued and respected part of our community.

03.01.2022 300 Wagga families are awaiting a social housing placement because they are at risk of homelessness. The current wait time? 2-5 years! Jasmine from our Ashmont Community Resource Centre spoke to @9NewsRiverina about the urgent need for more social housing.

01.01.2022 Have you seen our Acknowledgement of Country artwork? This beautiful painting by a young person in one of our residential homes (now known as ITC Houses) i...s proudly displayed in every one of our locations across ACT and NSW. The artwork is customised for each office with the name of the local First Nations people

01.01.2022 Have you seen the NSW AECG's Aboriginal Languages app? The app is available in the Apple App Story and GooglePlay and it includes a dictionary plus games ...like Pictionary, word searches and complete the story. It includes the following languages Bundjalung Gamilaraay Gumbaynggirr Wiradjuri Paakantji Murrawarri

01.01.2022 Spanking children is linked to increases in aggressive behavior in children and young people. How is it illegal to assault another adult, but 'discipline' to as...sault a child? "Of the countries included in the study, 30 have passed laws fully banning physical punishment of children, both in schools and in homes. The rates of fighting among adolescents were substantially lower than in the 20 countries with no bans in place: by 69 percent for adolescent males and 42 percent less for females." https://www.npr.org//what-happens-when-a-country-bans-span? (Congratulations to Scotland!)