Counterpoint Community Services in Waterloo | Social service

Counterpoint Community Services

Locality: Waterloo

Phone: +61 2 9698 9569

Address: 67 Raglan Street 2017 Waterloo, NSW, Australia

Website: http://counterpointcs.org.au/

Likes: 906

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Community organisation
• Community centre
• Social service

25.01.2022 https://www.jennyleong.org/south_eveleigh_community_meeting

24.01.2022 How ready are you when emergencies happen? Come in and have a chat with the Redcross team !!! Every Thursdays!!!

24.01.2022 Tafe Open Day 2020 - Virtual Event #TAFE #TAFEOpenDay #TAFEOpenDay2020 https://www.tafensw.edu.au/open-day

23.01.2022 'I believe we have the answer': Uncle Bruce Shillingsworth illustrates how First Nations people from around the world have the knowledge and know-how to heal Mother Earth. #ThePoint

23.01.2022 Counterpoint is also proud to be a support partner of the Redfern Waterloo choir...

22.01.2022 Last Friday we launched our new weekly program Do Drop in Day. This is held between 10.30am and 2.30pm every Friday. The centre is open to individuals (and a support person) to provide an opportunity for them to connect over Devonshire Tea in a Covid Safe way.

22.01.2022 This Sunday is the beginning of NAIDOC Week 2020. Please check the below link for all upcoming activities in your area: https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/naidoc-week-events... Always Was, Always Will Be.

21.01.2022 Breaking news: WARNING Trigger warning: Suicide... We suggest if you or your child uses the popular App Tik Tok, that you make sure they stay off for the next 2...4 hours or so. Overnight, sadly, there was a suicide that took place on a Tik tok live which has made it's way into the feeds of many people around the world. The advice is to stay off Tik Tok for a 24 hour period until they have been able to take this video out of the algorithm. This is a very traumatising video. It is also circulating on MANY other social platforms (Facebook, Instagram and kids messenger), so please monitor your children. NB: if you are struggling and need to talk to someone, please reach out for help. Lifeline: 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 or beyondblue.org.au Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 or kidshelpline.com.au Headspace: 1800 650 890 or headspace.org.au

20.01.2022 Well, this is finally it - yesterday we packed and delivered our final bags, and closed up Waterloo for the last time. Our centre managers Carol, Jeff and the t...wo Lindas joined the regular Wednesday crew of DK, Jacq, Ana, Mike and May, and we celebrated the end of this work (and DK's birthday) with champagne, cake and cheese rolls. We were also thrilled to accept a Certificate of Appreciation and gift from Ellen and her team at Ethnic Community Services Co-operative, with whom we've loved working. The four week extension to our program - for which we thank Harris Farm Markets for the produce and our generous Facebook funders for their financial support - rounded out its overall duration to 6 months, over the course of which we delivered 25,000 bags reliably and with love and respect to those in need throughout a worrisome Autumn and a cold Winter. Just moments after delivering the last bags to Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation yesterday afternoon, we were delighted to receive this lovely note from the City of Sydney Council: "Congratulations to you all on a wonderful and heart-warming sustained effort over these past 6 months. Your professionalism, generosity of time and ability to respond flexibly to emerging need has been nothing short of amazing. You have come together and made a huge difference and shown the power of collaboration across community, government and business. Well done to you all and thank you for everything you have achieved and for being so wonderful to work with". For our part, we are grateful to live in a city whose Councils (as we also include Randwick City Council here) care so deeply for their people, and we thank them for their brilliant, unstinting support. To all of the groups and charities we have engaged with to support your daily, vital, unheralded community work - thank you for the opportunity to connect, for trusting us to work with your brothers and sisters, and for your friendship. Although this program has now drawn to a close, the generosity of spirit that motivated us all to form our wonderful group, and to work together in the way we have, has not. How could it, when everyone who has worked with us feels so strongly that they've received more than they've given? We have shown that love overcomes fear, that kindness really does save the world, and we can keep showing this in everything we do. The world is changing and what we do matters. The spirit of VK Sydney Food Care will find new manifestations, including through the friendships we have formed and others we've inspired. On behalf of all the volunteers, our deepest thanks and best wishes. Alasdair Program Director #cityofsydney #randwickcitycouncil #waysidechapel #ourbigkitchen #kinchela #weave #settlement #counterpoint #aboriginalmedicalservice #redpoint #ozharvest #counterpoint #vinnies #salvos #ecsc #kooloora #facttree #baptistcare #baysidewomensshelter #koolkids #ARCUNSW #jnc

20.01.2022 To celebrate NAIDOC Week this year, we sat down to have a yarn with Uncle Bruce Shillingsworth. Check out what he had to say right now! #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWeek

20.01.2022 In need of an updated wardrobe? Next Thursday, 17th September, our wonderful friends at Thread Together will be bringing their Mobile Wardrobe to the Centre. Pop by from 2-4pm to register with the Centre and visit the wardrobe. We look forward to seeing you there.

19.01.2022 VALE MARCUS CAMPBELL Locals have contacted us sharing stories of what a lovely guy this Erskineville local was. He was a tall bloke of Zimbabwean heritage, alwa...ys ready with a warm hug or handshake. Apparently he made the Zimbabwe Olympic team in years past. Please share any stories you have about Marcus.

18.01.2022 We are thrilled to be nominated and selected by Counterpoint Community Services for the Redfern & Waterloo Volunteer Awards 2020. We wanted to share with you a...ll a few photos from our NSW representatives - Jenny, Allison and Wallis as they visited the Counterpoint Community Services yesterday for this (social distanced) award presentation. Over the past few months, many of us have learned that we can find strength and resilience in togetherness and make changes by helping and caring one another in our communities, even in times of uncertainty. Changing communities, changing lives would not be made possible without our volunteers and our supporters, we are grateful for their contributions and the encouragement we received. We will continue to serve our community members who are in need as long as we can.

15.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day A great reminder to start a conversation that could change a life today, tomorrow and any day it's needed. R U OK Day... #RUOK #AConversationCouldChangeALife See more

13.01.2022 https://www.sbs.com.au//the-uluru-statement-from-the-heart #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWeek2020 #UluruStatementfromtheHeart

13.01.2022 It has been 3 years since this great project #welivehere2017 giving voice to local residents. It might be time to do something bigger and better again ? #waterloo SHARE YOUR IDEAS

10.01.2022 An estimated 40,000 people find themselves homeless every night in Sydney, a figure which was calculated prior to the global pandemic, for which many businesses... have since closed and more individuals have found themselves unemployed and on the street. Tomorrow, we will be opening a new clothing hub in the heart of Sydney on Oxford Street in Darlinghurst which will be a base to facilitate the growing requests for help. #clothingcommunities #helpingothers #threadtogether #ethicalfashioninitiative #covidresponse See more

08.01.2022 Redfern/Waterloo 'Sing into Spring'

06.01.2022 Virtual Moon Cake Festival... https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au//invitation-to-the and https://events.humanitix.com/we-invite-you-to-the-moon-fest .

05.01.2022 Recently there has been a lot of movement in Eveleigh; Carriageworks have been given a lifeline, Mirvac’s development in South Eveleigh is progressing quickly a...nd there was a recent North Eveleigh Place Design Forum. REDWatch thought it was a good opportunity to have a session that looks at what is happening at Eveleigh. Also located in Eveleigh is the planned Redfern Station Southern Concourse and a proposed development above Platforms 11 and 12. Join us on Zoom at 6pm Thursday 3rd September to find out what happened at the North Eveleigh design forum and what the future of Eveleigh might look like. The link to the Zoom meeting is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88047671010 Meeting ID: 880 4767 1010 Passcode: 133341 or join by phone on 2 8015 6011

05.01.2022 A milestone birthday for our Thomas Happy 30th!!!

04.01.2022 Always was, Always will be. Counterpoint are celebrating NAIDOC Week 2020 with the incredible Redfern and Waterloo community.

04.01.2022 Join in With One Voice Redfern/Waterloo Choir Spring Sing!! Live on Zoom now!

03.01.2022 https://southsydneyherald.com.au/ministers-agree-to-waterl/

03.01.2022 "Clear evidence is available regarding the importance of supporting residents throughout all stages of a redevelopment.." #waterloo #nswpol #socialhousing https://southsydneyherald.com.au/delivering-social-outcome/

02.01.2022 Does anyone remember when the Queen visited Redfern/Waterloo? I remember being amongst those who lined the streets when the Queen, and Prince Philip, came to officially open the tallest of the towers in the Waterloo Public Housing complex (1977).

01.01.2022 Today is International Overdose Awareness Day Today, and every day, we support those in our community who are affected by overdose by fighting stigma and spr...eading awareness. We draw strength from those who are no longer with us and fight for the change that will shape the lives of those to come after us. Time to remember, time to act. For more info on different kinds of overdose visit: overdoseday.com/overdose-basics For your free Naloxone + training visit our Open Clinic on Crown st: nuaa.org.au/open-clinic-on-crown Or call NUAA to find a participating chemist near you: Ph. 02 8354 7300 // 1800 644 413 (free call) More about Naloxone: adf.org.au/drug-facts/naloxone Drug support for families: fds.org.au