Melbourne’s Hosier Lane is one of the best known cultural attractions in the city, with many tourists visiting the laneway to take photos of the colourful street art.
The strip is also home to a number of rough sleepers who use the alcoves in the lane as shelter.
Last week, a Herald Sun report described Hosier Lane as a ...
Uniting Church president Stuart McMillan and UnitingCare Australia acting director Martin Cowling have joined other prominent Australians in signing an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling on the government not to proceed with planned cuts to the Newstart allowance.
Mr McMillan and Mr Cowling are among 34 signatories to the letter prepared by The Australia Institute think ...
The 2016 Census is expected to reveal an increase in homelessness nationwide. Homelessness is not just a metropolitan issue, with regional centres like Ballarat also experiencing a surge in people seeking support from agencies.
A fundraising concert was held at Ballarat Central Uniting Church on 20 August, with more than $4,000 going towards UnitingCare Ballarat’s homelessness support services.
Survivors of child sexual abuse have courageously shared their stories via the Royal Commission’s website.
In one of the nine stories a young woman named Tracey* who attended a Uniting Church school in Melbourne in the 1980s tells of being raped by her music teacher and the school’s failure to report the incident to police.
Connections UnitingCare has been selected to take part in a pilot program aimed at preventing violence against women.
The Workplace Equality and Respect project was launched on Wednesday by Fiona Richardson, Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Minister for Women. It is being led by Our Watch, a not-for-organisation established to drive nationwide change in the culture, behaviours ...
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) must acknowledge the importance of spirituality if it is to foster the “entire range of human capabilities”, a conference organised by the Uniting Church heard this week.
Approximately 150 people from around Australia and from overseas have attended the three-day Exclusion and Embrace: Disability, Justice and Spirituality conference, which has been chiefly organised by ...
The UnitingCare Aged Care Network has released case studies showing the full impact of the federal government’s proposed $2 billion cuts to aged care.
The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) determines the amount of funding aged care providers receive per resident. Under the proposed cuts, funding for a resident’s complex health care needs will be significantly reduced, resulting in ...
Uniting Church President Stuart McMillan has signed a historic partnership agreement with the Methodist Church in Fiji at their annual conference in Suva, Fiji.
The Methodist Church is the largest Christian denomination in Fiji, representing more than 36 per cent of the total population. The agreement affirms the two churches’ shared Methodist heritage and expresses their commitment to work together ...
The Uniting Church has demanded the immediate closure of Australia’s offshore detention centres following the publication of leaked documents from the Nauru facility. More than 2000 reports detailing harrowing incidents of physical, sexual and psychological abuse were collated and published by the Guardian Australia last month. Over half of the documents involve incidents with children.
DAVID SOUTHWELL
With three foster children, two adult offspring of her own still in residence, a husband and a multitude of drop-ins who stay for varying amounts of time, Maree Armitt might be excused for looking for a simpler life. What she is actually looking for is a bigger house.
Approximately 150 people from around Australia and overseas attended a conference on spirituality and disability organised by the Uniting Church in Melbourne last month.
Rev Andy Calder, synod disability inclusion officer and convenor of the Exclusion and Embrace: Disability, Justice and Spirituality conference, said the feedback from the three-day event had been very positive.
Experienced public sector and community services professional Paul Linossier has been appointed the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the new Uniting Church community services organisation due to come into operation on 1 October.
The new organisation will be formed from the merger of 20 UnitingCare agencies and Wesley Mission Victoria (WMV). It will be one of the largest community ...
