The Bayswater Uniting Church Friendship Circle celebrated a new milestone this month with its 80th anniversary.
The women’s social group, originally known as the Ladies’ Guild, was formed by a group of Methodist women back in 1935.
On Thursday 15 October, the Friendship Circle commemorated the anniversary with a special party and afternoon tea. It was an ecumenical celebration ...
Many families affected by crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice’, have expressed concern at the lack of accessible treatment in Victoria. People seeking drug rehabilitation services often face a difficult dilemma: wait several months for a place in a publicly-funded program or spend tens and thousands of dollars to attend a private clinic.
Kildonan UnitingCare’s Diversity Project Greater Shepparton has been awarded a GLOBE Community Award for its work with young people who are same sex attracted, sex and/or gender diverse (SSASGD).
The annual GLOBE Awards celebrate achievements in Victoria’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community and highlight the work being done by many organisations to benefit or ...
Gawler East Primary School in South Australia has been recognised with the Connections UnitingCare Anti-Poverty Schools award for raising awareness about displaced villagers in the Philippines.
This is the first time in the 11-year history of the Anti-Poverty Awards that a primary school has won the award. The annual awards highlight the creative ways young people and ...
The Uniting Church is calling on Baiada to improve its labour standards after new allegations surfaced of exploitation of overseas workers.
Baiada is Australia’s largest chicken supplier, generating more than one billion dollars annually. It produces Lilydale Select and Steggles chickens for supermarket and fast-food chains including Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, McDonald and KFC.
According to Fairfax Media, ...
What began as a series of fundraising concerts in Melbourne has grown into a not-for-profit organisation that empowers overseas communities to lift themselves out of poverty.
Co-Ground is an Australian not-for-profit organisation established earlier this year. Its director, Andrew Mellody, was the recipient of Connections UnitingCare’s Anti-Poverty award for 2015. The annual awards highlight the creative ...
REBECCA BEISLER
When Gai Kur Akuei arrived at Brisbane Airport for the Uniting Church’s South Sudanese National Conference he was greeted by members of Nuer Faith Community. It was the first time he had spoken to a Nuer person since war erupted in South Sudan in December 2013.
A power struggle between the president of South Sudan and ...
The Food Justice Truck is a familiar sight to many pedestrians in the Melbourne CBD. Every Wednesday, the truck stops outside Wesley Uniting Church on Lonsdale Street from 11:30am to 2pm, transforming the front of the church into a fresh food market.
Its mission is to support asylum seekers in the Victorian community by offering access to ...
For many older people, the decision to move into residential care can trigger stress, sadness and fear. ‘Downsizing’ means people may mourn the loss of physical possessions such as the family home and personal belongings; some will also mourn the perceived loss of independence.
Recent research studies by LaTrobe University and organisations such as BeyondBlue have ...
By John Emmett
Church properties. We drive past, stand in front, meet outside, are gathered into and dismissed from them. They become familiar, loved places. What is our understanding of church properties – places where worship, formation, witness and service have often been associated with Godly encounters? Sometimes, the spaces and architecture of Church property, together with memories ...
Fresh from a successful Melbourne concert at Haileybury College on 12 September, the Sri Lanka Harmony Choir, ConChord, was a huge hit in Sydney one week later.
Singing in English, Tamil, Sinhalese and even Welsh, the choir brought the 350 strong audience in Sydney to its feet with a finale of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujiah’. A vibrant encore ...
Momentum is building for the People’s Climate March gatherings happening throughout Australia over the weekend of 27 to 29 November. This is the weekend just prior to the UN meetings on climate change which will take place in Paris.
Our climate is changing. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, September received about one -third of its normal rainfall this ...
