The Uniting Communities financial counselling team regularly sees clients who are spending two thirds of their income on rent plus utilities, so most of their income is spent on level one of Maslow’s needs hierarchy, meeting the most basic needs of shelter. During 2017, Uniting Communities received funding through the Consumer Advocacy Research Fund (CARF)…
UC recognises that involuntary detention and treatment encroaches on human rights such as the right to liberty and security of person and the right not to be subjected to medical treatment without full, free and informed consent. However, in our experience there are occasions when an individual needs to be detained for treatment in order…
World leading design earns 84.9 points and a 6 Star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. Adelaide’s new U City development in the heart of the CBD has been recognised as South Australia’s ‘greenest’ building design to date and is predicted to use 45 per cent less energy and 30 per…
Today marks the tenth year of the Closing the Gap strategy. Only three of the seven targets are on track – improvements in infant mortality, early education enrolments and Year 12 attainment. The targets for closing the gap on school attendance, and halving the gap in unemployment rates, school literacy and numeracy results, will expire…
Leading South Australian not-for-profit Uniting Communities will lead the annual Apology Day event in Adelaide tomorrow, the 10th anniversary of the National Apology to Australia’s Indigenous people. Honouring the Stolen Generations, this year’s event will begin with a peaceful walk from Tarntanyangga/Victoria Square to Veale Gardens. Committee Chairperson and Uniting Communities’ staff member, Tangi Ngateina,…
WE NEED TO STOP PUNITIVE CASHLESS CARD IN ITS TRACKS, NOT EXTEND THE AGONY! Uniting Communities welcomes the position taken by Labor, the Greens and the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) to block the Coalition Government’s intention to expand the Cashless Debit Card trial on a national basis. While the Greens have opposed the Card from…
The Way Forward provides an overview of the considerable work the South Australian Government has undertaken in recent years to further support the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) community and create inclusive strategies and approaches within Government agencies. Uniting Communities thanks the State Government for their continued focus on the needs of…
