As part of the State Government’s reform to the homelessness sector, Uniting Communities and SYC have formed a partnership to deliver the new Homeless Connect SA service. The new service will provide a central point for anyone in South Australia experiencing or at risk of homelessness to find information and a direct referral into homelessness…
The 12th anniversary of the National Apology to the Survivors of the Stolen Generations and their families is to be acknowledged with a free community event held on Thursday 13 February 2020 at Veale Gardens in Adelaide. The day marks the anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s historic apology in 2008 to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
“Having an impact can take many shapes and forms.” For Uniting Communities our most important and enduring impact happens through the interactions our staff have with people – in their homes, in the community or in one of our many facilities across South Australia. Helping people and families through crisis, to grow and live independently,…
As published in The Advertiser on Thursday 31 October. There’s no longer a place in Australia for sexist jokes nor any other type of violence against women A close friend of my daughter was at home when her father beat her mother to death. I have vivid memories of that night as my wife and…
Local housing service, Kurlana Tampawardli, will open its doors to the community on Wednesday 14 August for its annual Yarning Circle Open Day. Held as part of the service’s Homelessness Week events, the Open Day will include a visit from Port Power Football Club players, as well as traditional kangaroo tail and damper cooked over…
Ruby’s Therapeutic Youth Service will host the Pride in Your Stride community walk on Friday 9 August, marching through the streets of Mt Gambier and taking donations of shoes to raise awareness of homelessness and lack of affordable housing. The walk will be held during this year’s Homelessness Week, where the theme is ‘Housing Ends…
Leading community services organisation, Uniting Communities, has become the first not-for-profit to support South Australia’s first biodiverse carbon offset project. The revenue from the carbon credits purchased by Uniting Communities will go towards permanently protecting and enhancing more than 1,075 hectares of revegetated land, creating critical habitat for internationally important migratory shorebirds and other threatened…
