Tag: ac care
Affordable housing barrier to tackling homelessness
LIMESTONE Coast welfare agency ac.care has called on governments to invest more in social housing and mental health services to support hundreds of people...
Heart-warming generosity delivers winter relief
HANDWOVEN blankets made by Reidy Park Primary School Year 3 students have been donated to ac.care support vulnerable residents during winter.
Learning about gratitude as...
Sold-out lunch raises funds to help ac.care program
THE 2020 Support Homeless People Luncheon to be held on April 3 at The Barn Palais has sold out.
Five hundred people will gather to...
Welfare agency lobbies Federal Government to raise unemployment payments
MOUNT Gambier social welfare agency ac.care has backed a national campaign to raise social security payments to counteract the growing burden of increased cost...
ac.care function supports region’s homeless
A RENOWNED South Australian business leader and internationally recognised poet will feature at the upcoming biennial Support Homeless People Luncheon.
The event has become a...
Children kept warm with welfare agency donation
MEMBERS of Mount Gambier's Pine Tree Quilters were saddened when they learnt children on the Limestone Coast taken into state care often had no...
Welfare league supports Newstart increase
LIMESTONE Coast social welfare agency ac.care supports an increase to the Newstart allowance as momentum builds nationally for an overhaul of the system.
Eligible recipients...
Walkers take steps to help homelessness
A LACK of affordable Limestone Coast housing is keeping the rate of homelessness steady, according to a leading wefare service provider.
In conjunction with Homelessness...
State Government works to reduce carer shortage
MOUNT Gambier social welfare agency ac.care has welcomed a renewed State Government focus on recruitment of foster carers in country areas.
The agency is encouraging...
Foster care ‘life changing’
FOR years, South East resident Jane* had considered foster caring but it only took her moments to know she had made the right decision.
"I...
South East children Adelaide-bound as regional carers needed
CHILDREN in the Limestone Coast's residential care facilities are having to move to Adelaide due to an shortage of volunteer foster carers in the...
Heart-warming winter blanket appeal generosity
A MOUNTAIN of blankets and flannelette sheets have been donated to ac.care and the Salvation Army as the community answers the call from welfare...
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Season kicks off for Limestone Coast soccer
FOLLOWING the recent pre-season carnival, Limestone Coast soccer kicks off in full force this weekend with the opening round of the Premiership Cup.
In the...
