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Benefits of our preschool programs
In 2020, well over 300,000 children in Australia aged 4 or 5 years old were enrolled in a preschool program. This is an overwhelming majority, but there are still some eligible children that miss out on the many benefits of preschool.
Marking Homelessness Week 2021 – supports for people across our Diocese experiencing homelessness
On any given night, 116,000 people in Australia are experiencing homelessness. Homelessness is not ‘rooflessness’. Only 7% of people without a home are sleeping rough.
Celebrating International Friendship Day
As we approach International Friendship Day on 30 July, it’s important to think about the value of true friendships. What does it mean to be a friend and to have a friend?
Learn more about our financial counselling and emergency relief programs
Throughout Australia, housing prices are on a sharp increase. In fact, the Commonwealth Bank forecasts that housing prices will continue to go up by 16% over the next two years due to the housing market boom.
Counselling – what is it and how can it help?
The topics of therapy and counselling can be difficult for a lot of people to broach. Maybe you're not sure what each entails, or you're unsure about this path and if these services will work for you.
It’s Men’s Health Week – valuable lessons to help you get active, get healthy & live longer
Men's Health Week is here, and it’s a perfect time to really start focusing on your physical health. Maybe you need a push to get you motivated, you're not sure what resources are available or you’re someone who wants to get help getting fit but you don’t know where to start.
CatholicCare’s friendship program ending social isolation for our seniors
Explore the importance of seniors friendship and how volunteering can help alleviate loneliness among the elderly community.
CatholicCare refuge changing lives for women experiencing domestic violence
Imagine coming to Australia from another country with your husband and two young children, only to find yourself living in fear from domestic violence, with nowhere to turn, no income, unable to speak the language and seemingly no way out. This was the situation for Farida and her children before she found the safety and support of a CatholicCare women’s refuge, which she says has changed her life.
Roz opens her home to a sibling group in need
With two happy and healthy grown daughters of her own, Central Coast foster carer Roz felt drawn to help other children from more difficult backgrounds to experience a loving, stable home. Roz began fostering almost 20 years ago when she took part in a short-term respite program with the Department of Community Services.
CatholicCare on housing as a fundamental human need
Finding yourself homeless must rank as one of the most challenging things that could happen in life, but CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay’s Supported Temporary Accommodation (STA) program helps not only put an emergency roof over people’s heads, but assists them into more stable housing and a brighter future. “Being homeless is stressful,” says Sean MacKinnon, Practice Manager for CatholicCare’s housing and homelessness programs.
My name is Andrew, buffalo is my nickname
Andrew Italiano likes to keep busy and thanks to his long-standing involvement with CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay’s Disability Futures program that’s no problem. Depending on the day of the week you might find him painting, cooking, working as a barista, sorting fruit and vegetables for the needy, swimming or playing tennis.
Thinking about volunteering? Let us convince you!
Nothing is greater than the heart’s motivation to touch the lives of those who are less fortunate than ourselves. The 2012 State of Volunteering Report in Australia report revealed that over the last ten years, Australia has experienced a significant growth in the number and rate of people who volunteer.