MESSAGE FROM THE CEO T he past few months has seen AnglicareSA support a large number of important campaigns, continue to strengthen community relationships and make a significant project announcement. At a recent Adelaide conference focussed on homelessness, we announced a $1.6 million investment for our Healing Centre initiative. We have purchased a building in the CBD, which will be transformed into a safe place for Adelaide’s homeless to sleep. The Healing Centre will be one of the first 24/7 homeless accommodation and support services in Adelaide and is a long-term solution to address what is a complicated and challenging issue. Our priority now is to raise money to help transform the building into a home. It requires a considerable amount of refurbishment and then furnishing, and we’re asking the community and private sector to raise $500,000 to help us complete this project. The Healing Centre is an exciting project for AnglicareSA and I am really looking forward to it becoming a reality. To help raise money for our homeless services I took part in our inaugural Coffee Break challenge. Going without coffee for one week sounded relatively easy in principle, but with the cold weather and early starts it proved to be much more difficult.
The challenge helped us raise $50,000, which was an amazing result for a first-year campaign and thank you to all participants, Cibo Espresso and Channel 9 Adelaide for their support. We celebrated Refugee Week right across our sites through food,
cultural activities and events. The week provided us with an opportunity to recognise the contribution people from
refugee backgrounds make in our communities and gave us a chance to reflect on their journeys. Australia is a proud, multicultural community and it is important that we take the time to think about how the many cultures which make up our country create such a diverse and welcoming society. The week of celebration
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THE HEALING CENTRE IS AN
EXCITING PROJECT FOR ANGLICARESA AND I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECOMING A REALITY
‘kicked-off’ with a great win by the AnglicareSA United soccer
team who won the Refugee Week Carnival Trophy. The team went through the carnival undefeated and had a big win in the final. Our journey to help create a fair, just and reconciled Australia was highlighted during the Reconciliation in the West event. This community event was an engaging opportunity for all participants to think about our country’s identity and the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in our nation’s story. I hope you enjoy reading about the news and events that AnglicareSA have proudly been involved with over the past few months.
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Peter Sandeman Chief Executive Officer, AnglicareSA
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