SUPPORTER AUTUMN 2020
Quickest warmth The Quickest Warmth project began with a donation of seven quilts to the Department of Child Protection for children going into foster care. Five years later, the project has more than 200 contributors who make, access or purchase items needed by individuals and families experiencing difficult times. Started by AnglicareSA Employee Support Chaplain Prue O’Donovan and volunteer Gail Hardy, the Quickest Warmth supplies requested items to AnglicareSA programs, as well as to the Department for Child Protection, Aboriginal support programs, schools and hospitals. Requested items are listed in a monthly newsletter, with requests filled by a network of more than 200 South Australians. These clever and generous people, who are so vital to the project, are of all ages and come from all walks of life including aged care residents, church groups and a private men’s shed.
More than 30 AnglicareSA programs and services regularly receive items from the Quickest Warmth, including humanitarian settlement, homelessness, Aboriginal services, foster care and disability support. The project has recently commenced a monthly pop-up shop in the café at Elizabeth Mission. Our thanks to all of the very talented and generous volunteers for your ongoing support and service. For further information about the Quickest Warmth project, contact Prue O’Donovan at prudy@internode.on.net Our customers are from varied backgrounds and have different reasons for arriving in South Australia as refugees. Often, they arrive with little or nothing in terms of personal belongings, so the generous donation of toys from Big W put huge smiles on the faces of children and parents alike. The program is the sole service provider in South Australia of welcome and accommodation services to new arrivals under the Federal Government’s Humanitarian Settlement Program. These services are provided in conjunction with AMES Australia.
The project provides handmade and purchased bedding, clothing, toys, toiletry packs, school supplies, cleaning supplies – anything people may need as they are supported through difficult times. Volunteers collect, sort, bundle and deliver the goods.
A welcome gift We were thrilled at Christmas time
when Big W chose AnglicareSA as its charity of choice, donating four carloads of toys to our Settlement Services program. The program provides support to newly arrived individuals and families, starting from the moment the customer arrives at the airport. It continues with AnglicareSA providing a fully furnished home upon arrival, help to find long-term private rental accommodation and ongoing tenancy support for up to 18 months. In 2019, we welcomed 1,121 new arrivals to South Australia.
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