Message from the CEO
AnglicareSA and Believe Housing Australia’s draft Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) was recently endorsed by the Board following an extensive and immersive co-design process.
These new properties will help address the housing crisis gripping our state, but so much more needs to be done. We know that having stable housing leads to improvements across all aspects of life, from employment and education to health, wellbeing, and longevity. This was brought sharply into focus during Homelessness Week in August. The theme for this year was: To end homelessness, we need a plan . The housing crisis, increasing cost of living and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 this winter saw more people than ever struggling to make ends meet. We have seen this first-hand with an increase in numbers of people turning to our emergency assistance services for help. We are therefore incredibly grateful for the generous support of those who have donated to our Winter Appeal. Together, we raised more than $104,000 for our emergency assistance program, allowing us to continue these vital services across our metropolitan and regional sites. Thank you. We are thankful too for the five-year extension of funding for our Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) recently announced by the State Government. We run this two-year home-based early learning and parenting program out of our Elizabeth and Christies Beach sites. Another life-changing program for children is our What’s the Buzz?
Our Innovate RAP 2022-24 is our third RAP in 10 years. It sets out a strategic roadmap that will drive authentic reconciliation through measured and sustainable benefits for First Nations people we employ, serve, and partner with. The RAP – along with a new Acknowledgement of Country that we are developing – has been approved by the First Nations Senior Leaders Group, First Nations Staff Network, and the Executive. Next steps involve endorsement of our Innovate RAP by Reconciliation Australia before final accreditation. Once accredited, the RAP will return to AnglicareSA for final approval. I look forward to sharing with you our Innovate RAP and new Acknowledgement of Country in due course. Work is also continuing in our endeavours to address the housing crisis. Our housing arm, Believe Housing Australia, recently commenced construction of 37 affordable homes in Mansfield Park. The homes are a mix of two and three-bedroom houses, including six specialist disability accommodation homes. It has also been terrific to see the progress of our Woodville West affordable housing site, which is on track to unveil 24 homes by mid-2023.
offering from our Outreach AnglicareSA Therapy Services (OATS). Run each school holidays, this program helps build children’s social and emotional intelligence. As we approach National Child Protection Week in September, I wanted to re-introduce our life-changing Post Care Pathways program. The program supports young care leavers with subsidised rent and services to keep them engaged in their communities, education, training and/or employment. You can read about one of the impressive young people who has been through the program on page 11 and find out more about this innovative, award-winning service model that is changing lives every day. Fully funded by AnglicareSA, Post Care Pathways is the beneficiary program of our Spring Appeal. If you can afford to, please consider making a donation. Last of all – but certainly not least – we would like to spotlight in this edition the tireless and passionate work of foster carers across our state just like mum Nyssa on our front page. Thank you Nyssa. And thanks to you all for your ongoing support and interest in the work of AnglicareSA. Together we change lives.
Grant Reubenicht Chief Executive Officer
Cover: AnglicareSA foster carer Nyssa
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