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Archive for September, 2011

Quakers Hill family lend a hand in the Outback

Quakers Hill family lend a hand in the Outback

It was a family holiday that Matt and Sarah Smith will not forget. The couple and their four children drove 1000km to an isolated cattle station to lend a hand to a stranger in flood-affected Queensland over their summer break. The Quakers Hill Uniting Church family are volunteers with the Frontier Services program Outback Links …

Leave a gift in your will

Making a Will is one of the most important decisions you can make in your life. It ensures that your wishes are carried out and that the values you hold most deeply live on through the work of others – such as the work of Frontier Services – after your death. Frontier Services needs to …

Respite Options for Senior Territorians (ROST)

Alice Springs, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory The original ROST programs are based in Darwin and Alice Springs. Two further ROST programs have been opened in Palmerston and Old Timers Village and are targeted to provide support and respite for working carers. While the original ROST programs provide respite for those people living in the …

Audley House Student Group Home

Atherton, Queensland. The Student Group Home is located at Atherton and is managed by two Student Group Home parents and is known as Audley House. Atherton rests on the Great Dividing Range south-west of Cairns in Far North Queensland. The Student Group Home has a large play area, barbeque facilities and leafy surrounds. Students attending Atherton …

Murchison Financial Advocacy Service

Meekatharra, Western Australia. The service commenced in 1996 and is managed by a full time Financial Advocate. The office is based in Meekatharra in the Murchison region and services the towns of Cue, Mt Magnet, Wiluna and Sandstone. This area is known for pastoral and gold mining activities. There is a large Indigenous population, many …

Marla Community Health Service

Marla, South Australia. The Marla Clinic is managed by two Remote Area Nurses on a rotating roster. Marla is some 3.5 hours north of Coober Pedy and is a service town on the Stuart Highway. The population at Mintabie, 37 kilometres from Marla, used to be significant with many men who settled between the wars …

Andamooka Community Support Service

Andamooka, South Australia. The Andamooka Community Support Service is co-located with the Andamooka Clinic and serves the community situated in the opal fields some 500-600kms from Adelaide. In 1995, an Aged Care Advisory Committee was formed by the nursing staff to survey the needs of the ageing popuation in Andamooka and indicated a need for …