In the 2019-2020 bushfire season, over 500,000 hectares of land burned in the Snowy Monaro region of New South Wales. Properties in the rural towns of Bombala and Bumbalong were destroyed, and the lives of many of our farmers were completely upended. Our Outback Links program partnered with the NRMA to send volunteers to lend …
We are so blessed that we have so many amazing Bush Chaplains and talented volunteers who spring into action right across Australia. We are seeing the demand for our services increase at a level we have not previously experienced. Loneliness and isolation can take an enormous toll on the human spirit. Mental health in the …
Volunteering is in Lee’s blood Lee O’Neill couldn’t agree more with Maree’s (our previous Frontier News Story click here) observations about the benefits of volunteering with us. The Vietnam Veteran turned Volunteer Hero – Lee O’Neill’s served as an Army Major, who gave 20 years’ service to the Army, has experienced debilitating PTSD due to …
“Friends for life – A beautiful story” In the dozen or so years Maree Anning has been an Outback Links volunteer, our team estimates she has contributed more than 300 hours of unpaid service to farming families across Queensland. But Maree doesn’t measure her volunteering in hours, or even in the number of placements she …
” Its emotionally hard to try and continue to rebuild from one disaster after another” Some of our farmers have had to try to recover from a running of 4 natural disasters in the past 18 months. Frontier Services Jannine Jackson spoke with Jaynie Seal and Tim Gilbert on Sky News on Saturday. We have …
Frontier Services urgently need your help NSW Overrun with mice and devastating floods. Our hearts are broken. Regional NSW, Coonamble and its surrounds are trying to rebuild from the worst drought in Australian recorded history. The first good season and now they are overrun with Mice. I can only imagine how hard this must be, …
You really listen when a long standing and experienced Bush Chaplain says: “This has been the most difficult 12 months I’ve ever had as a Bush Chaplain.” Our Busch Chaplaincy is under pressure and needs your support. Of course last year was bad for lots of people. We all had some experience of the drought ...
8th March 2021 – International Women’s Day 2021 Today we celebrate International Women’s Day #internationalwomensday2021 With Colleen Geyer – Uniting Church in Australia, Claerwen Little – UnitingCare Australia, Jannine Jackson – Frontier Services, and Sureka Goringe – UnitingWorld. We hope you enjoy celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 with this incredible #womeninleadership talk with these 4 …
Never a dull moment! Last year we got a call from our farmers Bronwyn and Gordon in a state of panic when they suddenly realised they weren’t going to be able to make their very own son’s wedding. Relying on friends and family wasn’t an option and there was no-one they could think of trustworthy ...
Back in 2014, our farmers John and Yenda were struggling immensely. Managing a 3000-acre farm operation in Yeoval with a considerable number of equipment and infrastructure items requiring repair was all becoming too much. Coupled with the added responsibility of raising their two young sons, Tom and Will, and you can begin to imagine how ...
