Members of the community in the Gulf Savannah Region of North Queensland learnt what to do in a mental health emergency as part of a Mental Health First Aid training course held in Georgetown. Frontier Services Savannah Regional Health Service organised the two-day training program conducted by Mental Illness Fellowship North Queensland (MIFNQ). Philippa Harris, from MIFNQ, …
Don’t miss out on reading the latest edition of Frontier News which is released today. The theme for this edition is Partnerships. Read all about the relationships that Frontier Services depends on to make our work in remote Australia possible. Here is a preview from the magazine of a story about how Frontier Services works alongside the Docker River …
Growing up on Savernake Station on the Riverina in NSW provided the inspiration for Rev David Sloane to pen a collection of children’s bushland fables. How the Goanna lost his tail and other fables is written especially for primary school aged children and features many of the native animals that David came to know and …
Service providers and family members that care for people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds can get some simple and helpful advice from a new resources developed by Frontier Services. NT Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service (DBMAS) worked in partnership with Linkcare, a program run by Anglicare NT, to produce a poster and …
Hundreds gathered in the Midlands of Tasmania on Sunday to farewell Patrol Minister Rev Meg Evans who has finished up after 10 years. Meg’s final service at the Oatlands Uniting Church was a wonderful celebration of her ministry, with many warm wishes extended for her retirement. Meg was the first minister appointed to the Midlands …
At the height of the Second World War in London, Jackie West joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service, known as WRENS. It was 1944 and she was just 18. Jackie was posted to Plymouth where she met and fell in love with her husband George, a marine. They were married that year. Shortly after the …
Year 12 student Tyla Kurjan is getting an insight into the provision of health services in the bush this week as she completes work experience with Frontier Services Savannah Regional Health Service. Tyla is from Georgetown and attends boarding school at All Souls St Gabriel’s School in Charters Towers. She plans to go to university …
Long-time supporters of Frontier Services Alan and Nancy Donald are still grateful for their chance meeting with Remote Area Nurse Vicki Finzel in Andamooka. Alan and Nancy from Oatley Uniting Church in NSW were on a two-week Australia-wide tour with Heron Airlines last month when Alan suffered injuries to his right hand and right big …
There was hay bales, show bags, baby ducks, a bake off and a good time for all when the Country Fair made its way to ROST in Darwin, a respite service run by Frontier Services. The ‘Country Fair Day’ was organised to celebrate Easter and Harmony Day for clients who access Respite Options for Senior Territorians (ROST). The ROST …
Cultures from across the world came together in Kalgoorlie on Thursday 21 March for a Harmony Day Shared Lunch. Frontier Services Community Migrant Service in Kalgoorlie hosted the celebration with the 2013 Harmony Day theme “Many Stories – One Australia”. More than 30 people attended with 15 different countries represented. During the lunch, students studying English …
