Today is World Mental Health Day. It is a day dedicated to promoting open discussion about how mental illness impacts on people across the world and encouraging people to seek help when they need it. Cunnamulla Patrol Minister Dennis Cousens One in five Australians will experience mental illness this year. For people in rural and …

Passionate volunteers Keith and Roz Skidmore from Hobart say their experience of lending a hand in the outback has not only provided much-needed assistance to the people they visited but enriched their own lives as well. The Skidmores are volunteers with the Frontier Services program Outback Links, which matches appropriately skilled and gifted volunteers with …

Frontier Services staff have returned home refreshed, enthused and full of hope following the Centenary celebrations held in Geelong last week. More than 200 staff travelled from across remote Australia for the National Staff Conference – a wonderful week of celebration, sharing and learning which would not have been possible without the support of our …

The focus turned to the future today as the Frontier Services Centenary National Staff Conference in Geelong draws to a close. A diverse range of speakers examined the challenges and the choices facing remote Australia today and reflected on how Frontier Services can continue to build sustainable communities as we move forward into the next …

Close to 80 Frontier Services staff were celebrated today for their long service with the organisation in a special presentation at the National Staff Conference held in Geelong. Staff from across the country were individually acknowledged and called on to the stage to recognise their commitment and the time they had spent with Frontier Services. …

Stories were retold and friends reunited as the Frontier Services family came together last night at the Centenary Staff Reunion dinner. About 100 former staff, volunteers and supporters of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) and Frontier Services travelled from all parts of the country to be there for this special Centenary reunion at the Geelong …

People came from near and far yesterday for a moving celebration at the Dallas Brooks Centre to celebrate the Centenary of the establishment of the Australian Inland Mission. Rev Gregor Henderson, Chair of the John Flynn Foundation and former member of the AIM Board and Frontier Services Committee, gave a rousing welcome and call to …

One hundred years ago today, on 26 September 1912, one of Australia’s greatest pioneering ventures began. The man on the $20 note, John Flynn, embarked on his dream to build a network of care for people across the outback with the establishment of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM). More than 1000 people from across the …

It was a very special and warm welcome to Patrol Ministers Bruce Slater and Mitch Fialkowski yesterday when they were inducted into the Katherine and Murchison Patrols alongside their fellow Patrol Ministers and Frontier Services staff from across the country. The induction service was held at the Geelong College Chapel, as 200 staff meet for …

The second day at the Frontier Services National Staff Conference has been packed with sharing, learning and a lot of fun, as staff from across the country get to know each other. Almost 200 staff are in Geelong for the Conference as Frontier Services celebrates 100 years in remote Australia this week. More staff arrive …