Creative Opportunities is an Australian Disability Enterprise (primarily funded by the Department of Social Services) located within Brunswick Corps, Vic. Of the 60 people employed, mostly on a part-time basis, the large majority have psychiatric/mental illness disabilities which exclude them from equal participation in the...
Montrose is a residential Aged Care Plus centre in Balmain, NSW, which accommodates 44 men in single en suite rooms. Most of our residents have mental health issues, brain damage or suffer from the effects of long term drug and alcohol abuse. Many of our...
Carindale Corps, Qld, is located on the south side of Brisbane in a high residential, suburban area. On a normal week about 1,000 people visit the corps site. They engage with: our childcare centre, family store, Mainly Music program, playgroup, kids’ church, SAGALA clubs, music worship groups,...
Friends, as Australia One unfolds, we want to continue to place God at the centre of our work. Over the next 6 weeks we will be sharing some new content that seeks to bring The Salvation Army in Australia together in prayer. This content will...
One Hundred Days of Unceasing Prayer has laid the foundation for Australia One. We entered together from across two territories in response to the invitation of Jesus, when he told his disciples, “I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may...
In the beautiful Adelaide Hills, you will find the Mount Barker Corps. Though the area is thought of generally as fairly affluent, there is lots of hidden poverty. We seek to assist people who are doing it tough, through various services—ministry—that we offer during the...
God’s royal reign, we know, is bigger than our religious organisations and hierarchies. We know, as well, that religious leaders don’t always have the best reputation – not in our own day nor even in the Bible. Sometimes those who are highest up the ladder (in...
I wish to see an Australia united in purpose to eradicate poverty, homelessness and loneliness and create a country of hope, respect, equality and faith in a better future. There are so many great organisations working towards this goal, and I would like to see more...
The recent AFL Indigenous Round featured a moving Welcome to Country ceremony prior to the Essendon v Richmond game. The ceremony acknowledged the traditional owners of the land on which the game was being played. On a wider scale, these ceremonies are useful in educating...
RSDS has been known by many names over its lengthy period of operation which began way back in 1899 when Salvation Army officers were dispatched to support the fighting soldiers on the battlefields of South Africa during the Boer war. Salvation Army officers were present...