Wesley Mission Annual Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 67
Looking forward
Finding hope in our shared future
In 20/21 we’ll continue to innovate, responding to the needs
we see in the community as we seek to connect with and
support more people.
NSW
Locations
Wesley LifeForce
Networks
across Australia
Mullumbimby
Lismore
Some of the ways we’ll continue to grow and
improve over the next year include:
• Upgrading the facilities at Wesley Edward Eagar
Centre to provide better care and support to
men and women experiencing homelessness
in Sydney city.
• Partnering with Suicide Prevention Australia
to investigate the link between the COVID-19
pandemic and distress-causing factors.
A joint white-paper will be released with
recommendations to address current and
future negative outcomes made.
• Welcoming almost 50 staff from Clarence Care
+ Support to the Wesley Mission family. We’re
pleased to be able to continue to provide home
care, disability services and meals to people in
the Northern Rivers region.
• Delivering gambling prevention training to
at-risk communities, in a partnership between
Wesley Training and Wesley Gambling
Counselling.
• Focusing on the wellbeing of Wesley Mission
workers, both staff and volunteers, with the
launch of new initiatives.
• Progressing major property projects to deliver
affordable housing, support the treatment of
mental illness and preliminary steps toward a
preferred masterplan for one of our retirement
villages.
• Strengthening our support for children and
young people in out-of-home care through
initiatives to improve education outcomes.
Improved outcomes measurement will also be
implemented in the next year.
• Launching energy literacy training to empower
people to understand their budget and
develop robust financial literacy and energy
management skills.
• Developing specialist programs to support
people impacted by squalor and hoarding,
older people with disability and expanding
initiatives in Wesley Retirement Living to
improve older people’s wellbeing.
Walgett
Grafton
Broken Hill
Wilcannia
Menindee
Coffs Harbour
Bowraville
Kempsey
Port Macquarie
Taree
Dubbo
Windsor
Penrith
Jamisontown
Blacktown
Castle Hill
West Ryde
Ryde
Parramatta
Fairfield
Liverpool
Manly
Parkes
Dareton
Orange
Hornsby
Woollahra
Fairfield
Sydney
Campbelltown
Penrith
North Sydney
Holroyd
Sydney
Auburn Concord
Strathfield
South Sydney
Bankstown
Riverwood
Campbelltown
Condobolin
Epping West
Wollongong
Young
Randwick
Goulburn
Rockdale
Hurstville
Wagga Wagga
Shoalhaven
Queanbeyan
Sylvania
Sutherland
Tuncurry
Port Stephens
Maitland
Newcastle
Lake Macquarie
Tuggerah
Central Coast
Collaroy
North Rocks
Telopea
Girraween
Bossley Park
Dungog
Mona Vale
North Kellyville
Quakers Hill
Sydney
Locations
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Ballina
Yamba
Maclean
Brewarrina
Bega/Merimbula
Wesley Mission
supports more than
160,000 people with
over 120 programs
that are delivered
from more than 140
locations across
New South Wales.
Wesley LifeForce
Networks significantly
expand this reach to
114 communities, to
help prevent suicide
across Australia.
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