Newcastle Youth Accommodation Services Ltd (NYASL) provides an early prevention, transitional program to assist local youth from troubled homes within the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie community to gain essential livings skills to be self-sufficient, whilst receiving support from caseworkers.
This month we have provided a Foundation grant of $19,000 to NYASL for three professional development programs for approximately 300 caseworkers as well as further development of their ongoing ‘Living Skills’ program provided to the youth.
The Living Skills program assists young people to successfully transition from supported care to independent living. The workshops cover organisational skills, decision making, financial accountability and goal setting around education and employment.
For more information visit their website.
Posted on September 27, 2011
Community Hunter Region - NSW
Local family support provider, Country Hope, has been provided $25,000 as the first recipient of the newly launched Wagga Wagga Regional Fund, during a special event in the Botanic Gardens on 6 September 2011.
Country Hope was founded in 2003 and is the region’s largest community based, family support organisation caring for children diagnosed with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Country Hope provides financial, emotional and practical support to the families of these seriously ill children.
The funding will allow Country Hope to add a family room to its Blake Street centre, which supports more than 120 families with two or three children each year. Increasing numbers have made it challenging to accommodate the growing demand within the existing premises.
In addition to the $25,000 grant, Wagga Mutual Credit Union has committed to drive fundraising activities aimed at raising further funds for Country Hope’s new family room.
As the local arm of the Community CPS Foundation, the Wagga Wagga Regional Fund will distribute grants to non-profit organisations across Wagga and surrounding areas that make a positive environmental, economic and social contribution to the region.
Posted on September 18, 2011
Community Riverina Region - NSW
Credit unions are financial institutions that offer the same products and services as banks – more than 4.5 million people are members of Australia’s 109 credit unions and mutual building societies.
The key difference between credit unions and banks is that when people join a credit union they are not a customer, they are a member and owner of the business.
With every customer being a member and owner (and having an equal vote in how the organisation is run), credit unions and mutual building societies offer products and services designed to cater more for their members than the institution’s bottom line.
Credit unions meet the same regulatory standards as the biggest banks, so are just as safe and secure. Credit unions are ‘authorised deposit taking institutions’ and are regulated under the Banking Act by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority and Corporations Act by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Because credit unions are not answerable to financial shareholders, they don’t squeeze profits out of their members to provide large share dividends. Once the expenses of a credit union are met, any additional income is returned to members in the form of extra benefits such as:
- Better interest rates on deposits and loans
- Lower fees and charges
- Enhanced member services
- Investment in the communities in which members live and work.
Posted on September 15, 2011
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The Community CPS Foundation recently provided Bosom Buddies in ACT with a $9,500 grant for the production of 15,000 shower tags which contain important information for women on how to self-examine.
Bosom Buddies ACT was established in 1995 as a non-profit organisation of volunteers who provide personal support to breast cancer patients and their families and supporters in the ACT and surrounding regions. All their volunteers have experienced breast cancer personally or through loved ones – and are committed to providing support to every person who is going through the breast cancer journey in their community.
Canberra has the highest rate of breast cancer reported in Australia. Our best defence against these rising statistics is to detect breast cancer early.
As part of a program of early detection, the Community CPS Foundation was pleased to provide a grant to Bosom Buddies for the production of the shower tags.
The shower tags inform women how to be aware of their breasts, how to detect any changes early, and provide a reminder in the shower to regularly check. The tags will be distributed to 15,000 individual women of all ages and to men.
Posted on September 7, 2011
Australian Capital Territory Community
Newcastle Youth Accommodation Services Ltd (NYASL) provides an early prevention, transitional program to assist local youth from troubled homes within the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie community to gain essential livings skills to be self-sufficient, whilst receiving support from caseworkers.
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