Agnes Wilson
Power price increase a shocker for battlers

Low-income families in New South Wales will be the hardest hit by electricity price increases, says the Sydney Diocese’s social welfare arm.

28/08/2008
Bikers highlight new homeless reality

As National Homeless Persons week continues, Anglicare's Stan Small maintains that stereotypes of homelessness are not fitting the reality.

08/08/2008
Family centre meets rising demand

Anglicare’s Family Relationship Centre in Parramatta is one of 24 around the country to open its doors this week.

03/07/2008
Sydney safety after Sudan sorrow

While Australia may be Amou Job’s second home, in her heart of hearts it might as well be her first.

20/06/2008
Pasha peril produces SydAng heroes

Recalling the storm that grounded the Pasha Bulker, one Sydney Anglican honoured by the State Govt this month says the 'forgotten' people she visited 'couldn't believe someone else cared'.

20/05/2008
Crisis as homeless double

An integrated national strategy is urgently required to combat youth homelessness, according to Peter Kell, CEO of Anglicare Sydney.

28/04/2008
ESL classes reveal buried treasure

ESL (English as a Second Language) classes helped one woman from China unearth "buried treasure" at Merrylands Anglican parish.

23/04/2008
Strengthening the family

The need for strong family relationships is one thing Wendy Morris has heard loudly and clearly articulated by parishes during her time as Anglicare’s Parish Partnership Co-ordinator.

21/04/2008
Chaplain’s future up in the air

Anglicare’s flying chaplain Ron Watts is discovering there is life after frontline ministry.

18/02/2008
Chesalon moves to Mona Vale

A new parish partnership between Anglicare’s Chesalon Day Centre and St John’s, Mona Vale has seen the respite program for elderly residents with dementia relocate from Avalon to Mona Vale.

02/01/2008
Families receive Anglicare’s Christmas gift

Over 5000 individuals and families have received essential support this Christmas as a result of Anglicare’s Toys’n’Tucker program.

24/12/2007
Church bins food for needy

There’s more than one way to fill a skip, according to parishioners at Naremburn/Cammeray Anglican Church.

24/10/2007
You don’t have to be Superman

In the wake of National Foster Carers' week, Anglicare says more foster carers are urgently needed for short-term crisis care.

27/09/2007
Bargains bring buyers to gospel

More than 1500 customers have walked through the new Anglicare store in Miller in the last week since it opened for business.

12/09/2007
Christians on their bikes for homeless

Over 100 bikers roared into Parramatta on Sunday August 5 in support of Homeless Persons Week 2007.

27/08/2007
Racism rocks Sydney Sudanese

Racist leaflets attacking members of the Sudanese and other African communities were distributed around Liverpool and Hoxton Park last week– the third incident of its kind to rock the Sudanese and other African communities this year.

22/08/2007
Bright hope for dull futures

One Sydney Anglican spent her long service leave working harder than ever in the slums of Ethiopia.

24/07/2007
Like winning lotto, say Chesalon families

Like other Chesalon Malabar families, John Cotterill was very disappointed when he heard that the Anglicare-run nursing home had to close because of the Government's new building standards.

12/09/2006
Pharmacist doctors Australians who missed national boom

At a time in life when most people look forward to pottering in the garden or improving their golf game, retired pharmacist Jim Conolly is hoping to help heal Sydneysiders a world away from his North Shore home.

24/08/2006
Homeless ministry faces move

This is the last winter that more than 900 people who are homeless or sleep on the streets of the inner-city will have food, warm clothes and a friendly face to talk to because of Malcolm Bloomfield.

09/08/2006
Cold hands, warm hearts

Families in financial crisis will have food on the table this winter thanks to the hard work of St Jude’s Anglican Church Dural and the generosity of the local community.

20/06/2006
Smiles in short supply at nation’s door

A Sydney Anglican who has first-hand experience of arriving on Australian shores as a refugee fears new federal legislation will mean migrants like herself are no longer welcome.

17/05/2006
Anglicans fear for twin boys’ future

Sydney Anglican welfare workers say they can’t find families for toddlers with special needs because people don’t understand their disabilities.

02/05/2006
Anglicare delivers prize green tomatoes

A Sydney Anglican project helping isolated men has given much-needed dignity and fellowship - as well as prize winning tomatoes.

07/04/2006
Leslie wants your friendship

For Leslie Meyer, like others with acquired brain injury in the Blacktown area, Anglicare’s Westlink Head Injury Recreation & Leisure Service (Whirls) has been a Godsend.

23/02/2006