Sacred Heart Mission (SHM) have some very exciting news about its successful and innovative Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program. They have just wrapped up Phase Two, which started in 2016 and at the end of the program, report 85 per cent of people having remained in safe and appropriate long-term housing. Taking their learnings from the pilot and Phase Two, J2SI will commence Phase Three, which is available to another 60 people (bringing the total clients supported by J2SI Three to 120 of the planned 180).

Two inspiring older women whose fathers served in WWI and WWII have spent years dedicating their lives to ensure their loved ones’ legacies are remembered. As Anzac Day approaches, VMCH Berwick aged care resident Betty Whiteside proudly displays a book she spent three years compiling, which includes more than 200 letters that her father, Thomas Clair Whiteside, wrote during WWI. While Annie Hawke, who lives in VMCH's Shanagolden retirement village in Pakenham ensures that the stories of her father and other war heroes are remembered through her active involvement in the local RSL.

 

St Mary's House of Welcome annual trivia night fundraiser will be held on Friday 12 June at St Brigid's Hall, 378 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy. All are invited to join them for a fun night of laughs, good company and some cheeky questions thrown in for good measure, all while helping them to help those most in need. Cost is $45. Book here.