100 ways to care for our community

EMPLOYING THE NATION’S BEST JOB CONSULTANT

Jenni Davies from Wesley Uniting Employment is Australia’s National Employment Consultantof the Year. She has helped hundreds of disadvantaged people find satisfying work.
SHARING THE EASTER MESSAGE

Wesley’s Good Friday Television Program, ‘Cultures of the Cross’ televised on Channel 9 and WIN TV regional stations inspired and challenged over 150,000 viewers across NSW.
FINALIST BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Elizabeth Orr from Wesley manages seven hospitals, 220 programs, 2,000 beds and Lifeline Sydney — landing her a finalist in the Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year Awards.
ORCHESTRATING WORLD CLASS CONCERTS

Uzbek violin virtuoso Attila Sautov has been engaged to work with the Wesley International Chamber Orchestra on a tour of major cities and country towns around Australia.
MONITORING ACCOMMODATION SERVICES

Wesley Dalmar foster services have adopted an innovative online data collection system to quickly identify gaps and opportunities in accommodation across its many service areas.
DESIGNING SYMPATHETIC INTERIORS

Life at home has its challenges when you’re frail, elderly or disabled. A specially designed make-over from Wesley Home Modification and Maintenance Service makes life a lot easier for our elderly clients.
INSTITUTING KOREAN THEOLOGY

Korean theology has flourished at Wesley Institute, with over 80 students studying with a view to becoming ministers with the Korean-Australian Presbyterian Church.
MAKING FUNDRAISING A FAIRYTALE

Bruce Venables (the dastardly Captain Hook) along with Judy Nunn, Jessica Rowe and Paula Duncan took on fairytale roles for a corporate breakfast fundraiser for Wesley Mission last November.
MOTIVATING WITH MOUNTED POLICE

Primary school kids at Wesley Mission’s Vision Valley camp met and rode with members of the NSW Mounted Police aspart of the Just Horsin’ Round program.
PROVIDING RETAIL THERAPY

For the disabled, shopping is not a leisure activity. Wesley Innovative Shopping Services (WISS) takes the hassle out with regular deliveries and even a bit of domestic “stocktaking”.
TRAINING SENIOR STUDENTS

Learn a new language, brush up on your dancing, develop an artistic skill — 4,000 seniors do all this and more at the Wesley School for Seniors in the CBD.
KEEPING PACE WITH GLOBAL CHANGE

At Newcastle City Mission’s 65th anniversary our Social Policy Consultant, Dr Keith Suter, began an annual series of public lectures examining Christian thought on global changes.
IT BOOST INEDUCATION

Investment in the latest software enables Wesley Institute’s Vocational and Community education to maintain its vision of continuous innovation and best practice.
LEAVING AN INSPIRING LEGACY

After 40 years of working tirelessly for the homeless, the Rev. Noreen Towers retires. She leaves a $3 million-a-year enterprise with 30 properties, 60 staff and 400 clients.
KNOWING GAMBLING RISKS

Credit card-fuelled internet gambling is dangerously seductive and can be destructive. Wesley Gambling and Financial Counselling Services highlight risks and assist addicted gamblers.
SHARING EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE

Pastoral Care extended its service over the waters to Bangladesh as Wesley Mission pastors spent time encouraging and teaching pastors-in-training in a Bangladeshi Bible College.
DIGGING DEEP AFTER BUSHFIRES

Nine dead, 80 homes destroyed and a quarter of a million acres burnt — devastation that motivated Wesley Mission to launchan appeal for victims of the South Australian bushfires.
RECRUITING DESKBOUND VOLUNTEERS

Westpac workers who could not join their colleagues in the external corporate volunteer work scheme remained at their desks and made the effort to pack 1,000 items of food for the homeless.
HEADING TRAUMA WORKSHOPS FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS

A professional trauma response group from Wesley Institute travelled to the devastated island of Sri Lanka to work with survivors of the Boxing Day Tsunami.
SHARING ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCES

Aboriginal communities gained insight into educational and employment strategies when Wesley Uniting Employment invited Canadian First Nation expert Trina Maher to the Nambucca and Macleay Valleys.
GETTING THE CRONULLA SHARKS ONSIDE

Cronulla Sharks player Jason Stevens warned about the dangers of the Aussie “she’ll be right, mate” attitude when he joined Wesley Mission’s LifeForce suicide prevention program.
MAKING VOLUNTEERING FUN

A mainstay of fundraising activities, Wesley’s annual Spring Fair is much-loved by all supporters. It is an uplifting and empowering experience– a great opportunity for Wesley congregations, staff, School for Seniors, volunteers and members to mix and get to know each other. This year Spring Fair raised over $250,000 to support people in need across different Mission activities.
SHOWING JAPANESE NEW WAYS FOR OLD

Frank Vickery Village’s reputation for innovative care of the elderly regularly attracts international students (including 250 Japanese last year) to study its leading programs. The centre at Sylvania has pioneered care support services that allow residents to remain relatively independent for longer than is usual.
UNITING CULTURES AT EASTER

Record crowds witnessed a powerful and provocative 2005 Passion March on Good Friday. Bystanders joined in marching through Sydney’s streets to the beat of Roman drums and cries of ‘crucify him’ as students from Wesley Institute dressed in period costume, re-enacted Christ’s final journey to his death at Golgotha.

At the Easter Sunrise Service within the Opera House the Rev. Dr. Gordon Moyes noted that the diversity of the gathered group reflected the diverse groups of people from many cultures who witnessed the death of Christ at the very first Easter.