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Charity

Duo hits the road to spread the word about Caritas

Caritas Australia’s chief executive Kirsty Robertson and advancement director Richard Landels have completed an epic 700km bicycle ride from Cairns to Townsville, touring and greeting Catholic schools and parishes along the way. 

Charity Welfare

Vinnies backs experts’ call to raise income support

The St Vincent de Paul Society has urged the Albanese Government to act on all recommendations proposed by the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee, including a large increase to the JobSeeker payment.

Charity

Charity you choose depends on your birthday

Four in five Australians generously give to charity but the cause they are most likely to support depends on the donor’s birth year – with no two generations the same, research shows. Source: The Advertiser.

Charity Leadership

New Vinnies NSW boss committed to mission of ‘radical inclusivity’

The newly appointed chief executive officer of the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, Yolanda Saiz, says she is looking forward to bringing the organisation’s mission of ‘radical inclusivity’ to life in providing care to people experiencing poverty and disadvantage.

Charity Lent

Project Compassion helping those hit by war, crises and disasters

One of the longest-running charity campaigns in the nation, Caritas Australia’s annual Project Compassion Lenten appeal, has helped support hundreds of thousands of people hit by humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters in the last year.

Charity Foreign Aid

You can help poor communities, bishop tells students

Sydney Auxiliary Bishop Richard Umbers has urged Catholic school students to reflect more deeply on the challenges faced by communities living in poverty overseas and consider practical ways to offer them ongoing help. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Charity Foreign Aid

Caritas hears the cries of the desperate

After driving down a dry riverbed, 18 kilometres from the nearest road, Caritas Australia chief Kirsty Robertson arrived at the Ethiopian village where the charity worked and met a woman named Mali. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Charity

Project Compassion working to lift vulnerable communities out of poverty 

Throughout Lent, Caritas Australia has shared stories of people whose lives have been transformed thanks to Australians’ support of the charity’s annual Project Compassion campaign. 

Charity Foreign Aid

Charities call for $110m funding boost for hunger hotspots

A $110 million increase in foreign aid to global hunger hotspots from the Australian Government could help avoid a catastrophe, says Caritas Australia together with a group of aid organisations. Source: Canberra Times.