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Hundreds of homeless people sought refuge at Berri’s ac.care office over a recent 12-month period, emphasising a lack of affordable housing in the Riverland. From July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, 420 people received homelessness services from Berri ac.care workers. Click on the image to read the full article from the Murray Pioneer.

A big thank you to Twisted Threads who donated their knitted scarves, hats, rugs and yarn bombing of the trees at the Mount Gambier Community Centre. These were great to have on hand for the homelessness week lunch. For support please call ac.care’s Limestone Coast Homelessness Service on 8723 0540 (after hours the Homelessness Gateway … Continued

Homelessness week is 7 to 13 August 2017. ac.care provides the Murray Bridge / Adelaide Hills Generic Homelessness Service. ac.care reports for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 their workers provided homelessness services to 501 people who came to the Murray Bridge office. Three hundred and eighty people were new clients. Of … Continued

Homelessness week is 7 to 13 August 2017. ac.care provides the Limestone Coast Generic Homelessness Service and has a range of activities to which everyone is welcome. ac.care reports for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 their workers provided homelessness services to 476 people who came to the Mount Gambier office. Three … Continued

Listen to our retired CEO Rob Foggo’s interview with Ross Womersley about 35 years in the sector here.

Mr Shane Maddocks has commenced as CEO with regional rural non-government organisation and charity, ac.care. The appointment is result of the retirement of previous CEO, Robert Foggo. Mr Maddocks has moved to ac.care from the Red Cross where he served in national leadership roles in community development. He has previously been employed within State government … Continued

The State Government again activated its Code Blue emergency winter response at the weekend for people sleeping rough in South Australia. Housing SA, together with non-government partners, has made additional accommodation available for extended hours due to very cold temperatures. Mount Gambier’s ac.care will provide outreach emergency accommodation and other support. The Code Blue response … Continued