Lutheran Care is a proud event supporter of the upcoming South Australian Child Protection Awards, which will be held in Adelaide next month. The awards recognise those doing inspiring work in protecting children and young people in South Australia. Lutheran Care has submitted a number of nominations, including foster carers and volunteers with our organisation. […]
Lutheran Care is excited to launch ‘Be the Village’, a new campaign aimed at recruiting Foster Carers in 2022. The campaign, co-designed with current Lutheran Care Foster Carers, draws on the well-known proverb, ‘It takes a village to raise a child’. This message will ring true for anyone who has provided care, support and guidance […]
Children’s Day celebrates ‘My Dreaming, My Future’ The date 4 August was historically used to communally celebrate the birthdays of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were taken from their families at a young age, without knowing their birthday – the Stolen Generations. Children’s Day is the initiative of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal […]
Lutheran Care is experiencing unprecedented demand for its services, including a 260 per cent increase in Emergency Relief enquiries, as current financial pressures on households cause a significant uptick in people seeking help. This winter, Lutheran Care’s Emergency Relief program based at Blair Athol has frequently received double the number of enquiries than the program […]
Lutheran Care’s Community Connections team received a heart-warming letter from a participant we supported recently, demonstrating how much of a difference the program is making in people’s lives. The letter is neatly hand-written on lined paper and reads: In life, we are constantly challenged and we may find ourselves in situations that we may not […]
During NAIDOC Week, we are excited to share with you our Lutheran Care Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Feb 2022-Feb 2023, which has now been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. You can read through our RAP online here. Lutheran Care’s RAP outlines our continued commitment to actions that promote reconciliation and opportunities to foster strong and […]
