Auswide Projects

www.auswideprojects.com.a

Auswide Projects is a community based non profit organization delivering services across South East New South Wales with the Head Office based in Merimbula.

Auswide Projects principal activity is to provide, employment, training and related services to the community. The organization operates as a charity, allowing it to receive financial support from the community and distribute it to satisfy community need or provide support to existing programs.  

Bimbimbie Retirement Village

and Mariner Park Lodge

www.agedservices.asn.au/ACS/

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Anglicare Retirement and Aged Care Services is a charitable organisation involved in providing care to the aged and is partly Commonwealth Funded, partly resident funded and heavily dependent on the generosity of its donors. As well as having paid staff, there is a group of volunteers and auxiliary members who help to fund raise.

Bimbimbie Retirement Village Hostel in Merimbula and Mariner Park Lodge in TuraBeach currently provide care to 76 hostel residents with a focus on ageing in place, 122 self care units and 25 community care places providing assistance to older people in the community.

We aim to provide high quality health, housing, care and lifestyle services to older people that takes account of their needs - physical, social, emotional, cultural and spiritual - and supports independence, dignity and right of choice.

We are grateful of the support we receive from individuals, business and community organisations, who share our commitment in striving to provide the very highest quality care and services to the elderly in our local community. Fundraising activities help us to meet this goal.

Everybody can make a difference by giving what they can. Whether it be assisting financially or offering services as a volunteer.

The Crossing Land Education Centre

www.thebegavalley.org.au/thecrossing.html

The Trust encourages and educates young people to adopt sustainable environmental practices  to protect and enhance the natural environment.  The Trust also acquires and maintains land for education and research including identifying and protecting the habitat of endangered or threatened species and encouraging further study and research of flora and fauna.

 The Trust's activities are based at The Crossing Land Education Centre near Bermagui, a project that builds young people's capacity to live more sustainably through energy challenge skills training and journeys.  The Crossing is the first Outdoor Environment Education Centre in NSW with a National Parks Voluntary Conservation Agreement and sustainable timber harvest plan.   The bush camp is a wildlife river crossing between coastal National Parks and the base for a 'Sea to Snow' crossing challenge.  'Living simply so all may simply live' is a crossing intention.  Restoring koala forest crossing land is a crossing priority.  

As Trustee, the Board of The Crossing, a not for profit company limited by guarantee, is advised by a Trust public fund management committee including Heather O’Connor, OAM,  Laurel Lloyd-Jones, LFSF and Annette Turner, JP.  The Trust is recognised on the Commonwealth Register of Environmental Organisations.

Imlay House High Care Facility

www.thebegavalley.org.au/imlayhouse

Imlay House is a high care residential facility for the frail elderly of the area. It is a community-owned, not for profit organization. It caters for 52 residents, each in their own room with ensuite. An extension with dementia-specific facilities, opened in April 2007, cares for an additional 21 people.

Nardy House Disability Support

thebegavalley.org.au/nardyhouse

The Nardy House Committee was formed twelve years ago. A donation of five and a half acres of land was made to the group and its main aim was, and still remains, to provide permanent accommodation to people with profound disabilities. We gained charity status, while working under the BVSC banner.  The planning of the Nardy House project resulted in a three-stage facility. These stages reflected the physical needs of the people who would be using the facility and the requirements of their carers. The first stage was a permanent accommodation house for six people with profound disabilities; the second stage was a respite facility for six people with profound disabilities and the third stage was a therapy room and pool for use by clients and local residents with therapy needs.  We received assistance from the NSW Government to build Stage 2 of the project in 2000. The State Government also assisted with set up costs. The respite stage was completed April 2005. We are seeking recurrent funding for the facility.  We are ready to start building the accommodation stage. We have enough local support and funds to begin construction and with continued support to complete the project.

Pambula Surf Lifesaving Club

www.pambulasurf.org.au

Pambula SLSC is a family orientated club that provides volunteer surf patrols for eight months of the year and a 24 hour search and rescue service. Over 150 children are involved in the Nippers and our Special Nippers Program works with youngsters with disabilities. Our recently completed new clubhouse will provide community facilities. We are community based, funded by the community, for the community.

The Tulgeen Group Disability Services

www.tulgeendisabilityservices.com.au

Tulgeen Group was started in 1976 after a public meeting was called to consider the increasing need for support for people with disabilities within the Bega Valley shire. In 1978 the first permanent staff were appointed and currently number 92 staff and client employees.

Tulgeen Group now includes Bega valley Nursery and WorkCrew, Stitches and Prints, In Home support Services, Individual Support, Training and Education Services and Administration Support and we are continually evolving to meet the changing needs of our clients and the community.

The majority of Tulgeen Group funding is provided by the Federal and State Government to support people with a disability to reach their full potential in life and as stated in our philosophy, ensure our clients’ rights to respect, dignity, community access and personal security are met.

Tulgeen Group funding is also sourced and received from benevolent organisations as well as public donations.

Tulgeen Group is also reliant on the generosity of the business community to fund client programs such as Special Olympics, Life skills training, Art in the Garage projects and as such would be more than happy to participate in the proposed payroll deduction scheme which would enable tax deductible donations to be made to our organisation on a regular basis.

Our philosophy is as follow :- 'Tulgeen Group, will in all of it's dealings and deliberations, both internally and externally, have as it's primary concern the interest of people with a disability and in particular the interests of it's clients so as to ensure that they have the right to respect, dignity, community access and personal security'.

Workability Support Services

www.workability.org.au/

WorkAbility assists people with a disability to participate in the economic and social life of the community by helping them find and keep mainstream employment. WorkAbility is an ethical, not for profit, employment agency, respecting the dignity, diversity and equality of all jobseekers. The agency commenced in 1991 in Bega, and now covers the southern region, Bega, Eurobodalla, Cooma-Monaro,Snowy and Bombala shires.  With offices in Bega, Batemans Bay and Cooma, WorkAbility staff assists 250 people a ranges of disAbilities: intellectual, physical, sensory, psychiatric and other conditions. The WorkAble Skills and HomeWorks programs provide real prevocational and social experiences for jobseekers in their preparation for work.

WorkAbility also provides a School Leaver program that assists young people to make the successful transition from school to life and work in the community.

Sapphire Coast

Marine Discovery Centre

www.edenmarinediscovery.orq.au

The Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre is a community backed project to develop and build a public Marine Education, Research and Discovery Centre in Eden to service the entire region.

Following many years of dedicated hard work, research and planning, the Centre is poised to become a reality in the very near future following the allocation of a Crown Lands Licence over 1,000m2 of vacant land in the Snug Cove wharf precinct of Eden. .

 A Discovery Centre will be the keystone attraction for the Centre which will also incorporate research facilities and possibly a commercial aquaculture venture. A Centre of this nature would have obvious educational and economic benefits for the local community and beyond. Now that we have acquired a suitable site, we will require continuing support from the local community and all levels of Government to bring the Centre to life. As a Deductible Gift Recipient, all donations towards the Marine Centre are fully tax deductible. Late in 2006 we intend to launch our Membership program offering many incentives for even more community members to become involved with this exciting venture. 

For more information, please visit www.edenmarinediscovery.orq.au or call our office on 64961699.