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We are so happy to have helped this young mum and her baby get home to community for Christmas! Unexpected complications including a premature birth meant they needed to come to Darwin. Our Malak Family Hub Early Childhood Educator Case Manager, Melissa Walsh, walked beside our mum-to-be for the last few weeks of her pregnancy,

Recently a special presentation was held to congratulate and thank Vanessa Iacono, our Financial Wellbeing and Capability (FWC) Case Manager at Wadeye. Vanessa received special recognition from the Australian Taxation Office for completing the second highest number of Tax Help tax returns in Australia during the Tax Help season of 2020. Vanessa is pictured above

Friday, 4 December 2020 – 11:45am Casuarina Square Shopping Centre. Step up and walk with us to say NO MORE to domestic and family violence at Christmas. Date: Friday, 4 December 2020Time: 12pm to 1pmLocation: Casuarina Square Food Court Each year there is a spike in family violence over the Christmas period. NO MORE and

Jabiru is just one of many remote locations where CatholicCare NT provide programs and services to community.  Our Jabiru office opened in April 2016 and since that time Louise Mayclair has been the Case Manager for Family and Community Wellbeing.  As the sole worker in the office Louise wears many hats and does a great

In their own words… Francis Storey I was born in Mount Isa QLD and in 1988 our family moved from Mt Isa to Tennant Creek NT. My Mother’s language group is Wombaya (Barkly Tableland) and my Father’s side is Wakaya (Barkly Highway). Tennant Creek is where I grew up and have lived there from 1988 –

Did you know CatholicCare NT is setting a precedent in the Australian NDIS field? As a rule, NDIS does not engage with prison inmates until 6-9 months prior to release. However, CatholicCare NT is currently working with an inmate who is blind and only started their sentence earlier this year. We managed to obtain a

We usually think of Men’s Sheds as places where older men in the suburbs catch up with their mates, perhaps fix some furniture or learn about how to send emails. The Men’s Shed movement has been a great success in Australia, mainly because it gives men a place where they can talk and share experiences

At the beginning of National Reconciliation Week, 27 May – 3 June 2020, the CatholicCare NT staff in Katherine share some ‘Reconciliation Thoughts’. This years National Reconciliation Week theme is “In this together” and CatholicCare will be celebrating the week within the government health guidelines. CatholicCare NT’s General Manager of Workforce and Partnerships, and senior