News - CatholicCare NT

Couch Surfing races celebrating the resilience of young people affected by homelessness were held in Darwin this week on National Youth Homelessness Matters Day, Wednesday 21 April. CatholicCare Palmerston staff Yianna, Rachel, Ayla, Francine and Ajish took part in the event in collaboration with Saltbush Social Enterprises. The CatholicCare stall offering information about programs and

On Saturday 17 April 2021, the 80 year anniversary celebration of the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Convent took place in Wadeye. CatholicCare NT Wadeye staff were in attendance and provided shade, mats, chairs, tea & coffee and celebration cake. Many hours of baking were well rewarded by the smiles on the ladies faces

This week 13 participants from the Thamarrurr Youth Indigenous Corporation graduated from CatholicCare NT’s 6 Week Money Workshop, Ku Palyirr Narla (Big Money). Over 6 weeks participants attended the CatholicCare NT office to learn about needs and wants, how to cook healthy and affordable meals, banking, debts, shopping, budgeting and saving. The feedback from community

On 9th and 10th March the CatholicCare NT Financial Wellbeing and Capability (FWC) team got together for 2 days of team building, planning and training. Team members from Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Wadeye attended. The group were made up of Case Managers, Financial Counsellors and Lead Practitioners. It was the first event of this

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 –