Latest News

"Government doesn't recognise Aged Care Funding Crisis" Media release on recent facility closures. 26 June.

"Pension increases - why do some miss out?" UnitingCare Australia issues media release on Welfare Reform. 19 June.

"Yet more evidence to support calls for reform to Aged Care." UnitingCare Australia issues media release on Aged Care. 2 June.

UnitingCare Australia continues to contribute to the Community Response Taskforce. 29 May.

Australian Greens pay tribute to retiring ACOSS President Lin Hatfield Dodds. 20 May.

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Federal Budget 2009

UnitingCare Australia's Budget Response - "Difficult times to continue for Australia's most vulnerable" Read more.

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Uniting Care Australia
Who we are

UnitingCare Australia is an agency of the National Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA). We represent the UCA’s network of UnitingCare community services of which there are over 1,300 service delivery sites nationwide.

The UnitingCare network is one of the largest providers of community services in Australia, providing services to more than 2 million Australians each year, employing 35,000 staff and 24,000 volunteers nationally. It provides services to older Australians, children, young people and families, Indigenous Australians, people with disabilities, the poor and disadvantaged, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and older Australians in urban, rural and remote communities.

 
Spot Light

Imagine a community where loneliness, isolation or depression are no longer common issues for older people?


Building Belonging: Celebrating Inclusive Communities is a series of workshops delivered across Australia in Asset Based Community Development during 2009 to provide additional skills in how to practically begin engaging local communities to prevent isolation and promote community inclusion.

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Interviews

Listen to Lin Hatfield Dodds share her experiences of involvement in the Uniting Church.

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Listen to Lin Hatfield Dodds on ABC's LifeMatters as she discusses the 2009 Federal budget and social welfare.

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