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BaptistCare Watermark has partnered with the local Riverina Community College to deliver Café Maison, a viable solution beyond a commercial café here onsite. The village has a beautiful commercial kitchen from a previous restaurant that operated quite some years ago. Th...
Christine and Greig Pannier were quite happy where they were. Moving into a retirement village wasn’t ever really part of their plan. “The move into BaptistCare Watermark happened quite suddenly. It wasn’t really part of our plan. To be honest, we were quite happy where...
While Faye Wolstencroft never really planned her move to BaptistCare Angus Bristow, she wouldn’t change a thing. Faye originally resided in Brisbane with her husband. During a family vacation, Faye had an unfortunate incident. “It’s probably a little dark my story, but ...
Penny and Ian Begbie lead an adventurous life having travelled to some 70 or 80 countries in their time together and are always happy to return home to BaptistCare Willandra Village. “We do travel a lot. We’ve been to some 70 or 80 countries or so. We moved in to Baptis...
A little over two years ago Sheila Waller was living in a big house that she had shared with her husband up until his death in 2011. Despite the somewhat frightening nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila couldn’t help but feel thankful that she was in a community and ...
During times of isolation, one needs a good book, and village librarian, Marilyn, wholeheartedly agrees. It’s why when the library closed due to COVID she began the contactless delivery of books to her readers’ doors. Books are everything to Marilyn. “As a child I’d fin...
Graham Clark’s international holiday hit a COVID-19 roadblock when flying from Hanoi to Singapore earlier in the year. An onboard announcement led to a hasty retreat and long haul to get home to the safety and support of BaptistCare Watermark. “I was travelling with my ...
At Maranoa Village we’re seeking to build a community that is strong and vibrant, and we enjoy hearing our residents’ stories. Doug Sutherland, our Residents Committee chairperson, reflects on what he enjoys most about calling Maranoa Village home. Twelve years ago, on ...
Private Nursing Care in Your Own Home. At BaptistCare, we call this approach ‘healthy ageing’. It can help you to maintain your independence and your sense of control as well as giving you the freedom to stay in your own home for as long as possible. BaptistCare offers ...
David Gibson, Manager, and Tory Barton, Caseworker, say the key findings in the latest research Ending homelessness in Australia: An evidence and policy deep dive is an accurate reflection of what they see daily at HopeStreet Windale. Presenting evidence from the larges...
The relocated BaptistCare Women’s Space in St Marys opened its doors in February. The purposely renovated cottage is large and homely, beautifully furnished, with private casework offices, dining and lounge, and a big backyard. Our Women's Spaces in Darlinghurst and St...
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in our State as many thousands of people come to terms with losing their homes, and for some their pets, livelihoods, livestock and loved ones too. At the time of writing, people of the Northern Rivers are in desperate need of food st...
Thank you to the generous individuals, colleagues and businesses that have donated to our BaptistCare NSW Flood Appeal. Thanks to your support we have surpassed our original goal of $100,000 with current funds raised for our NSW Flood Appeal totalling over $255,000 at ...
BaptistCare’s latest community housing development has reached the halfway mark, with guests gathering at the construction site on 29 March and a tree ceremoniously placed on the highest point of the build. BaptistCare and its building partners Lendlease, DKO Architect...
Karen works in BaptistCare’s Marketing and Communications team and volunteered as part of the surge workforce to go to BaptistCare Mid Richmond Centre in Coraki when the flooding occurred in early March. This is her boots-on-the-ground account of what happened. Writt...
It was an exciting week for the staff and residents at BaptistCare Niola in February when Australian Defence Force personnel temporarily joined the team! The Niola team were emotionally and physically exhausted after working tirelessly to prevent COVID from spreading i...
The Murrumbidgee region’s overnight respite cottage, BaptistCare Towner House, which provides much-needed support for local carers, celebrated its reopening today in its newly refurbished venue in Tatton. Federal Member for Riverina, The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Cr Dal...
A new research report seeking to answer the question ‘How do we create socially connected communities in high rise developments which enhance community wellbeing?’ was launched on Monday 4 April by the Hon. Rose Jackson MLC, Shadow Minister for Water, Housing and Homele...
We'll be using this page to communicate with our Carlingford neighbours about our proposed Seniors Living Village at BaptistCare's Carlingford birthplace.
From now until 16 October, people can support BaptistCare HopeStreet with much-needed funds when they recycle eligible cans and glass bottles at 20 Return and Earn locations across NSW. Speaking about the recycling and fundraising initiative, Scott Lockie, BaptistCare's...
