Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
Melbourne, Victoria
Across the world for almost 400 years, Good Shepherd has focused on, and been committed to, supporting women and girls to thrive and reach their full potential. We continue to challenge constructs and structures that build and maintain systemic barriers that perpetuate disadvantage in our community. We stand together with our values and a culture that has been woven as a ‘gold thread’ of custodianship of the mission within Good Shepherd globally through the centuries. Our values are central to our mission and act as a focus for all our actions. Supporting the community Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand addresses the critical and contemporary issues facing women, girls and families. With the values of reconciliation, justice, zeal, audacity and the worth of each person at its heart, Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand has for more than 150 years changed the lives of countless people and supported them to stay safe, well, strong and connected. Australians are facing an economic crisis not seen in this country for decades. The devastating impacts of the restrictions forced by the coronavirus pandemic along with natural disasters have combined to create a bleak picture for many people and we all know more needs to be done. Without the ability to access safe, affordable and secure financial support and advice there is a real risk the people we work with, who are already at the margins and in danger of falling deeper into poverty, will turn to often predatory pay day lenders and high interest cash loan providers. Linking the devastating impact of economic abuse and gender inequality with violence against women is crucial to develop sustainable, meaningful and long-term solutions for women and their children and end the scourge of family violence. We work with the most vulnerable in our community. The women in crisis because of family violence. They need crisis services, financial services or family counselling. The women and families excluded from mainstream financial services. They deserve financial inclusion and capability programs and services. The children at risk. They have a right to be safe, strong and connected to their families. We work with people to ensure they do not fall through the cracks. This has been the Good Shepherd way since we established our roots in Australia in 1863 and our foundations are strong. The community demands consistent, seamless and high-quality services across all stages of their journey and Good Shepherd has responded to this. So that all women, girls and families deserve to be safe, well, strong and connected our role is to ensure there are suitable housing options, meaningful economic participation for women, access to family violence supports and family services. Often the voices of those who need these kinds of supports are not heard. It is the job of Good Shepherd to advocate on their behalf for the ‘system’ to change and do things differently.
We are located across Australia and New Zealand and manage or partner with programs in Victoria, NSW, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia. We offer a range of integrated and stand-alone services and financial products to clients to provide holistic and one-off support.
Our five main service streams are: financial counselling and capability, family violence with crisis services, child, adolescent and family services/counselling, microenterprise development and ... Devamını Oku
