Roseberry QLD – Thank you Gladstone

The past year has had its challenges and not least the changing social and economic landscape of our regional communities.

The demand for our services is continuously growing with much of this increase in demand coming from people struggling with the cost of living, financial and housing stress and a significant increase in people reporting that they are at risk of becoming homeless. There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t receive a call or drop-in from someone who has reached desperation point and has nowhere else to go.Working at Roseberry provides a constant reminder of why we are here – working towards our vision of creating a strong, vibrant, compassionate community, one kind deed at a time.We have recognized for quite a longtime that we have needed to expand our ability to be able to provide a safe space for people to drop in and get help and support as needed.The demands for our Dignity Hub services at Rollo St have tripled and we hope that our new (currently being built) Homeless Hub next to our head office will help us to be able to grow and expand these services. In the past year,we have focused heavily on growing our volunteer base and have implemented an online volunteer management system called EmpowerUp that will hopefully allow us to attract and onboard quality volunteers to help us continue to provide these frontline services.We are committed to our vision that every time we provide a service or support, we hope that they have been given an opportunity to lift themselves out of disadvantage and to create safe,vital, and resilient lives. Thank you to all of you in our community who have so generously donated your time, effort, goods,and services. We rely heavily on the compassion of others to help empower those who access our services. Your deliberate acts of kindness are helping to create a strong, vibrant, compassionate community.