25 September 2020
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our first public Community Information Session on Thursday 24 September, 2020. We hope you enjoyed this informative evening that presented the plans for our redevelopment. We very much appreciated your feedback on the project and we do hope you benefited from hearing […]
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3 September 2020
Welcome to the first edition of the Royal Far West Community Newsletter. Inside you’ll hear from our CEO, Lindsay Cane AM, find out more about the vision for our redevelopment, meet the architects behind the project and much more. To grab your copy, please click the ‘Download PDF’ button below. […]
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22 July 2020
Jesse is six years old and lives in a small town in rural New South Wales with his dad Aaron. A couple of years ago his dad became very ill and now struggles with the pressures of looking after his young, energetic son. They have little family living close by […]
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10 July 2020
Hi there. My name’s Tayla, and I’m an Occupational Therapist at Royal Far West. What do you do? My role includes supporting families to help their children achieve their everyday goals, from play and engagement, including developing relationships with others, to self-care challenges such as sleep and being able to […]
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29 May 2020
A recent survey undertaken by our team has found a significant number of rural families are still struggling to pay for housing and food as a result of the continuing drought. The survey shows a nearly 50 per cent increase in people struggling to pay for housing compared to pre-drought […]
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27 May 2020
How we’re helping bushfire affected communities during the COVID-19 pandemic As bushfire-affected communities now find themselves in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF Australia, HP and Royal Far West (RFW) have joined forces to provide help and support using mental health services delivered via technology (RFW Telecare), while continuing […]
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22 May 2020
Life is now a whole lot harder for many families in rural and remote communities. The COVID-19 pandemic is having a huge impact on many families, from changing their routines, to changes in their schooling and in their usual support systems. For the many kids in rural and remote communities […]
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22 May 2020
Royal Far West has been announced as a global finalist for a $10m Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award to transform health services for country kids. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Macquarie, $50m will be awarded to five non-profit organisations ($10m each) over five years to fund projects globally that will have […]
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22 May 2020
Today, we were honoured to farewell our Board’s Vice Chairman Mark Drummond at our AGM. We were delighted to grant him Life Membership of Royal Far West, one of only three Life Memberships in our charity’s history. A Great Nephew of our founder Reverend Stanley Drummond and Grandson of past […]
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