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Rockhampton students learn to be disaster ready
Throwing spears, making fires, building shelters and making ropes are not your usual school classroom activities. But these unique yet practical life skills are being…
Gladstone students have a heart for charity
Carinity school students are supporting fundraising champion Claude Harvey and child protection organisation Bravehearts. Claude, known as “The Mower Man”, this week visited Carinity Education…
Music helping Yeppoon locals overcome adversity
Everyone has a story to tell. Sometimes they just need help telling it. For Sharr Robinson and Suzie Baloh, the thought of recording their music…
New centenarian creates her own history
Joan Davis remembers a time when Rockhampton had no swimming pools, houses didn’t have electricity, and horses still pulled buggies along the streets. Now Joan,…
Celebrating the International Day of People with Disability
Having a disability needn’t stop you showcasing your abilities and achieving your goals. International Day of People with Disability on December 3 is a global…
Weathering the COVID-19 storm
The men and women living at Carinity Karinya Place know the meaning of resilience well. Theirs is a generation which has lived through wars, endured drought…
Gang back ‘home’ again
“I’m 38 years young and still have 38 years left in me at Our House.” Shane Smith has been a client of Carinity’s disability support…
Community for all stages of life
Joyce Larkens moved to the Carinity Brownesholme retirement community 20 years ago – and she has never wanted to leave. “We decided we would move…
Carinity retirement village comes of age
A retirement village in Highfields set on a former daily farm is celebrating a milestone. Carinity Brownesholme is marking a quarter of a century of…
Fassifern volunteers ensure all can hear local news
Sadly, the publication of many newspapers across regional Queensland ceased this week. However, the Carinity Fassifern Community Centre is helping to keep members of the…
Carinity donation giving power to community groups
Two Boonah community organisations are set to benefit from a wonderful example of ‘paying it forward’. Carinity Fassifern Community Centre has gifted two solar power…
School building community with disaster funding
Last summer many towns across Australia suffered due to devastating bush fires. The Rockhampton and Livingstone regions shared in these insurmountable losses throughout their community…