Our Community
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CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes serves the western 52% of NSW (414,398 square kilometres)
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Our teams provided 21,157 sessions in 2022-23.
Last year we held 228 community events
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Almost 40% of our clients identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
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Last year our dedicated team delivered 314 playgroups and 906 people attended
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We supplied 6481 nights of emergency accommodation and continue to work to find real solutions for safe and affordable housing
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Our Family Mental Health Support Service Team provided 4155 individual support sessions in 2021-22.
Raymond Thorpe won our inaugural Art Prize with his painting Platypus Waterholes
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Free family movie nights are popular events in our communities
We support and attended events across Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese
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