Our Community
CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes services 52% of Western NSW (414,398 square kilometres)
Last year CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes worked with 2063 people.
Our teams provided 13,484 support sessions for individuals, couples or families in July – December 2019.
Last year we held 228 community events
41% of our clients identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
Last year our dedicated team delivered 314 playgroups and 906 people attended
We supplied 6481 nights of emergency accommodation and continue to work to find real solutions for safe and affordable housing
Our Family Mental Health Support Service Team provided 5435 individual sessions
Raymond Thorpe won our inaugural Art Prize with his painting Platypus Waterholes
Free family movie nights are popular events in our communities
We support and attended events across Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese
