Community Groups

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Macarthur Disability Services

Sharon Hennessy

Email:

sharonh@mdservices.com.au

Website:

www.mdservices.com.au

Phone:

02 4621 8400

What does the group do to help?

• Provides a referral line to help answer questions about aged care, home and community services (1800 68 32 32)
• Provide day programs to help people with disabilities do interesting things
• Provide carers support
• Support people with mental health problems
• Provide sport and recreation programs for people with different special abilities
• Provide a Behaviour Intervention Service
• Offer a Transition to Work Program

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Baptist Community Services

Denise Craig

Email:

DCraig@bcs.org.au

Website:

www.bcs.org.au

Phone:

02 4648 7115

What does the group do to help?

• Provide home and community care services, e.g. domestic assistance, personal care and neighbour aid, to help the aged, frail aged and younger people living with a disability and also their carers.

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Campbelltown Community Pre School

Heather Kilgour

Email:

campbelltownpreschool@bigpond.com

Website:

Phone:

02 4625 1471

What does the group do to help?

• Provide high quality Early Childhood Education for children aged 3-6 years
• They assist children to be ready to start ‘Big School'

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Family Day Care

Tanya Johnson

Email:

Website:

www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/childcare

Phone:

02 4645 4590

What does the group do to help?

• Provide childcare for children aged 0-12 years
• Care may be during the day, evening, overnight, weekend, before or after school and vacation care

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Macarthur Diversity Services

Ann Tibbles

Email:

anntibbles@mdsi.org.au

Website:

www.mdsi.org.au

Phone:

02 4627 1188

What does the group do to help?

• MDSI is a not-for-profit charity that offers help and support services to the disadvantaged
• MDSI's programs help people in 4 areas: children, youth, family and aged.

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Catholic Care

Chiara Mammone

Email:

chiaram@catholiccare.woll.catholic.org.au

Website:

www.catholiccare.woll.catholic.org.au

Phone:

02 4227 1122

What does the group do to help?

• Catholic Care work in 3 main areas: Children and Youth, Family and Relationships, Aged and Disability
• They help people and families to communicate and learn new skills to make their life happier and better
• Their workers help ensure children are being safe, healthy and happy in their families
• They help make sure older people are being looked after when they may not be able to look after themselves

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Macarthur Outreach

Jayne Hook

Email:

Jayne.Hook@sswahs.nsw.gov.au

Website:

Phone:

02 4634 3580

What does the group do to help?

• Have a team made up of an Occupational Therapist and a Physiotherapist
• They provide help for children with physical disabilities

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Brighter Futures –

Uniting Care Burnside

Louise Smeaton

Email:

lsmeaton@burnside.org.au

Website:

www.burnside.org.au

Phone:

02 4627 8012 or 0437 693 613

What does the group do to help?

• Brighter Futures works with parents and their kids aged under 9 years old where parents might be having problems taking care of their kids
• Brighter Futures do home visits and teach parenting skills.
• They also help get kids into childcare and help with problems that might be happening at school.

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Let's Read –

The Smith Family

Metty Joseph

Email:

Metty.Joseph@thesmithfamily.com.au

Website:

www.letsread.com.au

www.thesmithfamily.com.au

Phone:

03 9473 4366

What does the group do to help?

• This group works to support and empower parents and carers to read with their young children

Group Name

Contact

Contact Information

Saver Plus -

The Benevolent Society

Liz Tinney

Email:

LizT@bensoc.org.au

Website:

www.bensoc.org.au

Phone:

02 4633 3777 or 0420 960 875

What does the group do to help?

• Saver Plus is a program to help assist low-income parents and students to manage the cost of education by matching their savings dollar for dollar up to $500