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Welcome to the UnitingCare Queensland website. UnitingCare Queensland is the health and community service provider of the Uniting Church and supports more than 14 000 people throughout the state every day of the year. With over 15 000 staff in more than 400 geographic locations across Queensland UnitingCare Queensland is one of Australia’s largest non-profit health and community service providers, with an annual operating budget in excess of one billion dollars. |
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UnitingCare News
 UnitingCare Queensland Board member, Rev Dr David Pitman, was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced on 10 June 2013.
“David received his appointment for his ‘significant service to the Uniting Church in Australia in the promotion of ecumenism and to education’,” UnitingCare Queensland CEO Anne Cross said.
“David is most deserving of this honour as he has a deep and abiding concern for the wellbeing of people and demonstrates this in his encouragement of new projects and in his advocacy with the community.
“He has served on the UnitingCare Queensland Board on three occasions, the first two occasions as Moderator of the Uniting Church Queensland Synod and now as an independent Board Member.
“His leadership as a Board Member has always focussed on inspiring action for the common good and encouraging people to be engaged in growing the outreach of the Church through community services.
“I am delighted for David and his family and offer our warmest congratulations to them, on behalf of UnitingCare Queensland,” Anne Cross said.
Five other Queensland Uniting Church members received the Medal of the Order of Australia: Christopher Brooker, Frank Dingle, Harry Ellis, Rev Arthur Foote and Gwenda Spencer.
“I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of these most worthy recipients,” Anne Cross said. |
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 Valued volunteers from the Uniting Church and UnitingCare Queensland service groups from around the state were nominated for the Moderator’s Community Service Medal in record numbers this year. A total of 46 nominations (including three couples) were made – double the numbers received for the last Moderator’s Medal held in the lead up to the 29th meeting of the Queensland Synod in October 2011.Colleen Geyer, Director of Mission, UnitingCare Queensland and chair of the judging panel, said that the task of selecting the finalists was exceptionally difficult.“The standard of entries was incredibly high and the judges felt that every single nomination was worthy of a Moderator’s Medal,” she said.
After much deliberation, the judges recommended 11 people to the Moderator to be this year’s recipients, four of whom were presented with their medals at the 30th Synod Worship service at Unity College, Caloundra on Sunday 26 May.The volunteers who received their medals were:
Peggy Skinner of Noosaville for her work with UnitingCare Community in her local Lifeline shop
Patricia Flint of Mooloolaba, for her work with The Sunshine Coast Private Hospital and with older people in the community
Marie van Alphen of Indooroopilly, for her work at The Wesley Hospital Pastoral Care Department
Jean Vallis of Mitchelton, for her work at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
Other recipients will be receiving their awards from the Moderator or a deputy at presentationsto be held in the service where they volunteer or at their local Uniting Church. These are:
Neville J Cole of Durack, for his work with Blue Care, Crossroads, Wesley Mission Brisbane and others
Ria Jansen of Cranbrook for her work with UnitingCare Community as a Lifeline Counsellor and other roles
Shirley Miller of Gatton, for her work with Blue Care and other aged care facilities
Estelle Crabb of Bogangar, for her work with Blue Care, Kingscliff, NSW and in the Tweed community
Patricia Schwarz of Emerald, for her work at Lifeline shop and for Blue Care
Robert Kearney of Yeppoon, for his 25 years of work with Blue Care and other community organisations
Marcia Thorning of Mackay, for her work at Blue Care’s Homefield Aged Care Facility
“There were a number of people who made it to the final round of the judging and who were very worthy of recognition so we suggested that the Moderator could award certificates to them and our recommendation was accepted,” Colleen said. 
 These were:
James Camille of Ingham for his work at Bluehaven Lodge, Blue Care
Margaret Findlay of Kenmore for her work with local refugee and social justice groups
Patricia Gibson of Cloncurry for her work with Blue Care Cloncurry Community Care
Patrick and Moyra Clohessy of Chapel Hill for their work at The Wesley Hospital in Intensive Care Unit giving support to families of patients
Mavis Rafter of Rosewood for her 22 years of volunteering at Blue Care Rosewood’s Op Shop To view the citations for the recipients of the Moderator's Community Service Medal follow the links below:
Citation Peg Skinner
Citation Patricia Flint
Citation Marie van Alphen
Citation Neville Cole
Citation Jean Vallis
Citation Ria Jansen
Citation Shirley Miller
Citation Estelle Crabb
Citation Patricia Schwarz
Citation Robert Kearney
Citation Marcia Thorning
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The UnitingCare Queensland Annual Report for 2011 -2012 is now available online. Please follow the link to view the report.
If you would like to obtain a copy of the report please contact Dot King on 07 3025 2009. |
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A selection panel appointed by the Synod Standing Committee has been overseeing the recruitment and appointment of Board members for the UnitingCare Queensland Board to replace two Board members, Dr Greg Herring and Mr Graham Schlecht, who completed their final terms in early 2013.
Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes OAM and Mr Andrew McBryde were appointed as a members of the UnitingCare Board from 1 March 2013.
Professor McGregor-Lowndes is a lawyer with extensive experience in the charity and non-profit sector. He has been the Director of The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies in the Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology. He is a legal consultant to McCullough Robertson.
During the past ten years he has also undertaken consultancy work for the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Treasury and all state and territory Treasury departments, the Productivity Commission,Queensland Department of Fair Trading and Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability. He has a keen awareness and understanding of policy and government at all levels, especially with respect to charities and non-profits, including UnitingCare Queensland’s community service areas.
He is a member of the Uniting Church and has at various times been a UCA elder, Church Council Secretary or Chair, Presbytery member, member of Synod, Synod Standing Committee, Assembly,Assembly Standing Committee and Assembly and Synod legal reference committees. Myles is currently a member of the Synod Governance Nomination and Remuneration Committee (GNRC).
Mr McBryde is very experienced in stakeholder engagement in the business and wider community as well as within the Church. He has a strong strategy focus. His commercial experience brings valuable skills and insight to the boardroom table.
He has wide experience across the Church in a variety of roles with Church Councils and governance bodies. In addition to Church Board roles (Previous Chair, Wesley Mission Brisbane and (current) Chair of the Uniting Church Finance Investment and Property Board), Mr McBryde has also been Chair of the Endeavour Foundation for the last ten years. Mr McBryde will complete his term as Chair, Finance Investment and Property Board in May 2013.
Additionally, two current Board members, Ms Jude Munro OA and Mr Dawson Petie, completed their current terms on the UnitingCare Queensland Board in early 2013. The Synod Standing Committee approved the reappointment of Ms Munroe for a second term of three years, following completion of her first term. The Synod Standing Committee also approved the reappointment of Mr Dawson Petie for a third and final term of three years, following completion of his second term.
Further candidates with requisite skills, experience and strong Uniting Church connection (primarily those applicants who had applied for Board positions through internal Church processes) went through an interview process in January 2013 to appoint a further two new Board members to assist with a smooth transition when further vacancies occur in early 2014.
The Synod Standing Committee approved the appointments of Ms Maree Blake and Mr Chris Townend. Ms Blake is an experienced non-executive director. She has served on both public sector and not-for-profit boards. These have included RSPCA Australia, Hear and Say Centre, Toowoomba City Council Audit Committee and Holy Cross Laundry. She is a certified practicing accountant and more recently in her executive career was Queensland Regional Commissioner for ASIC following a long career as a partner in a national accounting firm (PPB).
Mr Townend is also an experienced non-executive director. He has served as a director for both private sector companies and in the not-for-profit sector. In particular he is a past director of Mercy Aged Care and All Hallow’s School. He has served as a member of board finance and audit committees, is a chartered accountant and in his executive career was a chief financial officer of large public sector and not-for-profit organisations, in particular Mater Health for seven years.
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 Australia’s first fully integrated digital hospital is to be built at Hervey Bay on Queensland’s Fraser Coast by UnitingCare Queensland with the support of Federal Government funding.
The state of the art “hospital of the future” will be supported by the Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF) which will provide $47 million towards the estimated $87.5 million construction and e-health costs for St Stephen’s Hospital.
Scheduled to open in August 2014, UnitingCare Health’s private 96-bed hospital will not only provide vital medical and surgical services and an unparalleled model of patient care but will also be the first to showcase the future of healthcare.
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 UnitingCare Queensland hosted a Not-for-Profit reform forum on 4 March 2013 held at UnitingCare Community state office, with special guest speaker Senator The Honourable Penny Wong, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Finance and Deregulation.
The forum was attended by representatives from Queensland’s leading non-profit community service providers and peak bodies. In addition to UnitingCare Queensland service groups Blue Care and UnitingCare Community, these included Red Cross, St Vincent de Paul, Churches of Christ Care, QCOSS, Queensland Shelter and other leading community organisations based in Queensland.
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