4/06/18

You are the village raising the next generation

BY YVETTE ATKINS It’s often said, ‘it takes a village to raise a child’. But it’s only recently that this adage really sunk in for me. I’d just finished...

Posted in Family life / Our heritage / SU QLD / Supporter

4/06/18

Are you up for the SU QLD Games challenge?

With only a few weeks left until the first SU QLD Games, it’s time to get excited! In just over two years, your support for SU QLD’s Sports Ministry has helped...

Posted in Events / Sports Ministry / SU QLD / Youth issues

31/05/18

Chaplaincy peak body calls on Labor clarification ahead of by-elections

The peak body representing school chaplains has called on Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to immediately clarify the ALP’s position on the National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) following comments by...

Posted in Chaplaincy / SU QLD

25/05/18

$10k grant helps feed hungry kids

School children in the Lockyer Valley who miss breakfast, and those who just love to catch up with mates over a piece of toast, have been given a $10,000...

Posted in Chaplaincy / School life / SU QLD

18/05/18

Chappies make a school a better place

It’s Chappy Week, and while we could talk for hours about how wonderful and amazing our chaplains are, it’s even more special when that high praise comes from other...

Posted in Chaplaincy / Chappy Profile / School life / SU QLD

18/05/18

What price for our chaplain?

How do we put a figure on what our Chaplain brings to our school community? To us, he is the unbiased, kind and always-caring figure who lands in our...

Posted in Chaplaincy / School life / SU QLD

18/05/18

Joy of children’s faces, mud pits, and school camps – all in a day’s work for Chappy Donna

Seeing joy on children’s faces is what school chaplain Donna Shearing loves most about her role at Back Plains and Clifton state schools on the Darling Downs. “My happiest...

Posted in Chaplaincy / Chappy Profile / School life / SU QLD

18/05/18

Chaplaincy more than a job for Chappy Selma

Selma Dredge’s journey to becoming a school chaplain in Central Queensland was a long and winding one, but it’s one she wouldn’t change for the world. Now Chappy Selma...

Posted in SU QLD

18/05/18

Chappy Dan growing seeds of change

Chappy Dan Dubbeld walked away from a career in engineering so he could help children and young people in his community. Now the 17-year chappy veteran, at Rasmussen State...

Posted in SU QLD

18/05/18

South African chef now an outback chappy

Children, young people and their families in remote and regional Queensland are doing it tough – from juvenile crime, broken families, high unemployment, and struggling with isolation. But school...

Posted in SU QLD