Brophy was proud to celebrate Wear It Purple Day on Friday, August 28. Alongside lots of purple across our organisation, our people were invited to attend an online session with ACON focused on what it means to be an effective ally. The engaging workshop explored how...
When Kirrie Arms started university, a career in community services wasn’t part of the plan. Her path into the sector came together gradually, shaped by curiosity, further study and a willingness to try something new. “I just thought I would milk cows forever,” Kirrie...
Homelessness is not always visible. While people often associate homelessness with sleeping rough, the reality is much broader and can include couch surfing, overcrowded housing, crisis accommodation or living somewhere that is unsafe because of family violence or...
Hundreds of paper houses are appearing across Warrnambool this Homelessness Week, helping make the scale of the region’s housing and homelessness crisis visible to the wider community. More than 700 origami houses will be displayed in the windows of the Lighthouse...
Eight members of the headspace Warrnambool team are now trained facilitators of Ahead of the Game, an AFL and Movember program designed to strengthen the mental health and resilience of young athletes. The team completed its facilitator training this week and will now...
Long before Peta and Hannah became colleagues, they had already spent a lifetime learning how to work together. The Portland-raised sisters have grown up together, become best friends and learned where their personalities complement - and contrast — with one another....
Brophy has joined a new statewide alliance calling for urgent action to strengthen Victoria’s foster care system. The Foster Care Alliance brings together foster carers, Community Service Organisations, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and the Foster Care...
Tony Smith’s career has taken a few turns since he first walked through Brophy’s doors as a Community Services student. There was study, placement, residential care, foster care work, and the growing demands of running a successful local business. But through it all,...
A free local surf program has helped women and girls across the south-west overcome hesitation, build confidence and find their place in the surf. Surf Sisters 101, delivered through a partnership between Brophy’s Stoked Surf Therapy program and Port Fairy Surf...
June marks Pride Month — a time to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, recognise the progress that has been made toward equality and inclusion, and acknowledge that for many people, the journey toward genuine safety, acceptance and belonging is still ongoing. At Brophy,...
Families across south-west Victoria are being invited to take part in new research aimed at strengthening mental health and wellbeing support for parents and caregivers. Brophy is a lead partner in the project, working alongside Deakin University’s Lifespan Institute...
The Warrnambool community are invited to come together for a Candlelight Vigil to remember and honour the lives of women and children lost to family and domestic violence. The vigil will be held on Wednesday 6 May, providing a space for reflection, remembrance, and...
