SCS Updates

The Febraury 2023 digital edition of The Village Observer is now available. Use the link below to stay connected and find out what is happening in the community this month. www.thevillageobserver.com.au For more than 25 years, [...]

The January 2023 digital edition of The Village Observer is now available. Use the link below to stay connected and find out what is happening in the community as we start the New Year. www.thevillageobserver.com.au [...]

Sydney Community Services (SCS), is pleased to announce the City of Ryde has approved a Community Grant to deliver a program called ‘Try Something Completely Different’. The program is focused around the International Day of [...]

Christmas Hamper Drive 2022 Sydney Community Services is calling for Christmas hamper donations to help support those in our community who are in need this holiday season. The holiday season can often be a time [...]

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety brought to light evidence that many of us found shocking and confronting. Unfortunately, I have to say some of us weren’t that surprised.  Standards of care [...]

Loma Denshire died peacefully on 19 December, 2021 at the age of 96.  Daughters Sally and Jayne reflect on the legacy of Loma’s community involvement. Long-time resident Loma Denshire contributed to community cohesion and wellbeing [...]

Mike Taylor is the founder of the Lane Cove-based ‘Get That Job’ program where he assists people getting back into the workforce. Born in the UK in West Hampstead, Mike studied at the University of [...]

Tony Koop served on the board and as president of Lane Cove Community Aid (now Sydney Community Services) for seven years. Tony passed away at the beginning of January. Here his wife Gabrielle pays tribute [...]

Congratulations goes to Rosemary Liu who has taken the role of Community Coordinator at our Hunters Hill Hub. Rosemary is already a familiar face at the Hunters Hill Hub, having initially joined in a Carer [...]

I remember that this time last year we were all celebrating the end of a horrible year and thinking that surely 2021 would be better. How wrong we were. At least we had already endured [...]

With some spare time on our hands, we used the lockdown to revive our Instagram account and support #childhooddementia. In the last few weeks, some of our team here at Sydney Community Services took part [...]

Sydney Community Services has completed its Service Quality Survey for this year with 97% of responders saying they are either satisfied or very satisfied with the services they are provided by us. The objective of [...]