Happy International Women’s Day to all women in Ryder-Cheshire, in India, Timor-Leste, New Zealand, Australia and other places in our world. You and your work following the legacy of Sue Ryder truly helps toward ‘the relief of suffering without discrimination,’ Thank you all Ryder-Cheshire Australia
Terry Warr
Congratulations Don Hamilton AOM
We are all delighted that Don Hamilton has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the community. Don joined the committee of management of the Ryder-Cheshire Victorian Homes soon after it began in 1982 and he is still a member to […]
Vale Brian Summers
Brian passed away earlier this year. He will be remembered as a supporter of Ryder-Cheshire Foundation Victoria and of Klibur Domin. Through his Rotary club of Rosanna, he supported the Klibur Domin Dental Clinic, visiting KD with a Rotary Dental team in 2018 to share his expertise as a dental technician to set up some […]
Prestigious Award for Klibur Domin
On Friday 19 May 2023, Klibur Domin received the Medal of the Order of Timor-Leste from the President of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos Horta, in recognition of its contribution to Timor-Leste and the Timorese people. Klibur Domin’s Managing Director, Joaquim Soares, was bestowed with the Medal in the presence of Peter Newton, Klibur Domin’s original founder. […]
Greetings Ryder-Cheshire Australia Supporters,
I hope you enjoyed reading this 100th issue of our newsletter the Red Feather. To celebrate we have added an historical inclusion of highlights from past newsletters. You can access the Red Feather at 100 Issue I am letting you know that Ryder-Cheshire is at a point where we are looking at ways to ensure that […]
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Vale Hazel Luke
Ballarat Ryder-Cheshire Support Group lost a dear friend on 5 November, 2022. Hazel was a long-time supporter of Ryder-Cheshire and sponsor of Raphael. More recently she supported the Victorian Ryder-Cheshire Homes, Ivanhoe. Ballarat Support group owns a display board which was an initiative from Hazel and it is fondly remembered as ‘Hazel’s Board.’ Her memorial […]
Ryder-Cheshire’s New Board
Six Directors were appointed as the new Ryder-Cheshire Australia Board at the Ryder-Cheshire Australia Annual General Meeting, Saturday 21 May, 2022. This is an historic moment for RCA. It is the first time that RCA’s Members were able to elect the Directors of the RCA Board. Here are the six new Directors. Congratulations! Peter Colliver OAM […]
National Volunteers’ Week 2022
National Volunteers’ Week is Australia’s largest celebration of volunteers. This is a chance for all for all of us in Ryder-Cheshire to celebrate and recognize the vital work of our volunteers at Klibur Domin in Timor-Leste and Raphael in Northern India and to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU. Together through volunteering, we are assisting […]
Learning and Giving back to Community
The two Ryder-Cheshire Homes, Ryder and Cheshire, in Mount Gambier, SA, have greatly benefited from work by the Tenison Woods College students. The students offered to help as part of their studies. The objective was to learn and also to give back to their community. Andy and Zac are pictured busily assisting with the garden […]