The Ballarat Civic Hall is gathering stories for historical records. The Ryder-Cheshire Foundation Victoria Ballarat Support Group was asked to add their story to the collection, as it was back in 1964 that its birth took place when Leonard Cheshire visited Ballarat. The late Group Captain Lord Leonard Cheshire of Woodhall VC, OM, DSO, DFC […]
Terry Warr
Karen
My Raphael Family I have been asked to submit an article about my time at Raphael in October/November 2014 but I just don’t know where to start. My 19 yr old daughter and I spent almost two months at Raphael so you would think I could come up with something. My fear is not being […]
Ryder-Cheshire Australia Biennial Conference 15th to 17th April 2016
April this year sees the Ryder-Cheshire fraternity assemble in Ballarat for their Biennial Conference. The Ryder-Cheshire Foundation Victoria Ballarat Support Group is hosting the Conference. The Ballarat members feel honoured to be undertaking this task and are eagerly looking forward to the fruits of their work. It is a weekend packed with presentations, workshops, historical […]
An OAM for Sister Jane Gorey
Sr. Jane Gorey was honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2016 Australia Day Honours List. Jane has been a resident carer at the Ryder-Cheshire Victorian Homes in Ivanhoe since 1995. In the early days, there were three resident carers, one for each of the homes within the Ivanhoe complex. They were all […]
Vale Two of our Oldest Supporters
Shortly before Christmas 2015, we were deeply saddened to learn of the deaths of two of our oldest, long- time supporters – George Smith and Kath Myers. Both were in their nineties. On 17th December George Smith passed away peacefully after a short illness. George was a Flying Officer in WWII, and in 1946 he founded the […]
Bruce
The opportunity to experience Raphael came as my friend David, announced that he was returning to Raphael, and I asked if there was an opportunity for me to join him. David had attended in 2012 and very much wanted to return. A request was made and through the amazing “Susie”, everything was put together, and […]
Cerebral Palsy Awareness – Klibur Domin Crowdfunding
This project was launched at the 2014 Ryder-Cheshire National Biennial Conference in Sydney. It was a trial project designed to raise $1000 to print educational materials for the Klibur Domin Outreach Team in Timor-Leste to raise awareness of cerebral palsy (CP) symptoms in children and to inform their families how to seek assistance for […]
Don Sinclair, how can we thank you?
Dr Don Sinclair recently retired as the President of the Ryder-Cheshire Victorian Homes Foundation and as a Board Member of Ryder-Cheshire Australia. Don is a living link to our founders Sue Ryder and Leonard Cheshire and a treasury of knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Ryder-Cheshire story. He is an inspiration, mentor, colleague […]
A Round up of Recent News from Ryder-Cheshire Australia
A very important appointment in Timor-Leste! Earlier this year, Dr Rui Maria de Araujo became the fifth Prime Minister of independent Timor-Leste. Dr Araujo has had a distinguished career as a medical practitioner and administrator and has previously held the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister. Until recently, he was the Chairman of […]
The New Kitchen and TB Lab at Klibur Domin
There has been a lot of renovation work undertaken at Klibur Domin over the past few months and the photos on this page should ‘say a thousand words’ about some of the very successful results that have been achieved. The kitchen has been completely remodelled and fitted out with gleaming new, hygienic stainless steel […]