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Keep Your Lungs Safe and Stay Well this Winter
* 28 May 2023 * We celebrate May as the Lung Health Awareness Month to encourage everyone to keep your lungs safe and to recognise symptoms of lung health problems and act urgently. There are three things you can do to your lungs: Check your lung health Prevent respiratory infections Get vaccinated Check your lung...
Vasey RSL Care calls for agreement on Housing Fund from all parties
* 18 May 2023 * Vasey RSL Care, the not-for-profit organisation servicing Victoria’s veterans has been successful in securing $150,000 under the Federal Government’s Veteran Wellbeing Grants Program. This welcome funding will contribute to the fit out of Vasey RSL Care’s V Centre Veteran Empowerment Program. The V Centre is an innovative program combining a...
Community Spirit Towards Our Aussie Veterans
A Message from our CEO for ANZAC Day 2023 24 April 2023 ANZAC Day has a very special place in the hearts and minds of Australians, and of course, our friends across the ditch, the New Zealanders. Many will be visiting ANZAC Cove in Türkiye; many more will be waking early to attend their...
V Centre Veteran Empowerment Program Refurbishment Kickoff with Federal Member for Jagajaga, Kate Thwaites MP
* Tuesday 4 April 2023 * Federal Member for Jagajaga, Ms Kate Thwaites MP, assisted by Vasey RSL Care Board Chair Mike O’Meara OAM and CEO Janna Voloshin, ceremonially launched the refurbishment and fit out of ‘The V Centre Veteran Empowerment Program’ at its home in Ivanhoe (VIC) adjacent to the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and...
Vasey RSL Care Responds to Channel Nine’s story on Veteran Homelessness in Australia
Media Release: Melbourne, 20 March 2023 As a leading provider of housing and support services for veterans, we’d like to acknowledge Channel Nine’s recent feature story on the issue of veteran homelessness in Australia which can be viewed here: As an organisation dedicated to supporting veterans in need, we recognise the importance of raising awareness...
Autumn Message from CEO Janna Voloshin
* 7 March 2023 * As you read this, we will be reaching the third anniversary of the arrival of COVID-19. And another anniversary that has just passed is the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Countless lives have been lost fighting on both sides, more have been injured, and of those who survive,...
The V Centre: help make it happen!
* 7 March 2023 * Having lodged a funding submission for $12.7 million to Treasury for staffing/operation costs for the V Centre for inclusion in the May budget, we are now calling on veterans and all those associated with the ex-service community to lobby for this funding through your networks. Vasey RSL Care has invested...
Learning from Others: Research Tour to the UK – Part 2
* 6 March 2023 * Last issue, we brought you the first part of CEO, Janna Voloshin’s UK research tour with Sage. This time, Janna talks about visits to retirement villages in the south of England. The focus for this part of our tour was on Retirement Living. We had the opportunity to visit two...
Residential Aged Care Star Ratings: what are they?
* 6 March 2023 * The Federal Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has now introduced its new ‘Star Ratings’ system for residential aged care services. How will this affect us? Undertaking the search for the right aged care home for yourself or your loved one is a complex task. Now, the Federal Government...
Vasey RSL Care Seeks Funding from Government to Support the New V Centre – addressing Veteran Homelessness and its Causes
* 7 February 2023 * Vasey RSL Care has been working towards opening ‘The V Centre’ – an innovative program combining a place to live with ‘wraparound’ support services for veterans who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Vasey RSL Care has recently lodged a pre-budget submission with the Federal Government to support...