When Toodyay was hit by a massive bushfire on Monday 29 December, 2009, there were stories of serious destruction. Fire-fighters worked hard that night, and in a show of community spirit, volunteers rallied together from many surrounding towns such as York, Wongan Hills and as far as Rockingham, to help put out the blaze. Reports suggest up to 3,000 hectares of land was burnt, and 37 houses were destroyed. Thankfully, no lives were lost, although some people have been injured.
Max Heath, Toodyay fire fighter and Uniting Church member, in was in charge of operational control of extinguishing the fire — until Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) took over — and worked tirelessly at controlling it.
“It’s the biggest fire we’ve had in Toodyay in terms of loss of property,” he said. “How we never lost lives I just don’t know. The water bombers and fire fighters have all done such a good job.”

Each year on December 3 the International Day for People with a Disability is celebrated. UnitingCare Crossroads WA, a caring agency of the Uniting Church in Western Australia, celebrated the day this year on Saturday the 28th of November, outside Wesley Uniting Church, in the heart of Perth.

Former Australian Idol winner, Damien Leith, entertained crowds at Customs House in Sydney on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 November to promote the UnitingCare Christmas Appeal.

The Christmas rush is on and the spirit of giving is alive and well. But the Global Financial Crisis has hit many in our communities hard and more people than ever before need support during the Christmas period. From now until 23 December shoppers can help make their Christmas better by giving to the UnitingCare Target Share Christmas Appeal.

The Uniting Church in Australia has today welcomed the Federal Government’s formal apology to the Forgotten Australians.

President of the Uniting Church, Rev Alistair Macrae, said the Church had also acknowledged and apologised for its role in any harmful institutional care practices.

UnitingCare West held its 3rd Annual Public Meeting yesterday at the Uniting Church in the City. 

Thanks to the generosity of a nation, the Uniting Church Bushfire Disaster Appeal has cracked the $2 million mark.
Nine months after Australia’s worst natural disaster ravaged the state, donations continue to roll in to support community rebuilding for the many left displaced by the Black Saturday bush fires.

When your colleagues are scattered across some of the most remote pockets of the continent, the chance to come together is a very special occasion.

Since its inception in 2005, FinUCAre had been providing a free and confidential financial counselling service to residents in the Peel Region. The financial counselling aims to raise the awareness of clients, to assist clients to regain control of their financial situation and lean life-long skills that will assist them to make informed decisions in the future.

Frontier Services has today welcomed the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s (RFDS) launch of its electronic Health for Remote Australia (eHRA) project, providing electronic medical records for RFDS patients around Australia.