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Meet the team putting Action into Reconciliation Action Plan Media release

To celebrate Reconciliation Week, WMQ hosted a Cultural Awareness Training Workshop for all staff to learn the distinction between Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country, as well as the effects of colonisation still felt in First Nations communities.

Tags: Reconciliation, Reconciliation

Staff at WMQ Cultural Awareness Training Workshop during Reconciliation Week 2022
90 years old, 13 days, 300kms and $21,000 raised - Athol you're a star! Corporate news

After 13 days and 300 kilometres, 90-year-old Hummingbird House volunteer and fundraiser Athol Alcorn walked over the finish line last Sunday, to the delight of his crowd of supporters.

Tags: Fundraising, Palliative and Hospice Care, Volunteering, Children, Hummingbird House

You've got a friend in me Stories

Friendships play an important role at all stages of life and studies have found them to be critical for a healthy aging process. It has even been suggested that social contact is more beneficial than physical exercise and healthy habits (not smoking, weight management) for health and longevity.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, John Wesley Gardens Aged Care

We did it, together we raised $218,500 at WMQ's Giving Day! Media release

We are delighted to announce that Wesley Mission Queensland raised over $225,000 at our Giving Day!

Tags: Fundraising

Double your impact on WMQ's Giving Day! Media release

Join us on Thursday 2 June as we raise much needed funds for mental health, palliative care, disability and emergency relief.

Tags: Fundraising

WMQ retirement offering grows as buyers seek space Media release

WMQ is about to expand its retirement living offering with building work set to begin on Stage Two of Rosemount Retirement Village at Sinnamon Park.

Tags: Retirement Living

For Morse code Mavis, war memories never fade Media release

At 96 years of age, St Mark's resident Mavis Obst may have lost the touch for her Morse code training, but her memories haven’t faded.

Tags: Residential Aged Care

International Women's Day 2022 Media release

Today we celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and call for action on gender equality. Watch this message from people across WMQ on International Women's Day.

Tags: Corporate

Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland announced as patron of Hummingbird House Media release

Queensland’s only children’s hospice, Hummingbird House, has announced the Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young PSM, as its new patron.

Tags: Corporate, Palliative and Hospice Care, Children, Hummingbird House

Isolated but not alone – aged care workers step up for elders Corporate news

As the pressures faced by the aged care sector continue to increase due to COVID-19 and sector issues, an underrecognised workforce has taken on even more responsibility to support residents who have been isolated from families.

Tags: Residential Aged Care

Celebrating life's joys in lockdown Stories

Sometimes it is the small gestures that mean the most, and WMQ frontline workers have demonstrated this as they care for residents who have been in lockdown due to COVID-19.

Tags: Residential Aged Care, Anam Cara Residential Aged Care

Elderly man and woman sitting at a table with a white table cloth and balloons in the background clinking champagne glasses
Christmas wrap up raises much needed funds Media release

Christmas may seem a distant memory but we are still celebrating the efforts of our volunteer Christmas wrappers who raised more than $32,600 for our Emergency Relief Hub.

Tags: Crisis relief, Fundraising

ORCA hits a sweet spot with Nodo donuts Stories

In celebration of International Day for People with Disabilities, we caught up with Kate, founder of Brisbane's best gluten-free donuts Nodo, about her business's participation in the ORCA Work Experience Project.

Tags: Disability and NDIS, The ORCA Project

Congratulations YHES House Corporate news

Congratulations to the YHES House (Youth, Health and Education Service) team for winning the Meritorious Award at the City of Gold Coast Safer Community Award in the not-for-profit category for the amazing work they do.

Tags: Youth and parenting

It pays to be green Media release

Parkview resident Barry Norton’s passion for the environment has been contagious – and brought in thousands of dollars for his home in the process.

Tags: Residential Aged Care

Festive food bags bring a brighter Christmas Media release

WMQ has launched its annual Red Bag Appeal to deliver a some much-needed festive cheer to families doing it tough as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: Crisis relief

Coles Hummingbird House appeal raises $1 million Media release

This year's Coles Hummingbird House appeal raised more than $1 million to support babies, children and young people living with a life-limiting condition.

Tags: Fundraising, Palliative and Hospice Care, Children, Hummingbird House

Spread Christmas cheer with Stellar Arts this year Media release

Participants from Stellar Arts have created a beautiful range of Christmas cards that are now available to purchase with all profits going to the artists.

Tags: Disability and NDIS, Wesley Arts

Range of Christmas cards in a circle
Happy birthday Hummingbird House Media release

Hummingbird House has celebrated five years since it opened its doors to Queensland families. A huge milestone for an organisation that began as one couple’s dream, and has since grown to support hundreds of families across the state.

Tags: Palliative and Hospice Care, Children, Hummingbird House

Wesley Mission Queensland wins two Safe Work and Return to Work Awards Media release

Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ) has taken top honours in two categories of Worksafe Queensland’s Safe Work and Return to Work Awards 2021.

Tags: Corporate