Yearly Archive: 2015

Today our staff, volunteers, guests, carers and family members gathered for our 2015 Christmas Party here at Anam Cara House Colac. The celebrations began with a delicious lunch, the highlight being volunteer Kate Harris’s award winning Christmas pudding. A special...

Michael Stewart was announced as a Patron of Anam Cara House Colac, on his retirement from the Committee of Management at our AGM. However, he remains committed to the hospice and will continue to sit on our Melbourne Foundation Committee....

We welcomed members of the Carers Colac Support Group to ACH for a special “time out” day to celebrate Carers Week.  Thanks to a grant from Carers Victoria and several people giving freely of their time, the carers enjoyed flower...

We are very excited to be the recipients of  A Neighbourhood Fund Grant from The Bank of Melbourne.  Today bank personnel visited Anam Cara House to interact with staff, volunteers and guests.  Mr Leon Jones, Colac BOM branch manager presented...

Diane Wright represented Anam Cara Colac in Canberra, proudly accepted an award as one of five finalists in the National Hesta Aged Care Awards, for the Outstanding Organisation category.

The annual ACH Cattle Club Muster is held down by the river on the Gellibrand property.  Members and supporters once again enjoyed lunch and an inspection of the cattle and pastures, spending their Sunday afternoon in a beautiful part of...

Recently we had the privilege of offering end-of-life care to a young woman whose large family was able to visit and be with her as often as she chose, right up until the end of her life. A memory that...