Country Life Compassion

MISSION

Country Life Compassion will provide high-quality support, care, and assistance for families and individuals in the Fleurieu and Murraylands region and surrounding communities in South Australia and elsewhere, contributing to recovery from distress, poverty and misfortune, and enhance the well-being of families and individuals, increasing their capacity to cope with and adapt to change.

COUNTRY 
LIFE
COMPASSION

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Country Life Compassion (CLC) was established by Emmanuel Christian Schools and Ministries Inc. in 2006 to reach out with God's love and compassion to families in our community, who were in distress. CLC is designed to handle specific care ministries of Emmanuel Christian Schools and Ministries and Emmanuel Christian Outreach, and is registered as a Deductible Gift Recipient with the ATO. Services to be delivered by CLC include:

  • Emergency relief in the form of food, clothing, housing and financial assistance.
  • Friendship and assistance to families grappling with a wide variety of issues in such areas as isolation, parenting, grief or illness.
  • Training and life-skill development opportunities
  • Professional grief and recovery counselling for families suffering from hardship and misfortune

Country Life Compassion will seek to work together with other service providers in order to offer an holistic approach to assist and care for people in their time of need.

Vision

Country Life Compassion exists to facilitate the stated purpose of Emmanuel Christian Outreach Inc (established and incorporated in 1978) to “be involved, as we are able, and lead in giving direct aid for the relief of poverty, sickness, destitution, suffering and misfortune”.

The Heart and Culture of Country Life Compassion

As the name suggests, Country Life Compassion is about “compassion”. This attitude of compassion will permeate everything that is done. An attitude of compassion necessitates considering the process and the journey as much as the outcome. Our team welcomes your suggestions and looks forward to partnering with other service providers to add value to the life of the community.

Because of this:

  • We will be vigorous, optimistic and unified.
  • We will work together with other service providers to provide, support and relief for individuals and families in our region
  • We will be a strong and inspirational source of encouragement for individuals and families in our region.


THE OBJECTS

The objects of CLC are to provide Care, Assistance and Relief services to families in the Fleurieu and Murraylands region and other parts of South Australia and Australia as opportunity affords.

The purposes for which the Association is established are:

  1. To provide assistance to families suffering hardship or distress through the provision of:
    • counselling
    • food
    • clothing
    • financial assistance
    • emergency accommodation
    • equipping/life-skilling for sustained recovery
  2. To provide other forms of benevolent assistance within Australia as the Association may from time to time determine.
  3. Distribution of benevolent assistance from Emmanuel Christian Outreach Inc.
  4. To assist in mobilising people into effective community service by providing opportunities for service within the church and the local community.
  5. To abide by the statement of faith of Emmanuel Christian Outreach Inc..
  6. To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objectives.