The Management Committee and Aged Care Board are proud to announce Hellenic Community Aged Care has achieved an overall facility rating of 4 out of 5 stars on the Residential Aged Care Star Ratings. This achievement is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our CEO and staff. Their efforts have significantly improved our residents' quality of care and satisfaction, and we are grateful for this achievement.

Clinical Administration

A re-organised Clinical Care administration, to more closely align the senior clinical leadership structure with the quality standards we must achieve in our daily operations, began operating on 1 July 2024.

These clinical positions are:
Site Care Manager - Yemi Asfaw,
Human Resources Officer - Grace Brown,
Admissions & Services Officer - Chelsea Denford,
Clinical Coordinator - Annabel Mercado,
Education Officer and Professional Development - Maria Papa,
Clinical Care Plan Coordinator - Nissa Noya,
Deputy Clinical Nurse - Nikki Lee.

 

Therapeutic Activities

The Occupational Therapy department has an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) team leader and several part-time assistants developing and implementing activities and events for our residents. Some of our regular activities include bingo three times a week, exercise group three times a week, bowling twice a week, happy hour every Friday afternoon, Greek coffee afternoon, multicultural high tea, and a monthly birthday party hosted by our lovely OTAs. We also have Liturgy and Mass services, bus trips, and sausage sizzles.

Administration Building

A development application is awaiting approval by the City of Stirling which we anticipate will be be recieved by close of August. Advertising of the proposed building and for community comment is well underway. Once approval is received tenders will be sought for construction to commence later this year.

Financial Results

Two $1 million surpluses in a row!

HCBA has a surplus of $1,008,830 for the financial year 2023-24 subject to audit. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hellenic Community Benevolent Association with President Mr. Paul Afkos OAM, is maintaining a steady surplus in recent years with the day-to-day policy guidance of the Board.

The direction and guidance of Fr. Evangelos Battalis and team will facilitate the Association on a path of generating, in coming years,  steady surpluses to reinvest in improving facilities and services provided to our clients.

With the appointment of the new CEO, Mr. Paul Savvas in 2024 and restructuring of Clinical and Accounts departments from July 2024, there is renewed effort to increase subsidy and other income without compromise to our residents care. We expect to maintain the same level of surplus in the financial year 2024-25.

 

Refurbishment of Hellenic Community Aged Care

As part of the refurbishment of Hellenic Community Aged Care, construction of boundary wall is completed. Further refurbishment activities on the western and southern ends of the facility (including new resident seating areas, shade and theraputic gardens) are expected to commence shortly with their anticipated completion by December 2025.

Food For Thought Network

Who We Are

IN 2024 we are celebrating 23 years of connecting and empowering Greek-Australian women and their friends.

We are a not for Profit Community Organisation founded in 2001 by Varvara AthanasiouIoannou AM. During the pandemic Varvara created the Private Facebook group, Greek Women and Friends Global forum which has become a global beacon for connection and empowerment of Greek heritage women in the world.

This and her Book “Her Voice: Greek Women and Their Friends“ have had global appeal and encouraged us to go global and initiate the first ever Global Women and Hellenism Conference in Greece. Refer to our website for more info: www.fftn.org.au

This global conference will take place at the:

GRAND SERAI CONGRESS AND SPA
2 - 6 SEPTEMBER 2024
IOANNINA, GREECE

Please refer to the attached pdf for more details.

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10 FEBRUARY 2024 - OPTUS STADIUM - CENTENARY GALA

 

The Centenary Gala for our community was held at Optus Stadium on the evening of 10 February 2024. The successful event was honored by the presence of

• His Excellency the Honourable Chris Dawson, Governor of Western Australia, and Mrs Dawson.
• Lieutenant Peter Velterop, Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor
• His Grace, Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea
• Mrs Georgia Karasiotou, Consul of Greece in Western Australia and Mr Fotios Korkokios.
• Honourable John Carey, MLA, Minister for Lands, Planning, Housing, and Homelessness, representing the Premier of Western Australia the Honourable Roger Cook, MLA .and Ms Claire Comrie, Chief of Staff.
• Honourable the Lord Mayor of Perth, Mr Basil Zempilas and Amy Zempilas.
• Honourable Mayor of the City of Stirling, Mr Mark Irwin and Elise Irwin.
• President of the Hellenic Community of Western Australia, Mr Paul Afkos OAM.
• 300 distinguished guests being members of the Greek diaspora and philhellenes.

Guests were welcomed on entry by St Andrew’s Grammar students dressed in traditional Greek costumes followed by cocktails and finger food.

George Kapiniaris, Anastasis Karamintzas, Nikos Karagiannis, DJ Miconic & St Andrew’s Dance Groups entertained the guests throughout the night.

Our guests enjoyed a night of tasty food, good wine and plenty of dance.

On behalf of the Management Committee we would like to extend our sincere thank you to all our sponsors and guests who made the night such a vibrant success.

 

 

 

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Valentines Day Celebration

	On the 14th of February, Hellenic Community Aged Care celebrated the day of love, Valentine's Day. Staff were encouraged to wear pink or red for the joyous occasion to bring love to the residents.
Our Chef came to work early in the morning to provide a decadent afternoon tea comprising of cream-filled croissants, chocolate muffins, sausage rolls, spring rolls and cannoli's, for our residents enjoyment and celebration.
	In keeping with the celebration our Occupational Therapy department organised musicians to perform for our residents; everyone swayed and danced to the beautiful lyrics of 'Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet me.' As the concert continued, more people danced, resulting in a successful afternoon full of love, joy, and laughter.

Yours sincerely

Yemesrach Asfaw

Site Manager

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To members of HCWA and friends of the school.

It gives me great pleasure to write to you at the end of week 3, term 1.

2023 was an outstanding year for the school academically. Achieving the school’s best-ever results in both NAPLAN and ATAR (the two measurement sticks that schools are compared on). In NAPLAN, across every measure in Y 3, 5, 7 and 9, we were above both national and state averages, a first for the school and an outstanding result! 2023 was also capped off with the school’s best ATAR results by some distance. With nearly a third of our cohort receiving an ATAR of 90+ and a median of 86.7 we were extremely happy to say the least. The job is not over and our staff continue to work hard to create even better results, but I know you, our community, will be proud of these results, if not a little surprised!

2024 has started so very well and I have said to several people after nearly 20 years of leading schools, including some of the world’s best international schools, that 2024 has been the best start I have witnessed across this time. Much credit for this smooth start goes to our wonderful teachers and Senior Leadership Team and I thank them very much for their efforts in this regard.

It has been an action-packed start to term 1 with the following events being highlights: School Blessing, P&F Welcome Cocktail Party and the Gala Dinner celebrating HCWA 100 years, where our students took centre stage.

It is my pleasure to share with you some photographs of these events.

2024 is shaping up to be an important year for the school with over 750 students starting. We are one of Australia fastest growing established schools and are now increasingly seen as the school of choice in our wider area. We are close to the 850-900 expected maximum and will start to see extensive waiting lists form in the next year or so. 

We had the privilege and honor of welcoming nearly 20 new staff members to the school this year. This cohort, more than most, has brought with them experience, energy, drive, and passion and are adding to what is already a well-established and positive culture within the staff room. 

2024 has the planning well underway for the new Primary Office and 2 new Pre-Kindy classrooms (completion expected July/August 2024) and the Science and Technology Building (completion expected October 2025), with work starting on both projects this Semester.

With plans to complete a full array of state-of-the-art new sporting facilities at the back of the school (back oval) and a new performance arts area as well as a state-of-the-art canteen and extended gymnasium we are going to be a school which is known for an outstanding campus as well as outstanding delivery of academics.

It is certainly a very bright time for the school and, we will continue to strive forward and improve as any good school does.

In complement to our staff commitment to continually enhance and move our school ever forward, we are also privileged to have established an equally as driven and committed group of parents working hard for school through the 2024 Parents and Friends Association.

There has already been a wonderful event in the 2024 Parent Welcome Cocktail Party earlier this month, with many more events to come. This week saw the launch of a new initiative to help raise funds for our school and students which is an Online Raffle Fundraiser with some fabulous prizes up for grabs, sponsored by the P&F Association and members of our Hellenic Community.

We hope you will get behind us and support the hard work of our P&F Association. We are big believers that “Teamwork makes the Dreamwork” and having the support of school community as well as our wider community only enhances that belief.

I trust you have enjoyed this update from St. Andrew’s Grammar, your school.

Regards,

Craig Monoghan

Principal