As summarised in the previous blog entry, the Media and Design programs will collaborate closely with Lentara to work on initiatives and help realise its potential. The following are notes taken from the presentation given by Jeff Jones from Lentara on Day 2 of the Studio:
Who:
Jeff Jones – Corporate Partnerships and Communications manager, Lentara
Experience in Digital communications platform, including AFL Community program.
Lentara in a sentence:
Create opportunities for children, families and individuals to flourish in a fair and generous community “mission in life”
For who:
They accept all people. Provide to all people irrespective of cultural background.
Why:
Non-for-profit have to provide support. Government doesn’t provide enough. Lentara are the largest providers of support.
Statistics:
- 1600 sites.
- 27000 volunteers
- 2 millions they support.
- Revenue 19.7m – “Small (company) but large due to the amount of people we look after”
- 1 million dollar profit (Used for safety)
- 60% of services are children services
- Raised over $535,000 in donations
- over 15000 individuals directly supported
- over 4000 free meals served
- 200 active volunteers. Over 20000 hours – “If we didn’t have volunteers, we’ll probably be broke.”
Services to Children/Young people:
- Early Children Services
- Kindergarten Inclusion support
- Pre-School field officers
- Communities for Children (CFC)
“We support kids to get through Kindergarten with disabilities.
Asylum Seeker:
Been involved the past 18 years.
Can’t work. No access to medicare. They have to pay doctor fees, which is $65. How do they pay $65? Lentara’s emergency assistance
Fact:
Lentara refers to individuals it supports as “Clients”
Asylum Seeker Housing:
Provide community housing. Support rent free. Allowances of $145 per month to help cover utility bills
House is donated by church, Lentara fills it with furniture.
What Case workers do:
Work through mental issues. Need $150000 a year to support.