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3Bridges Community is a proud member of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.

Volunteer Link is a program of 3Bridges Community that is funded by the Commonwealth Home Support Program, to promote volunteering in the community.  Volunteer Link offers a diverse range of support services to volunteer-involving organisations, volunteers and individuals who are interested in volunteering their time to give back to the community.

There are five commonly recognised categories of abuse: physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, neglect and psychosocial/ emotional abuse.

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3Bridges is continuing to operate and follow best-practice health and safety procedures in accordance with the NSW government health and safety advice, and we are committed to ensuring we play our part in controlling the spread of the coronavirus.

Rosemary Bishop has left her position as CEO to take up consultancy work. Barry Gallagher is acting as the interim CEO while recruitment of a new CEO is completed.

The Australian Institute of Family Studies defines Elder Abuse as a complex phenomenon that takes several shapes, including, psychological, physical, financial and sexual abuse and neglect. It is often a hidden form of neglect and abuse.

3Bridges Community volunteers are the heart of our organisation, we rely on their passion, generosity and their commitment to our families, carers and individuals. As the reality of COVID-19 became more real, the decision had to be made to stand down our wonderful volunteers immediately.

With Covid-19 descending upon us and restrictions increasing daily, we had plans in place structurally to ensure our staff could continue providing quality care and delivering services to our much-valued community.

The New York Times had an article by Tar Parker-Pope discussing the issue of how we miss hugs and we actually do need them. Physical affection reduces stress by calming our sympathetic nervous system, which during times of worry releases damaging stress hormones into our bodies. “Affectionate touch is how our biological systems communicate to one another that we are safe, that we are loved, and that we are not alone” (Johannes Eichstaedt, social scientist and psychology professor at Stanford University).

From the moment we enter the Childcare Centre, we're grouped by age. But there are numerous benefits to connecting older and younger generations with one another. 

The intergenerational programs are “relationship based,". The same adults and children work together on a regular basis over an extended period of time.