Articles by Lizzie Watkin

Perfect families do not exist IMAGE Aurora

Perfect families do not exist

May 07, 2019

“Perfect families do not exist. This must not discourage us. Quite the opposite. Love is something we learn; love is something we live; love grows as it is 'forged' by the concrete situations which each particular family experience.”

How 'Before We Say I Do' impacted Andy and Lauren IMAGE Social Services

How 'Before We Say I Do' impacted Andy and Lauren

April 29, 2019

Andy and Lauren Rossi are genuine high school sweethearts whose love is obvious and touching.

Taree Community Kitchen celebrates 20,000 meals served IMAGE Social Services

Taree Community Kitchen celebrates 20,000 meals served

April 23, 2019

CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning recently celebrated 20,000 meals being served by volunteers at their outreach service, the Taree Community Kitchen.

What Easter means to me IMAGE Aurora

What Easter means to me

April 06, 2019

Year six students from St Peter’s Primary School in Stockton, along with their teacher Gemma Spradbrow, created the beautiful Easter themed display featured on our cover this month.

It's right to turn the page - but first you have to read it IMAGE Social Services

It's right to turn the page - but first you have to read it

March 18, 2019

Felicity (Flic) Ryan is a Wadi Wadi woman, and her mother’s family are freshwater people from the Swan Hill and Moulamein areas of Victoria and New South Wales. Flic’s father is of Scottish background and his family hail from the region below Glasgow in the central lowlands.

Two agencies unite to promote the Closing the Gap Refresh agenda IMAGE Aurora

Two agencies unite to promote the Closing the Gap Refresh agenda

March 02, 2019

It’s been just over a decade since former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Brendan Nelson signed the Close the Gap Statement of Intent, but with many of the targets still well out of reach two local agencies are combining forces to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians accessing their services.