Annual Report 2024

our client playing with his dinosaur toys

Our Impact

Our impact report summarises the organization's efforts and achievements. Our Early Years Centres support 15,000 families annually with services ranging from universal playgroups to specialised family preservation and restoration. The In Sync program enhances relationships between children with disabilities and their caregivers, showing significant improvements in children's goals and parents' understanding.

Our Family Preservation services aim to prevent children from entering out-of-home care by fostering positive changes and ensuring safety for women, families and children.

We value community-level change and system advocacy. The Benevolent Society collaborates with government and community organisations to provide comprehensive support and drive systems change, committed to impact measurement and continuous improvement for effective and positive social change.

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Speech pathologist, Alyssia smiing

Becoming a lighthouse organisation

The Benevolent Society has a plan to transform; not just to keep up with the changes happening in our society but to become a lighthouse organisation – a beacon of trust for the community that drives and guides others through social change.

Building on our long experience and established strengths in supporting people, families and communities, our plan is to grow and develop in a way that enables us to anticipate and overcome the challenges of the future. We will work together with corporate, government and philanthropic partners to alleviate disadvantage and exclusion in the Australian community.

Our destination is clear – to stand as a lighthouse organisation working with others to deliver a just Australia where everyone can live their best lives.

 
Kylie and Rebecca from The benevolent society working on their computer

Delivering services and supports to people and communities

We provide services and support across Australia to children, families, older people, and people with disability. Our main locations are in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, and the ACT. We also contribute to positive social change through our policy engagement, systems leadership, and partnerships.

The Benevolent Society offers evidence informed, innovative services that support client safeguarding, wellbeing and quality of life, and that meet and exceed expectations.

We meet people at their point of need by offering support services for children, young people, families, people with disability, older Australians, and carers.

 
Supported playgroups staff smiling

Changing the System

The second part of our strategy is about changing the system. This means being a trusted, collaborative partner with government, business and other stakeholders to deliver positive social and economic change.

It’s also about championing new policies and programs that deliver better outcomes for people and communities.

Our goal is a care system fit for the 21st century; one that empowers people in search of support to flourish.