1998
Community-based counselling and support begins
Centacare Sale was established in 1998 by the Bishop of Sale, strengthening locally delivered counselling and support services across Gippsland communities. In 1999, Arda Tymensen was appointed Acting Director in recognition of her leadership and commitment to the community.
2000 – 2013
Responding to changing community needs
As community needs evolved across Gippsland, services expanded to provide locally delivered counselling, school wellbeing support, relationship education and bushfire recovery support following the impacts of the Black Saturday bushfires.
Pictured: Gippsland
Pictured: Gippsland
2013 – 2021
Expanding local support across Gippsland communities
From 2013, CatholicCare Melbourne began managing Centacare Sale, strengthening locally delivered support across Gippsland communities.
By 2014, services had expanded to support individuals and families through relationship education, counselling, post-separation services, refugee settlement support, and wellbeing programs.
A monthly African Women’s Group was established to support connection, inclusion and shared learning through cooking, crafts and community information sessions focused on health, parenting, justice, social services and family law.
School counselling services were delivered in partnership with the Catholic Education Office, supporting primary school communities from Narre Warren North to Bairnsdale.
Following the devastating bushfires in East Gippsland in 2019, CatholicCare Melbourne / Sale established the Bushfire Recovery Program.
This involved listening and working with the community to provide a mobile outreach service utilising a four-wheel drive to visit and support communities with counselling, financial assistance, group programs, and art therapy to assist with healing and community engagement. This activity was totally supported by a Philanthropic donation to CatholicCare Melbourne.
In 2021, CatholicCare Melbourne / Sale joined with CatholicCare Sandhurst and Centacare Ballarat to form CatholicCare Victoria.
Pictured: CatholicCare Melbourne and Gippsland office locations on an Annual Report.
By 2014, services had expanded to support individuals and families through relationship education, counselling, post-separation services, refugee settlement support, and wellbeing programs.
A monthly African Women’s Group was established to support connection, inclusion and shared learning through cooking, crafts and community information sessions focused on health, parenting, justice, social services and family law.
School counselling services were delivered in partnership with the Catholic Education Office, supporting primary school communities from Narre Warren North to Bairnsdale.
Following the devastating bushfires in East Gippsland in 2019, CatholicCare Melbourne / Sale established the Bushfire Recovery Program.
This involved listening and working with the community to provide a mobile outreach service utilising a four-wheel drive to visit and support communities with counselling, financial assistance, group programs, and art therapy to assist with healing and community engagement. This activity was totally supported by a Philanthropic donation to CatholicCare Melbourne.
In 2021, CatholicCare Melbourne / Sale joined with CatholicCare Sandhurst and Centacare Ballarat to form CatholicCare Victoria.
Pictured: CatholicCare Melbourne and Gippsland office locations on an Annual Report.
