NEWS AND EVENTS

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has again showed their support for the Pollie Pedal 2019, which sees politicians this year ride hundreds of kilometres for the charity Soldier On. The ride kicked off yesterday morning in Currumbin and will finish in Brisbane next Sunday 21...

The number of people across the country without a place to call home continues to rise. In NSW, homeless increased from about 25% to a third, between 2001 and 2016, with most of the increase concentrated in Sydney (16.1% to 24.9%). Homelessness rates are becoming more...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has today donated 25 tonnes of fencing, worth nearly $100,000, to famers and their families who have been devastated by recent fires and drought. Following the February fires that tore across the Tingha Plateau, the RRT has donated 24...

With much of the east coast of Australia in drought last year, Plymouth Brethren volunteers from the Rapid Relief Team formed Operation Drought Relief, rallying to deliver thousands of bales of hay, and hope, to Aussie farmers in need. Operation Drought Relief is a...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has today supported The Royal Children’s Hospital in its Good Friday Appeal, which raised money for the Hospital to provide first class care for children. RRT volunteers worked throughout the day to provide more than 1,600 meals to...

Australian charity, the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), has provided vital support to emergency services personnel who worked tirelessly to battle the devastating Notre Dame Cathedral fire this week.   The RRT distributed more than 600 meals, including brioche and soup, to...

Education for Launceston and the North-West's Brethren community has taken on a new form, with Oakwood School offering technology-laden ways of learning. Oakwood School is an amalgamation of the former Devonport and Launceston Brethren school and has now joined a...

Oakwood School in Launceston has completely overhauled a former banking call centre to become a cutting-edge school for up to 100 students from Year 3 to Year 12. Unveiled last month, the school has transformed an uninspiring corporate building into a vibrant learning...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) of Boronia and Berwick have been working tirelessly to support the brave firefighters and emergency personnel battle the blazes in Victoria. 82 RRT volunteers have been working alongside emergency services serving more than 4,000 meals to...

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) is throwing their support behind this year’s Pollie Pedal, which sees politicians ride hundreds of kilometres around Southern Tasmania to raise money for diabetes. Diabetes Tasmania’s annual three-day bike brings together politicians in the...