NEWS AND EVENTS

Burger bonanza at Blacktown Hospital as Rapid Relief Team (RRT) thank medical workers

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has staged an appreciation lunch for the staff of Blacktown Hospital to say thanks to the doctors, nurses and medical workers who take care of the community. RRT Local Team Leader Ken Craddock said a team of 26 volunteers served 1,685...

Rapid Relief Team (RRT) supports storm responders

SES volunteers responding to the vicious storms that lashed Melbourne’s south-east are being provided with meals from the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) as they work around the clock to clear debris. RRT Local Team Leader Tom Garrett said volunteers from the Boronia Team...

Rapid Relief Team (RRT) brings the BBQ to Christchurch firefighters

The portable BBQs of the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) have been fired up and put to work to support Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) crews battling a huge blaze near Christchurch’s Port Hills. RRT crews from...

OneSchool Australia comes together for all staff conference

OneSchool Global (OSG), the network of independent schools attended by Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) members, recently held a two-day all-staff conference in Sydney, Australia. The conference was a great way to connect a team of more than 400 educators and...

Hard earner hunger rewarded as Rapid Relief Team (RRT) thank first responders

RRT, which is run by volunteers from the PBCC, has helped ease the hunger of the hardworking men and women of Sunbury Police Station.

Rapid Relief Team (RRT) fuels the fire for Gold Coast young olympians

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has given the Wesley Mission’s Youth Hub Summer Olympians the fuel they need to compete for glory in the annual school holiday event on the Gold Coast. RRT volunteers from Brisbane served up more than 150 signature beef burgers to keep the...

OneSchool Global on the World Stage – EDUtech Europe 2023

Five representatives from the educational arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC), OneSchool Global, took the stage at the 2023 EDUtech conference in Amsterdam, which brings together some of the brightest and most innovative thought leaders in education...

Rapid Relief Team (RRT) ramps up Gold Coast storm support

Dozens of Rapid Relief Team (RRT) volunteers from across the country have joined the clean-up effort on the Gold Coast after a Christmas storm hammered the region. Last week, a 20-strong team of volunteers from NSW and Victoria joined more than two dozen RRT...
SCHOOL VISIT BY TASMANIA DEPUTY PREMIER

SCHOOL VISIT BY TASMANIA DEPUTY PREMIER

In June 2022, OneSchool Global Tasmania students welcomed Tasmania Deputy Premier, Michael Ferguson, to their Launceston campus. This follows a successful visit to the Tasmanian State Parliament by OSG Year 7 students as part of their Humanities and Social Sciences...

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SECOND ROUND OF RELIEF FOR FLOOD-HIT NORTH COAST FARMERS

SECOND ROUND OF RELIEF FOR FLOOD-HIT NORTH COAST FARMERS

More than 1,200 bales of hay and 22 tonnes of ryegrass seed have been donated to North Coast farmers in need, with local communities still reeling after this year’s devastating flood disasters. Organised by the Rapid Relief Team, the donations were made at the second...

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RRT DONATES ITS MILLIONTH MEAL TO UKRAINE

RRT DONATES ITS MILLIONTH MEAL TO UKRAINE

The Rapid Relief Team has delivered its one millionth meal to Ukrainian refugees, in a mammoth international effort including donors and volunteers from across the world. The Brethren charity launched the Food Box program just a week after Russia invaded Ukraine and...

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FIRST RESPONDERS THANKED FOR TIRELESS EFFORTS

FIRST RESPONDERS THANKED FOR TIRELESS EFFORTS

Emergency service workers and other first responders were recognised for their tireless efforts and commitment to community at events across the country on Wednesday. Thank a First Responder Day is coordinated by Fortem Australia – a non-profit supporting the mental...

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EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AT ONESCHOOL GLOBAL TASMANIA

EDUCATION EXCELLENCE AT ONESCHOOL GLOBAL TASMANIA

A Tasmanian school with a modern, innovative take on education has come top of the class with both its NAPLAN results in 2021 and now recognition with an ‘excellence’ award for its Strategic plan. OneSchool Global has two campuses in Tasmania, one in Launceston and...

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BRETHREN AT HEART OF WA COMMUNITY

BRETHREN AT HEART OF WA COMMUNITY

It takes all sorts to make a community as ABC News journalist Samille Mitchell discovered, in her story about the township of Dalwallinu in WA: 'Exclusive Brethren, migrants and farmers the unusual social mix that has this little WA town thriving'. While Dalwallinu is...

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RRT AIR LIFTS HAY BALES TO FLOOD HIT FARMERS

RRT AIR LIFTS HAY BALES TO FLOOD HIT FARMERS

After devastating floods hit Lismore on the Far North Coast of NSW a second time in a month, Rapid Relief Team responded to local calls for support supplying 1,628 hay bales for farmers in need recently. The A-grade, tested, lucerne hay was distributed to more than...

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RAPID RELIEF TEAM RESPOND TO FLOOD CRISIS

RAPID RELIEF TEAM RESPOND TO FLOOD CRISIS

More than one hundred Rapid Relief Team volunteers have worked around the clock helping communities along Australia’s east coast fight and then recover from devastating floods. From Western Sydney to Maryborough, the North Coast of NSW to the Hawkesbury and Southern...

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