Craig Petersen |SPC President and I were invited by the Stewart House Board to support their new strategy for promoting salary sacrificing from the education family to ensure the future functioning of this brilliant resource for the most vulnerable students in our NSW and ACT schools. I will share the video with you for your PPC meetings and staff meetings when released. Huge thankyou to Olga Cahill for hosting us on the day.

Last week we also visited the AMAZING Stewart House School. The sound of the happiest students engaging in wonderful activities, socialising, learning, and anticipating the next adventure was such a joyful sound. Talking with Principal |Steve Smith and his brilliant staff about the school programs, the achievements in 2022 as well as their hopes and plans for 2023 was truly inspirational. Our schools, indeed, our students are incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to attend this facility and have an experience they haven’t had before. Medical services are accessed, curriculum is covered, and friendships are formed – importantly lives are changed. I would like to acknowledge the Stewart House (DoE) team for their commitment to, patience for and expertise at offering students the program you do.

Look out for information in 2023 – there may well be students in your school that would benefit from the Stewart house experience. Your area contact for Stewart House is the best place to start.