Matthew Jackson is a former resident from Deniliquin NSW. He spent six and half weeks with us last year while attending the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne for treatment. While here, Mathew identified that an ice machine would have made the side effects of the treatments he received a little easier to manage. Just…

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In Australia we were able to celebrate Christmas under much better conditions than expected, unlike millions around the world who were struggling with much more difficult pandemic conditions.  However, Christmas at the Homes was still a little bit different to usual. A couple of weeks before Christmas day, Angie and Iwan did a splendid job…

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Join our live stream of Christmas Carols at the Homes Tuesday 15th December @ 7.30-8.30pm https://www.facebook.com/Ryder.Cheshire.Ivanhoe.Homes Due to the pandemic and current renovations, this years celebrations will take place remotely. We are fortunate to have the Ex-Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School ladies leading the singing for our current residents. We hope you enjoy. Return to News…

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At the Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes we are delighted to have been awarded a COVID-19 Community Support Grant from the Banyule City Council. This grant is to provide access to technology, training, and social engagement, for volunteers and residents in the COVID-19 new normal world. The grant will enable us to buy two laptops with Norton…

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Here at the Ivanhoe Homes, we are extremely fortunate to have many talented and caring people stay with us while they are receiving treatment at hospitals in Melbourne. In between treatments and appointments, some of our residents volunteer to help with minor maintenance, gardening and other tasks around the Homes. We are always grateful to…

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Two & half years ago (2018) my daughter, Brielle was diagnosed with a rare disorder that effects her whole body. It’s called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). A connective tissue disorder. Connective tissue is Collagen & it’s the glue that holds your body together. There are 13 sub-categories of which she unfortunately has the Vascular EDS type.…

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With great thanks to past residents and their families, who initiated an application to the Coomealla Memorial Sporting Club for a $3,000 grant to purchase some new goods for the Homes. The Coomealla Sporting Club has established a renowned reputation for its level of community and regional support through the grants program.  It was established…

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Bunnings Donate Activities for Residents & Carer’s Kate Tauber, Activities Organiser from Bunnings Fairfield has kindly organised some materials for activities for our residents and their carers. Iwan kindly picked these up for us from the store in his own time. Due to COVID-19 we are unable to run our normal weekly social events. Apart…

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My name is Jessie, I am from Mildura, and I was lucky to find myself at Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes in May 2020 when I was to become a first-time young mum where I gave birth to a precious baby boy, Lance.  He was 2 weeks premature and weighed 3kgs.  My husband Duane and I are…

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Michelle Grace was born at Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes at 3.15am of the morning of 6th August 2020. She is the first baby to be born at the Homes. Her mother, Chantelle and Grandmother, Leanne, were relieved that the paramedics arrived in time to help with the birth. Mother and daughter are doing well and happy…

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Contratulations and Happy Birthday Sunraysia Cancer Support Group The Sunraysia Cancer Support Group Inc has been assisting local Cancer Patients since 1980. The Group has provided moral support, information about travel and accommodation options to out of town treatment centres and, in some cases, financial assistance to people and families living with cancer. Since its…

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On Sunday March 8th 2020, Cr Alison Champion and Cr Tom Melican oversaw the awarding of this years Jaga Jaga Volunteer Awards. Our Terry Lawlor was one of the recipients of this esteemed award. Terry has been a volunteer at the Homes since 2006 (14 years).  In that time, he has volunteered many public holidays,…

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As part of our ongoing maintenance of the Homes, we recently replaced the broken lattice privacy screen between buildings 10 & 12 with durable spotted gum hardwood panels. Jay and Kate from at Bunnings Fairfield provided advice for this job, and Bevan and the team at Bunnings Thomastown provided the wood and hardware required. The…

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The traditional ways that Bunnings supports local community groups and charities has changed due to COVID-19, so they have had to get creative to support them in a different way. Bunnings selected special acts of kindness submitted from their teams across Australia and New Zealand.  These acts of kindness needed to be inspiring and display…

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Friday the first of May.  The first day of that month and the last day we will have the beautiful Angie with us at the Homes. Angie joined us some 11 years ago when it had become obvious that our administrative tasks had reached the stage where we needed someone full time in the office.…

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Nicky and Leila  It is with great pleasure that we can tell you that our new management team of Nicky Robinson (Manager) and Leila Savitri (Assistant Manager) took over their new roles on Monday 4 May 2020. As you probably know, Nicky has been in the Day Manager role for 2 years plus, working closely…

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Community Wellbeing Grant Awarded  The Ian Potter Foundation is one of Australia’s major philanthropic foundations.  The Foundation makes grants nationally to support charitable organisations working to benefit the community across a wide range of sectors including the arts, medical research, public health research, early childhood development, community wellbeing and environmental science.  The Ian Potter Foundation…

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Resident Carers are part of the fabric of the Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes, and are an essential part of creating a safe and friendly haven for residents during a difficult time in their lives. Many of our Resident Carers are international students who are juggling the commitments of study, work and life in a new city.…

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  They say that everything comes to those who wait.  Well, we have been waiting a long time for work to start on refurbishing our en-suites, but work has finally started and Building No 14 was selected to be the first cab off the rank. Like much of the renovation and refurbishment work done on…

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Miss Marie Café from 45 Beetham Parade Rosanna have decided that because of the immense support that they have received that it is time for them to give something back to those in need. To utilise their time and resources and to keep them engage they have decided to provide 50 free dinner meals per…

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With the demise of the Leader Local Newspaper, Rosanna Rotarian, Stan Gorr, was searching for an idea to get local news out to the community of Banyule. Realising that most people source information from their mobile phones these days they established a domain and the Banyule Community News website was born. This publication is open…

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Sunday 1st March – Annual Volunteers Luncheon  The Committee extended a warm welcome to volunteers who able to attend.  This year we were again fortunate with the weather; a superb, warm, sunny day! Our President, Peter Overton, gave a heartwarming speech on the homes and the importance of our volunteers. We also heard from the…

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A lot of wonderful things happened in 2019.  Please take a closer look. Return to News Page

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19th January 2020 It is with great sadness that I inform you that Don Sinclair passed away on 19th January, 2020.  He died peacefully at the BUPA Templestowe Aged Care Home, aged 86 years. Don had been deeply involved with Ryder-Cheshire since 1962 when he joined the Victorian Foundation and became the Treasurer, a role…

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Tuesday 25th December, Christmas Day 2018 A big thank you to Anne  our Resident Carer who organised a feast for us on Christmas Day   Thursday 13th December – Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes Christmas Party Our annual Ryder-Cheshire Ivanhoe Homes was celebrated in style this year with many residents, committee members, staff and volunteers attending. The…

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