Home For Good Community Chaplaincy Newcastle Home for Good is a new chaplaincy initiative between The NSW Dept of Corrective Services and Samaritans (Anglican Welfare, Newcastle). It was established February 1 st, 2008 and will run as a pilot program for three years. Our clients will be from those who are leaving a custodial sentence, or who are on a non-custodial sentence such as a community service order or suspended sentence. Home For Good has a deceptively simple mission  - to reduce re-offending. We have no easy answer to this very complex social process, and we work in partnership with many other organizations. Our baseline for operations is to create positive relationships and through that to see people grow in personal capacity. Consider it like re-tuning a persons social radar to pick up signals that were previously ignored or unrecognised. By broadening the social radar, more, and more positive, possibilities in life become available. The Community Chaplain is Rev Dr Kim Miller. Kim had nine years as the Anglican Chaplain at Bathurst Correctional Centre before taking on this project. He has a background of twenty five years in ministry among city, suburban, and country town parishes. Before that he was an engineer. Home For Good has three principal streams, Mentoring, Programs and Smokies BBQ. The Mentoring stream will see a team of volunteer mentors from the Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Lower Hunter region who will undertake to keep contact with clients over the long term. The mentor relationship is one of support, encouragement, and accountability. Volunteers are screened through the standard interview and induction process of the Samaritans organization. The Program stream will see clients, their families, and volunteer mentors, engage in formal programs aimed at building capacity in personal relationships, family life, and life management. Smokies BBQ is a weekly community gathering. This is an evening BBQ followed by a short chapel service of varying style and content. The goal is to create a positive experience of community, enhance social relationships and grow in faith together. Right click and Save a printable Smokies BBQ poster. (500Kb PDF file) ____________________________________ Would you like some more information? Right click and Save a printable Home For Good brochure. (4Mb PDF file) Right click and Save a printable Home For Good poster. (700Kb PDF file) ____________________________________ Home For Good and Housing. This is a constant worry to many people coming out of prison. Unfortunately Home For Good does not have permanent housing available. However, we work in partnership with Friendship House, an assisted re-entry program.   Friendship House Friendship House is a re-entry program with assisted accommodation where the residents work in partnership with daily volunteers. Friendship House takes two residents at a time, for four weeks only. We conduct case review meetings each week, as well as a Planning for Change program. We work closely with local housing authorities to assist residents to find permanent accommodation as quickly as possible. The Friendship House page on Samaritans website has more info and application forms. http://www.samaritans.org.au/page241/Services-----_Friendship-House.aspx   For further information phone Kim Miller (0419 257 822) or Samaritans Brunker Rd. Office (4922 1500). Contact:- Kim Miller 0419 257 822 FAX 02 4962 4774