From the table above, 41 per cent of payments were to support people on the streets. The Partners responsible for their direct distributions included:

• Rosies – Friends on the Street: Brisbane suburbs, Gold Coast area and in Cairns.
• St John’s Cathedral Brisbane: CBD area.
• Andy’s Place (St Andrews UC): CBD area.
• All Saints Anglican Church Chermside: Chermside area.
• Loaves and Fishes Street Meet Services: Logan Central area.

Thirty-eight per cent went to support victims of natural disasters. ACTS supported flood victims in Deloraine Tasmania and in the Pioneer Valley Mackay. We also supported several Bushfire victims in the Tara and Millmerran areas, North Queensland.

ACTS NEWSLETTER
The ACTS Newsletter is issued quarterly. It is a great source of information about our current activities. Partners and Stakeholders are informed of our activities during the year. Yes, we seek to attract potential and new financial Partners. Also, we seek Volunteers,

• To find people in crisis anywhere in Australia so we can directly assist them financially.
• Volunteer to keep in casual touch with them as they fight their way back into the light.

ACTS SUNDAY 2023
Our annual ACTS Sunday was celebrated on Sunday 18 June 2023. For the second year running, members of the Board of Management led the 2 morning Services. The Sunday also marked the main fund-raising day for ACTS.

ACTS PARTNERS
Supporting people in need was provided in Partnership with:

• Rosies – Friends on the Street: meals for the poor, the unemployed and the homeless.
• The Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Foundation QATSIF: provides educational scholarships to support eligible First Nations students with the educational costs of their senior studies.
• St John’s Cathedral Brisbane: food vouchers and bedding items for the homeless.
• St Andrews Uniting Church (now called Andy’s Place), Brisbane: meals and food parcels for the homeless, families with bills to pay and food hampers for the Christmas season.
• All Saints Anglican Church Chermside: meals for the homeless and offering a place to socialize briefly through their Soup Kitchen as well as food hampers for the Christmas season.
• Loaves and Fishes Street Meet Services providing meals and food parcels for the homeless and people on struggling streets around Logan central area.
• St David’s Anglican Church, Mossman/Port Douglas: bushfire victims.
• St Paul’s Uniting Church Mackay: flood victims, and
• The Office of the MP for Lyons, Tasmania: flood victims.

We extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to all ACTS Partners, organisations and supporters for walking with ACTS in providing support for people in need.

ACTS ACTIVITIES – THE FUTURE
The number of people in need in society is growing rapidly. The main drivers for this trend:

• The high cost of living, and
• Shortage of housing accommodation, meaning very high rentals.

Of course, in our field of work we face challengers including locating volunteers, donations, and good communication support.

ACTS Quarterly Newsletter is a positive step in taking our message and appeal out to the public.

With sourcing funds, we need to be creative and smart in attracting funds as there is always an element of charity-donations fatigue out there.

ACTS Website is currently being restructured/re-modelled by some competent minds in the communication industry. The aim of the re-structured website: a simple and direct connection with donors  and providing timely support to people in crisis.


CONCLUSION
Working towards a caring and humane community, ACTS mission is to walk with individuals in need. The Community’s support for our journey is accepted with deep gratitude.