The newly opened Veteran and Family Hub at Tweed Heads will be backed by a renewed $3.8 million commitment from RSL NSW to sponsor veteran and family services, delivered by partner charity RSL LifeCare.
The North Coast Veteran and Family Hub is the latest addition to RSL LifeCare’s expanding network and provides a new front door to support for veterans and families across the region.
The Hub provides access to wellbeing support, DVA claims and advocacy, employment assistance, homelessness and housing support, and the Spur Equine Program, alongside activities designed to promote physical wellbeing, camaraderie and social connection.
Current programs at the new Hub include yoga, breathwork, walking groups, social activities and bowls.
Welcoming place
RSL LifeCare’s North Coast Veteran and Family Hub Manager Michael McGovern said the opening of the Tweed Heads Hub represented an important expansion of support available locally.
‘Having a Hub here on the North Coast means veterans and families have a welcoming place in their own region where they can come for help with everything from DVA claims and employment to housing and their overall wellbeing,’ Mr McGovern said.
‘It is also somewhere veterans and families can come together, build connections, and rediscover the camaraderie that is so important to wellbeing.
‘But a Hub cannot work in isolation. Our relationships with RSL sub-Branches across the region give us connections deep into local communities and help us reach veterans and families beyond Tweed Heads.’
Kingscliff RSL sub-Branch President Russell Maddalena said local sub-Branches were excited to work alongside the new Hub.
‘Our sub-Branches have been supporting veterans in North Coast communities for generations, and the new Hub gives us an even stronger professional support network to draw upon,’ Mr Maddalena said.
The renewed $3.8 million commitment was announced at the RSL NSW Annual State Congress in Tamworth. Ballina, Grafton and Maclean RSL sub-Branches on the state’s far north coast contributed a combined $67,000 to that total.
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