Reaching our Community
Through Services, Projects and Partnerships
Reaching our Community
Spreading the Word
Tax Help is a free and confidential service provided to low
income earners to complete their Tax returns from 1 July to
31 October.
Perishable Food Programme
National reductions to emergency relief funding means
that service providers must be creative in forging new
relationships and community food partners.
Established over 25 years ago, Tax Help has been assisting
a diverse range of people who meet certain criteria lodge
their Tax Return. Typically, clients accessing the program are
unable to afford to pay an accountant, found it difficult to
complete their own tax returns and were more comfortable
asking for assistance from someone in the community than
approaching a tax agent.
Every dollar saved on CSF’s food bill (food provided directly
to people in need) is potentially another dollar towards
keeping on someone’s gas or electricity connection.
We would like to acknowledge the tremendous effort of our
volunteers who assist with food pick-up and packaging.
Talking to Kananook pre-school students about
what it might be like not to have a home, bed,
enough food or toys - at their ‘onesie’ day.
Community Support Frankston visited a number of groups
and organisations in the area to explain the valuable work
our volunteers do to support those in our community who
have fallen on hard times.
As well as regular updates to some of Frankston’s Rotary,
Lions and other service clubs CSF gets out to schools and
speaks with students of all ages about the importance of
supporting the community and how they can help to make
a difference.
Volunteers Jane Song and Peter
Lewis starting to bag bread
and bakery items on an early
Wednesday morning.
Tax Help 2014 — 2015
The Tax Help volunteers Peter, Rita, Albert and Lucy
assisted 149 people with their Tax returns. All Community
Volunteers are fully trained, accredited and supported by
the Australian Taxation Office.
Years of Tax Help Service:
Peter Lewis
19 years
Albert Chivilò 15 years
Rita Cairney 11 years
Lucy Wang
2 years
Community Support Frankston has taken steps to expand
its food program, from mainly tinned and dried goods into
perishable items – to provide greater choice for clients and
work with more community partners.
Pick-ups commenced from a local bakery in April 2015 and
by the end of June, 370 bags of bread, rolls and bakery
goods were made available to anyone who walked into CSF
reception on Wednesdays and requested food assistance.
Planning and grant applications continue in the background
for an expanded food program at CSF. This will include
greater choice for clients seeking fresh and perishable food
items that are often requested, particularly by families.
Volunteer Josh Hamilton delivers food
including bread, fruit and vegetables
from Brumby’s and SecondBite to our
friends at Voices of Frankston (VoF) for
their lunch each week.
Monterey Secondary College VCAL students did
a fantastic job raising funds and food donations
for the Frankston Community Appeal.
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The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members
Community Support Frankston
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Annual Report 2015
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