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EPC Staff Spotlight - Meet Nicole!

Meet Nicole Kenway, EPC Specialist Palliative Care Registered Nurse. Watch her interview or read more about Nicole.

EPC Newsletter - Issue 1 March 2023

In this months issue we look back on 25 years of servicing our local community, and celebrate a big fundraising effort last year. Grab a cuppa and have a read through.

EPC Celebrates 25 Years 1998 - 2023

2023 marks our 25th year servicing the Eastern region of Melbourne. Click to read more about our history

EPC has published over 1500 Biographies

Precisely 1511 Biographies have been produced as at the end of November, an incredible feat of our Volunteer EPC Biographers. Click to read more about the award-winning program.

Newsletter – Issue 4 December 2022

This month we wrap up our successful POUND THE PAVEMENT 4 EPC event, one of our Carer's shares their family's experience with EPC and more!

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Newsletter – Issue 3 September 2022

This month hear from our new Chief Executive Gaylene Coulton, get excited for our POUND THE PAVEMENT 4 EPC event and more!

New EPC CEO appointed

EPC’s Committee of Management is pleased to announce Ms Gaylene Coulton has accepted the position as our new CEO, following the upcoming retirement of Ms Jeanette Moody.

Newsletter – Issue 2 June 2022

This month we hear from our CEO Jeanette on her retirement, our fantastic online auction results, our upcoming fun run and more. 

EPC's Award Winning Volunteer Biography Program on The Project

We are so proud of the story broadcast on The Project about our Award Winning Volunteer Biography Program.

Newsletter – Issue 1 [March 2022]

EPC’s 2022 Online Auction will be held from 7-27 March, 2022 with all proceeds going towards EPC’s Equipment Hire Financial Hardship Appeal.

Newsletter – Issue 4 [December 2021]

Every health service relies on its staff and volunteers to engage with clients to deliver the services that are needed. I am immensely proud of the work our staff and volunteers have performed over the past 12 months. This has been a much more difficult year than 2020.

Newsletter – Issue 3 [September 2021]

As you will be aware the current COVID-19 pandemic has caused many services in Australia to be disrupted. EPC is considered an Essential Service and as such, we have endeavoured to keep services running as normal to the best of our ability.

Newsletter – Issue 2 [June 2021]

As COVID-19 becomes more normal, we are so happy to nearly be back to normal. We remain with limited visitors to the office, no on-site counselling or on-site massage, but most of our programs are back up and running – and yes, we are running. How we missed having team days and forum days and all of our volunteer programs. COVID is not over yet, but we are all learning to adapt.

EPC and COVID-19

As COVID-19 becomes more normal, we are so happy to nearly be back to normal. We remain with limited visitors to the office, no on-site counselling or on-site massage, but most of our programs are back up and running – and yes, we are running.

Newsletter – Issue 1 [March 2021]

What an exciting year we have ahead of us in 2021. In March, we have our 4 year full accreditation visit from 16 - 18 March and in April we will commence the development of our next Strategic Plan with Andrew Hollo from Workwell.

Newsletter – Issue 4 [December 2020]

2020 started with the extreme bushfires along the eastern coast of Australia. Something we are becoming more used to each year. However during January we were hearing about an infectious virus that had shut down a large province in China. 

Newsletter – Issue 3 – [September 2020]

As I write this update the crisis in Victoria is broadening and causing some stress for health services, including services such as ours. The emphasis of the media is on the resources required in public acute hospital but in the community we are also dealing with these issues. 

Newsletter – Issue 2 [June 2020]

Everyone knows and understands that our work is very difficult at the moment. Clients and carers are more stressed because of COVID-19 and many do not want to go to hospitals. More and more clients are therefore dying at home

Newsletter – Issue 1 [March 2020]

Welcome to our Events edition of EPC News. We have an exciting year of events planned, starting with our Food, Fashion & Fundraising gala luncheon on Sunday 22 March.