Wesley Mission Fast Facts
*Did you know, in 2008 …
Wesley Mission has 200 centres throughout New South Wales that offer a variety of services.
Wesley Mission’s chaplaincy
- established 27 chaplaincy locations.
- ministered to 10 congregations, 89 bible study groups, a music ministry and more than 20 fellowships.
Wesley Mission’s Aged Care Services
- provided supported accommodation for more than 360 seniors.
- provided domestic assistance for more than 190 seniors.
- provided education for more than 1,200 seniors.
- provided more than 66,000 instances of nursing assistance.
- provided in-home respite for more than 90 carers.
Wesley Institute
- offered 22 Higher Education courses.
- had over 280 full time students enrolled.
Wesley Vocational Institute
- commenced 98 vocational courses.
Wesley camps and conferences
- hosted over 28,000 visitors at Vision Valley and Mangrove Mountain Retreat.
- catered 1,338 functions at Wesley Conference Centre.
- welcomed 308 sponsored participants to Operation Hope.
- hosted 517 groups at retreats.
Wesley Mission Child and Family Services
- has more than 130 foster carers.
- helped 2,229 youth at risk.
- assisted more than 3,300 families at risk.
Wesley Community Housing
- gave crisis accommodation more than 900 individual homeless persons.
- served more than 34,400 daily lunches.
- provided more than 70 families at risk with a place to live.
- provided Rehabilitiation services to more than 180 people.
- provided short term accommodation to 70 young people.
Wesley Counselling Services
- answered more than 20,000 crisis calls through Lifeline Sydney and Sutherland.
- provided more than 9,400 counselling sessions through Gambling and Financial Counselling.
- provided more than 6,600 counselling sessions in Family Services.
Wesley Health Services
- treated more than 5,000 people with a variety of disorders.
Wesley Lifeforce Suicide Prevention
- held 75 suicide prevention workshops with more than 1,300 participants.
Wesley Uniting Employment
- made more than 14,500 job placements.
Wesley Business Services
- provided employment to 148 workers with disabilities.
Wesley Mission had 3,050 volunteers
- to help us administer these programs.
- and these volunteers donated 174,855 hours of their time.
Wesley Mission
- reached 52,809,872 people through television, radio, and print.
- had 1,190,122 visitors to our web site.
- published 907 stories and articles in the media.
- produced 2 major research reports.
- had 8,883 new donors.
And we’d love to do more.
Please donate now using our secure online form. Your donation makes a difference.
* For more facts, read the 2008 Annual Review.
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