News & Events
2014 Tax Help
October saw the end of another successful Tax Help program at Somerville. Our Financials Services staff, in Darwin & Katherine have been kept busy in assisting clients to lodge their tax returns.
Working Bees
Successful ‘working bees’ have been carried out on several of Somerville’s properties recently including a house used for crisis accommodation. Our Assets, Infrastructure and Maintenance Team (AIM) was supported by staff and volunteers including 15 people from the National Australia Bank (NAB) made up of local employees and several Interstate NAB executives. A big thank…
Somerville are on Facebook!
Somerville are now on Facebook and Twitter so please come and join us! We will be posting the latest stories and photos on our Facebook page and using Twitter more often at our events! Please help us spread the word and share our pages with your colleagues and friends… Click here to join us on…
National Families Week Fun Day 2015
As part of National Families Week, Somerville hosted a family fun day event in celebration of “Stronger Families, Stronger Communities”. The event saw over 140 children and their family members from the surrounding schools and community participating in a number of relationship building activities while enjoying refreshments and fun-filled entertainment by Hyper the Clown. The…
Celebrating 50 years of service to the Northern Territory
The Administrator of the Northern Territory, His Honour the Honourable John Hardy OAM kindly hosted a reception at Government House to commemorate Somerville’s 50 years of service to the Northern Territory. His Honour spoke of the good work that Somerville does and retold some inspiring stories by former clients assisted by Somerville staff. Approximately 150…
Our prayers are with you
Somerville Board and staff members would like to acknowledge the recent devastating earthquake in Nepal. Our thoughts and prayers are with our Nepalese staff, the people of Nepal, and the Nepalese communities around the world. Through the generosity of the extended community we were able to make a donation of personal health and hygiene items…
Parliament House Visit
Somerville staff recently visited Parliament House at the invitation of the Hon John Elferink MLA.
2015 NT Young Achiever Awards
Tenneil Ross, 19 of Bellamack has won the prestigious Somerville Community Services Award in the 2015 NT Young Achiever Awards.
NT Disability Services Award
Recognising exceptional individuals working in the disability sector.
Gift Wrapping Volunteers Wanted
The annual Somerville Christmas Gift Wrapping fundraising event will be held again at Casuarina Square, Palmerston Shopping Centre and Mitchell Centre. This is Somerville’s major fundraising event for the year raising money to support our programs. We are looking for volunteers to help in the stalls to be held from 3 – 24 December covering…
Enhancing young family relationships through the Kids FAST program
As part of our mission to impact positively on the quality of life of Territorians, we partnered with Gray Primary School to help implement and facilitate the Kids FASTTM (Families and Schools Together) program. The Kids FASTTM program is designed to encourage parents to become increasingly involved in the lives of their children through family…
Somerville’s Mother’s Day Lunch
This year for Mother’s Day, Somerville arranged a lunch to show our appreciation for hardworking mothers. The mums spent their time amongst great company, enjoying a range of lovely food, decorations and music, making the day very special. To top if off, they all enjoyed painting each other’s nails… which was great fun for all,…
MLA’s visit Somerville
Earlier this month, Somerville was proud to host a visit from the Leader of the Northern Territory Labor Party, Michael Gunner, and his team. Michael and his team spoke to our CEO and Management Team, to better understand the various programs and services Somerville offers, and the current issues our clients are facing. Photo L-R…
Department of Children and Families staff visits Somerville
Luke Twyford, Simone Jackson and David Ah Toy from the Department of Children and Families recently visited Somerville and provided our CEO and Management Team with a comprehensive overview of their programs. Their department works to keep children safe and families strong and interacts closely with Somerville’s Family Services staff through our Targeted Family Support…
