News & Events
Life on the Street
Our Katherine Family Services Team have been very busy supplying sleeping bags, swags and blankets to the increasing amount of homeless people in the Katherine district.
Official Opening of Somerville Community Centre, Palmerston
The official opening of our major capital project – stage 2 of the Palmerston Community centre was held on May the 12th.
Katherine Youth Week
Family Services staff were kept extremely busy during April, with Youth Week, participating in a number of events. Events began on Monday with the Opening Celebration Pool Party. The opening celebration has generally been the biggest event, attracting over 400 people. There were an array of activities for the youth to enjoy, with music, plenty…
Congratulations Vicki O’Halloran AM
Somerville is pleased to announce that as part of this year’s Australia Day Honours…
NT Government Announces New Ministerial Portfolio
Territorians with Disabilities will have a new voice in cabinet with the creation of a Ministerial portfolio of Disability Services.
The Santos Gran Fondo
A Gran Fondo is not a race, but rather a mass start event. It is designed to draw the community together and give everyone a chance to enjoy the fun of riding…
NT Young Achievers Award
Somerville Community Services is once again a proud sponsor of the 2015 NT Young Achievers Community Services Award. The Somerville Community Services Award is one of twelve categories up for recognition in this year’s Northern Territory Young Achiever Awards. The Somerville Community Services Award offers opportunities to young people across the Territory to receive recognition…
Anti-Poverty Week Event
Anti-Poverty Week is a week where all Australians are encouraged to organise or take part in an activity aiming at highlighting the issues of poverty and hardship.
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.
