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53. Barnardos South Coast Children’s Family Centre, NSW

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Renewable Energy Project: Solar Panels, Dharawal people

A children’s charity for over 100 years, Barnardos advocate for the safety of children at risk of abuse and neglect, providing family support programs and services that empower children to reach their full potential. Barnardos Australia have centres across New South Wales, located in suburbs including Penrith, Auburn, Sydney Metro, and in the Australian Capital Territory. Barnardos are addressing renewable energy and energy efficiency across multiple sites they manage.

The South Coast Children’s Family Centre offers a range of services including family support, early learning, foster care, community building and bushfire recovery support for vulnerable families in the Shoalhaven region of NSW. This loan allowed them to install solar panels and reduce their energy costs which have increased significantly this year.

Centre Manager Maria Corsiglia said “The benefits of solar energy for Barnardos are two-fold as it creates environmental benefits for our community whilst also ensuring we reduce our overall operating costs into the future. This means we can dedicate more funds to support local children and their families. Moving away from coal fired energy to clean energy sources is the way of the future and I’m proud that Barnardos and CORENA are leading by example. The children are also enjoying learning about solar power and sustainability and are excited to see this project unfold”

Website – https://www.barnardos.org.au/centres/south-coast/

This project has been fully funded – Thank you!

Loan details

Loan amount: $23,795
Loan repayments: $1,400 per quarter
Status: Funded
Installation date: 5th October 2023

Work Details

25.73 kW solar system 20kW inverter plus monitoring

Expected savings: 32,040kWhs and $6,044/annum
Reduction in carbon emissions/yr: 23 tonnes

Honour roll

Thankyou to the following people for donating to this project

10/01/2023James Hone$124.74
11/01/2023Char Grainger$25.00
12/01/2023Paulie$25.00
13/01/2023Pete61$25.00
16/01/2023Jonathan Prendergast$5.00
16/01/2023Tom Lester$10.00
16/01/2023David Castleford$10.00
16/01/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
16/01/2023Jonathan Maddox$100.00
17/01/2023Anon$20.00
17/01/2023Andrea Wallace$50.00
17/01/2023Yong family$100.00
17/01/2023Tim Brown$50.00
17/01/2023Chris Simmons$10.00
19/01/2023Dan Martens$150.00
19/01/2023Woden Valley CCC$1,200.00
20/01/2023Pete61$25.00
23/01/2023Tom Lester$10.00
23/01/2023David Castleford$10.00
23/01/2023Michael Kubler$15.00
23/01/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
23/01/2023GJ$20.00
23/01/2023Hugh Nguyen-Mallen$50.00
24/01/2023Andrea Wallace$50.00
27/01/2023Michael Benson$10.00
27/01/2023Tassia, Rick, Karu, Xanda$20.00
27/01/2023Pete61$25.00
30/01/2023Jacinta Green$5.00
30/01/2023Tom Lester$10.00
30/01/2023David Castleford$10.00
30/01/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
31/01/2023Andrea Wallace$50.00
1/02/2023Benevity$387.74
1/02/2023David Gibson$250.00
1/02/2023Mansfield Kindergarten repayment$480.00
1/02/2023CC Steiner School repayment$2,400.00
3/02/2023dean$5.00
3/02/2023Pete61$25.00
6/02/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
6/02/2023Tom Lester$10.00
6/02/2023David Castleford$10.00
6/02/2023Phil$30.00
7/02/2023Jean Pierre REDESTORFF$19.48
7/02/2023Andrea Wallace$50.00
7/02/2023Clunes Coronation repayment$336.00
7/02/2023Murray Mallee Aged Care repayment$1,040.00
8/02/2023Robert Menzies College repayment$2,880.00
9/02/2023SW$25.00
10/02/2023Pete61$25.00
13/02/2023Tom Lester$10.00
13/02/2023David Castleford$10.00
13/02/2023Char Grainger$25.00
13/02/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
13/02/2023Paulie$25.00
13/02/2023Warwick Stone$49.15
14/02/2023Andrea Wallace$50.00
14/02/2023Jonathan Prendergast$5.00
16/02/2023Jonathan Maddox$100.00
17/02/2023Anon$20.00
17/02/2023Pete61$25.00
17/02/2023Yong family$100.00
17/02/2023Chris Simmons$10.00
20/02/2023Dan Martens$150.00
20/02/2023Tom Lester$10.00
20/02/2023David Castleford$10.00
20/02/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
20/02/2023Brimbank Bicycle Education repayment$440.00
21/02/2023GJ$20.00
22/02/2023Michael Kubler$15.00
22/02/2023Timothy Brown$50.00
22/02/2023Coast FM Studio repayment$360.00
23/02/2023Hugh Nguyen-Mallen$50.00
23/02/2023Enova repayment$8,237.38
24/02/2023Pete61$25.00
27/02/2023Tom Lester$10.00
27/02/2023Michael Benson$10.00
27/02/2023David Castleford$10.00
27/02/2023Tassia, Rick, Karu, Xanda$20.00
27/02/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
28/02/2023Anonymous$2.00
28/02/2023Jacinta Green$5.00
1/03/2023David Gibson$250.00
2/03/2023Anonymous$2.00
3/03/2023dean$5.00
3/03/2023Pete61$25.00
6/03/2023Tom Lester$10.00
6/03/2023Phil$30.00
6/03/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
6/03/2023David Castleford$10.00
9/03/2023SW$25.00
10/03/2023Pete61$25.00
13/03/2023Tom Lester$10.00
13/03/2023David Castleford$10.00
13/03/2023Char Grainger$25.00
13/03/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
13/03/2023Paulie$25.00
14/03/2023Jonathan Prendergast$5.00
16/03/2023Jonathan Maddox$100.00
16/03/2023Timothy Brown$50.00
17/03/2023Anon$20.00
17/03/2023Pete61$25.00
17/03/2023Yong family$100.00
17/03/2023Chris Simmons$10.00
20/03/2023Dan Martens$150.00
20/03/2023Tom Lester$10.00
20/03/2023David Castleford$10.00
20/03/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
21/03/2023GJ$20.00
22/03/2023Michael Kubler$15.00
23/03/2023Hugh Nguyen-Mallen$50.00
24/03/2023Pete61$25.00
27/03/2023Tom Lester$10.00
27/03/2023Michael Benson$10.00
27/03/2023David Castleford$10.00
27/03/2023Tassia, Rick, Karu, Xanda$20.00
27/03/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
29/03/2023Jacinta Green$5.00
31/03/2023William$200.00
31/03/2023Pete61$25.00
3/04/2023dean$5.00
3/04/2023Tom Lester$10.00
3/04/2023David Castleford$10.00
3/04/2023David Gibson$250.00
3/04/2023Laquorious Dee$30.00
3/04/2023Anon$100.00
4/04/2023Andrea Wallace$50.00
4/04/2023Phil$30.00
6/04/2023SW$25.00
11/04/2023Pete61$0.16
4/09/2023Gift for Marina Etherington$50.00
5/09/2023Anon$981.32
18/09/2023Tim Price$450.00
20/09/2023michael moylan childs$105.71
29/09/2023Anon$4.32
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