Transforming Australia - Thursday 25 July
Thursday 25 July 2019
Transforming Australia will be available online here until all employees and officers have migrated to Outlook. Please bear with us during this change. To provide feedback or contribute an item, please email us at TransformingAustralia@aus.salvationarmy.org
WIN!
Transforming Australia, our fortnightly newsletter across the Australia Territory, is changing its name! Email your suggestions to internalcommunications@aus.salvationarmy.org
Along with naming the newsletter, the winning entry will receive a double movie voucher, a 12 month subscription to Others Magazine, Warcry and Kidzone as well as a collection of five books: Insane: The Stories of Crazy Salvos Who Changed the World, Will and Kate: The Story of William and Catherine Booth, Famous Last Words: Thoughts from Salvos in their latter stages of life, The People’s General: Coffee table book on General Eva Burrows and Hallmarks of The Salvation Army: TSA at its heart.
New territorial leaders put mission at the helm
The Salvation Army Australia’s new territorial leaders, Commissioners Janine and Robert Donaldson, were welcomed and installed on Sunday, 14 July in Melbourne. If you missed it, you can see a short clip here or read the full article on the Others Magazine website.
Project 9 Tasmania
The Salvation Army Housing in Tasmania is building nine new affordable housing homes for people on the social housing waiting list. The project will have a significant impact on people who have experienced homelessness or are at risk of homelessness in Tasmania. Watch the video on Project 9 here.
Construction to start on new aged care centre
The Salvation Army Aged Care will soon begin work on the Kubirri Aged Care Centre in Mossman, in far-northern Queensland. National Director, Richard de Haast, said the milestone marked the beginning of a long-awaited start to this community project. Kubirri is scheduled to open in late 2020. Read the full story.
Don’t take the bait
One of the many tasks of the IT Services Department is to ensure our internet-connected systems - including hardware, software and data - are protected from cyber-attacks. As we increasingly use online systems to manage our data and information, the security awareness of all our employees and officers across TSA is crucial. Everyone has a role to play in protecting our critical information.
One of the easiest ways hackers gain access to an organisation’s systems is through phishing emails. Here are some tips when determining if an email is a phishing email:
- GREED: Phishing emails often dangle a financial reward of some kind if you click a link or enter your login information. If an email offers you something that seems too good to be true, it probably is.
- CURIOSITY: People are naturally curious, and phishers take advantage of this by sending emails that promise to show us something exciting or forbidden.
- FEAR: Scaring recipients is a common tactic in phishing emails. Emails that threaten you with negative consequences or punishment should be treated with suspicion.
- URGENCY: If an email provides a strict deadline for performing an action – be suspicious. Phishing emails will try to fluster recipients by creating a sense of urgency.
Single financial system for TSA on track
Our transformation within the new national structure continues and in August the Finance team in the former AUE territory will transition the cloud-based TechOne system and a new Chart of Accounts.
The project and Finance teams have been hard at work preparing for transition to the new system. Ian Shinkfield, Chief Financial Officer, thanked everyone involved in the work so far. “I would like to pass on my thanks and appreciation to all staff who has been involved with User Acceptance Testing and Volume Testing. Your feedback has been invaluable in ensuring that TechOne performs as expected.”
Some staff in the former AUS territory has been involved in the volume testing, but the project will have minimal impact on the system and Chart of Accounts in the former AUS territory.
This project provides a significant step forward for the movement and is integral to being able to deliver much needed improvements to many other systems and processes.
If you have any questions about the project please contact the Project Change Manager, Louise Potter: louise.potter@aue.salvationarmy.org
Scholarships are now open
Eva Burrows Australian Scholarship for Women
The Eva Burrows Australian Scholarship for Women is awarded to a woman who has undertaken substantial paid or unpaid work for The Salvation Army in the previous two years and is seeking support to develop her leadership capabilities. A scholarship of up to $25,000, for study at Eva Burrows College or another institution, will be granted to a woman who exhibits General Burrows’ values of leadership and commitment to serving on the frontline. Apply here.
Transurban Financial Counselling Scholarship
Five scholarships are available for existing Salvation Army officers and employees, to undertake the (CHC51115) Diploma of Financial Counselling at Eva Burrows College Vocational Training. Transurban, operator of the Linkt toll roads in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, generously donated the cost of the five diplomas to support the financial counselling sector. Apply here.
‘Virtual’ Bible study in Pyjamas
The Busy Mums’ Virtual Bible Study, run by the Carindale Corps in Brisbane, is a new initiative giving busy mums of faith the opportunity to meet online once they’ve put their children to bed.
The program has been so successful that they’re looking at establishing a second group. Read the full story.
Self-Denial funds can now make the change
The Salvation Army 2019 Self Denial Appeal has raised $3,341,140 that will be used for both Salvation Army community development and mission support projects across the world. ‘Be the Change’ was the theme for the 2019 appeal, based on 2 Corinthians 9:11. Read the full story.
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