Welcome to the home page of Focal Point. This inter-Church community service is carried out mainly in the Upper Yarra Region of Victoria Australia, in what is one of God's most beautifully created areas of the world. We primarily provide community support, advocacy, justice and workplace chaplaincy and counselling through the Valley Care Counselling Service. We are supported by local businesses, Churches and individuals. Please browse the site to find something of interest or help for your situation, and we would appreciate any feedback.

Patrick Dodson spoke on Reconciliation - Two centuries on, is dialogue enough?
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A Recent Speaker, Deborah Andersen, at the Yarra Valley Counsellor's Discussion Group click for more

An Earlier '07 Speaker at the CCAV Yarra Valley Discussion Night, Art Wouters (click for more)

The Grief Brief (click here)
www.grief.org.au

There has been much talk in the world about making poverty history, but in Australia we have our own task of making Indigenous Poverty History. For further information, click here

Aboriginal Advocacy and Issues Article

Sick Lives Cut Short - A National Disgrace -click here

We would like to announce a new area on the site which you can navigate to via the left column entitled, Life Journey Reflections. This is a compilation of poems, stories and reflections written by a number of clients of Valley Care and others who have attempted to express themselves as they have gone through or are in difficult times. There are also writings of love, joy and peace.