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The Shepherd Centre

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Transparency
This charity is up-to-date on the ACNC, and has financial reports available. It has recent and historic annual reports available on its website. It does not have a privacy policy available.
Finances
This charity has more assets than liabilities, and has asset coverage of 13 months of expenses. It has made 2 losses in the last five years.
Outcomes
This charity has not yet added outcomes
This charity is yet to add outcomes or an outcome measurement methodology to the ChangePath platform.
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About this organisation

Summary of activities

The Shepherd Centre is a world-leading charity empowering generations of children and young people with hearing loss learn to listen, speak and have a voice. We work closely with families to give them knowledge, skills, encouragement and support so their child can reach their full potential and have a world of choice. A cost benefit analysis by the international consulting firm Deloitte calculated that we provide a benefit of over $500,000 for every deaf child we help. In 2023, The Shepherd Centre provided life-changing service to over 900 children and young adults with hearing loss. The vast majority of our children develop the same speech, language, literacy and social skills as any other child; helping them to attend their local school of choice, regardless of the level of their hearing loss. Our services are available across Australia with 11 locations plus our online telehealth program, which enables children from remote and rural locations to access the same services as their city counterparts. Online telehealth is also popular with families from all locations when attending a centre isn t possible. We provide individual and group programs and supports for children and families in early intervention (0-5 years of age), school age therapy services (5 16 years of age), and life skills and wellbeing programs for young people and teenagers with hearing loss through our Hear for You mentoring programs (9 -18 years of age), run by our Hear for You mentors with hearing loss (18 25 years of age). To achieve these incredible results, we work with the whole family providing collaborative and coordinated services including specialised speech pathology for deaf children, audiology services, including an integrated cochlear implant program run in partnership with the Sydney Children s Hospital. Child and family counselling services and parent and extended family group programs prepare children and teenagers for the challenges of the mainstream world. Our newly developed digital platform HearHub, provides clinicians and educators tools, courses and resources to support children with hearing loss and their families around the world. The Shepherd Centre relies heavily on the continued support of generous donors to make our life-changing work for children possible. We receive limited government funding, including from the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which does not cover the full cost of ensuring deaf children can learn to listen and speak and their families supported appropriately. Our top priority is to ensure our world-class early intervention services are accessible to all families and children who need it, and are here to empower generations of children with hearing loss for many years to come. If you would like to find out more about what we do and how to make a life-changing difference to a deaf child at The Shepherd Centre, please visit https://shepherdcentre.org.au/.

Outcomes

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Programs and activities

Finances

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Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want revenue to be slightly above expenses. If expenses is reliably above revenue, the charity is losing money. If revenue is much larger than expenses, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.

Transparency

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Charity ACNC information last updated: 2025-01-31
Charity website information last updated: 2025-01-20
Charity information updated by charity: No