News and Updates

Wintringham resident Sue Armstrong is a woman of many talents. Not only is she a talented artist and passionate advocate for people with a disability, she is also the Chairperson of Mixed Nuts Media.

Wintringham is committed to protecting its residents, clients and staff from the constant and ever-present threat of COVID-19.

Wintringham has been selected by the Tasmanian Government to provide tenancy management and housing support services for a new 25-unit social housing complex in Hobart.

Yorta Yorta Elder and Wintringham client, Aunty Joyce and her husband, Yorta Yorta and Mutti Mutti Elder, Uncle Graham (Boots) have been named Brimbank City Council’s Citizens of the Year!

Bryan made Wintringham’s McLean Lodge residential aged care home in Flemington his new home in February 2020, a month before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and restrictions impacted the lives of people living throughout Melbourne.

Wintringham has proudly opened the doors to our first Specialist Dementia Care Unit in Flemington, adjacent to our residential aged care home, McLean Lodge.

Homelessness Week 2020 has begun, which means that Wintringham’s Art Space 2020 is now live and the People’s Choice Award is open for voting.

It’s been three weeks since Theresia moved into her new home at the Alexander Miller Wintringham homes in Highton. Having been here only a short time, she’s happy to have now found again what she had lost; Theresia says she’s regained her dignity and feels at peace in her new ‘home until stumps’.

Wintringham Housing has been given the green light to build 22 new one-bedroom housing units in Cranwell Court Highton. Thanks to a $6.6 million grant from the Victorian Property Fund, and a contribution of land and an additional $2.5 million from the Alexander Miller Estate, the new units will provide much needed social housing in a region that is experiencing significant housing stress.

Tony, who has a community home care package with Wintringham, recently went on a dream trip to the USA to watch his favourite American Football team play – the New Orleans Saints. His passion for the team really kicked off 14 years ago when the avid St Kilda Saints fan started following NFL (American National Football League) on television.

Wintringham Volunteer Dot Lipmann has been awarded an Australia Day honour with an Order of Australia (AM).

On Friday 8 November, the Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services the Hon. Luke Howarth MP visited our Port Melbourne Hostel.