ࡱ> %` $bjbj"x"x <2@@X*TTTTTTTT^^^8R^f^T^^^^^___/111111$jhҜhUTc__ccUTT^^HjofofofcT^T^/ofc/ofof@TTs^^ bD^}dpO8/0:d:pss\:Tϕ`_`ofab___UUe___ccccTTTD ]$TTT]TTTTTTTTT Submission to 'Freedom of Religion and Belief' Project Mr Ross Pendlebury Company Secretary, Anglican Retirement Villages Anglican Retirement Villages (ARV) was constituted by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney under the provisions of the Anglican Church of Australia (Bodies Corporate) Act 1938. The constitution of body corporate is set out in the Anglican Retirement Villages Diocese of Sydney Constitution Ordinance 1961. ARV is one of the largest providers of residential and community aged care in Australia and has provided quality services for older people since 1959. ARV operates largely within the Diocese of Sydney which has a population of some 4.7 million people. One in five Australians lives within this area. ARV was one of the first aged care providers to develop multi-tiered communities of care that encompass independent living villages, with low and high care residential facilities on the one site, providing a genuine continuum of care. ARV also provides a wide range of community care services to support people remaining independent in their own homes. ARV currently has 1758 residential care beds, 1723 independent living units, and 2198 community care packages of varying forms. ARV serves over 6000 residents and clients in more than 50 locations across the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. ARV employs over 2000 staff and has over 700 volunteers complementing the work of paid staff. Religion and the State: which came first? It is perplexing for the discussion paper to pose the following question: Q3.1 (p. 10): What are some consequences of the emergence of faith-based services as major government service delivery agencies?" An earlier comment in the introductory essay is equally perplexing when it refers to "the privatisation of government services and their outsourcing to private bodies including those sponsored by faith communities." (p. 6). A brief review of the history and evolution of social services within Australia would clearly highlight that the vast majority of community services now provided by government actually had their genesis in services initially provided (for many decades, if not a century or more) by faith-based organisations in particular the Christian church. For the Discussion Paper to suggest that faith-based services are a consequence of government initiatives points to a fundamental misinterpretation of a large part of the social and community development of Australia. The matter may initially appear to be of interest only; but we think it is of deeper philosophical importance. To begin from such an incorrect premise, this has the potential to skew the researchers' understanding of a wide range of issues covered by this review. We hope that this incorrect starting point can be corrected. We submit that the AHRC needs to reckon with this principle: For religious organisations, faith drives organisational activity. a) This principle enhances our contribution to social inclusion and social capital For a faith-based organisation, the promotion of that faith is inherent to and intertwined with the practical work they carry out. It drives the initiatives they undertake. Faith-based organisations aspire for their practical work ultimately to promote the faith that underpins them. When an organisation approaches its work from a basis of faith, this approach does not of itself negate in any way the significance or value of that organisation's work in terms of wider social benefit. Faith based organisations contribute significantly to social inclusion and the building of social capital in a wide variety of contexts. This observation is valid for virtually all faith-based community service organisations. There is a "win - win" when faith-based organisations playa role in offering the services government wants to see available to and accessed by the community. The organisations provide an avenue by which people express their faith and make a difference to the community; at the same time Governments get reliable, efficient and effective service delivery. We suggest that ARV's work in the field of aged care contributes significantly to social inclusion and to the building of social capital - not 'in spite of its faith base, but largely 'because of it's faith base. b) This principle enhances our attractiveness to the wider public ARV's 'raison d'etre' lies in the wider aims and objectives of the Christian church. Its work is a practical expression of the church's faith: a corporate embodiment of deeds that are motivated by and spring from Christian faith. Indeed the purposefully Christian environment ARV endeavours to create at all its locations has proven to be extremely attractive to people of many races and creeds - not only amongst people who share or are sympathetic to the Christian faith, but also (and increasingly) amongst those who do not share that faith. There is something in ARV's distinctively Christian ethos, practices and behaviours that is inherently attractive in the wider 'secular' market. People both with and without a linkage to Christian faith seek us out because of what our religious foundation means to them. It gives them confidence, comfort and security. c) This principle by necessity influences whom we prefer to employ When an organisation's vision and mission reflect a faith-based foundation, it is essential that key positions within that organisation are held by people whose personal faith is aligned to the organisation's faith foundation. This helps to ensure that the organisation remains true to its basis in faith. Furthermore, for a faith-based organisation to live out its vision and mission in practical terms, it is essential that ALL people who work within the organisation are at least sympathetic to the values that flow from the organisation's faith base and are prepared to work (and behave) in a manner consistent with those values. Personal faith, or sympathy to that faith, is essential to maintaining service delivery in a manner consistent with the organisation's character. Therefore positive discrimination on the basis of religion is necessary and appropriate, in the same way that positive discrimination on the basis of skills, experience and attitude is appropriate. d) This principle "centres" our care and service delivery As an organisation intricately involved in truly holistic care and service to people at (or towards) the end of life, there is an innate synergy between our activity and our faith base. Our practical care provides for immediate physical, social and emotional needs, whilst our spiritual care, rather than being "bolted on" as some sort of "after-thought", is seamlessly interwoven, providing comfort and hope for the future (i.e. after death). There is an inherent social good in this approach, benefiting the whole community regardless of their personal religious convictions - particularly in relation to palliative care. 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