Our Story

PRONIA 

Formerly Australian Greek Welfare Society Originally established in 1972 as a vital support service for the first wave of Greek migrants, PRONIA has been striving to build a strong and connected community.

PRONIA means ‘to provide’ or ‘make provision for’ in Greek but also means more than that. Its deeper connotations of ‘care’ and ‘forethought’ lie at the heart of our mission.

Today, PRONIA continues its mission by helping to support our older generations by building community connections and developing programs to address new and emerging needs.

PRONIA delivers culturally appropriate services to the Australian Greek and wider community.

We encourage a whole family approach at PRONIA. We can help you, your parents and your grandparents to live independently for longer and build a strong community together.

Over the years, it PRONIA has grown into a leading organisation delivering in-home and community aged care, family support, mental health, disability services, and community education.

We are committed to providing culturally inclusive and respectful services by:

Supporting people from diverse cultural and language backgrounds

Providing interpreters and translated information where possible

Respecting cultural traditions, beliefs and preferences

Ensuring our staff are trained in cultural awareness and inclusion

Vision Statement

To foster an inclusive society where people from Greek and other backgrounds, can be empowered to live their best lives.

Our work is guided by the following values:

Respect – valuing each person’s dignity, culture and life experience

Integrity – providing services that are honest, transparent and accountable

Compassion – caring for people with empathy and understanding

Inclusion – ensuring services are accessible to people from all backgrounds

Quality – delivering safe and reliable services that meet your needs

Statement of Purpose

To empower vulnerable members of the Australian – Greek Community to reach their full potential. This will be achieved predominantly by undertaking service provision and complimented by ancillary services which support our clients including advocacy, policy development and research in an innovative, culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.

PRONIA as an organisation is committed to child safety.

The organisation wants children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.

We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.

We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.

We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.

Our organisation is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.

Our organisation has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.

Our organisation is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.

We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.

We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.

If you believe a child is at immediate risk of abuse phone 000.