Episode 11: Kate Venables, Executive Director CatholicCare Toowoomba

In this episode of Seen & Herd, Patrick sits down with Kate Venables, Executive Director of CatholicCare in Toowoomba QLD.  The topic of their conversation is the future of Church and Charitable organisations providing social services to rural, regional, and remote communities. 

Kate has spent the last 20 years working in the social services sector across Central QLD and the Darling Downs and South-West Queensland. Working with teams who provide services to families and individuals needing support, refugees, and migrants, our first nation peoples and separated parents, Kate is aware of the many vulnerabilities and complexities of our varied communities across SW Qld as well as the enormous resilience they are able to develop.  

Kate is also the President of the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, the largest regional Chamber in Australia, a member of the Regional Development Australia Board for SWQ, a member of the Toowoomba Catholic Schools Council, and an executive member of the St Bart’s Anglican parish council, finance committee and risk governance committee.

During this Podcast Patrick delves into Kate’s background, asking what attracted her to the sector, unpacking her views on leadership, seeking her insights on the future of social services in rural, regional, and remote communities.