Centrecare is a Catholic not-for-profit that delivers professional counselling, support, mediation and training services throughout Western Australia.

With more than 300 staff supporting almost 25,000 clients, Centrecare’s important work has been supported for the last 15 years by Connecting Up’s donations and discounts program.

In the past year alone, Connecting Up has provided Centrecare with access to dozens of refurbished desktops and laptops running software that includes Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud and Tableau – enabling Centrecare to improve its efficiency and capability.

All workers now have access to a quality desktop or laptop, and can collaborate with each other through Microsoft software such as SharePoint and Teams. This saves time by significantly reducing duplication and enabling access to key documents across the organisation.

With Adobe Creative Cloud, staff are able to produce and print their own brochures and marketing material, lowering costs and reducing wastage by allowing smaller print runs and easier updating of documents.

By providing donated and discounted technology, Connecting Up is helping Centrecare to continue to provide their extensive range of critical services for vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the best, most efficient way possible.

“Connecting Up’s programs have been an incredible support to us over the years. With their help, we’ve saved thousands of dollars and been able to help more people by delivering our services more efficiently and cost-effectively.”

- Andrew Selwood, IT Officer, Centrecare

Key stats:

• 300+ Centrecare staff supported
• $1.2M in savings on software and hardware through our donations & discounts program