Celebrating 101 years of combined services to our communities!

On 1 July 2026, Allambie Heights Village Ltd. celebrated 60 years as a Company/Organisation and 101 years of combined services to communities across its Residential Aged Care and Retirement Villages. Among Residents, Directors, Members, Management, Staff, Consultants, Contractors and Colleagues, Ciarán Foley, Chief Executive Officer, reflected on the longevity and sustainability of its services and its operations, Allambie Heights Village Retirement Village (60 years); Allambie Heights Village Residential Aged Care (30 years); William Charlton Village Retirement Village (10 years) and Bellburra Retirement Village (1year).

What an amazing contribution to Australia’s Seniors! We have residents and staff who come from 34 Nations and who represent immense diversity.

On the same evening, Ciarán Foley received an Award for 20 Years Service to Allambie Heights Village Ltd. from the Board of Directors, Management and Staff.

He said, “As I join with Residents and Colleagues in our ‘101 Celebrations’, I reflect on the 60 years of our Company and on some of my own 20 years contribution along with my team of staff over these years. Longevity represents so much confidence and stability. Longevity states loudly, ‘we are here for the long haul’.

I recall the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 when acute and diligent financial stewardship, steered our Company through challenging times, to better times.

And I wear the scars, as do many of my colleagues, of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic of 2020-2023 when we stood under a morale-boosting and defiant banner, ‘Fortress Allambie’, a robust statement of defence and offence, that we would protect our Residents. And we did!

For 645 days, ‘Fortress Allambie 645’ ensured that there was not a single case of a Resident contracting COVID-19.

And six and a half years later, since the start of the Pandemic in 2020, not a single Resident of ours has died of COVID-19.

These are remarkable health metrics, of which as a Company and as Chief Executive Officer, we and I remain duly proud!

To those of our past who founded us and guided us in those early decades, thank you.

To those of us who work relentlessly each day to preserve the respect and dignity of our Residents and all associated with Allambie Heights Village Ltd, we and I thank you.

And to those who come after us, you inherit a tradition, a culture, a rich diversity of people from around our World who choose to live in our communities and who are to be protected. When the baton is passed to you, embrace its meaning and the honour of providing services to our Elders.

Happy ‘101 Celebrations’ Allambie Heights Village Ltd., Providers of Quality Care and Quality Accommodation!”

‘Our Business is Protection’.