Whiddon celebrates 75 years

A dream to care lives on, 75 years strong!

Whiddon celebrates 75 years at the annual Board of Directors Awards after a long and proud history dating back to the early 1920’s, when a small group of Freemasons had the dream to build care facilities for older Australians.

In 1947, the Frank Whiddon Masonic Homes of New charity and named in the Grand Master ’s honour, although decades have passed, our philosophy has always remained the same - we believe that ageing should be a rich and rewarding journey for everyone.

In 2007, we expanded our care model to include community care, providing in-home assistance and support to hundreds of clients throughout the state so that these seniors can live safely and independently in their own homes.

Our values, which were built on Freemasonry, remain just as strong, and the passion and perseverance of our founders is well and truly alive in our organisation today, in addition to our heritage of supporting our local communities also continues. We are often at the heart of our communities, contributing to them and working actively with them. It ’s important that our residents remain connected to the communities they love and that we maintain a sense of community that everyone matters.

Today, we are a large not-for-profit organisation clients in around 40 locations across both New South Wales and Queensland. Whiddon has grown to become an industry leader and one of the largest aged care providers in New South Wales as a result of its progressive and innovative culture. Although we have seen such large areas of growth, we are still growing, we are building new homes and we are continuing to enhance our existing facilities and extending our programs and services. with residents, clients and their families to support their wishes, choices and physical, emotional and social needs.

We are always looking for ways to improve, and for new and exciting opportunities. Our quality care, services, creative ageing programs and innovation have been recognised through many awards and accolades over the years such as the Innovaging Awards for 2022 , recognising our Exercise 4 life program that has seen dramatic impacts in the quality of life for our residents.

Our approach to wellbeing is holistic, and healthy ageing forms an important part of what we do, why we do it and who we are. We believe that keeping people connected, staying physically and mentally active, finding meaningful and purposeful activities is essential to wellbeing.

We are who we are today, because of our beginnings and as we enter the next 75 years of our organisation, the dream of our founders lives on. Thanks to their foresight and compassion, Whiddon has made, and lives of older Australians.