REPORTING CRITERION 1

Child Safety, Audit and Risk Committee (CSA&R Committee)

Supporting the responsibilities of CES Ltd and SCECE&C Ltd Boards are their respective CSA&R Committees. The Terms of Reference of the committees state that the committees are to provide strategic advice and high-level thinking on matters pertaining to child safety, auditing, risk mitigation, financial and investment management, OH&S and modern slavery, ensuring quality reporting and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Sandhurst Catholic Early Childhood Education and Care Limited (SCECE&C Ltd)

Sandhurst Catholic Early Childhood Education & Care Ltd (SCECE&C Ltd) was instituted by Bishop Shane Mackinlay to assume the ownership and operation of two existing Catholic early childhood education and care centres in the Sandhurst Diocese, which is continuing to grow. From January 1, 2021, SCECE&C was an approved Provider with the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) for the early learning centres at St Mel’s Kindergarten Shepparton and Assisi Kindergarten Strathfieldsaye. SCECE&C Ltd is a company limited-by-guarantee and registered with the Australian Charities-and-not-for-profit Commission. As a wholly owned subsidiary of CES Ltd, SCECE&C Ltd operates through an independent representative and expert Board of Directors and works in close collaboration and partnership with local Catholic and Government schools, parish communities and Diocesan agencies, to help ensure a continuity of growth and development for each child and their family.