What’s important to you?

What’s important to you?

What’s important to you? I mean, what’s REALLY important to you? With a cyclone hitting in the next 24 hours, we can see what people are thinking about. Food, shelter, loved ones and people who aren’t even necessarily that close to us, but we see who need our help....
Our Street Library

Our Street Library

We are excited to announce the launch of Karuna’s new Street Library! Street libraries are a community-driven initiative for sharing books and other forms of media. Our intention is to fill the Karuna library with books on spirituality and similar topics. We...
16 Guidelines Meditations

16 Guidelines Meditations

In 2024, Karuna hosted a 16 Guidelines Meditation Series with Venerable Gonpo, one of our Spiritual Care Practitioners. The series aimed to cultivate positive inner qualities and was inspired by the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom’s (FDCW) 16...
CEO Announcement

CEO Announcement

After an extensive recruitment process and endorsement from the FPMT, Sophie Shrapnel has been appointed as the new permanent Chief Executive Officer of Karuna Hospice Service. Sophie has been with Karuna for 18 months, initially as the Community Services Manager and...
Karuna CEO update

Karuna CEO update

After six years as CEO and nine years as a Director on the Board, Mrs Tracey Porst has made the decision to step down from her roles at Karuna. Under Tracey’s valued leadership, Karuna has grown, evolved and broadened our service offerings to the community. She led...