This week’s IRT Group annual general meeting and chairman’s dinner helped finish the year on a high. On Thursday IRT revealed it has increased its asset base to $1.1 billion, grown its annual income by 11 per cent to $184 million and achieved a 90 per cent customer satisfaction rating. Chief executive Nieves Murray said another highlight was a $200 million capital works program as IRT continues to invest in strategic projects to position it well for the future. “Our industry's shift away from a government funded model to a consumer driven model presents significant opportunities for our business to innovate and partner with our customers. During the year, much of this investment was directed towards further transformation of IRT's growing In-Home Care business & building innovation capability,” Ms Murray said.
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In 2015/16 IRT opened the innovative Kemira community at IRT William Beach Gardens which allows ageing people with intellectual disability to live with their primary carers in a supportive community setting which helps keep families together.
IRT also continued to expand its Lifestyle and Care offering this year, opening IRT Tarrawanna in the Illawarra and IRT Woodlands on the Sunshine Coast
Work also began on Parkside at IRT Pioneer Place to bring connected seniors' living to the Wollongong CBD.
Ms Murray announced at the annual chairman’s dinner that Bruce Allan was about to stand down for the role after four years and was leaving IRT in a great position after achieving all the goals he had set out to accomplish,.
Mr Allan will continue in the role until the end of the first quarter in 2017 and new chairman will be named around February or March.
At Thursday’s chairman’s dinner two residents and active committee volunteers Thelma Kohn, 94, and Keith Davis, 92, were acknowledged on their actual birthdays and spoke afterwards about why they so actively got involved in their IRT communities and what they had seen and done in their combined 186 years of life.
IRT also recognised six employees with over 25 years of service and won the Employer of Choice Award at the 2015 Australian Business Awards.
It was also named an ABA100 Winner of the Australian Business Award for Community Contribution.
The year also saw IRT Foundation break new ground in mature workforce participation by delivering a Career Check Up Expo for Mature Workers in Canberra.
A second one is likely in the Illawarra in 2017.
IRT also launched Australia's first dedicated YouTube channel for over 55’s called the The Good Life, produced by Relativity.
It also awarding more than $151,000 in Community Grants to local community groups to help address the issue of social isolation.
Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
