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The 2025 Sirovilla Retirement Village Resident Survey reveals overwhelmingly positive feedback from residents, with a remarkable 99% satisfaction rate with life in a Sirovilla village. Residents consistently described their communities as safe, connected, and supportive, highlighting the invaluable role of...

The latest Grattan Institute’s Renting in Retirement Report (Feb 2025), paints a sobering picture for one group; retirees who rent in the private market. Two-thirds of this group live in poverty, including more than three in four single women living...

The Lorne Village – The Committee for Lorne Accommodation issues have long been front and centre of Lorne’s collective community mind. Housing has been an ever-vexing and pressing issue, whether as low-cost housing for the [mainly young] workers in hospitality...

Over 50 residents from Sirovilla’s Highton and Anglesea villages gathered on Wednesday, 26 March for a fabulous afternoon of fun, laughter, and community connection. Hosted by the dedicated Sirovilla team, the event offered something for everyone — from the excitement...

Sirovilla with the support of  Geelong Sustainability, Winki Energy and Too Hot To Handle – Heating & Cooling has implemented a large capital project in Sirovilla Retirement Village Anglesea aimed at both making our villages more sustainable and reducing the...

  EFFICIENT hot water heat pumps will be donated to Anglesea’s Sirovilla Retirement Village, Phoenix Housing and Geelong’s Samaritan House, as part of Geelong Sustainability’s 2024 Electric Homes Program. The initiative, which was first launched in 2023, aims to support...

Bellarine Community Health (BCH) recently joined with affordable housing provider Sirovilla to celebrate the official opening of the refurbished Sirovilla Eric Tolliday Units in Point Lonsdale. More than 60 people, including Neil Tolliday, son of Eric Tolliday, current residents and...

Our AGM was held on October 17, 2023. It was a significant year with our 50th anniversary and bringing the Eric Tolliday units in Point Lonsdale back to life. Sirovilla Annual Report 2023 final – pages        

The Operations team at Sirovilla were lucky enough to attend the G21 Geelong Regional Alliance Forum on Friday 1st April. G21 is a formal alliance of government, business and community organisations that are working together to help improve the lives...