Lou's welcomes Amanda Greaney as General Manager

Amanda (Mandy) started at Lou’s Place as General Manager in March 2022. She comes to Lou’s with over 20 years of leadership experience, predominantly in community services for women and children. She is passionate about social justice, ensuring that the most vulnerable within our community are supported to access their rights. She is highly experienced in multi-service outlet management, and she has extensive programme experience with disabilities, homelessness, domestic and family violence, youth, child protection, early intervention services and gambling.

Born in Goulburn, Mandy travelled around the country extensively with her family, spending most of her youth in Sydney and the Queensland coast. She developed a desire to work in community services, specifically homelessness, after meeting people in squats and refuges, and on the streets. She realised that they were homeless for a variety of reasons:  "It became obvious to me that they were often invisible. Worse than that, if they were seen, people didn’t value them. It made me so sad." She began to volunteer her time, and her career sprang from there.

Mandy has a little hut in the woods where she likes to spend her spare time, just disconnecting from the hustle and bustle of day-to-day life. If she's not there, you'll find her chilling out in her van by the ocean. Mandy brings tremendous enthusiasm and empathy to her work at Lou's. Please drop in to say hi to her when you next visit.