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Grants Writing Webinar: Applying for Community Grants
Share Grants Writing Webinar: Applying for Community Grants on Facebook Share Grants Writing Webinar: Applying for Community Grants on Twitter Share Grants Writing Webinar: Applying for Community Grants on Linkedin Email Grants Writing Webinar: Applying for Community Grants linkHave you got a great idea for building the resilience or supporting the mental health recovery of your community? The NSW Government's Bushfire Local Economic Recovery (BLER) Fund supports the economic and social recovery at a local and regional level in areas impacted by the 2019-2020 bushfires.
Red Cross has extensive experience writing successful grant applications and we want to share our knowledge and skills with you to help you best succeed. Wednesday 11th November 2020 - 10:00am ADST
Online via Zoom – to register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jd-dh2T5TfanA-3U7EKV0w
Please send any questions through to recovery@redcross.org.au
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Tune Up For Fellas
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Primary Industries Reset Workshop
Tuff for farmers, fishers and rural blokes
WHY GO?
to relax, reflect and reset
to laugh and make new mates
to learn new business/life skills
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
investigating a work-life balance
developing decision making skills and achievable goals
learning how to deal with difficult situations
developing achievable actions to create the future you want
strategies to deal with difficult situations and conflict
“TUFF is a rare opportunity to take time out, to reflect on what is
important to you, practice some tools and ideas for being more
effective and focus on what needs to happen next in your life.”
PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK
COST
Workshop registration, fees, accommodation and meals are covered by the DPI. You cover your travel and any other expenses.
Come on fellas, just do it!
WANT TO FIND OUT MORE?
Contact Joshua Foster on 0427 781 514
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Decision Fatigue: It's all too much
Share Decision Fatigue: It's all too much on Facebook Share Decision Fatigue: It's all too much on Twitter Share Decision Fatigue: It's all too much on Linkedin Email Decision Fatigue: It's all too much linkAustralian Red Cross Disaster Recovery Advisors and Mentors Australia (DRAMA) invites you to join them as they host disaster recovery expert and cognitive scientist Jolie Wills as she shares her valuable insights on how the mind works under prolonged pressure, how we make decisions and how our reactions and behaviours are impacted by stress.
Discussion topics will include:
The second 6 months of disaster recovery
The impacts of prolonged stress in bush fire-affected communities
Impact of continuing stress on thinking, decision making, emotions and action
COVID – added social and financial impacts on individuals and families resulting from isolation.
Tuesday 10th November 2020 8:30am AWST | 10:30am AEST | 11:00am ACDT | 11:30am ADST | 1:30pm NZT:
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Meals on Wheels: Emergency Preparedness for Older People
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By Louise Sutcliffe, Project Officer, Meals on Wheels NSW
The recent Black Summer fires 2019-20 followed by Covid-19 and the ongoing impacts of climate change are having dramatic impacts on all of our communities. During these times of crisis, we all know and support many people in our community who are vulnerable. People are vulnerable for many reasons; they may lack the language or digital skills to access information in a time of emergency, or have physical barriers such as a chronic illness or mobility issues that place them at greater risk.
Vulnerable older adults are particularly at risk. They can often be isolated because they live by themselves, they sometimes don’t have access to their own transport because they have lost their licence, can’t afford the ongoing cost of a car or simply are unable to drive, they may have chronic health conditions or cognitive impairment which also can make their safety needs higher.
Between 2014 and 2019 66% of house fatalities alone involved people 65 and older (Fire and Rescue NSW 2019)
What we have learnt from the Black Summer fires, the floods and now COVID-19, is that keeping people safe, particularly those who are vulnerable in our community, must be a whole of community effort.
One government department or local community service provider cannot do it alone. The effort needs to be embraced at so many different levels, both government and community.
Before the Black Summer fires, the messaging from Emergency Services was clear, we can’t expect that emergency services will be there for every household to help them evacuate or protect homes. When the Black Summer fires hit, the bushfires raged simultaneously in so many communities at one time that more than 3000 homes were destroyed and 33 people died, despite our best efforts. We know that we must all do more as individuals and as a community to take all the necessary steps to be prepared and to know what to do if an emergency situation arises.
Being prepared prior to an emergency event is key to improving the odds, particularly for older people who need support to live at home safely in the community, where lack of transportation, isolation, communication difficulties and disability can add to the complexity of the situation, particularly where evacuation is required.
In collaboration with our key partners, Meals on Wheels NSW has developed ACT! A Collaborative Toolkit: Preparing Older People for Emergencies to assist home support providers and other community service organisations to empower older people to make decisions about preparing for emergencies such as bushfires, housefires, storms, heatwaves and floods.
It builds on older people’s knowledge of local risks, initiating and supporting individual discussions around what they can do to prepare, providing concise, practical information and linking in appropriate supports, when required. It also builds the capacity of home support providers to train their staff and volunteers on how to discuss emergency preparedness with clients and make referrals to emergency services for assistance.
This toolkit and all resources are now available for the aged care sector to use (see the resources on the Meals on Wheels website at https://nswmealsonwheels.org.au/ACT) and the feedback so far has been very positive from aged care providers, many of whom have been looking for a resource such as this, particularly since the summer fires.
The main concern that some providers now face is having the time and staff/volunteer capacity to implement the toolkit. This is complicated by the current COVID-19 crisis, with services having to re-design the way they provide services to older people in the community.
As part of the ACT! project, our independent evaluator, Robin Miles, Principal Consultant from the Miller Group, identified the following:
“The key to the success of the project is that the tools and process (including training) developed by ACT! facilitate one-on-one conversations between at-risk older adults and a trusted person from their home support provider. These one-on-one conversations are based upon a client empowerment model and occur in the safety and comfort of the client’s own home…… The pre-existing relationship between the service provider and the client is vital to ensuring that the messages are clearly received and that awareness of local risks are understood but do not raise unnecessary anxiety or alarm in the client.”
For these conversations to happen successfully, Robin indicates several things are required including:
"Sufficient resourcing is required from the relevant funding bodies so that service providers can deliver ACT! effectively. Funding is needed to cover training costs, to ensure that staff and volunteers are well supported in the delivery of ACT! and finally that ACT! – which can deliver benefits to the wider community concerned with the safety and wellbeing of at-risk older adults - does not create too much of an additional impost on staff and volunteers.”
(to access the full evaluation report go to: https://nswmealsonwheels.org.au/NswMealsOnWheels/media/ACT/ACT!-Preparing-Older-People-for-Emergencies-Evaluation-Final-Report-June-2020.pdf
We invite all in the community sector to register to use the Toolkit which is available freely at:
ACT! Toolkit Info and Registration
We also call on our community sector stakeholders and peak bodies to support us in asking the government to:
1. Improve/increase funding from local, state and federal governments to support CHSP, Aged Care providers, local community service providers including neighbourhood centres and others at the front line of keeping our communities safe
2. increase the flexibility of current funding models across multiple programs that target vulnerable people to ensure that emergency preparedness is embraced and seen as core business.
Neither emergency services nor the community/aged care sector can do it on their own. Both have much to offer but need a clear government commitment to flexible, local responses which are acknowledged and resourced.
For further information: Email louises@nswmealsonwheels.org.au BD
Coping with Anniversaries:
You, your family and your community
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Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Community Support Skills Training
Share Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Community Support Skills Training on Facebook Share Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Community Support Skills Training on Twitter Share Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Community Support Skills Training on Linkedin Email Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Community Support Skills Training linkThe Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) will be running a second Community Support Skills workshop with Orry Berry and Samantha Osborne.
Community Support Skills training, develops the skills, knowledge and confidence of participants to identify and approach people they are concerned about, and provide appropriate advice to connect those people with mental health services and support. Participants are also encouraged to practice self-care and to seek help if they have any concerns about their own mental wellbeing.
This short training course is open for all members of the Nana Glen community.
Date: Wednesday 14 October
Time: 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Place: Nana Glen Community Hall
RSVP: By Friday 9 October
Please register your interest by email melinda.brooks@chcc.nsw.gov.au or on 0417 828 591.
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Red Cross - Bushfire Anniversaries for Significant Events
Share Red Cross - Bushfire Anniversaries for Significant Events on Facebook Share Red Cross - Bushfire Anniversaries for Significant Events on Twitter Share Red Cross - Bushfire Anniversaries for Significant Events on Linkedin Email Red Cross - Bushfire Anniversaries for Significant Events linkDr Rob Gordon has recorded a webinar on Anniversaries for significant events. It is available on the Red Cross Recovery YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/Qmju_D54F_A for anyone who would like to better understand the impacts of anniversaries.
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Get Back to Making Lovely
Share Get Back to Making Lovely on Facebook Share Get Back to Making Lovely on Twitter Share Get Back to Making Lovely on Linkedin Email Get Back to Making Lovely linkFree Mosaic Workshop for all residents of Nana Glen
As the whole community was affected by the 2019-20 bushfires, all residents are welcome.
Make a Bird, Bee or Butterfly Bath
All material supplied, however you are welcome to use your own china and pottery pieces if you wish.
Open to residents (13 years +).
Nana Glen Community Hall
Saturday 19 September Design and Tiling: 9.00am - 2.00pm
Sunday 20 September Grout up: 10.00am - 1.00pm
Booked out. For further information please contact leading artist Pamela Denise on mobile 0427 728 450.
This is an initiative of the Coffs Harbour City Council Bushfire Recovery Program
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Get Back to Making Lovely
Share Get Back to Making Lovely on Facebook Share Get Back to Making Lovely on Twitter Share Get Back to Making Lovely on Linkedin Email Get Back to Making Lovely linkFree Mosaic Workshop for all residents of Ulong and Lowanna
As the whole community was affected by the 2019-20 bushfires, all residents are welcome.
Make a Bird, Bee or Butterfly Bath
All material supplied, however you are welcome to use your own china and pottery pieces if you wish.
Open to residents (13 years +).
Ulong Hall
Saturday 26 September Design and Tiling: 9.00am - 2.00pm
Sunday 27 September Grout up: 10.00am - 1.00pm
Booked out. For further information please contact leading artist Pamela Denise on mobile 0427 728 450.
This is an initiative of the Coffs Harbour City Council Bushfire Recovery Program
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Anglicare North Coast - Help for those in need
Share Anglicare North Coast - Help for those in need on Facebook Share Anglicare North Coast - Help for those in need on Twitter Share Anglicare North Coast - Help for those in need on Linkedin Email Anglicare North Coast - Help for those in need linkAre you doing it tough at the moment?
In May 2020 Department of Social Services made funds available for Anglicare North Coast to help members of the community that were directly impacted by the fires of 2019.
Anglicare may be able to assist with:
- Food vouchers
- Rates, electricity and other household bills
- Financial counselling and other forms of financial relief
- Emergency Bushfire Relief
Go to or call them on 66434844
Private and confidential help for those in need.
