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CONTENT Chairperson’s Report……………………………………………………………2

Coordinator’s Report……………………………………………………………3

Strategic Goals……………………………………………………………………..4

Program Statistics…………………………………………………………………4

Program Highlights……………………………………………………………….5

Education & Training ........................................................... 5

Computer Courses…………………………………………………………….5

Introduction to Commercial Cleaning……………………………….5

Job Ready In Stawell…………………………………………………………6

Art for All Abilities…………………………………………………………….6

Life Drawing……………………………………………………………………..7

Chain Gang……………………………………………………………………….7

Tai Chi………………………………………………………………………………8

Children's Program Highlights………………………………………………8

Playgroup…………………………………………………………………………8

School Holiday Programs………………………………………………….9

Food Connect……………………………………………………………………..10

Winter Woollies Festival……………………………………………………..11

Dungeons & Dragons Youth Program………………………………….11

Alphabet Soup…………………………………………………………………….12

Staffing Structure, Governance & Membership .................. 113

Staff ................................................................................. 133

Committee of Management 2017/18 ............................... 13

Membership ...................................................................... 13

Agenda – Annual General Meeting ....................................... 14

Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2017………………………….15

Treasurer’s Report ................................................................. 18

Financial Highlights…………………………………………………………….18

Independent Auditor’s Report .............................................. 19

Statement of Finances 2017/2018 ........................................ 19

Contact Information ............................................................ 214

GLOSSARY .............................................................................. 24


Chairperson’s Report

It is wonderful to be able to report another very successful year for the Stawell Neighbourhood House. There are many reasons why the House has had a successful year. Our immediate past coordinator Jenny Greenberger left a strong foundation to build on. Our new coordinator Lisa Arnfield, came to us with great skills, energy and commitment. We had a team of supportive and committed workers and volunteers providing programs and services and the community felt welcome at the house. We said farewell to Jenny earlier this year. Among many other things, Jenny is remembered for the strong partnerships she formed, for her total commitment to identifying and responding to the changing needs of the community and for assisting community members to have the opportunity to realise their potential. Jenny worked with the Stawell Neighbourhood House team to introduce many new and innovative programs, transferring the House into a vibrant, welcoming and safe place for all community members. I know I speak for all committee members when I say a grateful thank you to Jenny for the amazing work she did as coordinator at Stawell Neighbourhood House.

In May this year the committee of management appointed Lisa Arnfield as the new coordinator. As well as bringing great skills and knowledge in many areas of coordination and management, Lisa has brought huge energy and commitment to the House and the community it serves. In the last few months Lisa, together with the team, has built on Jenny's legacy, introducing new programs and services and maintaining and expanding the existing great environment that Stawell Neighbourhood House provides. Lisa has been proactive in seeking and forming new partnerships to further enhance service provision. Gina, Alison, Richard, Andrea and Jordan have all provided Lisa with wonderful support in the first months of her role. Their input has allowed for a seamless transfer of coordinators and continuity for programs and services during the changeover. Volunteers continue to play vital and diverse roles at the House, giving their time to provide and enhance a variety of services. More volunteers are always very welcome at the House. John left us in July and we thank him for his services to the House during his time as bookkeeper and wish him well in future endeavors. Stawell Neighbourhood House is truly fortunate to have an excellent Committee of Management. As well as enthusiasm and dedication, members bring a diverse range of skills. These skills together with united teamwork make for a vibrant and proactive committee. My grateful thanks to everyone who has contributed to the House to make it the success it is today. I have every confidence that Stawell Neighbourhood House, under Lisa's leadership, will continue to grow and flourish as a valuable resource for Stawell and district community.

Alison Duxson, Chairperson


Coordinator’s Report

It is my pleasure to present this Annual Report to the members of

Stawell Neighbourhood House Inc.

It has been an absolutely amazing journey so far taking over as the Coordinator of the Stawell Neighbourhood House and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone especially the Committee of Management and Staff for their overwhelming support throughout this transition period.

What I love about being involved at Stawell Neighbourhood House is that we constantly grow and develop with new and exciting initiatives continuously evolving.

There has been so many wonderful experiences but the highlight for me was winning the Wimmera Business People’s Choice Award

What an overwhelming feeling of appreciation, it most certainly makes all the hard work that every single person here at the SNH has put in, and continue to put in that much more worthwhile.

Highlights have included but are most certainly not limited to;

Volunteers Celebrations, working closely with Tina from Alphabet Soup, hosting the Being Frank program and the Trans Fest that was held in September.

Building Strong Working Relationships with the Stawell Regional Men’s Shed

Building Partnerships with Skillinvest and bringing extremely valuable local and affordable RTO and other employment and training services to our community

Working with South West Tafe to deliver Certificate II in Horticulture and Community Services here at the SNH

Working in partnership with a number of organisations to deliver much needed community information sessions, such as:

My Health Record, Victoria Police Community Info Session, Prostate Cancer Information Session and Support Group, Pick My Project, Gaming and Gambling Awareness and much more.

Hosting of the RUOK Day and having Mark Bateman supporting us by traveling a 6 Hour round trip to attend and provide his expert services in Suicide Prevention to our local community. Mark took a number of counselling sessions on that day and all of this was voluntary

Working with Hayley Little and her Positivitoy project. Supporting a fundraising workshop and enabling a number of disadvantaged and disengaged youth to undertake further training, with two of those now in employment and another training session due to take place in November.

Fundraising morning tea for our drought affected farmers, Community lunches, Soup and Savoury Days, working closely with the homeless and highly disadvantaged community members and connecting them into the right services where they can get the support that they so desperately need.

Establishing and growing our SNH Dungeons & Dragons Youth Group and so much more…

It has been a great pleasure to lead a fantastic, dedicated and hardworking team of staff and volunteers. Well done and thank you very much, we could not do this without you. I look forward to an exciting year ahead building some strong partnerships and hopefully securing some more sustainable funding moving forward. Lisa Arnfield, Coordinator


Strategic Goals 2015-2018

1. Identify and facilitate community projects and activities.

2. Identify and develop partnerships and auspice opportunities.

3. Prioritise social inclusion activities, with a particular emphasis on opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

4. Grow opportunities for community learning by catering for a diverse range of users and interests.

5. Develop the organisation to best meet the needs of the local community.

Program Statistics


Program Highlights

Education & Training

RSA, First Aid, Safe Food Handling, Computers for the Terrified, Basics & Beyond, English as a

Second Language (ESL), Job Ready In Stawell, iPad for Beginners, Sewing for Business,

Introduction to Commercial Cleaning, White Card and Making A Change Program.

Computer Classes

This year has been reasonably successful for our computer classes,

in particular the “Basics & Beyond” classes. Each participant has

developed a range of skills and an increased confidence in their

personal computer use. The “Computers for the Terrified” class

involves instruction in the use of Windows, WordPad, Calculator

and the internet. The course is designed around programs that are

available on any Windows computer.

The Basics and Beyond course is for more office based applications,

such as Word, Excel and Access (a data base application). As with

the other course the participants gained extra confidence and skills

which may help in gaining employment in office or computer based

employment.

Richard Tozer, Tutor

Introduction to Commercial Cleaning Course

We have just commenced the first of our Introduction to Commercial

Cleaning Courses, with our Tutor Annie who has joined us from Blue Gum

Cleaning Services. The interest from local businesses have been

overwhelming and we hope to deliver many more of these courses in the

future.

This course has been tailored to suit the needs of our local businesses and

employers, catering directly to our local community needs especially

towards our long term unemployed and persons looking for part time work.

We’ve had a fantastic enrolment into this pilot course with a

commencement of 9 students in our first group, this course runs for two

days a week over a five week period and hopefully we will get a few work

placement or pathways to further employment at the completion of this

course.

Lisa Arnfield, Coordinator


Job Ready in Stawell

Stawell Neighbourhood House (SNH) identified a need in the

community to assist job seekers in their endeavours to find and

keep a job locally. The focus of Job Ready course was to work with

Stawell job seekers to empower and skill them up to apply for and

be successful in obtaining jobs at exisiting and new industries being

developed in the area. We were able to run two of the three

courses. The third course will be completed before the end of 2017.

The course ran over three weeks with additional assistance offered

to individual participants with resumes and the use of technology

when applying for employment as needs required.

Jenny and Alison were very impressed with one of the participants

in the first course so much so that he was asked if he would like to

co-present with the Project Officer the next two courses to be

conducted during 2017. Ian Walton accepted the offer and ran the

second course with Alison.

The main things participants said they gained from the course were:

more confidence, better communication (was not aware I lacked here), self-awareness, realised a lot

of things I have to work on, anpportunity to discuss within the group,how to talk a bit better in a group,

problem solving, understanding of people, different styles of people, expecting it is hard for young

people and easier for older people – aware now not all older people had it easy.

Alison Bainbridge, Facilitator

Art for All Abilities

This is a group that gathers together at 1pm Mondays. Participants bring their materials and projects

along or find a project to work on from the SNH resources with some assistance from myself. This

year we have been exploring linocut printing and calligraphy.

People are welcome to stay for the afternoon until 3.30pm or leave when they feel like it. This is an

informal workshop where people are encouraged to be creative but keep in their comfort zone.

Open group by gold coin donation.

Bev Isaac, Facilitating Artist


Life Drawing

The practice of drawing the human figure has been a tradition for

Artists for centuries. It involves using both sides of the brain and

keeps it active and observant. Participants learn as they go to

understand more about perspective, balance, volume and mass.

This year we have had one VCE student attend and he has built a

folio of terrific figure studies for his end of year assessment. We

would like to encourage new people young or old who might like to

try modelling too. However if you would like to work for our group

you must be reliable and be able to maintain a variety of natural

poses and keep them for the required time.

Costs for life drawing participant’s $20.00 or $15.00 conc. bring

your own materials.

Bev Isaac, Facilitating Artist

Chain Gang

Our group has been developing over the last 12 months with an increase in the numbers attending

with the corresponding increase in laughter and creative inspirations. We made a number of free

form rugs from donated unfinished projects, making $60 for Stawell Neighbourhood House during the

Winter Woollies Handmade Market.

Over the last 12 months we have learnt round the post, edging, increasing and decreasing, colour

pooling, spike stitches, crocheting with wire, broomstick, spirals, mochila bags, bullion stitch and much

more.

Not to mention teaching absolute beginners the joy of crochet. And of course all the work that goes

into making our crochet installations that welcome everyone to the Powerhouse. Special thanks go

to Krystine who has helped me throughout the year especially when teaching the left handers.

Alison Bainbridge, Facilitator

Picture shows the group making free form rugs

for the Winter Woollies Handmade Market


Tai Chi

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese practice which is a

great discipline for the body and the mind. You

will see Chinese people going through the moves

especially in parks and gardens around the cities.

In China people of all ages gather in public spaces

and go through the ritual of the moves

collectively.

Here in Stawell we are lucky to have Karen Dudley

who takes our Tai Chi class at Stawell

Neighbourhood House each Tuesday 10am-11am.

Karen’s services as a volunteer are much valued

by her class which she has been running here for

around 18 months.

Importantly, Tai Chi is a way of breathing properly and

calming the mind. The benefits of a class such as this are extremely valuable.

Instructors, Karen Dudley & Bev Isaac

Children’s Program Highlights

Playgroup

Numbers for the playgroup have varied in the last 12 months.

Reasons for this include the increase in playgroups and other

activities for this age group in the town. Planning for 2019

will include a revamping of our program working in

partnership with other playgroups. However, the children

that have participated over the last 12 months have loved

coming to the space for lots of free play and some structured

learning. We have had many art activities; however, one of

my favourite days was when Jenny Greenberger played the

organ for us all to sing. It is a great way for the parents to

spend time catching up and helping each other whilst the

children have fun. Special thanks go to my volunteers Anna,

Lyn and staff Andrea Barton and Jordan Gorter who assisted

me throughout the year.

Alison Bainbridge, Children’s Program Coordinator

https://www.facebook.com/stawellneighbourhoodhouse/photos/a.361358600595113/1809096309154661/?type=3


School Holiday Program

Our School Holiday Program (SHP) goes from strength to

strength. On very limited funds we are able to provide a

varied and interesting program. The proof is in how quickly

our program is filled each term. This year we have

introduced a small fee for most of our sessions. This has

not affected our numbers and will continue into the

future. The collaboration with Budja Budja

Neighbourhood house continues with participation

numbers increasing. Thanks to Lee-Anne Lovette for her

support throughout the year. Also a big thank you to

Andrea and Jordan for their assistance throughout the

year as well as my volunteer

young people who have led

sessions.

We have made sock puppets, cards, construction art, kites, pom pom

animals, shoe box dioramas animation, print making, song writing,

mosaics, paper planes, kokedamas, skateboard art, making Positivitoys,

drum beat, plaster fun, Pool Competition, cooking and the favourite Chill

out. No wonder I am so tired at the end of each school holidays!

Collaborate with other SHP providers has

been enhances with our participant in the new collaborative Holiday

Program Group, facilitated by the Northern Grampians Shire Council, to

assist in the promotion of healthy fun activities for our children the

region.

Our new Coordinator Lisa Arnfield has injected new energy with the

introduction of an all abilities snakes and ladders day in July… Everyone

had an amazing time. Another recent addition to the SHP is offering

Dungeons and Dragons sessions facilitated by Jordan Gorter. These have

been very popular.

2017/2018 Families Children/Young People Participants Activities Per

Program New Per

Program New

Sept 2017 19 1 39 2 85 12 Jan 2018 17 3 31 7 74 14 April 2018 18 6 30 8 105 15 July 2018 28 6 56 16 137 19

Totals 82 16 156 33 401 60

Funding continues to be a headache however Lisa and I are working hard to obtain new monies with

exciting opportunities planned for 2019.

Alison Bainbridge, Children’s Program Coordinator




Food Connect

Our Food Connect program under the auspices of

Melbourne-based organisation “SecondBite”, started back in

October of 2015, with the help of Katrina Toomey, Health

Promotion Coordinator, Stawell Regional Health and Rachel

Whittaker, Health Promotion Coordinator, Grampians

Community Health who initially organised the food to come

from the Food Bank in Melbourne once a week. This has

changed since Woolworths and Green Eggs have come on

board to help with the provision of the food, which is

collected & sorted daily by the SNH & Pinnacle Staff, as well

as dedicated volunteers.

The variety of food consists of fruit, vegetables, eggs, bakery

items, non-perishables and frozen meat which has become a

recent addition. The food that is not used or collected is then

turned into meals to supply our Community Lunch events. We

have had at least three this year, with an above-average turnout

of 80+ in attendance, and we are also offering a soup and

savoury lunch every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.

Organisations such as Interchurch Council Emergency Food

Relief, local schools and educational institutions, Pinnacle Inc., &

Grampians Community Health all collect the food and

redistribute it to those who need it the most in the local

community.

So far for the year of 2018, we have distributed the following,

donated by Stawell Woolworths and Green Eggs:

Andrea Barton, Food Connect Worker

Fruit Veg Bakery Non-Perish Eggs Green Eggs

1905kg 2422kg 3811kg 307kg 585kg 780kg


Winter Woollies Festival

2018 saw the introduction of the Winter

Woollies Handmade Market. This came

about when the WWF committee

decided to run the WWF on a biennial

basis. So as not to lose the date the

committee decided that Stawell

Neighbourhood House (SNH) would

coordinate the Winter Woollies

Handmade Market. The market was a

great success raising over $2,500 for the

SNH. Alison Bainbridge coordinated the

market with the assistance of the

committee Lyn Kellar, Estelle Hirst, Pat

Hart, Pat Boag, Barbara Walsh, Michelle

Kloester and Elizabeth Purkiss. The

weekend would not have been such a success without Powerhouse staff and volunteers working

throughout the weekend. Work is well underway for the WWF to be held on the weekend of 6th & 7th

July 2019. So start creating your winter woollies and be part of this fabulous weekend.

With more input from the SNH in the festival all money raised at the WWF will go to SNH.


Dungeons & Dragons Youth Group

Our Dundgeons & Dragons youth group is up and running with a core

group of around 20 youngsters turning up to play on every alternate

Saturday afternoon and a few very successful smaller workshops that

was held during the last School Holidays.

We are building a leadership group from these regulars who will then

work with SNH staff to extend and expand activities and programs

that will directly benefit our local youth and provide some great

outcomes.

There is also scope to collaborate with other community groups in

developing youth programs in the Stawell area, for example SPACI is

already running a couple of their youth programs at the SNH. Hip Hop

Crew on Thursday afternoons and Ukelele playing on Fridays.



Alphabet Soup The Stawell Neighbourhood House and Alphabet Soup have had a productive partnership

this year, as part of the auspice arrangements for the Victorian State Government LGBTI

Community Grants Program. Alphabet Soup is a transgender peer support and social

networking organization. The Stawell Alphabet Soup group meets monthly at the Gift

Hotel, and a new Grampians group has begun that meets in Horsham each month.

In May this year, “Being Frank”,

a play that explores issues for

transgender young people, was

performed at the

Neighbourhood House. LGBTIQ

representatives from North

Central Victoria, Wimmera

Mallee and the Grampians

regions attended, as did community and health

support services, councillors, and Mayor Tony Driscoll.

An informative Q&A session was held after the play,

and the Neighbourhood house provided a delicious

supper.

In July this year, Australian Adult Learning did an extensive article on the Alphabet Soup project, and the pivotal

role provided by the Neighbourhood House as auspice. Gender diversity is at the cutting edge of government

policy, and the article raised the profile of the House in this respect. AAL have indicated they will return to see

how the project unfolds over the next two years, and inf orm their readership.

Victoria’s first-ever combined trans, gender

diverse and non-binary (TGDNB) camp was

held in Stawell and the Grampians in

September. About forty TGDNB people from

around the state stayed at the Stawell

Grampians Gate Carpark, and toured Halls Gap

and the Grampians on the weekend. The

Stawell Neighbourhood House through the

Alphabet Soup funding cooked hot scones, jam

and cream for the campers in the morning, and

provided facilities for an Alphabet Soup

working group session. Once the session was

finished, House staff put on a splendid lunch for

the trans people attending. Over a third of

those attending were vegan, and the consensus

of all the diners was that the food cooked by

Andrea was superb. Lisa Arnfield liaised with

the local police to ensure a visual but subtle presence was maintained over the weekend to ensure the safety of

those attending. There were no issues and organizers were pleased with the way the event unfolded.

The auspice arrangement with Alphabet Soup has shone a light on the growing acceptance of diversity in the

Grampians community, and has put Stawell on the map in LGBTIQ circles. The events held to date have proved

that Stawell Neighbourhood House and Alphabet Soup lead the way in changing the narrative for trans youth

and adults in regional Victoria.

Tina Healy


Staffing Structure, Governance & Membership

Staff

Coordinator: Lisa Arnfield Community Development Worker: Gina Stephens Children’s Program Coordinator: Alison Bainbridge Administration Officers: Jordan Gorter Gareth Steel Food Connect Coordinator: Andrea Barton

Committee of Management 2017/18

Chairperson: Alison Duxson Vice Chairperson: Katrina Toomey Secretary / Public Officer: Judy Nolan Treasurer: Jenny Dunn Committee:

Naomi Goode Richard Tozer Nicola Mitchell Anthea Nicholls Robert Millar

Membership

Organisational Members: Stawell Regional Health Grampians Community Health

Individual Members: Bev Isaac Alison Bainbridge Elizabeth Jackson Murray Emerson Joyce Matheson Peter Whitehead Julie Pettett Associate Members: Coral Eagles Lee-Anne Lovett


Agenda – Annual General Meeting

23rd October 2018

Welcome and acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we meet, the Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung people, their Elders past and present.

Apologies:

Meeting Opened:

Confirmation of Minutes of: 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Presentations of Reports: Chairperson

Co-ordinator Alphabet Soup Treasurer

General Business: Guest Speaker: Lauren Dempsey

Declare Positions Vacant:

Nominations for positions: Chairperson

Vice Chairperson Treasurer Secretary General Committee (up to 10)

Appointment of Auditor for 2018/2019

Membership Fees 2018/2019 Recommended Fee Structure for 2018/2019

Organisational Membership: $50

Individual Membership: $10

Associate Membership: $2

Members listed do not need to fill in another form, they just need to pay the member fee to be current Membership Forms are available at the back of the room and payments can be made at the counter

Meeting Close and Thank you for Attending


Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2017


Treasurer’s Report

The Stawell Neighbourhood House financial records for the year 2017-2018 have been reviewed in

accordance with the service agreements of our funding bodies. The independent accountant’s

statement, the balance sheet and comprehensive Income statement for the SNH are contained in this

report.

The last three years has seen a substantial fluctuation to our annual financial position due to a range

of issues

The graph below, demonstrates that SNH is currently in a strong position financially, and is currently

consolidating its income stream. With the change of Charity Status to Public Benevolent Institution

and the granting of Tax Office Deductible Gift Recipient Status we look forward to adding additional

income streams in the next Financial Year, to further develop programs and activities.

Jenny Dunn, COM Treasurer

Financial Highlights


Independent Auditor’s Report & Financial Statement 2017/18


Contact Information

Stawell Neighbourhood House

P.O.Box 354 Stawell, VIC 3380

Powerhouse, 42 Sloane Street, Stawell.

Tel (03) 5358 3500

Email [email protected]

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Glossary

COM Committee of Management

DHHS Department of Health & Human Services

DET Department of Education & Training

DSS Department of Social Services (Federal)

ESL English as a Second Language

GCH Grampians Community Health Centre

LLEN Local Learning & Employment Network

NGSC Northern Grampians Shire Council

RSA Responsible Service of Alcohol

RSG Responsible Service of Gaming

SHP School Holiday Program

SNH Stawell Neighbourhood House

SRH Stawell Regional Health

SSC Stawell Secondary College

VCAL Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning

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