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ANNUAL REPORT 2015/16

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OUR MissionTo improve the wellbeing, independence,self esteem and skills of Hills residents and tostrengthen the capacity of the Hillscommunity through:• direct services and• support for other community organisations

OUR Values

People: The Hut respects and values each person. It accepts and supports a diverse range of individuals and encouragesthem to develop as significant contributors to the community as a whole. It treats all people with honesty, integrity and dignity.

Teamwork: Organisations are much stronger and more efficient and effective whenworking as a team. The Hut is committed to building teamwork, respect and trust among staff,volunteers and clients.

Excellence: The Hut is committed to providing excellence in service provision to thecommunity and to each other. It promotes a supportive environment,where high performance, accountability, efficiency, effectiveness andcommitment to the work of The Hut are consistent characteristics.

Collaborative Partnerships: The Hut recognizes that strong partnerships with our community are vital toquality service delivery and we foster cooperation and trust to sustain andpromote community relationships.

Equality of Access: The Hut is committed to a high level of physical, social and economicaccess to its programs and facilities. The Hut provides service withoutprejudice and promotes understanding and respect among all races,religions and cultures.

OUR VisionAdelaide Hills residents live in and contribute to a healthy,connected, supportive and

strong community

1 Front Cover

2 Our Values

3 Contents

4 2015-2016 Highlights

5 2015-2016 Highlights

6 From The Executive Officer

7 Our People

8 From The Community Development Manager

9 Community Development

10 Education and Training

11 Increasing Knowledge

12 Healthy Living

13 Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

14 Support and Assistance

15 Reducing Social Isolation

16 Community Impacts – Partnerships



19 Hills Connected Community

20 Hills Volunteering

21 The Book Shed

22 Fundraising Events

23 Our Supporters

24 Value of Volunteering

25 About Our Volunteers

26 Value of Volunteering

27 Volunteer List

28 Treasurer’s Report

29 Section 35 Statements

30 Auditor’s Report

31 Audited Financials – Verified Statements




35 Chairperson’s Report

36 Our Board

37 Strategic Plan 2012-2017

38 Organisational Chart 1

39 Organisational Chart 2

40 Strategic Objectives

41 Get Involved

42 Back Cover

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2015-2016 Highlights

Australian Service Excellence StandardReviewMay-July 2016Undertook re-assessment for the Australian Standards of ServiceExcellence. Extremely positive feedback and re-accreditation duein December 2016.

Welcome New Board Members Three new Board members were welcomed onto the Board. GeoffWelch after a one year absence and Malcolm Crout and FranTurner who were seconded to the Board all bring differentexperiences and skills to add to the diversity of the Board.

Community Shed Launch24 March 2016Built by a dedicated and skilled group of volunteers lead by IanHolland and Bob Kelso. Mayor, Bill Spragg, officiating the launch.

New Website DevelopedSept 2015 – Feb 2016Development and launch of our new and improved website withexpanded capabilities enables us to book courses online and willinclude payments and sales.

IT System UpgradeAugust 2015 Our IT operating system moved from Linux to a Windows Cloudbased program enabling us to use MYOB for accounting purposes.

Financial Accounting StandardsNov 2015 – March 2016Our financial accounts are restructured to follow the StandardChart of Accounts making financial reporting to regulatory bodiesa more streamlined process.

Inaugural Quiz Night17 June 2016A packed hall with 120 participants raising over $2,000 for socialand financial support programs.

Welcome to New StaffDeb Bates as Executive Officer (1.0 FTE), Jaime Cook as ClientServices Coordinator (0.4FTE), Vicki Williams (0.6 FTE), appointed asHills Volunteering Manager and Victoria Morton as HillsVolunteering Project Officer (0.6).

Hills Connected Communities PartnershipDevelopmentSuccessful first year with strengthened relationships with other HillsCommunity Centres (Mt Barker Community Centre, The Summit,Torrens Valley) through innovative and collaborative planning andsharing of ideas and programs. Funded by the Department forCommunities and Social Inclusion

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School Holiday Activity FunJuly – June 2016Expanding our demographic reach through a range of schoolholiday programs including Claymation; kids and parents usingtechnology and hands on creative play to create a short movie

The Book Shed Increase SalesJuly – June 2016Another record year with sales up by approximately 6.5% from2014/15.

Stirling Christmas Pageant & Spring FairNov 15 201558 parade entries, 16 stalls, 50 Hut volunteers working to deliver alocal community favourite

Hut BBQs July – June2016Raised almost $9,000 to enable social and financial supportprograms at Tour Down Under, Australia Day, Groovin’ The Mooand Bunnings

Volunteer RecognitionFeb 28 2016Sandra Rolfe a Book Shed volunteer, awarded a Citizen’s Award bythe Australia Day Council of SA for her outstanding voluntarycontribution over many years.

Volunteer EngagementJuly – June2016In excess of 22,000 hours equalling over $600,000 worth of hands onsupport.

Adelaide Hills Council ContinuedRelationshipJune 2016A four year funding agreement secured to enable our work incommunity with volunteers and community members requestingsupport and services

Community Benefit SA GrantFeb 2016With a successful application for a CBSA grant for $49,080 we havebeen able to recruit a Hills Volunteering Project Officer toinvestigate and implement initiatives to increase financialsustainability for HV. This grant provides funding for 12 months.

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From the Executive OfficerThere have a been a great many changes over thepast eighteen months from Governance to leadership,management, systems and the resourcing of keystructures (both physical and virtual). Some thingshowever don’t seem to change and that would drawmy attention to both the extraordinary Staff andVolunteers who really are ‘The Hut’ and make thiscentre such a vibrant, accessible and amazingcommunity resource.

The Hut’s current vision where Adelaide Hills’ residentslive in and contribute to a healthy, connected,supportive and strong community is a vision we allstrive towards and is what guides our programdevelopment and support services.

Throughout this year we have made significantchanges to our financial systems and reporting with acomplete overhaul of our financial accounts to be fullyaligned to the National Standard Chart of Accounts.This has been a multi-phase transition but I am verypleased to add that we are now fully compliant withour financial systems and reporting which is arequirement of the ACNC (Australian Charities andNot-for-profit Commission). I would like to take thisopportunity to thank Malcolm Crout for his expertiseand guidance, the Finance and Audit Committee andHut staff for their patience with yet another change inthis area and especially to Sandra Veitch for herunwavering commitment to improving our financialsystems; always with a gracious smile anddetermination to ensure transparency andaccountability are met to a high standard.

Communicating our vision, programs and services isvital to any organisation to increase fundingopportunities, acknowledge our supporters, garnersupport from community and celebrate ourachievements. The team are full steam ahead withusing social media, with our messages beingcommunicated via face book, with a growing numberof people connecting with us through this medium.

Our website too went through a serious upgrade thispast year with a complete overhaul. The old website,able to be changed by only one person on staff

(massive thanks to Webmaster Richard) but was verymuch outdated and limited in its functionality. It hasnow been replaced by a vibrant, purpose built websiteenabling our clients to register for courses on-line andthe ability for payments and room bookings in the nearfuture. Again thanks to the staff for their input,especially to Bernadette Reading who worked tirelesslywith a vision of a manageable and purposefulcommunications resource which we have achieved.

We made a small financial surplus through carefulmanagement of our financial resources and were ableto increase our term deposits to maximise the interest,although interest rates have fallen across the year. Wewere also able to allocate $25,000 to a ‘futureinnovation fund’ to ensure we have the resourcesneeded to venture into a new social enterprise in thecoming year. This will be needed to ensure ourfinancial independence and sustainability into thefuture.

The Adelaide Hills Council continues to support The Hutthrough a new four year funding agreement that willenable us to continue our operations, provide asupported and committed volunteer team and toprovide social support to older Hills residents to remainindependent in their own homes through shoppingservices, mystery trips and other social supportopportunities. We continue to provide a very valuableservice to clients who access these services and Isincerely thank all our volunteers who make this serviceso great through their continued generosity, warmthand of course their delightful humour!

Of course I cannot go past mentioning the Book Shed.It is a major part of The Hut’s resources and provides asignificant amount of funding without which wecouldn’t provide our Low Income support programsincluding No Interest Loans, Emergency Assistance andBudgeting support. The Book Shed has continuallyamazed us all with book sales increasing each yearand the financial return also increasing each year, thisyear alone by over 6%. The team of 52 volunteerssupported by Book Shed Volunteer Coordinator Merrilie

Rowley do an amazing job of sorting books, shelvingbooks and of course selling books to the generalpublic and keeping the Book Shed as a professionallymanaged and run business.

Our community networks and partnerships havecontinued to grow with the Hills ConnectedCommunities Consortium collaborative project makingsignificant progress this year across the four Hillscommunity centres (The Hut, Mt Barker, Torrens Valleyand The Summit) and the two councils involved(Adelaide Hills and Mt Barker District). With fundingthrough the Department for Communities and SocialInclusion, our aim is to establish a collaborativepartnership across the Hills region to engage andsupport people who are isolated or otherwise notcurrently linked in to local networks and activities. TheHut is the lead agency and auspicing body for thisinnovative program.

And lastly, I would like to say a big thank you toeveryone who participated in the ASES (AustralianService Excellence Standards) assessment. We havebeen provided with some excellent feedback from theassessor and well on the way to achieving the ASES re-accreditation. A special mention needs to go toLoraine Scheide for the timeand energy into workingthrough our files anddocuments todemonstrate thehigh level ofgovernance,systems andprocesses thatensure smoothoperations and ahigh level of serviceprovision for ourclients andparticipants at TheHut.

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The Hut is a unique community centre, as only one of a handfulof independent centres across the state. The Board, consistingsolely of volunteers, governs the Centre and with much of theadministration, services, community events, fundraising andprograms being facilitated by volunteers. The Hut is very muchcommunity driven and managed. In 2015/16, we had 230active volunteers generously giving their time to the communitythrough our programs and services.

Our volunteers have extraordinary ownership of The Hut‘Station’ community centre with many volunteers beinginvolved with the rebuild of the station. A ‘gang’ of some of theextremely skilled volunteers also built the Community Shedwhich is now fully in use.

Many volunteers provide their skills and time across a number ofdifferent roles, with many taking on key coordinator rolesincluding program facilitators/tutors, maintenance, policyreview, volunteer recruitment, NILS loan interviews, finance andbus/transport just to name a few.

Volunteers contribute almost three quarters of the averagehours needed to run The Hut and, with only a paid staffallocation of 1.6 FTE dedicated to the business operations(governance, finances etc), the majority paid staff hours isdedicated to support services, programs, fundraising,community events, low income support programs andvolunteer support and management.

Our People Executive Officer: Deborah Bates

Community DevelopmentManager:

Bernadette ReadingFundraising & Events Coordinator:

Jill MitchellFinance:

Sandra VeitchAdult Community Education:

Jenny KempHills NILS® and EmergencyFinancial Assistance:

Tyrone Prins / Jaime CookHills Connected CommunitiesCoordinator:

Esme Barratt

Hills Volunteering Manager: Vicki Williams

Hills Volunteering Project Officer:Victoria Morton

Bounce:Shannon Barton

Childcare (Bounce): Carol McAteer

Fitness Instructor (Bounce): Hannah Stubing

Music Makers: Janet Leitch

Community Fun & Fitness: Sally Hayes

ACCREDITED COURSE TUTORS(ACE)Jo MarshallKaren SmithJohn KempMike Sykes

Paid Staff

This year has been a year of change. We welcomed ournew Executive Officer, Deb Bates to The Hut in August.She has bought with her significant experience workingin a community setting and a great range of new ideasfor future directions of The Hut to enable us to continuallyexpand and improve our services to the community.

The development of the Hills Connected Communitiesprogram has enabled The Hut to introduce newprograms to the centre and expand our school holidayprogram. This has increased our reach to a new targetgroup and brought people in to the centre that havepreviously not had any contact. We have enjoyedbuilding positive working relationships with the three (3)other Hills community centres - Torrens Valley, The Summitand Mt Barker. The sharing of ideas and resources withthese centres enables us all to increase our reach to thecommunity and help connect people. Evaluating thisprogram through the ‘Results Based Accountability ‘model has enabled us to collect data on the impact ourprograms have on participants rather than just countingnumbers.

The official launch of the Community Shed took placeon Thursday 24th March, opened by Mayor Bill Spragg.With approximately 50 people attending, it was a greatopportunity to highlight the fantastic work of thevolunteers. A framed photo gallery of ‘works in progress’was presented to the volunteer team with a thank youplaque.

New workshops are being run in the shed and it is beingwell utilised. Mosaics, art, woodwork, homemaintenance, school holiday programs and a trainingvenue are just some of the activities to date. This is aprogram that will see extensive growth over the comingyear with the shed becoming a hive of activity.

We have developed several new networks this year andenhanced collaborative relationships -

The Low Income Support program refers people in needto the Salvation Army and Financial Counsellors at AC

Care. We also liaise with local churches to provideadditional support. We now have Volunteers trained inproviding Budget Support so we are now able to offerthis additional service to those in need.

Two Hut volunteers have been trained by SA CommunityFoodies, and have run a session at The Hut. It is hopedthey can continue to promote healthy eating to groupsin the area through presentations and cooking sessions.

The Hut commenced working with the Hills CommunityToy Library to provide support with volunteermanagement and recruitment. We are pleased to beassisting the Library as this is a valuable resource foryoung families and enables increased communicationwith this group.

Christmas lunch at Tranquilo Restaurant highlightsanother successful collaboration. Lunch was provided to50 people on Christmas day who were either on theirown or do not have the capacity to celebrate Christmasat home. Local Churches, Council and local businessesworked together with The Hut and Tranquilo to providethis day.

The changes to the aged care system and introductionof ‘My Aged Care’ has brought new challenges to ourCaring in our community program. As we are acontractor for the Adelaide Hills Council to provideSocial Support for Seniors, all new clients are required tobe registered with ‘My Aged Care’. This has requiredadditional training for our volunteers and staff tounderstand the new processes. The Community servicesteam at Adelaide Hills Council have provide support andinformation to assist with this transition.

A new community bus was provided by the AdelaideHills Council in December, which has proven to bepopular with the volunteers and passengers. Training wasprovided to the volunteers on safe operation of thewheelchair lifter. Two buses are in daily use providingtransport services for seniors in the Mt Lofty, Manoah andMarble Hill wards.

Time and time again we highlight how important ourvolunteers are to the centre and the implementation ofservices to the community. Our volunteers are highlyvalued for the professional service they provide and thededication they show to their community.

This year we have seen a 5% increase in volunteer hourcontribution from the previous year. We are consistentlygetting new enquiries from people interested in beinginvolved. This provides flexibility for the development ofnew programs based on volunteer skills.

Sandra Rolfe was presented with the Australia DayCitizen’s award. Sandra has volunteered with The Hut fornine (9) years at the Book Shed. Her role is coordinatingthe children’s book section alongside another volunteer.She does this with great enthusiasm and takes the rolevery seriously. Sandra also plays an active role on theBook Shed committee where she contributes to thecontinuous improvement of the operations of the BookShed. Congratulations Sandra.

Thank you to all the staff that work so diligently to makeThe Hut’s programs a success; it is a pleasure to workalongside such highly skilledpeople with the community’sbest interests as their focus.We look forward to theyear ahead.

Bernadette ReadingCommunity Development Manager

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Community DevelopmentOUR PROGRAMS IN 2015/16

� Introduction to Word

� Introduction to Computing

� Introduction to using MYOBfor Basic Bookkeeping

� Number Crunching made Easy with Excel

� Online in the workplace

� Produce and Publish Documents

� Putting your Best Self Forward

� Digital Photography

� Digital Editing

� 1 on 1 Computing

� Mosaics

� Art

� Health promotion

� Strength and Balance

� Community Fun and Fitness

� No Lights No Lycra

� Men’s Moves

� Chair Yoga

� Walking Groups

� Blokes Club

� Community Shopping Bus

� Mystery Trips

� Tuesday Club

� Community Shed

� Carer’s Social Group

� Emergency Financial Assistance

� No Interest Loans

� Personal Transport

� Tax Help

� Friendly Visiting

� Home maintenance

� Colour Me Calm

� Music Makers

� Out and About

� Plant Rescue

EDUCATION ANDTRAINING

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SUPPORT ANDASSISTANCE

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Education and Training

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATIONThe Hut has provided a range of Education and Training opportunities throughaccredited courses funded by the Department of State Development.

Purpose• Develop language, literacy and numeracy skills in people facing barriers

to learning and employment

• Build learner confidence

• Build pathways to further learning and employment

Partnerships Mt Barker Community Centre is an important partner in the provision ofaccredited courses. Staff at Mt Barker work with our ACE Coordinator todeliver courses that address the needs of the community and assist people todevelop those vital skills necessary to improve learning and employmentpathways.

OTHER EDUCATION & TRAINING COURSESDigital Photography, Digital Editing, Mosaics, Art and 1:1 Computing werealso offered throughout the year and contributed to people’s learning, skilldevelopment and increasing their connection to their local communitycentre and social interaction with others.

The introduction of new programs are developed from identified need, thismay be an approach from a community member or group or through surveyevaluation.

All of our Education and Training programs are facilitated by highly skilled staffwith the aim of all our programs to be self funding to ensure sustainability.

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LORETTA’s STORYDuring the past year we had a number of people attend morethen one ACE course; one of these people was Loretta whoattended both the Introduction to Word course as well as theNumber Crunching Made Easy using Excel course. Lorettaenrolled in the courses as she enjoys learning and keeping hermind active and stimulated, as well as wanting to gain newskills for employment.

Whilst learning skills specific to Word and Excel, Loretta wasalso pleased to discover that in both there is often more thenone way to do something and just because she did it adifferent way to someone else it was still right.

Loretta’s confidence in using Excel and Word has increasedsignificantly and she is using these new skills in her role as avolunteer receptionist at The Hut. She enjoyed being in alearning environment with other people from differentbackgrounds and the interesting dynamic this brought to thecourses.

Loretta found that both tutors are very good at adapting thecourse content to the needs of those in the class and happilyanswered student questions as they came up. Her responsewhen asked if she would recommend these courses topeople...Absolutely! Definitely!11

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Community Fun and FitnessA long standing program that has been operating since 1992 with consistent numbers istestament to the value and success of the program. Classes have a mixture of movement tomusic, aerobic exercise, weights and balance. Exercises focus initially on cardiovascularexercise, resistance work and later on balance and fitness.

No Lights No LycraBringing people together to experience freedom of self-expression and joy. A fortnightly sessionwhere people come together to dance, there is no technique just free movement. A sessionwhere you can lose the stresses of the week and have a great cardio workout at the sametime.

Men’s MovesA healthy lifestyle program for Men that has been running since 2010. Through grants a store ofexercise equipment has been built up, including a treadmill, exercise bike, weights, floor mats,balance cushions and boards, step-ups, bands, a punching bag and gloves. The Menparticipated in a Community Foodies cooking session this year and the program has a 24.4%increase in participation from last year.

Chair YogaThe class runs during school term each Saturday from 10am-11.15am. Students of various agesand physical abilities and all are enthusiastic about taking on the different aspects of the class- movement (for strength and balance), breathing techniques and relaxation/meditation.

Walking GroupsThese are very popular groups and are suitable for all ages and abilities. Anyone wanting toimprove their fitness levels and want a challenge are encouraged to join. It is a great way tomeet new people and walks occur four times per week. The success of the program isindicated by the fact that some people live quite a distance from the area and travel toparticipate.

Strength and BalanceHeld twice a week in Stirling, this is a program of falls reduction exercises for older people whichbenefit not only in improving balance, but also in general fitness, muscle strength andincreased mobility. A survey was conducted with a 52% response rate. Comments includedpositive feedback about the commitment and high skill level of the instructors, a great way tosocialise, and of great value to health and well being. This is a very popular class withparticipation rates increasing by 16.4% from last year.

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Victoria has always enjoyed walking in her local community to improvefitness. In January 2014 she required a hand operation and during therecovery could not put on her socks and shoes so could no longer walk.Due to lack of exercise her mobility decreased, she became very stiff andcould not bend down, she also had increased pain in her back. A friend told

her about Strength and Balance so she went along to findout more. She commenced exercising with the group

and needed assistance to put her ankle weights on asshe could not bend down.

After 8 months of regular exercise, Victoria has foundher joints to be more flexible, she can bend

down, is now pain free and walking regularlyagain. She also enjoys the social side of

Strength & Balance, where thegroup meet for coffee after

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Strength and Balance is a weeklyexercise program with structuredphysio recommended exercise.Approval must be given by theperson’s doctor to participate.

MAKING A DIFFERENCEHealthy Living Programs that enhance physical well beinghave always been an important part of TheHut’s programs. More and more people arerecognising that exercising to improve theirphysical well being also has a positive effecton mental well being.The Hut prides itself on being able to offer arange of exercise programs to suit variouslimitations, age groups and exercise needsheld in a variety of venues.This year we have seen a 2.75% increase inparticipation of exercise classes from theprevious year.

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Support and Assistance

Hills NILSFunded by Good Shepherd MicroFinance,the Hills NILS (No Interest Loans Scheme) is agreat community service offered by The Hutwhich enables Adelaide Hills residents on alow income to access finance of up to $1200for essential goods and services such asfridges, washing machines, optical glassesand even car repairs.

The Hills NILS team prides itself on treatingevery client with dignity and providing a fastloan turn around so we can compete withpayday lenders and consumer leaseschemes – but with much lower repaymentsand no costs. Hills Nils received 105 enquiriesduring the 2015/16 year. During this time 19new loans were issued and 17 loans repaid.

Emergency AssistanceDuring the 2015/16 financial year The Hut(and our outlets at The Mt Barker CommunityCentre and Carer Wellness Centre) providedEmergency Financial assistance on 142occasions to clients.

The Hut provides urgent short term assistanceto those struggling financially through fundsprovided by the State GovernmentDepartment for Communities and SocialInclusion (DCSI). The funding from DCSIcovered the Adelaide Hills State Regionwhich comprises both the Adelaide Hills andMt Barker Councils. We work collaborativelywith the Mt Barker Community Centre andthe Carer Wellness Centre to deliverassistance across the region. Assistance isgenerally provided in the form of food,petrol vouchers and bus tickets however we

aim to respond to individual needs as they arise.

We have developed a new Budget Supportprogram to further support our EmergencyFinancial Assistance Program. This programaims to improve the financial literacy ofAdelaide Hills residents on a low income.When providing Emergency Assistance toclients, we are able to offer free budgetsupport sessions so that not only are theyimmediately better off as a result ofreceiving Emergency Assistance, they arebetter off in the future.

TaxHelpTax Help is a free and confidential serviceprovided by volunteers fully trained,accredited and supported by the AustralianTaxation Office.

Tax Help at The Hut was provided byMalcolm Crout, a Hut volunteer trained bythe ATO. A total of 94 tax returns werecompleted through The Hut this year. This isan increase of 46% from the previous year.

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Reducing Social Isolation

Caring in Our CommunityVolunteers have provided 433 services to vulnerableindividuals in the community, this equates to 2465hours of support. Theses services include friendlyvisiting, home maintenance and gardening, andpersonal transport to medical appointments.

Community BusThe Community Bus provides another valuableservice to older members of the community. TheAdelaide Hills Council has made available two busesto enable people to maintain their independence bycarrying out necessary activities such as paying billsand shopping.

We also provide transport for the social side of life,such as Mystery Tours, Let's Do Dinner, and otheractivities such as The Christmas Pageant, Electionvoting and Lobethal Christmas lights.

Social GroupsHaving lunch with friends, playing pool, card gamesand bingo, and chatting with others who share similarinterests or issues is an important part of socialisingand creating networks. The Hut offers these programsto community members looking for additional socialopportunities. Coordinated by volunteers, theseprograms are provided in various locations and offera diverse range of activities that aim to suit theinterests of all participants.

Blokes Club, Tuesday Club, Carer’s Social Group andOut and About are all Social Support programs thatare well attended and highly valued by theparticipants.

Interest GroupsSeveral interest groups operate through The Hutwhich not only provide an opportunity to socializeand meet others but also skill development.

Music Makers has been operating for 18 years withcurrently 35 members who meet each week to shareand create music together. They practice theirindividual instruments and prepare for performancesthroughout the year.

Colour me Calm is a new program this year. A smallgroup who chat and explore creativity in a relaxedenvironment.

Plant Rescue has been operating for 5 years.Volunteers share skills and knowledge, assist seniorswith minor gardening tasks and propagate newplants for sale.

Community ShedThe official launch of the shed occurred this year withthe event officiated by Mayor Bill Spragg.

The shed is a place for all in the community to cometogether and be involved in activities that interestthem. To ‘Create, Repair and Learn’, people havethe opportunity to participate in workshops, learnnew skills, be a part of shed projects and build theirown projects.

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Community Impact – Partnerships

In its ninth year of operation Bounce Fitness classes continue to meet their original aim, to bring peopletogether to exercise in an affordable, non threatening, supportive and social environment.

A dedicated team of volunteers manages the day to day running of the group and highly skilled trainersensure the high standard of the programs offered.

Classes are held each week day at the Bridgewater Sports and Social Club with a free crèche offered.Administrative and volunteer support and financial management is provided by The Hut to ensure this wellattended fitness class continues to offer a great fitness opportunity for the community.

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The Coop is a buying group where members can purchase organic products: including fresh produce,packaged goods and personal care products. The Coop is run by a team of volunteers who contribute tomanagement and administrative processes.

This year has seen a change of suppliers and access to additional suppliers and new products. The teamhas undertaken work on improving procedures, election of three new coordinators onto the managementteam and finalising volunteer roles.Coop mornings are busy, friendly events with many great conversationsabout food, families and life in general.

The Hills Community Toy Library, located in Aldgate, is entirely run by volunteers. The library provides a costeffective way for families to access a wide variety of toys beneficial for all stages of growth anddevelopment.

The Committee approached The Hut this year to request support with volunteer management. The Hutassisted by placing a volunteer Recruitment Officer at the library and will provide ongoing recruitment andsupport as required.

The Hut is pleased to be working with the Hills Toy Library as it is a valuable local service and also enablesThe Hut to have additional communication opportunities with families in the area.

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HILLS VOLUNTEERING

HILLS CONNECTED COMMUNITIES CONSORTIUM

Hills Volunteering is a community driven service, auspiced by The Hut Community Centre and established to meet theneeds of both the volunteering using agencies across the Hills region as well as providing a valuable resource ‘centre’ forvolunteers and potential volunteers..

Our role as the auspicing agency is to manage finances, Governance, HR management, Insurance and audit, contractmanagement and Steering Committee Membership.

Hills Volunteering is overseen by an Executive Steering Committee consisting of members of The Hut and both Adelaide Hillsand Mt Barker Councils and is guided by community need. This need is identified through a variety of means includingthrough volunteer networking groups, volunteers and volunteer using agencies it works with.

In 2015/16 we received grants of $17,000 from the Adelaide Hills Council and $24,000 Mt Barker District Council to employthe Hills Volunteering Manager (0.6FTE) and manage our operating costs. They were also successful with a CommunityBenefit SA Grant of $49,080 to research and establish initiatives to increase Hills Volunteering financial sustainability. Throughthis grant we have been able to recruit a part-time Project Officer to investigate sustainability enterprises.

The Hut is the auspicing agency for Hills Connected Communities (HCC), a Department of Communities and Social Inclusionfunded initiative that sees a consortium of four community centres across the Adelaide Hills; The Hut CC, Mount Barker CC, TorrensValley CC, and The Summit CC work in collaboration to provide greater community benefit and to share and maximise resources.Both Adelaide Hills and Mt Barker Councils are also involved through Steering Committee involvement.

The aims of the program are two-fold:1: to support families with children, youth and vulnerable individuals through the provision of activities that fill current service gaps.

2: to build on the strengths of each organisation to share knowledge, resources and develop a more strategic approach toplanning, implementation and evaluation of services.

Funding was allocated for a Regional Coordinator (0.6FTE) based at The Hut Community Centre and part-time Project Officers ateach of the four community centres as well for program costs.

Outcomes addressing each of the two aims have been outstanding with diverse programs to reach targeted groups facilitatedand collaboration, sharing of ideas, resources and a hills wide approach to facilitate regional event a success.

Hills Connected Communities is auspiced by The Hut Community Centre. Our role as the auspicing agency is to manageFinances, Governance, HR management, contract management, Steering Committee and office space for HCC Coordinator.

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This year has been the first year ofa three year funding andpartnership Agreement and isbeing recognised as aninnovative model forcollaboration across multiplecouncil areas and multiplecommunity centres. Fundingreceived from the Departmentfor Communities & SocialInclusion this financial year was$199,000 to be shared acrosspartner agencies.

The first full year of operation ofHCC resulted in 1,453 peopleattending a HCC program oractivity, with an additional 300people responding to aneeds/gaps analysis survey atseveral major events across theHills.

Community ImpactIn January 2016 The Hut ran thefirst Claymation workshop in theHills, which was attended by 20young people aged 9 to 15years. This was a highlyinteractive and engaging sessionrun over four hours and feedbackwas very positive.

One young man was particularlyinterested in the film makingprocess and went on to enrol inthe two-day film workshop whichwas run in partnership with HCCand InkPot Arts and wasdesigned to align with the

Elevate Film Festival Competition.

He worked as part of a smallgroup to develop a short film forentry into the Elevate event.Relationships Australia thencoordinated a Film Viewing eventthat was attended by approx. 90people. The majority of thesepeople were participants of HCCprograms and their families (including Claymation held atTorrens Valley Community Centreand The Hut and the FilmWorkshop).

The young man who hadenrolled in the Film Workshopafter having gained skills inClaymation, won the Best Filmcategory with his team, and wasthrilled to have been part of this.As a result of this, he is nowconsidering a career in theperforming arts.

Next year we will focus onresponding to feedback whichindicates a strong need for moreyouth, child-friendly and low costactivities, as well as activitiesbeing offered outside of normalbusiness hours.

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The Hut Community Centre

Torrens Valley & The Summit Community Centres (Combined)

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Hills Volunteering, also known as avolunteer resource centre providesa range of services to thevolunteering community. It is alsooften the first place someone turnsto when they are in the initial stagesof seeking a volunteer position tosuit their needs.

Polly (pseudonym) visited HillsVolunteering in March seeking help.Polly had moved to the hills andwanted to engage in communityactivity to assist her journey to betterhealth. Suffering health issues formany years Polly had becomedisengaged and felt isolated.Polly found venturing out causedher to have anxiety attacks, the result leaving her mostly house

bound. Moving to the Adelaide Hillsgave Polly the impetus to take thebrave step to seek out volunteeringopportunties. With the help from amental health support organisationPolly walked in the Hills Volunteeringoffice and from there her journeyled her down a new path.

Polly was referred to a volunteerusing agency to work in an officeenvironment. Polly and the teamworked together to find tasks thatPolly was able to do and that builther confidence and skills. Now Pollyis committed to volunteering in twolocations three mornings a week.She still has good and bad days butthe good now far outweigh thebad.

For Polly volunteering had been agreat confidence builder, a reasonto get out of bed and somewhereto go; even on the not so gooddays. Engaging with other peopleand contributing to a worthwhilecommunity project has enabledPolly to feel more positive andhopeful about her future prospects.

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BOOK SHEDThe Book Shed has had another successful year and continues to provide a highly valued and professional service to the community.

It is thanks to the local community support and the

donation of high quality books that enables this success.

This is the second year that the Book Shed has opened on StirlingMarket Days on the 4th Sunday of each month. We have seenan increase in sales of 160% from the commencement of marketdays in 2015, increased promotion and additional signage haspromoted awareness to local residents but also to people wholive outside the area who venture to the Hills for the market.

The Book Shed was also promoted through a stall at the UraidlaFair. This was a valuable day for raising awareness as well asanother opportunity to increase sales.

VolunteersA team of skilled volunteers work in the Book Shed each week,providing outstanding customer service, unpacking, pricing andshelving books and creating a warm and welcomingatmosphere for a positive customer experience.

Volunteer numbers have remained consistent from previous yearswith each shift at full capacity.

Volunteers have participated in training sessions throughout theyear with a focus on operational matters and a collaborativeapproach to resolving issues.

We thank all volunteers for the dedication they show in their roleas a Book Shed/Hut volunteer, and a special mention to MerrilieRowley who does an outstanding job as Coordinator .

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Fundraising Events

Stirling PageantThe fourth year that The Hut has run this event for theAdelaide Hills community. The theme for this year was‘Christmas Under Sea’ with a total of 58 floatsparticipating, an increase of 7 from last year. The Fairon the oval was well attended with a diverse varietyof entertainment offered and 23 community groupswere able to fundraise with a stall at the event.

Funds raised for The Hut prove that this is a worthwhileevent to run and increases promotion of The Hut inparticular through the schools and kindergartens thatparticipate.

Thank you to our sponsors for supporting this event.

Christmas RaffleThanks to the support of so many local businesses wehad a successful Christmas raffle with just over 2500raffle tickets sold.

With the help of our valuable volunteers we setupstalls in Coles Bridgewater and at the Stirling Market aswell as sold books at the Pageant.

Quiz NightOur inaugural quiz night was held in June at the StirlingRSL hall.

A packed hall with 120 participants raised over $2,000for social and financial support programs.

Thanks to our Quiz Master, Steve Moloney fororganising a successful evening.

BBQ’sBBQ’s were held at Bunnings throughout the year toraise additional funds for programs. This relied heavilyon our volunteers to commit to working a shift andmanaging the site.

We also participated in Groovin The Moo, a musicfestival held on Anzac Day at Oakbank Racecourse.Long shifts and a late night were had by all volunteers,but a well run BBQ enabled a successful day.

Tour Down UnderA well attended event in Stirling with volunteersrunning a BBQ in the main street and assisting theAdelaide Hills Council with car park marshalling andmanning the information tent.

It’s great to be a part of this vibrant communityatmosphere at Tour Down under.

Hot Cross BunsThis fundraiser was a trial this year. Taking advantageof Kytons Bakery fundraising packages we sold 105products to volunteers and the local community, it ishoped we can increase this in the following year.

Entertainment BooksA first year for this fundraiser also with 33 books sold.With increased marketing in future years this may be apromising fundraiser.

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We would like to thank all the local businesses who generously

donated goods and services for our annual raffle

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Value of Volunteering

Two hundred and thirty (230) community membersdonated circa 29,980 hours of their skills and time toassist The Hut deliver services and programs to the Hillscommunity during 2015/16. Forty one (41) communitymembers do so as a Centrelink mutual obligationrequirement, working with us for between half to two (2)full days a week however additional support providedthroughout the year also give the majority of this groupa volunteering status.

Volunteering opportunities have grown this year withthe Community Shed development and the increase inour reach across the Hills and the growth of ourprograms. Volunteers take on a variety of roles, some tosupport The Hut generally such as our receptionvolunteers who do regular weekly shifts, others whotake on project leadership roles including the Carers’Social group, Strength & Balance and SocialSupport/Bus coordination, policy review, statistics, dataentry and collectable book specialists to name just afew. Our maintenance team and newly created Shedcoordinators have particular skill sets which are alwaysput to good use.

Without our volunteers The Hut would only be able toprovide a small amount of community service eachyear. In 2015/16, the value placed on one volunteerhour is a standard $23.80 per hour.

This equates to a staggering $713,524 worth of humanresources resulting in the delivery of positive communityservice and a high level of community impact.

Through funding received from the Adelaide HillsCouncil we are able to provide a robust volunteeringprogram, one that provides engagement opportunities,that utilises community strengths and assists withincreasing individual’s capacity to strengthencommunity resilience through training activities, on-the-job support and providing opportunities for ourvolunteers to ‘give back’ to their community.

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“Volunteering is time willingly given for the common good and without financial gain”(Definition: Volunteering Australia 2015)

Our Volunteers

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About our Volunteers

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What Our Volunteers Do29,980 Hours

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Volunteer List

John AbbeyGrant AlexanderBarbara AndersonJulie ArberySuzanne ArbonIsabelle AshfordAnita Aspinall AMChris AstleyElizabeth AstleyMaureen AtkinsonRussell AufderheideHazel AustinAnne AustinLyn AustinRosemary Badenoch Barbara BarenfangerViviana Barp-VoigtChristine BartschKay BassDaniel BatesJenny BennettShirley BennettGrant BertramAnne BirrellJenny BlanchardJane BlebyPeter Bleby Peg BowdenEdna BradleyPam BroadbridgePeggy BroncaJoy BuckleyRobert BurgessJenny BurgessJeanette Burgess John BurrowsGreg BussellLeonie ButcherRichard Butcher

Mark CaldicottStephen CastonAndrew ChanningSteve Chilton Andrew ClarkJoy ColvilleCharmaine ColwellHelen CooperHamish Cooper Murray CorbyDoris CorrieLoretta CoxOwen CreesSuzette CreesMalcolm CroutAnne DaviesBarbara DaviesJamie DavisMargaret DavisBrian DawsonTerri DawsonBill DeedKaren DobieJohn DoweClaire DoyleKathy DoyleRosemary Drabsch Kenneth DueSusan EarlTrish EganChris EllisMartin EllisPauline EllisDamien EmeryEve EvansDavid EvansTodd EvansSue FarmerDavid Flint

Pam FlintIain Fraser Suzanne Fuller Lyn FullgrabeTayla GilesJean GingellSue GirardiMichelle GoldingJane GoodfellowJohn Goslett Yvonne GoudieSusan GreenwoodCarolyn HankinsMargie Hann-SymeSue HardyKay HarlowJeremy HarmanGaynor HarrisBonnie HartLisa-Marie HarveyNicola HastingsClaire HayesLeo HazebroekKen HendricksonRoss HerrmannChristine HeuslerGwen HewettBrian HillaryIan HollandGay HollandShirley HoppoBarbara HoughtonPaul HoweLyn Hoyle Anne Humphries Denny HunterPeter JacksonDavid JacksonElse Jansen

Jo JarvisInez June JohnsonDianne JohnsonDoris JohnstonPatricia JonesUtama JonesSimon JonesBob KelsoJohn KempGail KershawJohn KershawWendy KinseyDeane KowaldChris LambCarolyn LamerichsBob LamkinJanice LamkinKathleen LangbeinLyn Leader-ElliottVal LitsterKaye LoebelSheila LovelessChris LovelessBelinda Loveless Sue LowrieGerry MacrowAnn MaloneLaurie MannaDavid MansonVal MansonJohn MarsdenJo MarshallBrian MartinClaudine MaselliPeter MasonJim MattockIsabel MaurerEvelyn Mazzone

Carol McAteerSara McCallumHugh McGivernGordon McLeanKate McLeodArthur McPhailMoira McPhailGeraldine MeekGwen MillerBernadette MinagallDonna MitchellJillian MitchellMarilyn MoloneySteven MoloneyTony MoorePaul MorrisDavid MulhallenRobyn MulhallenMichael NevilleMargaret Nichols Lori Nielsen Anne O'BrienMichael O'ReillyGillian OsborneChris PattenTrevor Peak Di PercyHelen PetersenHelen PierceNick PincombeChristine PobkeKen PolkinghorneDorothy PopplewellTyrone Prins Joanne Prins Colleen PurcellTerry PurcellRuth PyePatti Rasch

Phil RaschAndrew Ray Jack RedleyPearl ReesGladys RedleyGillian ReimersJudith RemesHeather RichardsJanice RobertsSandra RolfeLen RolfeMerrilie RowleyPhill RungieJulie SapioJurgen SawonCliff SayerLoraine Scheide Gunter Scheide Louise SchramaMax Schultz Ted Setnikar Paul ShillabeerThomas ShillabeerLyndal SimmondsVanessa SobottaRoy SparkElizabeth StanifordCoral StanleyWayne StephensTina StoegerDerek StottMichael Sykes Trevor SymeMichelle TamblynTom TamblynRob TannerDiane ThomasDianne ThompsonFiona Thomson

Glenn ThomsonClare TomkinsHeather TrenordenDeborah TurnbullAnna TurnbullFran TurnerRosemary

Van Der MeerJane Van MierleSandra VeitchMichael VoigtInge Von SandenRobert Von SandenElisabeth WallacePauline WallaceNan WardJohn Warren Marie WeatheraldDennis Wegener Lyn Wegener Geoff WelchSean Wessex-BrownChristine WhitingSocorro Wickens Neil Wickens Fay WigneyMarlene WigzellStephen WilliamsDeni WilsonRoger Windle Robert WinklerKaren WinstonBet WittonMartin Woods

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The Hut apologises forany errors or omissions inthis list. Every effort hasbeen made to ensure itsaccuracy.

I would like to congratulate the Board, staff volunteerson a successful year. The relatively new Board and DebBates, who started with us as the new Executive Officer(EO) at the end of August embarked on a financialrestructure following on a consultancy review by NFPASon restructuring the finances, this year continuing thetransition to align them fully with the AustralianStandard Chart of Accounts (SCOA). Separating theoperational income and expenditure to the large andgrowing area of grant program income andexpenditure means we are better able to fulfil ourreporting requirements to the Australian Charities andNot for Profit Commission (ACNC) and achieve fulltransparency. I also thank Pip Ahern for her work instarting this process with NFPAS in the short time shewas here with us.

Particular thanks must go to Malcolm Crout who was aBoard member and Finance & Audit Committeemember until January 2016. Malcolm volunteered anextensive amount of hours over several months to assistSandra and Deb to do much of this tedious earlyconversion work. My thanks also go to Finance & AuditCommittee members; Dean Kowald, and Geoff Welchwho worked patiently through this changingenvironment as well as to Finance Committeemembers past, Jack Lord and Jim Mattock.

Our internal reporting has also been streamlined andnow consists of quarterly performance and budgetanalysis meetings.

The annual report also shows the impact of our veryvaluable volunteers through putting a dollar value ontheir hours. This amount is an agreed national amountbut we would certainly be increasing the hourly rate ifthis amount was up to us!

We were successful in receiving a grant fromCommunity Benefit SA of $27,800 (Department forCommunities and Social Inclusion). As normal practice

we have shown the grant in the Income section of ourIncome & Expenditure (I&E) Statement however due tochanges in legislation, we have been unable to showthe expenses for this grant despite having expensedthe funds. This grant has been expensed with the Shedbeing fully operational however the building (valued at$23,800) will be added to our asset register anddevalued over the next five years. Assets added to anAsset Register are not able to be included in an I&EStatement which has resulted in a much larger surplusbeing shown in our audited statements. This has beenitemised in the annual report as non-operationalincome.

Ensuring we are financially sustainable is also a focus ofthe Board and, due to strong financial managementwe have been able to make provision of $25,000 for an‘Innovation Fund’ to ensure we are able to respond toopportunities that may arise into the future.

I can close by thanking again the staff who havereduced operating costs during the year, grown TheHut equity and asset values, and still produced a gainin our finances for the year, despite the forecasteddeficit, enabling us to provide extraservices to the Community.

I have pleasure in presentingthe attached performancefigures for 2016.

Greg BussellTreasurer / Chairman; Finance Committee

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Auditor’s Report

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Audited Financials - Verified Statements

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Chairperson’s Report

This year has seen The Hut continue to grow andmature its activities, governance arrangements andinfrastructure. I am delighted and grateful that wehave signed another contract with the Adelaide HillsCouncil and are well on our way to achievingreaccreditation for the Australian Standards of ServiceExcellence, ensuring that the public can continue tohave confidence in our services. Our new flagshipprogram, Hills Connected Communities, funded by theDepartment for Communities and Social Inclusionassists us to extend our services to new client groupsincluding youth and families with children.

The opening of the new Community Shed in Marchmeans that we have additional, conveniently locatedspace to extend our offerings and I would like to thankour funders, Community Benefit SA, Stirling CommunityShop and the Book Shed. Another highlight for mehas been to see the development of the website sothat it now acts not only as a great portal forinformation about services, but also as a convenientway for people to book activities.

At the governance level, we have also finalised thereview of our accounting standards, thus ensuring thatthey conform to the standards of the AustralianCharities and Not-for-profits Commission. This is animportant accomplishment which signals our desire tocontinue to operate according to best practice and Iam grateful to Sandra Veitch and Malcolm Crout fromthe Board in this regard. Together with Isobel Maurer,Malcolm has since vacated his Board position and Ithank them both for their contributions to The Hut.

There have been a few changes within the team,which I will take this opportunity to highlight. OurClient Services Officer, Tyrone Prins relocated toSydney after being with The Hut since 2013. I thankTyrone for his service and I know he is missed. Hisdeparture provided the opportunity to restructure theteam and the appointment of Jill Mitchell as

Fundraising and Events Coordinator allows us todiversify our funding base as well as to supplement thecentral activities of Bernadette Reading, CommunityDevelopment Manager. Another important milestoneis the 12- month service of Deborah Bates, ExecutiveOfficer. The development that I have characterisedhere has been overseen by her and the Board is verygrateful for her leadership.

I would also be remiss not to mention an outgoingBoard member who will finishing his term at the 2016AGM. Peter Bleby has served two terms on the Boardand has been a member of the Fundraising andMarketing Committee and various other committeesand working parties. Peter has been a calminginfluence throughout the last period of change and Ican speak on behalf of the Board when I say we areall going to miss his measured and consideredcontributions to Board discussions.

In closing, I extend my thanks to our sponsors andfunders, all of the many volunteers, including BoardMembers and The Hut team. Together weall provide an important backdropfor the ongoing success of TheHut in responding to the needsof the local community. This isan important time in theorganisation’s development aswe go into a new round ofcommunity consultations todevelop the strategic directionfor the next few years. I lookforward to it.

Deb TurnbullChairperson

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Our Board

FRAN TURNERBoard Member sinceOctober 2015Fran is a Member ofthe Institute of PublicAdministrationAustralia andpreviously held rolesas the ExecutiveOfficer of DPTI ICTGovernanceCommittee,Bridgewater PrimarySchool GoverningCouncil Chair. Franattained a Bachelordegree in AppliedScience inComputer Studiesfrom University of SAand is a graduate ofthe AWISE BoardReadiness Program(Queensland) andthe Art of ExecutiveLeadership Programfrom AdelaideUniversity Franresides with herfamily in Stirling.

JOHN KEMPBoard Member sinceJanuary 2015 John is the AdelaideHills Councilrepresentative onThe Hut Board. Heresides in the Hills atUpper Sturt. Tertiary qualifications– surveying/cartographicdisciplinesWorked for SA Water,Departments ofLand andEnvironment &PlanningPursued ComputedAided Designultimately becominga software trainer inthat field.First elected toAdelaide HillsCouncil in 2000 –2003. Johnvolunteers at The Hutand deliverssoftware trainingunder the AdultCommunityEducation programas a tutor.

CLIFF SAYERBoard Member sinceJanuary 2013Cliff is a qualifiedsolicitor obtaining hisBachelor of Lawsfrom Flinders Uni in2003 and admittedto the Bar inDecember 2003. Healso obtained his BAin Industrial Relationsand is a Certificate 4Trainer & Assessor.Cliff is active in hislocal communityincluding as amember of AldgatePrimary SchoolGoverning Councilin addition to his roleon The Hut Board.He also holdsmemberships withthe Law Society ofSA and the CountryPractitionersCommittee (LawSociety of SA). Cliffresides in theAdelaide Hills.

GEOFFREY WELCHBoard Member sinceOctober 2015In October 2015 TheHut welcomed backGeoff Welch as aBoard Member afterone year’s absence.In addition to his roleon the Board at TheHut, Geoff alsovolunteers his timecollating andrecording statisticsfor Hut programs.Geoff has a Diplomain BusinessAdministration andhas previously heldroles as a ContractsAdministrator/Corporate ServicesManager /BusinessManager andFactory Manager.Geoff is a local,residing at Aldgate.Geoff is a Memberof the Finance &Audit Committeeand Chair of theWHS Committee.

ISABEL MAURERBoard Member sinceOctober 2015Isabel joianed TheHut Board inOctober 2015having held formerroles on the Boardsof Hills MontessoriSchool, HillsCommunity ChildCare Centre andwas a member ofFriends of the Libraryat Stirling. Isabelholds a seniorposition atDepartment of StateDevelopment. Isabelholds a BA in SocialSciences obtainedfrom FlindersUniversity.

MALCOLM CROUTBoard MemberOctober ’15 –January ‘16Malcolm is aCertified PractisingAccountant whopreviously to joiningthe Boardvolunteered his timeto offer tax helpbased at The Hut.On his appointmentto the Board heutilised hissignificant expertiseas a member of theAudit & FinanceBoard Committee.Malcolm holds aBachelor ofCommerce andMBA from Adelaide,is a Fellow CPA andFellow MPA.Malcolm haspreviously held rolesas CEO, Directorand GeneralManager withinlocal governments.

DEB TURNBULL, ChairAppointed March 2015

Board Member sinceSept 2013 Holds a BA (Hons),MPsych(Clin) andPhD. Deb lives withher husband anddaughter in Stirlingand holds aprofessorial positionat the School ofPsychology, Universityof Adelaide. Debserves on severalnational and localmanagementcommittees and is aMinisterialappointment on theadvisory board forthe Australian PrimaryHealth CareResearch Institute.Deb’s appointmentto the Board broughtsignificantexperience ingovernance,organisational issuesand strategicdevelopment. Deb isChair of theExecutive Committeeof The Hut.

GREG BUSSELL,Deputy ChairAppointed March 2015

Board Member sinceSeptember 2013Greg holds a BHAand MPH (Universityof NSW)qualification. He hasheld roles on theNorthern Tasmania,Queen Elizabethand North AdelaideRegional HealthBoards and waspreviously Manager,School of PopulationHealth at Uni ofAdelaide. Greg isalso a grape growerand vineyardmanager based inPiccadilly.Significantvolunteeringcommitmentincluding being aHut bus driver for anumber of years.Greg is a Member ofThe Hut’s ExecutiveCommittee andChair of the Finance& Audit Committee.

PETER BLEBYBoard Member sinceSeptember 2013Peter hold a DipSocial Studies (AdelUni), BA (Adel Uni) MSocial Work (Uni ofMichigan). Peter is aformer CEO ofSummerhill AgedCare, ExecutiveManager atAnglicare SA andCEO of SalisburyCommunity HealthService as well as along terminvolvement in NFPBoards incl COPE,Anglicare SA. Healso holds anHonorary role asMarketing &Sponsorship Co-ordinator at Radio5MBS. Peter is amember of The Hut’sExecutiveCommittee and theMarketing andFundraisingCommittee. Peterlives locally inCrafers.

Strategic Plan 2012–2017

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Improve awareness of community needs by broadcommunity consultation to ensure relevant services

Utilise relevant data sources to research community needs

Effectively engage with the community to gather information on needs

Prioritise needs emerging from information gathering in the context of services already provided and service gaps

Deliver high quality, well planned, innovative services withinthe broad categories of support and assistance, educationand training, and healthy living

Meet priority needs through services that are affordable, accessible and equitable

Services are well planned, well resourced, and highly valued

Ensure effective service delivery

Provide a professional volunteer program that supports andvalues volunteers

Implement a professional Volunteer Management System

Attract, train, and retain volunteers to meet the needs of the organisation

Develop, implement and resource fund-raising programsIncrease sustainable long term revenue towards achieving unrestricted cash reserves of at least $300K by the end of 2017

Build the resources of The Hut to enable it to meet itsobjectives whilst ensuring the wellbeing of staff includingvolunteers

Ensure all resources required for Hut programs are clearly and comprehensively identified and met

Effectively utilise the skills of volunteers to enable them to take on greater authority, responsibility, and accountability

Adopt an organisation structure that achieves Hut objectives in the most efficient manner

Ensure that the Volunteer Program is adequately resourced

Promote and market The Hut in a planned manner to increasecommunity awareness

Develop and implement a Marketing and Promotions Plan

Meet Not-for-Profit sector standards of governance andmanagement

Meet the requirements for the Australian Service Excellence Standards (SES) for Community Organisations

Meet and maintain the ‘National Standards for Involving Volunteers in not-for-profit Organisations'

Board and management work effectively towards achieving corporate objectives

Ensure WHS practices are aligned with WHS legislation

Implement a new standard chart of accounts for NotforProfit organisations

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Strategic Objectives

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By the end of 2016-2017 we will have achieved our StrategicObjectives (2012-17) through the following strategies:

OBJECTIVE 1: Improve awareness of community needs by broadcommunity consultation to ensure relevant services

OBJECTIVE 6: Promote and market The Hut in a planned mannerto increase community awareness

OBJECTIVE 7: Meet not-for-profit sector standards ofgovernance and management

OBJECTIVE 3: Provide a professional volunteer program thatsupports and values volunteers

OBJECTIVE 4: Build the resources of The Hut to enable it to meet its objectives whilst ensuring the well-being of staff includingvolunteers

OBJECTIVE 2: Deliver high quality, well planned, innovativeservices within the broad categories of support and assistance,education and training, and healthy living

OBJECTIVE 5: Develop, implement and resource fundraisingprograms

� Recognised as a workplace of choice through a variety of strategies including healthy minds, healthy workplaces, adequate resourcing, performance management systems fully in place, HR system reviewed

� Develop sponsorship program to increase program sponsors

� Develop & implement fundraising strategy� Ensure resources are allocated to employ fundraising personnel

� Increase communications by 25% using social media, print, meetings, program 'touch points', email communications

� Develop communications strategy using a range of mediums, including social media

� Undertake Constitution Review� Attain Australian Service Excellence Standards Accreditation

� Seek collaborative opportunities for program development and facilitation to maximise resources and opportunity

� Evidence based programs using RBA data� Establish collaborative Low Income Support Program

across The Hills

� Establish Volunteer recognition program� Provide greater opportunities for volunteer training and

skills development� Annually review practices against ASES and

National Standards for Volunteers

� Undertake comprehensive consultation to inform2017-2020 strategy

� Increase diversity and breadth of program particpants

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MAKE A DONATION

The Hut is a registered charity thereforeany donations made over $2 are tax

deductible.

LEAVE A BEQUEST

A bequest is a very real way to make apositive difference to the future of the

work of The Hut Community Centre. Letyour Will create a meaningful and

positive legacy for future generations. Ifyou would like to know more about

including The Hut Community Centre inyour Will, please speak with our

Executive Officer.

REGISTER AS APARTICIPANT

Get involved in one of our manyprograms. Develop new skills and make

social connections with people thathave similar interests.

VOLUNTEER

The Hut has volunteers involved in allfacets of the organisation.

Volunteering at The Hut can berewarding and satisfying to both the

volunteer and the community we serve.Short or long-term roles are available tosuit your time commitment and we aim

to provide the best match for you.Contact our Volunteer Recruitment

Officer for more information or if youhave a skill you’d like to share, contactour Community Development Manager.

BECOME A SPONSOR

Stirling Pageant: Around 10,000 people enjoy theday, lining up for the pageant through Stirling’sstreets in the morning and then spilling out onto

the Oval for an afternoon at the fair . Become a Gold Silver or Bronze sponsor andbenefit from the additional promotion of your

business as a community supporter.Other Sponsorships available:

The Hut welcomes ideas for sponsorship of other programs and services that help

to fulfil our mission. To find out more go to www.thehut.org.au

FUNDRAISE FOR US

The extent of fundraising activities is limitless andonly restricted by your imagination! Hold a

sausage sizzle or cake stall at your school orworkplace, hold a quiz night, a fancy dress

evening, an annual review evening or morningtea. We will provide as much support as we can

to assist you to make your activity/event asuccess.

The Hut Community Centre1 Euston Road, Aldgate

South Australia 5154Phone: 08 8339 4400 • Web: www.thehut.org.au • Email: [email protected]

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