GERRINGONG SUPER HEROES CELEBRATE

Kiama Community Radio is celeKiama Community Radio celebrate third birthday

Kiama Community Radio are celebrating their third birthday with a party and are inviting everyone in the area to the Kiama Leagues Club to celebrate on Friday 25 August. Get your tickets now at https://Trybooking.com/ CJKYP and join in for an unforgettable evening.

Kiama Community Radio (KCR) has in three short years established itself as an institution on the media landscape in the Kiama LGA.

KCR has come a long way over this time, and are now ready to throw the ultimate party. All are welcome to join in the fun at the Kiama Leagues Club on Friday, August 25 for a night of music and festivities. With local bands like Cha Cha Del

Mar, Little Light Duo, Pearl Noire, The Splayds, The Kiama Sea Shanties, this will be a memorable event .

Shifting from podcast production to live streaming a year ago to live broadcasting as a radio station, KCR has gone from strength to strength.

The heart of KCR are three hardworking volunteers who have put in the hard work to make KCR a success; Gabi Cabral as Volunteer Coordinator, Madeleine Scarfe as Secretary and David Toohey as President. David had a recent health scare and as reported recently in The Bugle and he is on a mission to have more access and awareness about defibrillators in the Kiama LGA.

Some Kiama Councillors have played an active role with KCR including Karen

KCR has produced 300 plus podcasts by our local community, (including my own Old Time Radio drama ‘Journey through Night’ in seven episodes about 12 minutes long each.)

KCR now has a regular line up of breakfast presenters with Robbie on Monday, Bernie on Tuesday, Glenn on Wednesday and Friday, Gabi on Thursday and Brian Warren on Saturday mornings. Bernie has had some excellent in-studio guests recently with Independent Member for Kiama Gareth Ward, and Harry from successful alt rock Gerringong band Pacific Street and Glenn Shepherd with the Mayoral Murmurs series about concerns about Kiama Council’s finances.

All are welcome to come along and support your local community with some great entertainment and great food!

by Mark Whalan

A day to thank and celebrate our local aged care superheroes.

Monday 7 August marked this year’s national Aged Care Employee Day – a day to express thanks and celebrate Australia’s 400,000-plus residential care, home care and retirement living workers who collectively care for our over 1.5 million older Australians.

“Aged Care Employee Day has become an important date in our calendar and reminds us of the caring and professional work of our aged care staff,” says Tom Symondson, CEO of The Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA). “They’re the backbone, the people who support our elders day in and day out. They make the lives of older Australians better’.

The Australian aged care workforce encompasses a wide variety of essential roles including nurses, personal care workers, outdoor maintenance workers, housekeeping, specialised therapy and allied health practitioners, catering, administration, management, volunteers, in-home care workers and others.

Throughout the last year aged care workers have gone over and above in their provision of vital care and support for our older Australians, as they continue to face enormous challenges, including severe staff shortages.

Cathie Farquhar, Leisure and Wellness Coordinator at Uniting Gerringong aged care home, told us that:

“Today on National Aged Care Employee Day, we recognise all the amazing staff we are privileged to have working with us at Uniting Gerringong, and we say ‘thank you’ to all our hardworking and compassionate staff for all they do for our residents, across the variety of important roles within our organisation.”

“We hear so often from the families of our residents how grateful they are for the caring support and kindness shown every day to their loved ones by our staff.”

“To mark and celebrate this year’s National Aged Care Employee Day, our staff have received messages of support and thanks from our Executive Director and Director of Senior Services, and personal messages of thanks have been delivered verbally to those staff at work on the ground today providing service”.

The Bugle recognises, thanks and celebrates our aged care superheroes that work tirelessly for our community.

by Bellinda Dunn