June 2020 Volume 24 // Issue 5
Club of Woodend
FIRST PUBLISHED 1997
DISTRIBUTING 4,000 FREE COPIES ACROSS WOODEND’S POSTAL DISTRICT
Recovery Operations Centre supports community
BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO MOUNT MACEDON’S MEMORIAL SITE The Andrews Government is helping preserve the legacy of veterans by enhancing Mount Macedon’s iconic Memorial Cross Reserve. Minister for Veterans Robin Scott and Member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas announced that the Mount Macedon War Memorial Cross Reserve Committee will receive $50,000 to improve the site. The Reserve is a major attraction in the Macedon Ranges region and has a long history of community use, although an increase in visitor numbers has put pressure on the reserve environment and infrastructure. The funding will go towards a detailed heritage analysis to preserve and enhance the site’s commemorative features. It will also ensure more stories of local World War Two veterans can be depicted at the site, in recognition of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two this year. The detailed planning and works follow the Master Plan for Mt Macedon completed by La Trobe University’s Community Planning and Development Unit last year, which showed a more than 66% increase in visits to the Cross in recent years. The grant is one of 63 to be delivered across the state to build and repair memorials, preserve stories and maintain the wellbeing of veterans as part of four grants streams: Victoria Remembers, Restoring Community War Memorials and Avenues of Honour, the ANZAC Day Proceeds Fund and the 75th Anniversary of the End of World War Two. For information on all the successful grants, visit vic. gov.au/grants-support-and-commemorate- veterans. SUBMITTED BY BELLA MANSON OFFICE OF MARY-ANNE THOMAS MP
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has established a shirewide Recovery Operations Centre (ROC) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The ROC is a centralised service where you can ask for support, request information, offer assistance or put forward recovery ideas and suggestions that relate to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ROC has been established as part of our ongoing #InThisTogether community and business support campaign. The ROC is also supporting the distribution of a new Health and Wellbeing Information pack, which has been developed by the Macedon Ranges Health and Wellbeing Partnership. The information pack includes: information on local support services and food banks, healthy eating, active living, mental wellbeing, being connected and supporting young children and families during the pandemic. Please contact the centre if you would like an information pack to be posted to you. You can contact the ROC Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 5pm, either by calling (03) 5422 0237 or by email to recovery@mrsc.vic.gov.au SUBMITTED BY LEANNE YOUNES, MRSC
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