United Way Glenelg 2012 Annual Report to the Community

United Way Glenelg

ANNUAL REORT TO THE COMMUNITY

CHANGE STARTS HERE. HERE United Way Glenelg raises and allocates funds to support a strong network of agencies that provide services in the Glenelg Region. We work in collaboration with our community partners to look for the most effective way to help local people gain access to educational, economic and health related opportunities. As a result we improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilising collective action.

United Way Glenelg gives individuals and families living in the Glenelg Region, the opportunity to reach their potential and improve their quality of life. Because it takes a whole community working together to change social conditions, United Way works to build partnerships that bring together communities, agencies, businesses and other sectors to achieve shared goals.

Stephen & Veronique Thierren participating in the Caring for Cancer Carers Workshop

United Way focuses on three main priorities: EDUCATION: Helping young people achieve their potential INCOME: Strengthening the capacity of the community to gain independence HEALTH: Improving people’s health CONTENTS Change starts here A message to our community 2012 Highlights Fundraising & Events 2012 Community Fund Brophy Family Youth Services Heywood & District Secondary College Heywood Rural Health Kyeema Support Services Loaves & Fishes Portland District Health Portland Surf Life Saving Club United Way Samaritan Fund Portland Secondary College Portland South Primary School

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Dartmoor Bush Nursing Heywood Mens Shed Community Impact Fund Portland Re-Engagement Program Portland Re-Engagement Program Portland Re-Engagement Program Our Commitment to you 2012 Audited Report 2012 Audited Report 2012 Audited Report 2012 Audited Report 2012 Audited Report Recognising our Supporters Be Part of creating change Pledge Today!

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A MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY Every year since incorporated in 1999United Way Glenelg has worked strategically to ensure help is available to families and individuals in the Glenelg Region. The 2012 year continued this tradition.

United Way Glenelg’s strength is partnering with corporate and government organisations to generate the resources needed to deliver a better quality of life for the community as a whole. Individuals who give every day through the work placing giving program are very much a part of this.

This annual report is filled with stories of relationships, partnerships and collaborations that are bringing people from Casterton, Heywood and Portland together for a single purpose: to create positive and lasting change for more lives than we could ever reach alone.

United Way Glenelg has reached some significant milestones in 2012. The organisation has become more sustainable this has allowed our major corporate partner Portland Aluminium to focus its administration support directly to the Community Fund . Without Portland Aluminium’s foresight and support in these formative years we would have not reached this goal.

The Lewis Court Fund for the Aged was realised in 2013 however much of the ground work was completed in 2012. This is a significant achievement and reflects the trust United Way Glenelg has cultivated in the community.

This will be my last year as President after 5 years on the Board, 3 of those as President. I would like to personal thank Nicole Reefman for her excellent contribution as Executive Officer and my fellow Board members for their support over this time.

The incoming President Margret Millard has my full support, I wish her and United Way Glenelg very susses in the future.

It has been an honour to see the incredibly passionate people who work tirelessly for change, every single day in partnership with the United Way team.

Mr Jerome Coleman

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2012 HIGHLIGHTS Some highlights from the last year include: •

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In 2012 $81,834 was donated back to the community through local health and human care organisations. Of this, $40,000 was donated to Kyeema Support Services for the Ripples and Wave Respite Centre Hearing truly inspirational success stories of community members touched by the support though United Way funded programs Over 1000 people living in the Casterton Heywood , Portland and surrounding districts were assisted in the last 12 months with the outcomes still flowing The MEG Fashion Parade was another huge success with over 100 people attending the event to help raise money to support the work of United Way Glenelg The Administrative Professional Breakfast hosted by Committee for Portland with the assistance of Keppel Prince Engineering was a mammoth success! Special guest speaker was Jean Kittson. Sandra Robertson, Glenelg Shire Council was announced as the inaugural SW TAFE Administrative of the Year Portland Aluminium, YMCA , Keppel Prince Engineering and United Way Glenelg partnership to develop and launch the Caring for Cancer Carers program. Program guided and supported by Paul and Mandy Beattie 2nd year of our Community Impact Partnership with Portland Re-engagement Program. Our focus is on EDUCATION;Helping young people achieve their potential The on-going partnership with Foundation Partner Portland Aluminium Our year-end revenue result was 11% lower than our previous year. The fundraising environment in 2012 was challenging we worked tirelessly to optimize results. Our Workplace Giving campaigns faced changes to corporate and foundation giving capacities and people’s uncertainty of their future. We may not have gotten as far as we had hoped, but we should all be proud of what we have accomplished together Powerhouse Production Santa Run saw over 40 Santas running the one mile dash in this hilarious inaugural event

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Fundraising and Events

MEG Fashion Parade

Administrative Professional Breakfast

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2012 COMMUNITY FUND United Way Glenelg Community Partners have the opportunity to apply for money from our Community fund to allow them to provide services which would otherwise not be available to the community. To gain funding these organisations must provide an outline of its service/project which requires funding and projected budgets, time lines, partnerships, etc.

A panel of volunteers assemble from our donors, business, finance and community sectors, and this allocations panel assesses this information and determines the distribution of funds to agencies.

United Way is providing support to local health and human care agencies who provides a wide range of areas that increase or generate independent living, social well being, promote and foster the development of preventative services, provide solutions for unmet needs or engender an increased community spirit United Way Glenelg would like to thank the following independent volunteers for their respect and careful considerations when assessing all applications from our community partners.

Anna Impey Ryan Weissel Steve Ellis

Portland Aluminium Quest Apartments Portland Rotary Club

Thanks to the generosity of our donors who give a little each pay or help in other ways, United Way Glenelg is pleased to provide support to 8 projects outlined on the following pages.

These projects are making a difference to over 1000 people who are in need in one way or another.

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Brophy Family & Youth Services is the primary provider for youth services in South West Victoria. Brophy originated in 1974 with its beginnings in hostel accommodation for homeless youth. Over the years it has developed a comprehensive range of services for the homeless, young people and families.

The Garden Project The new outdoor area will provide a welcoming area and recreational space for young people and families. The garden will offer a safe and engaging environment for foster children who are regularly spending significant parts of their day at Brophy. The outdoor garden will also be used for activities that engage young people in a more informal space. At the time of printing this report construction on the garden project was only just beginning.

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Heywood and District Secondary College is a small rural school that strongly believes that its students are the heart of the community. They strive to offer a high quality learning environment that encourages students to achieve their personal best. The school is committed to developing positive relationships students, families and the wider community and to make the school experience positive and rewarding for each individual student.

Motorheads Motorheads aims to build life skills with students with behavioural issues which are identified by welfare and teaching staff. The program will enhance school attendance of those students participating in the program, increase education levels, redirection into reengagement programs, greater employment opportunities.

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Heywood Rural Health is a multi faceted Small Rural Health Service which includes the Health Primary Care Services Division. The vision is “to deliver a client focused, accessible, seamless service that meets the needs of our diverse community�

Rural Community Aid Fund Often people find themselves in crisis situations at one point or another and this impedes on their wellbeing.

The Heywood Community Aid fund supported solely by United Way Glenelg provides small financial assistance to those who need it the most. Clients work directly with Heywood Rural Health and a range of other service providers to provide the best outcome.

Over the last 12 months the fund provided financial assistance for travel, school books, for children living with mental health illnesses, seeing glasses, clothing and groceries. Assistance is normally one off.

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Kyeema Support Services provide services to people with disabilities in the Glenelg Shire. The client base ranges from children 6-12 years, adolescents 13-18 years and adults through to age 60. Kyeema support a range of disabilities, and fall within the following categories; Intellectual, physical, neurological and developmental.

Waves and Ripples Waves and Ripples will be purpose built to support the needs of people with a disability, replacing the current respite accommodation which has many limitations. It will provide a much needed break for people with disabilities and their families or carers in our district when they need the opportunity to recharge their batteries.

Kyeema Support Services has received a total of $40,000 from the United Way Glenelg Community Fund over the past four years to secure the Eclipse C Series Hoist which will be embedded at the centre during the construction stage.

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Loaves and Fishes is a small community emergency Relief Centre based in Portland. The centre service clients from Portland, Heywood and surrounds as well as the wider community. The centre provides food supplies, material aid, emergency pharmacy vouchers, medical related travel and other assistance to clients. The Loaves and Fishes Kitchen produces around 1500 precooked frozen dinners meals each month which are included in food parcels.

Vinyl Replacement Project Without the replacement of the food room they would lose their Food Premises Registration which is essential to their operation as a emergency relief centre. The project was essential to the continuation of the organisation and emergency Relief services in the Glenelg Shire.

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Portland District Specialist Centre provides consulting rooms for our resident surgeon, physician, obstetrician and 30 visiting specialist.

Baby Change Table The Baby Change table which is wall mounted will provide a safe area for families to change their babies and/or toddlers.

Portland District Health services the Glenelg Shire with major population centres being the city of Portland and the townships of Heywood, Narrawong, Tyrendarra and Nelson.

Patient Lifting Equipment The slings are used on the hospital’s patient lifting equipment to move patients as part of their daily care requirements.

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The Portland Surf Life Safe Club is a volunteer organisation providing beach and water safety to the local community. They patrol the Bridgewater and Narrawong beaches and assist in water safety for schools, the local triathlon club and other organisations.

Purchase of Rescue Boards With current rescue boards being deemed unsafe the need to replace these 25 year old boards were essential in maintaining the high standards placed on Surf Life Saving Clubs.

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The Samaritan Fund funded solely by United Way Glenelg provides support to individuals and families who require assistance in emergency situations.

Portland District Health Social Workers and Counsellors use the fund on a discretionary basis.

The Samaritan Fund The Samaritan Fund compliments what is already available in Portland. If the financial emergency is substantial, then several agencies may work together on the situation. On-going support is provided to clients through other support mechanisms.

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Portland Secondary College is situated in regional Victoria with 720 students. It has one the highest proportions of disengaged youth in Victoria, particularly from an indigenous and disadvantage background. The school has an educational program aimed at re-engaging students who were not previously attending any school of TAFE and who are now enrolled on our Portland Re-Engagement Program.

The PSC Whalers Cafe & Reading Lounge This unique project is aimed at students in Years 8,9 and 10 who have been re-engaged in educational programs and students at risk of disengaging from schooling, to give them hope for the future. It will enable opportunities to improve reading and literacy in a supported environment.

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Portland South Primary School is an educational organisation that aims to assist children to reach their potential academically, physically, socially and emotionally.

Crisis Support With statistics that indicate that Portland South Primary School has a high percentage of families that are highly disadvantaged a crisis support fund was required to set to set up a fresh food box for hungry children, make sandwiches to be frozen and used when required and clothing and shoes for children in need.

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Dartmoore Bush Nursing Centre provides a range of health services to our rurally isolated community of Dartmoor. Home nursing, centre based clinic nursing, emergency response stabilization and transfer, health education and Primary Care are all part of the service.

Zumbamatic An active program aimed at providing meaningful activities for children living in and around Dartmoor with little or no access fto activities. It is based at the Bush Nursing Centre running twice a week during the 2013 school holidays. Zumbamatic is ran in partnership with the YMCA who come to Dartmoor to deliver the program. Children finish the session with fruit.

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Heywood Mens Talk Group in association with Heywood rural Health, Heywood Mens Shed operates throughout the Glenelg region providing Volunteers and Services to people and groups. Heywood Mens Shed was recently surveyed as top Victoria Mens Shed by being open 5 days a week.

Replenishment and addition of materials and Equipment By purchasing additional materials will encourage members to utilise their existing skills and to develop new skills through mentoring individuals. To construct an item from raw materials or restore items for community projects while socially engaging men from across age, cultural backgrounds and diverse economic backgrounds

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Community Impact Fund United Way is committed to ensuring that the strategies we undertake create real and effective impacts in the communities in which we collaborate. To achieve this, we operate on 3 core principles: Evidence, Collaboration and Social Innovation

Community Impact

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We use objective, independent research to provide the evidence for identifying the priority social issues in our community.

We seek genuine collaboration between all community sectors, because social challenges cannot be solved by any of us alone.

To provide ongoing and sustained funding support for a Community Impact Project that aligns with one or more of United Way Glenelg priority values: education, income and health- the building blocks for a good quality of life.

These highly targeted interventions are underpinned by the following guidelines: • • •

Focus on early intervention wherever possible; Provide evidence of lasting change to community systems that improve lives for individuals, families and communities; and Accessing hard to reach populations groups that experience social exclusion.

Our focus for the past two years has been Education. It seeks to address the following criteria: • • •

Supporting “at risk” and disenfranchised youth and children to keep them engaged and supported in education Provision for remedial education for disadvantaged and marginalised adults and Families Increasing financial literacy and other self-sustaining outcomes.

Following the 2011 application process, the Portland Reengagement Program (PRP) was selected for a Community Impact grant to facilitate their “Life Skills Program”. This program enables the PRP to provide specialist support and activities, including literacy and numeracy training, counseling, art therapy and sporting activities etc, each of which would be unfunded without support from United Way Glenelg.

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Portland Re-Engagement Program At the end of each term the program is measured and evaluated as to how the program is running and which activities have been most valuable and successful in achieving this goals of the students.

Success occurs when there is engagement in learning through alternative strategies and experiences, as well as creating an environment that is supportive and cohesive.

This financial year, the initiatives which we were able to complete with the support of United Way have included: 1. Art Exhibition: This included expert tuition, promotional banners and the exhibition. Through the art project the students fulfilled the requirements on the subject Personal Development in their VCAL studies, as well as satisfying a number of Literacy outcomes through verbal interviews, letters and written proposals.

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Student attendance was higher on days that we completed the art projects. This is not just because the students needed to complete the project for one of their subjects, but was reflective of the involvement and engagement they had with the project.

The exhibition opening was very well attended not just by the school and community partners, but more importantly by the students and parents of the Re-Engagement Centre. This demonstrated a great pride and commitment in the project.

In a survey completed by the students at the end of semester, 75% of the students identified the Art Project and Exhibition as in their top 5 memories/experiences of the year.

Aquatic Instruction: Of the seven junior students, only three were competent swimmers. Over a term of aquatic instruction, the other four swimmers learnt about technique (and persistence) and by the end of the term all were able to swim between 1000 and 2000 metres.

71% of the Junior students identified this as their greatest achievement of 2012.

100% of students featured the swimming in their top five memories/ experiences of the year Another component of Personal Development Skills was taking the group out for excursions. Students were involved in the planning of these activities as well as the participation. The excursions were very well attended by both our VCAL and Junior Groups.

94% of students attended two or more of the excursions; 76% of students attended three of more excursions; 65% attended all excursions.

In a survey completed by the students at the end of semester, 86% of the students identified the excursions as in their top 5 memories/ experiences of the year.

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Camp – Camp was held at Burrough Huts in the Grampians and was attended by 5 of our 7 Junior Students.

All students in attendance climbed the Pinnacle and all rated it in their top 5 memories/experiences of 2012.

The students demonstrated persistence, encouragement and teamwork.

Transition Support – During tem 4 two of our Junior students were working towards transitioning back into mainstream education at Portland Secondary College. With United Way’s support Emma Rudge was able to accompany the boys to their class and support them with the teacher and student interaction, as well as the work.

One of those two students has successfully transitioned back into PSC – as measured by his attendance, mid-semester report and feedback from his level manager The other student is now completing both Literacy and Numeracy at PSC with the plan to transition fully for semester two of this year.

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Our COMMITMENT to you At United Way we take seriously our commitment to the many donors who support our work. Maintaining the trust and confidence of our community through transparent accounting and fundraising best practices is one of our top priorities.

At United Way we always strive go one step further in ensuring that every dollar we raise through Workplace Giving goes back to the community.

Our donors are the foundation of United Way and with your help we can support a vital network of health and wellbeing agencies, helping thousands of local people every year.

Our commitment to you is that we continue to make every effort to ensure that your donation goes to those who need it the most.

Nicole Reefman Executive Officer 2012 Board of Directors OFFICERS President Jerome Coleman Certified Practicing Accountant Vice President Margaret Millard Principal Portland South Primary School Treasurer Steve Walker Manager South West Fibre Past Treasurer Shaun Lovell Branch Manager Bank of Melbourne

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DIRECTORS Bev McIlroy Manager Glenelg Southern Grampians Drug Treatment Service Brian Lineker Business Owner Linker Leather Ann Kirkham Active Communities Manager Glenelg Shire Council Gwenda Matthews Retired & Community Member

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Recognising our supporters Business Support

Workplace Giving

United Way recognises the importance of developing and nurturing long term and mutually beneficial partnerships for the development of our community.

There are over 1000 local people from over 20 businesses in the Glenelg Region who make a regular contribution from their wages to United Way Glenelg.

This contribution has assisted us in meeting the needs of our Community Partners and the community of the Glenelg Region.

Amcal Chemist E Davis & Sons Lineker Leather MEG OzChild Plaza Clothing Portland Business Network Portland Signworks Portland Subway Portland Toyworld Portland Floral Club All Trade Service National Australia Bank

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Special thanks go out to each and every one of you for your individual contributions and to your employers who encourage and facilitate the donations. The number of companies that support United Way through workplace giving continues to grow, and each can feel proud that their support is making a significant difference in the lives of many in the Glenelg Region.

All trade Services Bayview College Brophy Family & Youth Services Dhauwurd-Wurrung Elderly Community Health Glenelg Shire Hatch Alliance Heywood Rural Health Incitec Pivot Kempe Keppel Prince Kyeema Support Services Lineker Leather National Australia Bank Mitre 10 Portland PM design Portland Aluminium Police Association Port of Portland Portland District Health Portland Observer South West Fibre Westvic Staffing Solutions

Be part of creating change Building the community is everybody’s business No other contribution you make will provide more help to the community in which you live, than the contribution to United Way Glenelg.

Contribute via Workplace Giving This is the easiest way to donate money back to your community. Workplace Giving is simple to set up and administer. It can be as easy as donating as little as $2 per week. Every dollar you donate goes back to the community you live in.

Make a Donation All donations over $2 is a tax deduction.

Support an Event United Way Glenelg will be holding events throughout the year. Participating and supporting these events will raise money to reduce costs to administer United Way. Make a Bequest A growing number of Australians are seeking to leave a legacy of giving through bequests to charitable trusts. By contributing in this way you are helping to ensure the ongoing impact United Way Glenelg has on the community.

If you can help please contact United Way Glenelg today: Nicole Reefman Phone: 0410 513 305 Mail: United Way Glenelg 4 Gawler Street PO Box 1032 Portland Vic 3305 Email: mail@unitedwayglenelg.com.au Website: www.unitedwayglenelg.com.au

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I would like the following for their contributions to the images in this document Ian Bail Orchard Rise Studio Pacific Hydro

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