18 August 2022
Member News
Dear Families ACT members,
This update provides information about our Annual General Meeting, our commentary on the ACT Budget 2022-23 and some exciting sector development updates.
Families ACT Annual General Meeting
Families ACT held its Annual General Meeting online via ZOOM on Tuesday 16 August 2022. Families ACT’s President Alison Lendon thanked Finance Officer Tom Thorneton for his 4 years’ service and warmly welcomed 3 new board members - Danielle Parra, Zakia Patel and Andrew Stephen. For more information about our board, visit our website.
Key ACT Budget 2022-23 Announcements
Families ACT has drafted a brief commentary highlighting key ACT budget 2022-23 announcements. Overall, Families ACT welcomes the 2022-23 ACT Budget which delivers much needed funding across a wide range of areas including health care, education, community services, homelessness services, public housing and public transport. For more detail, please read our commentary on our website.
Families ACT’s Annual member survey report
Thank you to everyone who responded to our annual member survey in June 2022. We have now collated all the responses and submitted our report to CSD. Overall, the survey reveals an over 92% satisfaction rate with our performance in all areas (respondents satisfied or very satisfied with our work). You can find the full report on our website as well as more detailed information about our work such as policy positions, recent submissions and research reports.
Sector Development
NEW Families ACT webpage listing all our sector development work
We are excited to announce that we have created a new webpage listing all the training and sector development we provide and facilitate. Updates and new training will be continually added, and we encourage you to have a look at what’s on offer for the rest of this year.
Cancellation of JCR scheduled for 22nd of September 2022
A Gender Agenda Workshop
Families ACT has decided to cancel the JCR scheduled for the 22nd of Sept 2022 as we are collaborating with the Youth Coalition of the ACT on hosting a training on working with trans and gender diverse young people and families. More information about the workshop which will be delivered by A Gender Agenda, ACT’s leading trans, gender diverse and intersex peer support organisation can be found on our new webpage. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope you or your staff can attend our final JCR for the year on 1st of November 2022 instead. If you have any questions or want more information about our sector development work, JCRs or the workshops, please email Yvonne at comms@familiesact.org.au
Stays available at Leo’s Place
Leo’s Place has asked us to promote their beautiful, non-clinical, home-away-from-home for people with a life-limiting illness and /or their carers, which opened in January 2021. An initiative of Palliative Care ACT, it has received funding security in this year’s ACT budget, and it provides day or overnight respite for this client group, at no cost to them. Leo’s Place currently has availability and clients and/or carers can self-refer or be referred by your service. For more information go to Leo’s place or call Ann Monahan, the manager, on 02 6171 2290 for a chat or to arrange a tour.
Best wishes,
Yvonne Gritschneder
comms@familiesact.org.au
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