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Central Desert News Central Desert News New wheels for Willowra EDITION NO. 29 / MARCH 2016 Aged Care! INSIDE New wheels for Willowra Aged Care! 1 n Friday, 19 February the new aged Ocare bus was delivered to Willowra From the President 2 Aged Care Centre. A small presentation From the CEO 2 took place at the Council Service Welcoming new staff in language 3 Delivery Office presenting the new HiAce commuter bus to the Aged Care Community landscaping with Arid Edge 3 Coordinator and clients. The bus features Fresh harvest in Laramba 4 wheelchair access to enable clients to easily hop on and off. CDP helps reinvent the Wilora Women’s 4 The aged care bus was funded Centre through a partnership between the Aged care gets a windfall 5 Wirliyatjarrayi Aboriginal Land Trust via the Central Land Council, and Central Focus on mediation and justice in Yuendumu 6 Desert Regional Council. CDP build for peace in Yuendumu 6 A painting for the bus was specifically designed by community members for On the Mediation and Justice Program 7 use on the bus. The bus will assist aged Robert Robertson joins the First Circles 7 care to provide activities in and around Program the community, including bush trips, for an aged care facility to be built at Recycling project funds Christmas 8 social activities and visits to the school. Willowra. Once built, this facility will give celebrations This great initiative by the Willowra clients a place to attend for breakfast community represents a strong step Willowra pumping some iron 8 and allow the service to provide cooked forward in developing the aged care meals, showering and blanket washing Yuendumu CDP delivering delicious results 9 service in Willowra. facilities as well as day respite and social The presentation ended with the Anmatjere Cricket Team battles it out in the 9 activities. handing over of the bus keys and a trip Imparja Cup It’s been a very busy time for aged around the community to test out the care in the Central Desert Region with Work Zone Training with Boral Asphalt 10 new wheels. so many projects currently underway to Fire crews mobilise in Willowra 10 Thank you to the Willowra community improve the environment for staff and and Central Land Council for their clients and enhance service delivery! Around the region 11 engagement with aged care and all We wish to thank the Department of New faces in the Akityarre Ward 12 those who assisted in the provision and Health (formerly the Department of Social delivery of the bus! Services) for their ongoing support. We In another exciting development, would also like to take this opportunity to a tender process will soon commence thank all workers in each of our remote aged care services for their patience and understanding at this time of constant change. Your cooperation and ongoing support has meant that the service provided to our clients continues to be delivered at a high standard whilst Central Desert News is published by improvements are underway. Central Desert Regional Council Read more about other exciting new PO Box 2257 ALICE SPRINGS NT 0871 Ph 1300 360 605 upgrades to aged care facilities across www.centraldesert.nt.gov.au the region on page 5. Please send your stories to [email protected] From the President appy Easter everyone! I hope that Heveryone had a relaxing holiday and is enjoying a great 2016. I am proud to say that the Council has already been very busy this year, at the moment we are undertaking upgrades to aged care services across the region, new roads and capital works, as well as improved services for all communities. In January we unfortunately had to say farewell to one of our founding councillors, Louis Japanangka Schaber, due to health issues. Cr Schaber has made an important contribution to local government in Central Australia, particularly for the community at Atitjere. He has been a great ally and support in council and his strong voice and leadership will be missed. President Adrian Dixon and outgoing MacDonnell Regional Council President, Sid Anderson, at Cr Anderson’s farewell. The resulting vacancy in the Akityarre Ward has been filled by Sandra Peckham after being elected unopposed in the that makes a real difference for our communities. Sid has been a long-time recent by-election. It is with great communities. colleague and friend; and a strong leader pleasure that I welcome Cr Peckham I recently attended a reception to for the MacDonnell Region. Cr Anderson to the Council. It is good to see that farewell outgoing MacDonnell Regional will continue to represent the Pintubi community members are willing to step Council President, Sid Anderson, to Luritja Ward as a Councillor. up to such an important role. Being honour him for his many years of Adrian Dixon a councillor is a difficult job but one public service to Central Australian President From the CEO t is with great pleasure to announce that Aged care is benefiting from a major Council to determine priorities in the Ithe Council appointed Craig Catchlove capital upgrade program and, with a Regional Council Plan. Councillors will as the new Director Corporate Services great contribution from Community be participating in a planning workshop in February 2016. Craig joins us from Development Program participants, in April to help shape the Council’s Alice Springs Town Council where he communities are benefiting from a range priorities for the new financial year. Once has been for the past eight years. With of park, cemetery and oval upgrades. Councillors have set the priorities, staff his many years of experience in NT local While we are busy making things will develop them into action plans which government and as a long time resident happen this year, we also need to be make up the Regional Council Plan. of Alice Springs, Craig will be a valuable again thinking about what is in store for Council will be releasing its draft addition to the CDRC family. next year and developing our Regional Regional Plan in late May. Please look out As you can see from the newsletter, Plan for 2016/17. We have been for this document and provide feedback the Council is very busy fulfilling the visiting communities recently to talk to on its contents. many plans and projects identified in community members about what they Cathryn Hutton the last Regional Plan. Council continues would like to see happen in the future. Chief Executive Officer to be incredibly busy with building This information is used to develop upgrades in Nyirripi as well as fencing specific plans for each community. and road upgrades across the region. These plans will also be used by the 2 • CENTRAL DESERT REGIONAL COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Welcoming new staff in language ouncil knows how confusing starting a new Cjob can be. As part of the Council’s effort to make its induction material easy to understand, induction DVDs are now available in Central Desert languages: Anmatjere, Arrernte, Eastern Arrernte, English and Walpiri. Engawala Aged Care Centre has a new Aged Care Coordinator, Sue Ware. The new induction video has helped Sue to get good idea of what it means to be a Council staff member. Sue, along with Engawala Aged Care Centre staff, Joy Turner and Rachel Tilmouth, and community member Margaret Tilmouth, are shown here watching the induction DVD in Arrernte. The women found the DVD an informative and relevant introduction to the workplace. The new induction DVDs in local languages have now been distributed throughout the Central Desert communities. The Human Resources Team in Alice Springs welcomes any feedback staff and community members have on them. Engawala Aged Care Centre staff watch an induction DVD in Arrernte. Community landscaping with Arid Edge ilora Community Development Edge works to carry out environmental CDP participants were also involved WProgram (CDP) participants were projects with positive social outcomes in community meetings with Arid Edge recently involved in the tree planting with a vision of “healthy futures for arid aimed at supporting the development activity carried out in partnership with lands and people”. A total of 30 trees of a community landscaping plan. The the Anmatjere Local Authority and were planted in properties throughout results of this fantastic partnership are Arid Edge Environmental Services. Arid the Wilora community. sure to keep on growing. Wilora CDP get green thumbs. CENTRAL DESERT REGIONAL COUNCIL NEWSLETTER • 3 Fresh harvest in Laramba ommunity Development Program (CDP) participants Care taking on nature in Laramba. The activity centre garden produced a magnificent crop of watermelons and rockmelons in January, good enough to eat! Originally from southern Africa, watermelons grow really well in the desert’s hot summers, with a bit of TLC from the community. As well as fresh fruit, Laramba CDP was also involved in a whole lot of outdoor activity mowing and whipper- snipping around the community. This included cleaning up the schoolyard to get it looking good in time for the start of the new school year. The Laramba community has been enjoying a fantastic outdoor environment as a result. Glenda, Vanessa, Veronica, Aileen and Carol hold the first crop of melons CDP helps reinvent from the activity centre garden. the Wilora Women’s Centre ilora Community Development Program (CDP) Wparticipants are currently involved in repair work in the Wilora Women’s Centre which was not in a good state when the lease to the building was obtained. Once the renovations have been completed, CDP participants will use the revamped building to undertake health and nutrition, art and sewing activities. Participants have cleaned and painted the building, some have also been retiling the bathroom and kitchen areas.
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