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Supporting Community Groups and Keeping Berry Informed PPOO BBOXOX 220202 BBERRYERRY NNSWSW 22535535 WWWW.BERRYALLIANCE.ORG.AUWW.BERRYALLIANCE.ORG.AU FFINDIND UUSS OONN FFACEBOOKACEBOOK JJULYULY 22020020 PPRICE:RICE: $$3.003.00 Berry Medical Centre – Berry is keeping its foot on the throat of the virus. Let’s talk about Page 6 Mental Health Around Berry Page 3 Page 2 The Berry An update from the Men’s Shed Station Master’s Page 5 Residence need your help! St. Lukes are collecting food – Page 4 can you assist? Page 17 The CWA are planning for L’Étape Australia – International Day Scheduled for November 2020 Page 19 Page 7 If you would like to become a “Friend of The Berry Town Crier” and receive Email updates (Town Crier Breaking News) and an electronic copy of the Town Crier each issue please email us with your name, address, Email and telephone number to [email protected] BBERRYERRY AALLIANCELLIANCE IINFORMATIONNFORMATION An update of things happening in our Town Covid-19 Financial Relief Package from Council Follow this link to see the details on the Council - $300. URGENT – Must be before 30 June 2020! website. In early June Council provided the details on their https://shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/…/COVID-19- recently announced fi nancial relief ($300) back Financial-Relief-P… for Ratepayers in the Shoalhaven. The Berry Town Apex Park Toilets Update Crier posted this information on our Facebook The work on the toilets continues and when the Page and shared it on Berry Community Pages as long weekend was fast approaching there was well as writing to all registered “Friends of the an expectation of a large number of visitor to Berry Town Crier”. If you have yet to apply and town. This proved to be so. Council agreed to you wish to please do so before 30 June 2020 add a third “Porta Loo” at the site (originally to comply. The Town Crier is produced only 2). Here is what they are saying and how you can They also undertook to have the toilets fully by the Berry Alliance, Inc. choose to obtain the $300 relief: cleaned on Friday before the weekend. The purpose of this publication is From Shoalhaven City Council: The latest timing on when the works will be to communicate to the people of “If you are a Ratepayer in the Shoalhaven you concluded is that Council expect the works to Berry about community activities can apply to Shoalhaven City Council to receive be completed by the end of July (if not delayed and to generate a small income $300 back. for any reason such as bad weather.) for the Berry Alliance to cover The COVID-19 Financial Relief Package is open We thank the Council staff who were very helpful administrative costs and donations. to Shoalhaven City Council ratepayers only and addressing some business and community you must opt-in to receive the fi nancial relief. concerns and desire for information. How do I opt-in? Tourism and businesses opening up again MEMBERSHIP The most effi cient opt-in process is by The Berry Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Membership of the Berry Alliance completing the online form below. has asked that this letter from them be costs $10 pa. It aims to share You will need to know your property ID number, distributed widely to our Berry Community. information amongst community which can be found on your rates notice or To the Berry Community, groups and individuals, and to water account. There is no sugar coating it - the last 12 months ensure that Berry continues to You must opt-in by 30 June 2020 to receive the have been horrendous. Drought, fi res, a brief be a community we are proud of. Financial Relief Package. fl ood and now a global pandemic. Membership is open to Regardless of which services you receive, each Each of these individual events alone Berry community groups property is to receive the full $300 fi nancial would have severely impacted our business and individuals. To join the relief. Berry Alliance, write to The COVID-19 Financial Relief Package is open community however lined up back to back it PO Box 202 Berry NSW 2535 to Shoalhaven City Council ratepayers only and has been devastating. you must opt-in to receive the fi nancial relief. The wonderful support from our amazing ALL BERRY Opt-in and apply community during these stressful and trying ALLIANCE ENQUIRIES If you don’t know your Property ID, then give times has meant businesses have been able to continue to tick along, tread water and not sink. Secretary: 0449 569 059 us a call on 4429 5886 or you can chat with us online. We ask that as the restrictions ease please bear Email: [email protected] a thought for the businesses in town, most have Post Offi ce Box 202 If you own more than one property, you must Berry NSW 2535 submit a new request for each property.” Continued on page 5... PRUNING BY JULY QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED Editor's Note 15 HORTICULTURIST The closing date for our AUGUST issue will be Wednesday 15th July 2020 at 5pm. Please submit prior to this date if it is your fi rst submission. Material can be submitted via e-mail to: [email protected] Phone 0428 037 572 Town Criers can be downloaded for free from www.berryalliance.org.au or our Facebook Page: Berry Town Crier. Nancy Davies - Berry Town Crier CContributorsontributors aarere tthosehose ffromrom tthehe BBerryerry ccommunityommunity wwhoho hhaveave nnewsews oorr vviewsiews rrelatingelating ttoo rresidentsesidents ooff tthehe aarea.rea. 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Berry Alliance Town Crier Patrick McGorry, the executive director of Let’s pull together as youth mental health organisation Orygen, has a community and talk said the pandemic mental health plan would cost far more to implement than had been about mental health allocated. Over the next few weeks we are aiming He said unless serious action was taken, to raise awareness, start a conversation the deaths and damage caused by mental amongst our community and hopefully illness would overshadow those caused by provide some helpful resources for ourselves COVID-19. and those close to us who may be struggling In March, Australia’s national crisis support with mental health issues during what has service Lifeline answered almost 90,000 been an extraordinary time. calls, an increase of 25 per cent over the We will be focusing on different generations same time last year. each week to highlight specifi cally how Professor Patrick McGorry, the executive News from the COVID has affected different age groups, director of youth mental health organisation some tips for helping with mental health and Orygen, has said while most Australians Courthouse valuable resources. would bounce back from COVID-19 as life You may feel this is not an issue that returned to normal, a signifi cant number As restrictions are being lifted or would fi nd it harder. personally affects you, however it is eased, the bookings for the Courthouse undoubtedly something that may be of “About a third of the Australian population relevance to someone who you know. Maybe are vulnerable or already have mental health are starting to fi rm back up. problems, and in this sort of situation, are someone close to you, a neighbour, a son or We were pleased to be able to assist our at great risk of being tipped over into a new daughter, or a grandchild. Please share the hirers in a number of ways including rent episode,” he said. information with them so they feel supported relief and date changes without any penalty. and able to access help if needed. “We know from previous disasters that at Similar to a lot of the businesses in and The issues surrounding the impacts of COVID least 20 per cent of the population will be at around Berry. on mental health are already being felt and risk of that.” As we said previously, bookings for weddings will continue to be felt for many months and Professor McGorry has said it was the are like a very large ship, they take an age years to come. potential for an economic downturn and to turn after you turn the wheel. Especially Please drop into the pharmacy or give us further job losses that would have the most couples with guests travelling from overseas a call for a chat if any of the information severe impact on Australians’ mental health. or a long way away they have to make a resonates with you. Please also contact your How to access help: decision on a postponement in plenty of time GP or the Beyond Blue help line on 1800 If COVID-19 has you feeling concerned about for people to rearrange their travel plans and 512 348 if you feel you or someone you know your wellbeing, contacting your GP is a great even that is diffi cult as nobody knows what may benefi t from greater or more immediate place to start.