Second Chances SA Restoring Autumn 2017 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES!

PK Diversion Worker Invisible Victims Through public voting for the Have Your Say initiative, we of Crime Report won State funding for our PK Diversion Worker program. Second Chances SA This will be a series of character building residential Ambassador In conjunction with Nova retreats specifically designed for PKs to divert them Smart Solutions, we away from a pathway of predicted generational crime. Former international published an in-depth cricketer for Zimbabwe, research report into the Henry Olonga plight of the children of became our first prisoners here in South ever Second Chances Australia. Our programs for SA Ambassador, PKs are designed to meet representing us in their needs and curtail media appeals and intergenerational crime. We have the Registered Charity Tick! special events.

Brand New Furniture New Location PK (Prisoner’s Kids) Warehouse Truck Furniture Warehouse Family Care Team Our Second Chances Furniture Last July Second Chances Furniture From January 2014 to December 2016, Warehouse received a brand new Warehouse opened its doors at a brand our PK Family Care Team (PKFCT) Hino 300 truck, courtesy of Coopers new location on 131 Richmond Road, completed a successful three year Brewery Foundation and CMV Richmond. The Furniture Warehouse not pilot program, made possible thanks Foundation, enabling our volunteers only raises much needed funds for our to a Special Youth Grant from DCSI. to more efficiently collect and deliver programs but also provides affordable, The team made over 700 home visits furniture and white goods. quality furniture to released prisoners, creating strong relationships with struggling families and the community. hundreds of PKs and their families. WE'RE NOT DONE YET! Running Full Steam Ahead

We’ve reached our second year anniversary date already! On We’ve attracted independent funds to retain our 1st February 2015 we formed a new South Australian charity. PK Family Care Team Leader Mel Eckert until 30th We hit the ground running and we’re running well, thanks to June 2017 and hope by then to know the outcome of all our supporters and committed volunteers. our future funding request to continue this valued and We’re still supporting prisoners through weekly visitation strategic early crime prevention initiative. across seven SA prisons. We’ve introduced two extra Teen This October we will celebrate 10 years of operating Girls camps now bringing our PK Mentoring Camps total the Second Chances Op Shop at Sturt and are still to 10 a year. We’ve provided almost 520 children with two searching for the right person to be our three day a brand new presents in our second year of Christmas Angels week Co-Manager. into six SA prisons. Please like our Facebook page and be sure to check Since October 2016 our Justice Advocate Dr Lynn Arnold out our website where you’ll find our video, ‘2016 and I met with the Attorney General ; Minister in Review.’ When we look back, we stand amazed at Community and Social Inclusion in November; God’s grace and favour which has allowed our growth Minister Child Protection Susan Close in December and and key new people to join us in the cause. Opposition MPs and in January. We are advocating with a bipartisan approach to Gratefully yours, continue the good work of the PK Family Care Team as their funding finished 31 December at the end of a three year pilot project. We have gathered independent evaluations and reviews confirming early intervention crime prevention is the Helen Glanville best way forward for PKs in SA. Chief Executive Going inside the Adelaide Remand Centre

If you’ve just found yourself in the Adelaide see a volunteer. It may be a Remand Centre (ARC) you are by law simple request to store their ‘innocent till proven guilty’. mobile phone, store a few You’re in a place of many unknowns. You items of property or complete don’t know if you have a solicitor. You don’t a banking request so they can know if your girlfriend has left you. You don’t have funds to make phone know if your friends have taken your money calls or buy extra items at the and stripped your place. You don’t know weekly buy up. While these when you’re going to Court. You don’t know small requests may not seem what the Judge might decide. And you don’t very important to most, it is know who you can trust to help you. these little helps which can You are surrounded by so much uncertainty. allay fear and help calm a You are surrounded by others in the same prisoner surrounded by so predicament and you’re surrounded by ARC Team (L to R) John Paterson, Dan uniformed staff who lock you in your cell much uncertainty. Aubrey, Ron Blythman and Phil Hanel with strangers who also live in a state of Many times these encounters Volunteer John Paterson served at uncertainty. present moments when a the ARC each week for 16 years. Dan This is where a Second Chances SA volunteer prisoner on remand can safely Aubrey also served for six years as comes in. A prisoner asks for help by talk to someone from the Team Leader. Combined they gave completing the ‘Prisoner Request Form’ to community who will listen 22 years of service to prison staff, to their story. These are the prisoners and their families. In 2012 moments when a friendship of Ron Blythman joined the team and Peter Miller currently in 2015 Phil Hanel came on board, trust can begin. Some stories serves as the SA/NT making it a team of four for most of Director of Chaplaincy are sad, some stories are bad, 2016. This year Peter Miller has also Ministries for the but not one story ends at the joined the ARC team. Adelaide Remand Centre. Lutheran Church. He We are always looking for new is a retired school It can be the beginning of volunteers to help us make a lasting principal with a passion change, the beginning of a impact in the lives of prisoners here in for caring for others. new way of thinking, taking . If you know a retired He also currently stock, reassessing and deciding or semi-retired mature Christian with serves as a tertiary to make wise decisions which years of experience and wisdom to chaplain for university will take them away from a share with men who need a positive Peter Miller students in Adelaide. pathway of crime. male mentor, call us on 8272 0323.

Restoring Hope Celebrating Christmas Angels Thank you! 2016 Major Sponsor: Together with all our generous sponsors and donors, we have helped over 500 children have a very Merry Christmas!

Mum Says Thanks From a Grateful Prisoner

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Building Strong Teens

Older Teen Girls Camp Younger Teen Girls Camp Younger Teen Boys Camp Barossa Valley, November 2016 Middleton, December 2016 Mylor, December 2016 Historic museum tour, ten pin bowling Camel rides, Duck Boat ride, bird and Kayaking, archery, swimming, mountain and a rose garden visit. animal feeding. biking and zip lining. We've got the Charity Tick!

Last year the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission (ACNC) rolled out the national Tick of Charity SECOND CHANCES SA INC Registration. The Charity Tick has been designed to reassure GOVERNANCE the public of our transparency and accountability as a charity. PATRON: Look us up at acnc.gov.au. John Doyle AC QC JUSTICE ADVOCATE: Dr Lynn Arnold AO FAICD Looking for ground floor offices AMBASSADOR: Henry Olonga In January our staff and volunteers met to reflect on the year ADVISORY PANEL: that was and consider the year to come. One of our hopes Gary Byron AM, Rev Bill Reddin, and priorities for 2017 is the acquisition of our own ground floor offices. We’ve enjoyed rented offices upstairs at the Bible Peter Do, Paula Dickson College of SA for the past 15 years but we also know that it is not a practical, long-term solution. Can you help us come down BOARD: to ground on a traffic corridor? Give us a call on 8272 0323. Chairman: Timothy Minahan Vice Chairman: Julian Grobler Secretary: Les Dennis You can’t miss it! Treasurer: Krystal Gurney CA, BCom (Acc) Have you driven along Members: Bob Brooks, Brenda Bates, Richmond Road lately? If Geoff Glanville, Glenn O’Rourke so, you would have seen STAFF: our new signage for our Chief Executive: Helen Glanville MBA Furniture Warehouse. Why not recommend us to Project Officer: Geoff Glanville a friend or colleague who Finance Officer: Kim Pienaar needs affordable, quality, Business/Fundraising: Bob Brooks (Vol) pre-loved furniture? All PK Camps Liaison: Les Dennis (Vol) profits support our Second

Chances SA programs. GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS: Second Chances Furniture Warehouse: 131 Richmond Road, Richmond. 8352 7722. PK Family Care Team: Mel Eckert PK Diversion Worker: Chris Bowman

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