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Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council

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<strong>Waverley</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />

Access and Equity Activities <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong><br />

Specific support provided to the following groups: (subject to<br />

meeting agreed outcomes)<br />

<strong>Waverley</strong> Bondi Beach Band<br />

<strong>Waverley</strong>/Randwick Philharmonic Society<br />

<strong>Waverley</strong> Woollahra Arts Centre<br />

<strong>Waverley</strong> Historical Society<br />

Friends of <strong>Waverley</strong> Library<br />

Eastern Suburbs Poetry Group<br />

Actors Forum.<br />

Assistance was provided to all these groups during the year.<br />

Number of groups supported (Child Protection, Domestic<br />

Violence, self help).<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong><br />

Dept Page No<br />

L&CS 104<br />

L&CS 108<br />

17 groups received support durin <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong>.<br />

Number of committees receiving specialist support. L&CS 109<br />

Committees receiving specialist support during the period included: <strong>Waverley</strong> Community and<br />

Seniors Association, ECHO, EATS, DIRC, Norman Andrews House, Junction House, Randwick/<br />

<strong>Waverley</strong> Community Transport, Bondi Outreach Project and Bondi Youth Accommodation. WAVES<br />

was provided with extensive assistance with wind up, after the NSW Department of Health absorbed<br />

the service.<br />

Staff also provided support to the management committees of Kindamindi, Bondi Beach Cottage,<br />

Grace Child Care Centre, Bondi Toy Library and each of the five OOSH Services in <strong>Waverley</strong>.<br />

Activities included assistance with grant applications, financial management, recruitment, conflict<br />

resolution and team building, annual general meetings, service review/ business plans for funding<br />

bodies, client surveys and staff management.<br />

Number of local forums resourced (HACC, Aged Interagency,<br />

L&CS 109<br />

Youth Advisory <strong>Council</strong>, Multicultural Interagency Eastern Region<br />

Local Government ATSI Forum.<br />

<strong>Council</strong> staff were active contributors in a wide variety of local committees, groups and forums<br />

throughout the year including: the Eastern Sydney Area HACC Forum, the <strong>Waverley</strong>/Woollahra<br />

Aged Services Interagency, the Eastern Area Interagency, the <strong>Waverley</strong> Area Youth Advisory<br />

Committee, the Eastern Sydney Youth Services Network, the <strong>Waverley</strong> Woollahra Youth Safety<br />

Forum, the Inner and Eastern Suburbs Migrant Interagency, and the Eastern Region Local<br />

Government Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum.<br />

Value of community and cultural grants provided. L&CS 110<br />

The level of funding provided in support of non-profit organisations providing community services<br />

and cultural activities for <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong> was $287,000.<br />

Database developed to document existing participation. (Numbers L&CS 111<br />

in precincts, management committees, using collections, child<br />

care etc).<br />

Insufficient infrastructure was available to enable documentation of the extent of participation of<br />

CALD groups in <strong>Council</strong> activities. Revised strategies for evaluating participation have been<br />

incorporated in <strong>Council</strong>’s Management Plan for <strong>2006</strong>/2007.

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