Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council
Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council
Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council
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General (continued)<br />
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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.