Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council

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Reviewing Our 2005/2009 Management Plan Did We Do What We Said We Would Do? Council marked International Day of People with a disability in December 2005 with a number of activities including a one day consultation and training workshop, Advocating for Access 2005 and a dinner celebrating the contribution of access committee members to improving access for people with disabilities across the region. Guide Dogs NSW/ ACT for people with visual impairment provided Advocating for Access 2005 for Councillors, relevant staff and Access Committee members from Southern Sydney Region (SSROC) Councils. Guest speakers included presenters from Guide Dogs NSW/ ACT, the Independent Living Centre and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC). The workshop included a morning of consultation with local people with visual impairment and an afternoon of education for Council staff and decision-makers about strategies for improving access in the built environment for people with visual impairment. Waverley joined with other Southern Sydney Region Councils to host the dinner celebrating the contribution of access committee members. Guest speaker Michael Simpson from Vision Australia spoke about access for people with vision impairment. With 150 people attending representing 11 Councils, the dinner provided an invaluable opportunity for networking and sharing ideas among committee members. The Waverley Community Living Project (WCLP) continued to achieve the targets set during 2005/2006. WCLP provided subsidised accommodation for 6 adults with intellectual disability and provided individualised programs of ‘drop in’ support and training to 15 adults with intellectual disability The ‘Life Education Training’ series conducted by WCLP continued with 93% of members attending and reporting satisfaction with this service. At the end of the June 2006 quarter, training included fire safety and evacuation, ‘Your Rights and Responsibilities’, health and well being, teamwork, personal hygiene and self esteem. Access to car parking spaces for people with disabilities was improved with the posting of information about the location of allocated accessible space on Council’s web site. A hotline telephone number was established for reporting abuse by motorists parked in accessible spaces without display of a current mobility parking authority. The number is displayed on all accessible car parking signs, and was published in the summer 2005 edition of Waverley in Focus. Services for Young People A total of 8 programs for youth held at the Pavilion during 2005/2006. These included: The 2006 Waverley Council Youth Art Award and Exhibition, held over two weeks in June 2006. Council provided $2000 in award money and the opportunity to exhibit in a public gallery to encourage young local artists aged12 to 25 years. Judging was in three age categories, with an additional award for works with an environmental theme. There were 180 entries and this project continues to be very popular with the young artists, their teachers and their families, many of whom attended the official exhibition opening and Awards presentation by the Mayor. Four of the 2006 grant funded Youth Wave Music Programs were completed during the last quarter and the remaining programs are on target for completion in the second half of 2006. The Musician in Residence programs continued to cater for youth and young emerging artists, assisting with subsidised recording time and mentoring from music industry professionals, providing ongoing professional assistance with their artistic development. Another two young groups were assisted with recording during the last quarter. Annual Report 2005/2006 29
Reviewing Our 2005/2009 Management Plan Did We Do What We Said We Would Do? Five Bondi Live Youth Music Project (BLYMP) events were held at Bondi Pavilion over the course of the year. The events provide a positive outlet for young bands with about 6 performing live to an audience of 3-400 young people at each event. These events are organised by Council’s Youth Worker, staff of the Pavilion, and Ways Youth Services with support from Waverley Police. As a part of Youth Week, Bondi Blitz was held next to the Bondi Skate Park on 8 April 2006. Organised in cooperation with WAYS, Woollahra and Randwick Councils, it involved a professional band, six youth bands, a DJ and a Rap group performing for around 1,000 people throughout the afternoon. The Waverley Library’s youth area has been reviewed and all identified actions completed. The newly designed and constructed youth space is known as “The Great Escape”. The area includes a LCD TV screen with wireless headphones featuring Foxtel, an Internet access PC, Graphic novels, magazines, CDs and DVDs. Services for Older People Waverley’s Community and Seniors Centre continued to provide a wide range of weekly social and physical activities and low cost health services to people over 50, to HACC clients and CALD groups throughout the final quarter. With support from the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, the Centre continued to provide weekly activities and short day trips specifically targeting Waverley’s socially isolated residents and frail aged residents (including housie, gentle chair exercise and bus outings). A low cost health service, which includes massage, podiatry and Bowen therapy now also provides reflexology. The weekly physical activities provided at least twice a week were Tai Chi, Yoga, Line Dancing, Light Aerobics and Weights/fitness class. To meet increasing demand for centre programs, additional weekly classes of Yoga, Line Dancing and Weight/fitness class were established. A weights/fitness class specifically for men and a Step Steady program for over 70s especially targeting clients recovering from serious health problems or stroke was also introduced. Social activities provided at the centre include scrabble, indoor bowls, solace, discussion groups, painting and drawing and German language class. Other new groups established include a bridge players group for men and an arts & craft group, which started off with six members. This group now has 15 members. This year the Centre aimed to increase services towards local CALD groups. As a result, new monthly Greek social outing tours were put in place whilst continuing to assist the two weekly Russian speaking groups and the Italian social groups. As at 30 June 2006, there were 183 members from the Waverley community registered with the Home Library Service, which represents 92% of the target for 2005/2006. There were 19,473 of loans to Waverley members of the Service. This represents 54.4% of the total loans made through the service to Waverley, Randwick and Botany residents. The Meals on Wheels and Shopping Service continued to provide a nutritious meal to older people, people with a disability and their carers living in the Waverley area with an average of 94 meals delivered daily for the quarter and over the year. 30 Annual Report 2005/2006
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