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Art Exhibition for Boonah
Boonah Creative Arts Centre
in West Pymble provides
visual arts tuition for adults
with a disability living on the
north shore, northern beaches and
Ryde area.
The program has been running
for over 16 years, with Heidi
Mecklem as coordinator throughout
that time. Many of the artists
themselves have been attending
since the program’s conception.
Boonah is unique in that it has
very individualised classes. Artists
can participate in a range of art
mediums including water colour and
Feeling Financial Pressure?
Financial Counselling is a
new program provided by
Naremburn and Brookvale Family
Centres. Two Financial Counsellors
are currently available, Martin
Derby and Kevin Dallas.
Financial Counsellors are not to
be confused with Financial Planners
or Financial Advisers, whose job is to
maximise investment returns, minimise
tax, do estate planning and
arrange superannuation. Financial
Planners and Advisors charge fees
and generally recommend specific
investment products.
Financial Counselling is completely
different – it’s for those who do
‘Open Your Heart’ to Fostering
NSW Minister for Family
and Community Services
acrylic painting, pastels, textiles and
drawing, as well as mixed media.
Art tools are adapted to assist a large
range of physical and intellectual
disabilities so everyone who attends
the classes can participate freely in all
areas of art making.
Boonah holds two main art exhibitions
each year, the most recent being
‘Jump In!’ at Gallery Red in Glebe. It
was a very successful evening opened
by artist Keith Rutherford, a wellknown
artist who has exhibited in
the Mosman Art Prize, Wynne Prize
and the Dobell drawing prize at the
art gallery of NSW.
Pru Goward recently launched
Fostering NSW, a year-long fos-
Many guests from other disability
and arts organisations
attended the exhibition and artists
from Boonah were on hand
to answer questions about their
artwork. Much of the work was
acrylic on paper and canvas, with
not have enough money, or money
that belongs to someone else – a
bank or a lender – so they are in
debt. NSW government funding
means that Financial Counselling
services are FREE for those who
come to CatholicCare.
CatholicCare will see anyone
feeling financial pressure. This may
mean difficulties with budgeting, but
could be a financial crisis, with a possibility
that the electricity will be cut
off, or the family home repossessed.
We are here to listen and to help.
We know that people’s financial
positions are often a result of what is
going on in their lives around employment,
relationships, and health. We
will listen to you and afford you dignity
and respect. We will try to work
out a money plan with you – what
you have coming in (wages, benefits,
etc.), what you have going out (living
expenses like rent and food and bills),
what you owe, and what you own.
One of our Financial Counsellors
will sit down with you and do a
comprehensive assessment of your
financial situation and then be in a
position to present you with options
to look at ways of assisting you to
find a more sustainable footing. A
sure sign of difficulties is borrowing
to pay debts.
ter care recruitment and awareness
campaign run by the Association
of Children’s Welfare Agencies
(ACWA). The launch was held
in the Speakers Garden at NSW
Parliament House and attended
by almost 100 agency representatives
and foster carers including
representatives from CatholicCare
agencies in Broken Bay, Newcastle,
Sydney and Wollongong. Broken
Bay Executive Director, Deirdre
Cheers was Master of Ceremonies
for the launch. Introducing
some interesting sculptural pieces,
including a rustic chandelier made
from farm wire and hand painted
canvas beads.
The next Boonah art exhibition
will be early December 2013 at
West Pymble.
Our Financial Counsellors have
experience with a range of money
issues – for example, over-commitment,
claims arising from car accidents,
actions taken by a lender to
repossess your home, credit card
debt, bankruptcy, debt consolidation,
and accessing superannuation, etc.
They can provide you with information,
and give you options, to enable
you to make decisions.
So if you think you, or someone
you know, would benefit from this
sort of service, please get in touch by
calling Naremburn Family Centre
on 02 8425 8700. We will be happy
to assist.
Minister Goward at the event
Deirdre (who is current ACWA
Board Chair) said “as a community
we have no more important task
than to ensure that our children
grow up healthy and safe”. The
campaign aims to help recruit 450
new foster carers over the next year
as well as raising general awareness
about the benefits of fostering for
children and families.
For more information visit
www.fosteringnsw.com.au or call
1800 2 FOSTER
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