Celebrating Nillumbik Women 2009 - Nillumbik Shire Council

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Diana Warrell Nominated by Suzi Kerr Diana Warrell has been a resident of Eltham for the past 44 years and lives with her husband Chris. Diana was a teacher at Catholic Ladies College for 20 years. Her active involvement with the local community commenced in the 1980s when she took on the role of President of the Research Mothers’ Club. Diana then took on the role of volunteer and board member with Love in the Name of Christ – LinC Eltham. LinC is a network of inter-denominational churches, working together to share human and material resources in response to needs of their local communities. Diana’s role with LinC includes driving people to medical appointments, shopping, home/hospital visits and organising food parcels. Diana has also been a committee member and the Secretary of CAVE (Community and Volunteers of Eltham) for the past 15 years, starting when they were a transitional housing agency. CAVE is now a not-forprofit community support organisation, which assists children, teenagers and families in need. One of CAVE’s greatest achievements in which Diana was involved, was the establishment of the Judith Ireland Studentship, an award which encourages children in the local community who are striving to reach their potential. Diana is an active member of the Nillumbik Reconciliation Group, currently holding the role of Secretary, and is a member of Reconciliation Eastern Metro. Through her involvement with these groups, Diana has played a key role in strengthening connections and networks with other community organisations. In 2008, Diana produced the Battle of Yering Library Exhibition, a wonderful display of material relating to the Battle of Yering mounted at Eltham Library. Diana is an active member of the St Margaret’s Eltham Church congregation where she is a leader with their children’s group Fishtales. She has produced a cookery book entitled Food for the Journey. Diana enjoys producing banners, newsletters, flyers and stationery for the various community groups she works with. She was a volunteer at the Deaf Olympics when it was held in Melbourne and in her spare time Diana loves to paint.
Rachel Watt Nominated by Mandy Press Rachel’s connection with Nillumbik started when she was a girl riding horses and swimming them in the Yarra River. However, her work as a psychologist, working with children and adolescents, took her to country NSW and then to the United Kingdom, where she worked in the Liver and Bowel Transplant Unit at a large children’s hospital. Rachel returned to live in Nillumbik nearly nine years ago and has worked for most of that time in Nillumbik and Banyule as a psychologist for the North East Area Mental Health Service. She supports and trains general practitioners and community health centre workers in mental health issues, and helps people struggling with depression and anxiety. As part of this work she has worked with individuals, conducted long and shortterm groups on depression and therapeutic story-writing and spoken at local community forums on depression. In her life outside of paid work, Rachel is mother to two charming boys and stepmother to a delightful 12 year old girl. Rachel also had a beautiful three-year-old daughter, who died suddenly in 2007. Rachel’s work as a psychologist for more than 17 years and her journey of motherhood, have combined in her passion for supporting parents in the valuable and challenging role they play with their children. To this end, she was briefly a member of the Nillumbik Early Years Advisory Committee and was the co-founder of the Warrandyte- Eltham Natural Parenting Melbourne playgroup. This group seeks to provide a nurturing environment for children and a forum for parents to support each other in mindful, gentle parenting and sustainable living. Since 2007, Rachel has been writing and editing for parenting publications on grief and loss, the challenges of parenting toddlers, and the importance of attachment. Rachel was co-editor of a parenting magazine called Nurture and recently co-founded a magazine for parents called Barefoot of which she is also co-editor. Rachel’s hope is that the magazine will support, challenge and inspire parents and carers in their roles with children and promote a more thoughtful approach to the place of children in the life of the wider community.
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