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PAGE 2 AROUND AUSTRALIA Message from the President and CEO Michael Legge President Australian Red Cross Robert Tickner Chief Executive Officer Australian Red Cross Welcome to another year full of new opportunities and ways you can contribute to the community, helping the most vulnerable people in Australia and overseas. The success of Red Cross as the largest humanitarian organisation in the world rests on the work of trained and experienced volunteers in our emergency and everyday work. This year, at the National Emergency Awards recognition events, four Red Cross volunteers, Tony Cullen, Des Dowie, Jeffrey Hubbard and Bruce Smith were recognised for their contribution to helping Australians affected by natural disasters with inaugural National Emergency Medals. These four volunteers represent the huge contribution made by our thousands of Red Cross members, volunteers and supporters across Australia and around the world. The Awards were presented by the Prime Minister at a ceremony in Canberra on Australia Day and at an event in recognition of the Black Saturday bushfires in Flowerdale, Victoria. You can read more about their remarkable contributions in the Queensland Floods and Victorian Bushfires on our website. This year we will be consulting widely to develop a new organisation-wide strategy on Voluntary Service through Australian Red Cross to guide our work in this area. We look forward to updating you and involving you in this exciting project. We hope you enjoy this edition of the newsletter. You can read more about our work in the recently published Annual Report 2010-2011, available on our website redcross.org.au. L to R; Des Dowie, Tony Cullen, Michael Legge and Kevin Keeffe at the inaugural National Emergency Medals presentation on Australia Day. Jeff Hubbard is presented with his National Emergency Medal by the Prime Minister. Photo: Australian Red Cross/Commonwealth Government. New President for Australian Red Cross Michael Legge was elected as President of Australian Red Cross on 8 December 2011 at the Annual General Meeting in Hobart. Michael has a long and distinguished involvement with Red Cross and served as Vice President for the eight years prior to his new appointment. He joined Red Cross in 1986 as a young and enthusiastic volunteer ambulance driver with the St Marys branch in Tasmania. Since then, his involvement with Red Cross has taken him from rural Tasmania as far afield as Mongolia, Pakistan and the Pacific. He has also represented Australian Red Cross internationally, both as an Australian delegate and speaker at international forums, and as an active participant in decision-making for the Movement. Michael and his wife Sophie are the proud parents of three school-aged children and they are the hardworking owners of a sheep farm in Tasmania. Australian Red Cross congratulates Michael on his election and look forward to his leadership initiatives. In addition, we are delighted to report that the immediate past President of Australian Red Cross Greg Vickery AM has been elected to the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This is a tremendous personal achievement for Greg and also a huge honour for Australia and our region. Cover photo: Australian Red Cross/Louise Cooper
TAS NEWS PAGE 3 Message from the Chair and Executive Director Welcome to 2012. We trust you all had a good break and enjoyed the festive season with your families and friends. In the last edition we noted the excellent contributions Red Cross in Tasmania had made to the work of Australian Red Cross in 2011, crowned by our hosting of the most successful National Conference and associated events. The National Conference was held in Hobart on December 9 and 10 and attracted over 450 Red Cross members, volunteers and staff to our wonderful state. This event was extremely successful and is being held in high regard as the most successful Red Cross National Conference to date. The Conference included a moving and inspiring Oration presented by Yves Daccord, Director- General of the ICRC, who travelled from Geneva to join us. We would like to thank everyone involved who contributed to making this event an outstanding example of the professionalism, enthusiasm and passion of Australian Red Cross. Other highlights of 2011 include the creation of the Community Detention team which is supporting vulnerable people in a very changeable, demanding and sensitive environment, the formation of the Red Cross University Society in Hobart which we hope to expand to Launceston and the North-West in 2012, and the opening of the new and expanded northern headquarters of Red Cross in Mowbray. We are sure 2012 will have its challenges, but we are equally sure that working together we will meet every one of them and continue to grow and mature as a group and as individuals. Let’s all look forward to a successful new year in which we make the best use of our talents and of our resources to bring meaning to our shared mission of improving the lives of vulnerable people. As always, please feel free to provide feedback to tasinfo@redcross.org.au. Do you have a Red Cross story? We would like to hear how you, our valued members and volunteers, are making a difference. If you have an idea for a story, or are holding an event that we can cover, please get in touch. Please contact your local membership coordinator (contact details on back). Best wishes, Michael Howarth TAS Divisional Chair Great ideas can travel Dr Ian Burke Executive Director TAS The Greg Vickery Scholarship has been established this year by the Australian Red Cross Board in honour of the retiring President, Mr Greg Vickery AM who continues to serve Red Cross as a member, a volunteer and a leader after nearly 40 years. Greg’s involvement with Red Cross continues at the highest levels following his appointment as Chair of the Standing Commission of the International Movement. The scholarship, valued at $25,000, will be awarded annually to fund a joint international learning experience for a Red Cross volunteer or member and a Red Cross staff member. It will be a fantastic collaborative experience and have a direct benefit for Australian Red Cross. We encourage members and volunteers to collaborate with a staff member and submit the required joint application by 31 May, 2012. For further details about how to apply or the selection criteria, please contact Cathy Stillwell, at cstillwell@ redcross.org.au or 07 3367 7450. Newsletter for members and volunteers
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