1 Annual Report 2013 - 2014
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Soraya Seklaoui<br />
Successful Awareness Days were held in<br />
Gladstone and Mackay this year. In Gladstone,<br />
I met with Seargeant Vicki Dredge the<br />
Gladstone QPS Domestic and Family Violence<br />
Coordinator who attended the awareness stall<br />
and bought materials from QPS anti-violence<br />
campaigns to share on the day. The stall was<br />
also attended by team leaders Linda and Billie<br />
Jean Watson. Mackay Awareness Day was<br />
conducted with the assistance of Crime<br />
Stoppers. I met with Mackay Crime Stoppers<br />
Chairperson Shirley Rowles who provided<br />
QHVSG with banners and Crime Stoppers<br />
materials for the day. The stall was also<br />
attended by four members during the day. In<br />
2015, I aim to continue to hold Awareness<br />
Days in Mackay and Gladstone using the same<br />
venues (Stockland Shopping Centre community<br />
spaces).<br />
Memorial Days were held in Rockhampton<br />
and Mackay. Attendance was not as high as<br />
last year but a lovely day was enjoyed by all<br />
who attended. Mackay and Rockhampton<br />
Botanic Gardens were again extremely helpful<br />
and provided lovely morning teas in their<br />
beautiful surroundings. Floral arrangements<br />
were donated by local florists and members<br />
bought along framed photographs of their<br />
loved ones to be displayed during the<br />
ceremony. Mackay members provided<br />
memorial DVDs to be run during the candle<br />
lighting ceremony. I aim to continue to run a<br />
memorial service in Mackay and will look to<br />
feedback from members whether to hold a<br />
2015 memorial service in Rockhampton or<br />
Gladstone.<br />
A support meeting was established in<br />
Gladstone at the beginning of the year with<br />
two members acting as team leaders however<br />
despite encouragement to members in the<br />
region to attend, the meetings were cancelled<br />
after 3 months due to lack of attendance. The<br />
Gladstone team leaders, Linda and Billie-Jean<br />
Watson continue to provide peer support over<br />
the phone to a number of members and Billie-<br />
Jean Watson has presented a number of OPCK<br />
presentations to local schools. I will continue<br />
to monitor for interest for support meetings in<br />
Gladstone or Rockhampton.<br />
Mackay support meetings have been running<br />
successfully with regular attendance of up to<br />
10 members. As a number of the families in<br />
the Mackay region are awaiting trial, I will<br />
endeavour to search for means of providing<br />
court support to these families in 2015/16 as<br />
needed. On recommendation from a member,<br />
QHVSG successfully applied for a $3000 grant<br />
from Macrossan Amiet Foundation to fund<br />
travel to Mackay for support purposes so I plan<br />
to visit Mackay every other month to provide<br />
counselling sessions for members who have<br />
expressed interest.<br />
Gladstone Awareness Day<br />
15 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2013</strong> - <strong>2014</strong>
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