Annual Report 2014 - 2015

to be reckoned with in the community in
offering the unique assistance required to
victims of homicide. Ross’s passion and care for
the organisation, our members and the greater
community, continues to be second to none.
Ross also continues to be a very well respected
community leader in government and amongst
our stakeholders.
We are continuing to further the message of
“One Punch Can Kill ” (OPCK). We continue to
work with Queensland AFL Masters and have
written and submitted a business case to
government for funding. Our school and
university presentations are ongoing.
Our partnership with the Queensland Police
Service continues to grow and strengthen and
our Patron, Commissioner Ian Stewart has just
announced that the OPCK decal sticker will be
affixed to all the marked police vehicles,
particularly vehicles used by District Crime
Prevention Coordinators, Volunteers in Policing
and Police Liaison Officers. This is wonderful
news and a testament to our organisation’s
desire to be a part of crime prevention with the
result of a stemming the continuous number of
senseless acts of violence in our communities.
The Board, with the inception of the Support and
Regional Development Committee, the Family
Support Co-ordinators and volunteers throughout
the State has seen the regional areas continue to
increase in the number of members attending
support meetings, our Memorial Services and
Awareness Days. The Gold Coast group held a
very successful ‘Walk for Support’ with over 100
members and community members participating.
Brisbane then held its inaugural ‘Walk for
Support’ later in the year and this will lead to
more regional areas following suit.
Our drive for the development of the regions, the
development of the team leader training and
further volunteer training will continue along
with running more events for members to join in
and be a part of.
Our staff remains committed to the work of
QHVSG and the support of our members. Ross
has certainly been blessed with a great team of
people who have developed into a very cohesive
and hardworking team. They have proved, time
and time again, that nothing is too much when it
comes to supporting our members. The staff are
continually working on finding better ways to
achieve our goals and one major goal is for our
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