MSWA Bulletin Magazine Autumn 17
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SOUTH WEST<br />
Regional Round Up<br />
The latest<br />
news from<br />
the South<br />
West<br />
BUNBURY COMMUNITY AND<br />
HEALTH SERVICES CENTRE OPENS!<br />
SUE SHAPLAND, MEMBER SERVICES GENERAL MANAGER<br />
Well after much anticipation and amid great excitement,<br />
the new Community and Health Services Centre in Bunbury<br />
opened in December! Can I tell you it was well worth the<br />
wait too?<br />
We have had an Outreach Group in Bunbury for over 20 years<br />
and they have moved several times over these years. I will<br />
never forget the old Stone Street premises, which was in<br />
place when I joined <strong>MSWA</strong> - an old weatherboard house, with<br />
sloping floors, in a light industrial area. It flooded regularly in<br />
winter and was opposite a “house of ill repute”, as they used<br />
to say. Since 2003 we have relocated the group twice and<br />
now they have a home for good!<br />
With increased demand for services, and the impending NDIS,<br />
we have invested in more staff over the past 12 to 18 months<br />
and they have been patiently sharing one office in the Ramsay<br />
Street house, working out of Treendale and other venues as<br />
they waited for the new building. To say they are happy with<br />
their new home is a vast understatement.<br />
Of greater importance is the venue and what it offers our<br />
Members and non-MS clients now and into the future. The<br />
physio gym is amazing with new equipment, lots of natural<br />
light, and room to move around the gear safely making this a<br />
great place for Members to go through their paces.<br />
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