Nomination for Chair and Minute Taker Next Meeting

Nomination for Chair and Minute Taker Next Meeting

Brighton Alive Network Meeting
Minutes
Venue: / Brighton Civic Centre
Date: / 15 March 2016
Time: / 10:00am – 11:30am
Attendance: / Cheynee Pullen (JRS – Gagebrook), Dennis Crispin (Community Blitz), Sheryl Rainbird (Centacare Evolve Housing), Lois Van Eimeren (Uniting Church),Nicki Robins (Red Cross),Cathy Harper (Brighton Council), Sharynn Ross (DHS),Emma Dillon (HIPPY, Good Beginnings/Save the Children), Teresa Pocket (JRLF), Margie Nolan (tagari lia), Marie Bennett (Red Cross), Maree Fudge(RDS Partners/ C4C), Sonya Williams (Red Cross), Damian Williams(Red Cross/ Breaking the Silence), Lee Prouse (Red Cross), Helen Ransom (JRLF Senior School), Cecilia Nagy (Standby Response Service), Simone Johns (Good Beginnings).
Apologies: / Stacey Milbourne (Communities for Children); Rebekah Benz (Salvation Army), Craig Farrell (MLC), Judy Austen(DHHS), Melissa Green (The Smith Family), Toni (PREP).
Chair: / Cheynee Pullen
Minutes: / Sheryl Rainbird
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Notes
2. / Quick introductions around the room were made.
  1. Nomination for chair and minute taker next meeting.
/ Chair – Marie Bennet (Red Cross)
Minutes – Lee Prouse (Red Cross)
Meeting will be held at the Old Beach Community Centre
  1. Previous Actions:
/ a.Deb to investigate running a competition for BA Facebook page – carried forward to next meeting. Nothing to report -to be heldover
b. Events calendar- Calendar and Events Management Kit now on Brighton Alive web page- everyone encouraged to check it out under new tab - Events
  1. Guest Speakers
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  1. Lois from Uniting Church spoke about building a community garden- using work for the dole participants, handing out broachers at outreach. Will be located next to the Uniting Church. Hoping people from Gagebrook will get involved, opportunity for involvement with other services.
  2. Lee Prouse – Red Cross – Before the Harm – is a shared learning process to reduce harm in the community. Partnership approach working in the Bridgewater, Gagebrook and Herdsmans Cove areas. A DVD will to developed as part of the process, hoping for two community champions to work on the project.
Meeting will be held at 10am -12.30pm at LINC Wednesday 16/3/16 everyone invited to come along and find out more, or ring Red Cross for more information.
  1. Youth Community Network Report
/ Marie reported that Red Cross have been approached by some mothers around concerns for young people. ICE and Mental Health issues mentioned, big issues need to be addressed, it is not just schools that need better support. We need to do better. Schools half the picture, community and service providers the other part of the puzzle. Margie is also seeing results of ICE usage and has concerns. Paediatric Mental Health – our state has no capacity, Teresa Pocket, also spoke about Mental Health issues for young children. The amount of easy access to alcohol, weapons and drugs is of concern. All things are connected. Case by case approach needed as well as a community approach. We haven’t got all the skills needed.
Maree Fudge spoke about the need for the Collective Impact group to meet more regularly, we need to define what we are talking about, what do we want to work on, drugs, mental health and trauma. Early Years meet on the same day as Brighton Alive- 1.30-3. It was agreed that the Collective Impact Group will meet after Brighton Alive meeting 11.30 to 12.30 (Cathy to check meeting place and advise).
  1. Early Years Report
/ Margie reported group is meeting today for the first time this year. Focus today is on strategy two, looking at community events how they can contribute to the Brighton Alive events planning.
HIPPY update- Emma reported- currently taking enrolments for children aged 4 years, parent/ carer first teacher, only 25 places. 2 year program, home interaction program. Work alongside current programs. Can be anywhere, parks, community centres, LINC, café. Is very flexible – 30 weeks per year. Individual based.
  1. Project Spot- Community Blitz
/ Dennis talked about the work on the Wesleyan Cemetery at Old Beach, work on repairing broken head stones has begun.
Clean Up Australia – about 8 people helped collect around 30 bags of rubbish. Last year’s site seems to have remained clean.
Blitz going very well, funding from Primary Health runs out in June.
  1. Events and Promotion
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  1. Events Funding – Sheryl reported that the Events Working Group had meet last week to plan submission to Brighton Community Grants for funding for the four events as adopted at the last Brighton Alive meeting.
  2. Christmas Parade Planning Group – it was suggested that a planning group be formed to start planning for a Christmas Parade – the following participants self-nominated/ or were suggested: Cathy Harper, Emma, Red Cross group, JRS, tagari lia, Peter Geard (SES), Phil Owen (Fire), Sheryl, Vets, Helen, Teresa.
  3. Brighton Alive Web Page-as mentioned the Events Calendar is now on the Brighton Alive page with a new tab- Events, this also has the Events Management Kit. A flier is also being produced to enable us all to promote the site. Everyone was encouraged to add their activities under the Activities tab and events under the new Events tab. – it was suggested that a phone app would also be good. – maybe in partnership with UTAS.

  1. Information sharing
/ *Sharing from Red Cross – saferstreets funding submission to redo Cris Fitzpatrick Park. Gagebrook Matters has been born from this. – part of this funding submission will be circulated to network.
*Sharing from Middle School – Helen has students on training cert – 1 and 2, need workplacements for children’s services, community services.
*Margie asked for clarification on the planning for work in the area in front of the Centre from Council- it has to go before Council before further consultation.
*Red Cross evaluation – paper version available from Red Cross
*Hope for Life Training, this is aTrain the Trainer course being offered Free 28 &29 April – contact Red Cross
*Cecilia from StandBy Response Service – There is ahigher rate of suicide in this area than in the south of the state. Stand By is not always notified of a suicide. Cecilia will present at the next meeting.
Next Meeting / 19 April 2016 – NOTE MEETING PLACE – OLD BEACH COMMUNITY HALL
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