Presented to the Rotary Club of Canberra by Yvonne Luxford on 23 July 2012

1. Community Services
2012
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2. Safe Shelter pilot project for the
homeless
• ~ 100 sleeping rough
homeless in Canberra
• Plan to open halls 1
night per week hit
problems: OH&S etc
• Pilot St Columba’s
open Wed 12-4pm
• We provide
Streetswags: promote
dignity and warmth
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3. Seniors’ Concert
• 18 November Albert
Hall
• Free to all Seniors
• Help needed with
transport, marketing,
food, logistics
• Our Club’s flagship
event
• 360 attendees
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4. Foodbank
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10. Our Place
• Based on Foyer
program from France
and the UK
• Accommodation for
youth at risk of
homelessness
• Barnados and Anglicare
manage
• Funding from ACT govt
• Mentoring program
Rotary Club of Canberra - www.rotarycanberra.org.au

11. Karinya House
• Community based organisation providing
supported accommodation, transitional
housing and outreach services to pregnant and
parenting women and their families who are in
crisis
• Only residential and outreach service specifically
for pregnant and parenting women in the region
• Sponsor life skills workshops
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12. Indigenous Literacy
• Only 1 in 5 kids in remote Indigenous
communities can read at the accepted
minimum standard. By Yr 7, just 15%
reached this, 47% behind urban peers
& 74% less than non-Indigenous
students.
• Opportunity for us to sponsor
Indigenous authors to create books
that will appeal to these kids.
Rotary Club of Canberra - www.rotarycanberra.org.au

13. Rotaract Club
• Mentor a project chosen by the
Rotaract Club
• Help develop tomorrow’s Rotarians
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14. Yuendemu
• School kids need
clothes – very cold
in winter
• Collaboration –
clothing collected
from St Antony’s
school
• Freight costs to
Western Desert
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15. Wanniassa Koori Preschool
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16. Thank You
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