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Dear Community Members,
Medical Clinic: Both of our Doctors continue to
be very busy particularly now the very cold weather
has set in! We have welcomed Jenny, Maternal Child
Health Nurse two mornings a month to the clinic
now. Our other Allied Health Service Providers in-
clude Gail, our Diabetic Educator and Andrew, our
Podiatrist. We also have Bluey and Veronica a day a
week as our Generalist Counsellors.
Farewell: Sadly for us Bluey is retiring at the end
of June- we would like to say a very big thank you to
him for his work here at Goolum over the last cou-
ple of years and we will truly miss him. We’d also
like to wish both he and his wife Judy all the best as
they enjoy retirement in Mildura.
Naidoc Week: All community members are invit-
ed to the following Naidoc celebrations-
Community celebration and launch of the Making
Tracks program- a VACCHO funded healthy lifestyle
program on Monday 3rd July. (There is more infor-
mation in this edition.) This day will be fun for the
kids, give away prizes and lunch and is for our com-
munity members only.
Saturday Night gathering/cabaret- there will be more
information coming out about this event which will
be held in Horsham this year.
There will be Naidoc activities held within playgroup
and some of the kindergartens we visit as well as an
Elders Luncheon.
A flyer will be sent out to all community members
as well as activities/events posted up on our Face-
book page about Naidoc Week celebrations
Awards: We would all like to congratulate Pam on
receiving the Foster Carer Award as part of the
2017 Centre for Participation Awards- well de-
served Pam! I’d like to also acknowledge that
our Deadly Bike program was a finalist in the
Celebrating Diversity Award- the team who
work hard on this program with some of our
youth certainly deserve to be recognized.
Men’s Group: We are hoping to commence a
monthly ‘men’s outing’. Any ideas and interest
can be directed to Dean or Jezza.
Let’s Get Active: Please don’t forget that
Barney is still running this challenge- all com-
munity members are welcome to join- please
contact Barney to discuss further. We would
love to see better use of our gymnasium as well
- or if you have any activities that you would
like to be part of please come and chat to us as
we are open to ideas and would love to sup-
port anyone who is trying to become more ac-
tive.
Early Years: There have been some changes
to our playgroup and we have more focused
planned activities running– I’d encourage any-
one who has or cares for children in this age
group to contact Robyn or Sars and come along
to join in.
I’d also like to thank the staff who were in-
volved in the recent Reconciliation Week cele-
brations.
Just a reminder to all community members that
we love to hear your ideas and feedback so
please contact us at any time to discuss.
Until next time,
Wally
CEO
JUNE-JULY 2017
CEO CORNER
Dear Community Members,
COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
Artwork by Tanisha Lovett
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Board Repor t
Hi Community
I t ’ s that t ime aga in for an update and some of the th ings that board have been
doing are as fo l lows: Rev iewed the strateg ic p lan; endorsed pol ic ies and some
Directors a ttended the VACCHO members meet ing at Creswick.
Koor i Fami ly Pol ice Protocols Launch: Congratu lat ions to everyone involved .
Chairman spoke at l aunch of the Koori Pol ice Fami ly Violence Protocols Aunty H
a lso provided the Welcome to Country
Housing update : P lans for the new bui lds are progress ing . The p lans current ly s i t
at Horsham Rura l C ity Counci l and we are just wai t ing to have them approved
Nat iona l Reconci l ia t ion Week (NRW): There were lots of d i f ferent organi sat ions
doing morning teas and such throughout NRW. I hope that a l l non -Indigenous
people who attended the var ious events got to l i s ten and share stor ies wi th the
communi ty that at tended and have a l i t t le more understand ing of the ATSI com-
munity and what s ign i f icant mi lestone dates l ike the 67 referendum mean to Ab-
or ig ina l people .
I do f ind i t very d i sappoint ing that not many community members get behind
theses events . There has been a s ign i f icant amount of work being done by Abo-
r ig ina l organisat ions , leaders and mainstream organisat ions with in Horsham and
the surrounding areas to help address the var ious i ssues that our community
face . We now have Reconci l ia t ion p lans with companies l ike Sk i l l invest and p lans
being developed at others l ike Horsham Rura l City Counc i l whom have an Abo-
r ig ina l Advisory committee as we l l . Th is i s a pretty s ign i f icant in i t se l f a s i t took
a few of us a long t ime to get a chance to meet and di scuss the Abor ig ina l com-
munit ies vo ice been heard at Counci l . From a cultura l her i tage point o f v iew
there a heaps of p lans to involve community through partnership wi th Bareng i
Gadj in Land Counci l , WCMA, GWM Water , and Parks Vic to name a few. As I
sa id a lot of very good th ings are being done but we need communi ty to get be-
hind them and support them.
I be l ieve there has been some misconcept ions about community members hav ing
to pay for Conf irmat ion o f Abor ig ina l i ty . Thi s i s untrue and Goolum wi l l not be
enforc ing such a pract ice in the future .
John Gorton
Chairperson
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Deadly Dan Comes to the Wimmera!
Local Indigenous kids from Horsham Primary Schools bumped shoulders with Indigenous
Superhero – Deadly Dan, on Monday evening. Deadly Dan, the smokefree man, travels Aus-
tralia to rid local communities of the harmful effects of smoking and educate children on
the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
Goolum Goolum have partnered with VAHS (Victorian Aboriginal Health Service) to devel-
op an online comic book centred on Deadly Dan visiting the Wimmera River and empower-
ing children to live a healthier lifestyle. Susan Sheridan from VAHS Healthy Lifestyle team
said “Deadly Dan is a familiar site in the streets of Melbourne but we wanted him to visit
regional Victoria as well and spread the word on the harms of smoking”.
Dean O’loughlin, Goolum Goolum’s Health & Wellbeing Manager said he was very excited
to have Deadly Dan in town. “We have spent the whole day taking shots and setting scenes
for the forthcoming online comic book. Deadly Dan works very well in Melbourne as an ear-
ly intervention to engage kids in anti-smoking campaigns. Goolum will be launching its own
‘Smokefree’ character this year as part of NAIDOC celebrations in July”.
Goolum Goolum are developing an online interactive IT platform to engage community in
Goolum Healthy Lifestyle programs and connect with services. The online comic, ‘Deadly
Dan visits the Wimmera River’, will be just one of the highlights. “We had amazing success
with our ‘Take the pledge’ campaign in 2016 and we want to build on that this year” Dean
said.
Dean said that Goolum Goolum will continue to work with VAHS on upcoming projects if
they can. “It’s a fantastic partnership. VAHS are very good at promoting better health out-
comes”. “We are hoping Deadly Dan may be able to return in NAIDOC week to introduce
a new local character to assist us to spread the word for a healthier lifestyle for Indigenous
families”.
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WHO’S WHO IN 2017?
Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-Operative—CEO Wally Coleman
Reception and Office Administration—Kayla & Michelle
Quality Assurance Officer—Julie
General Manager—Tony
CEO Personal Assistant—Toni
Accounts Manager—Amanda
Family and Community Services—Manager John Gorton
Delkaia Facilitator—Michelle
Childcare Co-ordinator—Robyn
Early Childhood—Sarah
Bringing Them Home Worker—Pam & Lissy (Wednesday)
Family Services—(Therapeutic Foster care ; Cultural Support Planner; Aboriginal Family Led Decision
Maker; Foster/Kinship Care Recruitment; Cradle to Kinder) - Charmain, Renee & Deanne
Koori Youth Justice/ Community Justice Worker—
Community Home Support Program (formerly HACC)
-Domestic Assistance & Planned Activity Group (PAG) - Kylie (Monday to Thursday)
-Property Maintenance Team—Farren, Kyle & Fab
Health and Wellbeing Programs—Manager Dean O’Loughlin
Tobacco Cessation and Healthy Lifestyle Worker —Jeremy
Tackling Indigenous Smoking Case Worker—Stevie
Education Coordinator—Bec
Let’s Get Active/Gym—Brian
‘Deadly Bikes’ Youth Program
Hamilton Street Medical Clinic—Practice Manager Jill Cooper
General Practitioners—Dr Tony O’Reilly (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and
Dr Garry Matthews (Tuesday to Thursday)
Men’s Aboriginal Health Worker—Brian
Women’s Aboriginal Health Worker—Carol
Practice Nurse—Robyn
Medical Reception—Janine
Family Planning/Sexual Health Nurse—Sharyn Wednesday)
Maternal & Child Health Nurse—Jenny visiting—see Calendar
Counsellors - Bluey and Veronica visiting—see Calendar
Diabetes Educator – Gail visiting —see Calendar
Podiatrist – Adam visiting—see Calendar
JUNE JULY
GGAC Newsletter sent out
3 Mabo Day
15 NAIDOC Community Meeting—Goolum
19 & 29 Dental check-ups
27 IBA visit
30 GGAC Board Meeting
2-9 NAIDOC Week
3 Trax Launch
15 Dental Check-ups
28 GGAC Board Meeting
AUGUST SEPTEMBER
GGAC Newsletter sent out
4 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Is-
lander Children’s Day
25 GGAC Board Meeting
29 GGAC Board Meeting
OCTOBER NOVEMBER
GGAC Newsletter sent out
27 GGAC Board Meeting
Date TBC GGAC Board Meeting
DECEMBER JANUARY 2018
GGAC Newsletter sent out
1-2 Wimmera River Challenge
Goolum closure period TBC
Ready for Learning Day TBC
FEBRUARY 2018 MARCH 2018
GGAC Newsletter sent out
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
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This year we saw multiple agencies get together to celebrate National Reconciliation Week. 2017 marked two significant mile-stones in Australia’s black history—50 years since the Referen-dum and 25 years since the Mabo decision.
Events were held throughout the week which included smoking ceremonies, dance and Welcome to Country at many events. Thank you to Wimmera PCP for coordinating the calendar for SkillInvest, FedUni, GWM Water, Horsham Rural City Council, Wimmera CMA, DHHS, WimmeraUniting Care, Horsham College and the Department of Education, Horsham Primary School, Cen-tre for Participation and of course Goolum Goolum!
Next stop now is NAIDOC week . A meeting for community members has been scheduled for Thursday 15 June in the Aunty Irene room from 10am. Transport will be available and we are looking for leaders to drive the open-ing for the week as well as the caba-ret. Goolum will lead these 2 events this year. P o w e r ed b y
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2017 VOLUNTEERING AWARDS
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The children involved with KOOKAS will be attending dental ap-
pointments with one of our staff at the Arapiles building at Wimmera
Health Care Group. Some may have already attended. Four students
will attend each session and will have transport and afternoon tea
provided. KOOKAS Kids going to the dentist will be collected from
school and dropped home afterwards.
Parents/guardians will be given a copy of their child’s dental examina-
tion report, and then call the dentist to arrange appointments for
any procedures, should they need them.
The next dates are:
Monday 19th June - 3:30pm
Thursday 29th June - 3:30pm
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SARAH HARRISON &
ROBYN LAURICELLA
Monday and Wednesday 12 to 2pm. Lunch and
Transport provided.
I f you and your chi ld /ch i ldren want
to attend Black Cockies p laygroup please contact
Robyn or Sarah on 53816333.
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MONDAYS & TUESDAYS 3.30pm -5.00pm (DURING SCHOOL TERMS)
Star t ing back on Monday 19 June 2017
Kids are picked up from Horsham schools & transported home after the event.
Kids will be provided with Healthy Food & Drinks
A qualified tutor is present during the sessions
Things that happen at Kookas include: Reading buddies & literacy & numeracy activities, Computer work
Physical activity including swimming
Arts & Craft
Kookas is for children enrolled in Primary school . If your child/children would like to become a member of the Kookas Homework Club please con-
tact Jeremy at GGAC on 5381 6333 for more information.
KOOKAS—Koor i K ids Af ter School
Te r m 2 S C H O O L H O L I DAY S J U N E J U LY
M o n / Tu e 1 2 - 1 3 J u n * M o n / Tu e 1 7 - 1 8 J u l y
1 t o 1 6 J u l y
( i n c l u s i v e )
M o n / Tu e 1 9 - 2 0 J u n M o n / Tu e 2 4 - 2 5 J u l y
M o n / Tu e 2 6 - 2 7 J u n M o n / Tu e 3 1 J u l - 1 A u g
M o n / Tu e 1 9 - 2 0 J u n
* Ye l l o w d a t e = N o Ko o ka s ( P U B L I C H O L I DAY )
*Activities may change throughout the term. Families will be contacted in advance
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COMMUNITY MEETING
Thursday 15 June from 10am to 12pm
Aunty Irene Gather ing P lace
Community d iscuss ion about NAIDOC
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Some of you may know or have heard that HACC has now transferred to the Common-
wealth government. This means it is no longer funded by the state and it is now funded
by the federal government. Some of the things that we have been working on include
changing documents, the way report, how we refer and policies. As such a lot of the
changes haven't affected direct service delivery.
Some things you need to know if you were a HACC client before July 1st 2016:
State funded HACC transitioned to commonwealth funded CHSP
Anyone over 50 who was a HACC client, before July 1st 2016, is now a CHSP client
Anyone under 50 who was a HACC client, before July 1st 2016, is now a VIC HACC
client
VIC HACC provide very little funding to Goolum, which means you may receive
some service but once the funding is gone you'll need to be referred to get the ser-
vice you need from another provider
New referral process is done through My Aged Care. You can do self-referral or
have someone do it for you e.g. Friend, family, health worker or doctor
Goolum no longer does the assessments, these are done by local council reps or
living at home assessment workers (LAHA) e.g. If you live in Horsham LAHA work-
ers are based at Wimmera Base Hospital and HRCC.
Currently we are still funded for property maintenance, domestic assistance or home
help, allied health and planned activity groups through CHSP and VIC HACC.
I f you would l ike more in format ion on the CHSP please contact John Gorton on 5381 6333.
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Doctor’s Clinic is Monday to Thursday 9.00am to 5.00pm
A B O R I G I N A L &
T O R R E S S T R A I T
I S L A N D E R H E A LT H
C H E C K S
You will soon be receiving a letter from us
if you are due for your health check. Don’t
forget you can always ring to find out if you are due to have your check done
as well.
The health check is done every 9 months as per Medicare policy and you will receive a $25.00 Coles gift voucher on completion of appointment.
Aboriginal Health workers follow up care you require as a result of your
health check. Upon completion of any of these follow up visits you will re-
ceive a $10 voucher- there are a total of 5 follow up visits per year and they
can be done at the clinic or in your home. These follow up visits usually are
only 20 mins long and Health workers will contact you to arrange these vis-
its.
Just a reminder also for everyone to please call and let us know if you can-
not attend any of your appointments as we often have someone on the
waiting list who can fill this time if you are unable to attend. It is also appre-
ciated if people are on time for doctor’s appointments as if not, others have
to wait.
Health staff transport clients to and from health appointments (only for those who are unable to arrange any other transport) so if you do need transport to other appointments please call Medical Reception on 5381-6330. We do need at least 24 hours notice for any local transport and at least 5 days is there is a requirement to travel out of town for an appoint-ment.
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Staf f Prof i le
Name: Michelle Cameron
Family: Husband Brock Cameron and 4 kids aged 17, 15, 11 and 2 years
Role at Goolum: Delkaia Aboriginal Best Start Facilitator
AFL team: Geelong
Favorite Food: Vegetables- yes seriously vegetables!
Favorite Drink: Coffee- lots of coffee!!
Worst habit: Pretending to stack the dishwasher wrong so my hus-band does it, and I get out of doing
dishes
Hobbies: Watching old TV shows with Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson in them (Young ones and Bottom).
First impression of Goolum: Everyone is so welcoming, helpful and great to work with. I love being here.
Favorite saying:
A BIG SHOUT OUT to all those community members
and staff having a birthday in:
June and July !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
BIRTHDAYS
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BOOKINGS
For bookings please contact reception in the
Medical Centre on 5381 6330
A health Assessment is required for all people
wanting to use the gym and for people that are using
the gym Health checks are required to keep using it. For Aboriginal Clients a $25.00 Gift
voucher for Coles is given on completion of your health assessment. Under 18’s must be
supervised by an adult or trainer.
Monday: Gym Open 10:00am – 6:00pm (Trainer available)
Tuesday: Gym Open 9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday: Gym Open 10:00am – 6:00pm (Trainer available)
Thursday: Gym Open 9:00am – 6:00pm
Friday: Gym Open 9:00am – 4:00pm
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