President John Murdoch opened the meeting at 6.30 pm on 28 November 2022.
John Thornton is present, so can he please lead us in singing Advance Australia Fair.
At best, a 3 out of 10!!
WELCOME to our Guests:
Janice Standen, Ross and Di Griffin, Denise Meadmore, Marion Cahif, Barbara Ranshaw, Chris and Dale Scovill, Carmen Tutor.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: (Jill Elias)
Q: After whom is Nedlands named?
A: Nedlands is thought to have been named in 1854 by colonial Military Commander Colonel John Bruce, who intended the land to be the heritage of his son, Edward, and referred to it as 'Ned's Land'.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Any Rotarians with news they would like to share regarding Family or Friends.
Stuart Brash is out of hospital.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: (Jill Elias)
Member’s Birthday
Partners
- Stewart, Vicki Snell, Michael Dec 04
Anniversaries
- Martin, John and Martin, Cherry Nov 29, 1969
PRESIDENT’S REPORT: (John Murdoch)
Notice has been given of the Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday, 19 December 2022, at Nedlands Golf Club, Melvista Avenue, Dalkeith, at 1830.
Written Nominations are called from active members of the Club interested in standing for election as an Officer or Director of the Club to fill a position for 2023-24.
Written Nominations must be received by the Secretary on or before 12 December 2022.
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Club Service: (Jill Elias) members are encouraged to register for the Christmas show.
Community Service: (Anthony McGrath)
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With a few extra late bags plus Xmas Cakes, we collected more than 3,000kg of Food. This compares to 139kg last year!
That is a huge improvement. I was still getting phone calls on the following Wednesday from people wanting to be involved. Great effort, everyone. Thank You!
Richard Ranshaw and Jill Elias have just delivered 88 fruit cakes, some steamed puddings, sugar, tea, cutlery, water, and paper cups to Foodbank. They met Aggie and Oscar from Foodbank; they were very appreciative of the donations. Many thanks to Richard for organising the fruit cake drive and to Anita Bourke for the other items delivered today.
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International Service: (Michael Bissett)
Anita would like volunteers on 09/12/22 11-3.00 pm to help at the Christmas stall at Charlie Gardiner’s, please.
Public Image: (Jason van Straalen) More photos wanted.
Other Announcements:
Richard Ranshaw said
Christmas is nearly upon us, and to avoid disappointment, please note I have only 31 Rotary fruit cakes and 5 Rotary traditional steamed puddings in stock.
No further stocks this calendar year.
Be prepared and Order now: Still only $20 each, but prices will increase in 2023.
Payments to: Rotary Club of Dalkeith, BSB 016484 Account. 100311017
Description: CAKES and your SURNAME
SERGEANT’S SESSION: (Graeme Sansom / Trevor Gorey / Jon Steward)
Trevor held the session and made a moderate impact on members’ wallets with the usual victims, such as the wine table. Members must be behaving.
SPEAKER: (Janice Standen) – introduced by Lindsay Dry
Note: Many thanks to Lindsay for the notes below.
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We are fortunate to have as our Guest Speaker tonight Australia Day Ambassador Janice Standen, president of Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren (WA).
Jan joined GRGWA in 2013 when her three grandchildren came to live with her and have since driven its rapid expansion.
She created a structure for the organisation and secured a fit-for-purpose premise, raising GRGWA’s profile and increasing membership a and outreach by more than 50%. Under Jan’s stewardship, GRGWA offers free legal and counselling support, a Ozharvest pick-up centre, a donations distribution service and an op shop providing free clothing and toys.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren WA is a peer-led not-for-profit association dedicated to supporting grandparent carers who take on the special responsibility of raising their grandchildren full-time.
Janice was recognised for her valuable support to the community through GRGWA by being named the 2022 WA Senior Australian of the Year.
Grandparents are the pillars of emotional and financial support for many families.
They have differing roles from family to family. Some often provide short-term care to allow parents to work or take a break.
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Increasingly in Western Australia and elsewhere, grandparents are becoming the sole carers for their grandchildren because their parents can no longer do so for reasons that vary
but drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues are the most common.
When children cannot live with their parents, temporarily or permanently, they go into out-of-home care, the main types of which are.
- Foster Care –with an approved carer - this system provides 42% of child out-of-home care.
- Residential Care – a multipurpose residence supervised by qualified staff for ‘at risk’ children – provides 2.5% of child out-of-home care.
- Kinship care – often known as relative of family care – is the most common form of out-of-home placements providing 52% of places.
Grandparent carers provide a form of kinship care.
The WA Department of Communities is responsible for child welfare and protection in WA.
The Department operates Foster Care and Residential Care Schemes, which it financially supports.
The Department recognises two types of Kinship Care –
- Formal arrangements; and
- Informal arrangements.
Formal arrangements are legally documented and entitle the carers to the same support as foster carers. The process of obtaining legal documentation is onerous.
Informal arrangements receive no support.
The financial strain is just one of many issues a grandparent carer must manage in providing kinship care at a time in their lives when winding down to a less demanding lifestyle may have been planned.
Raising grandchildren can impact many areas of a grandparent’s life.
- friendships, relationships, and community involvement - as life priorities and tasks alter.
- navigating online systems,
- raising children with mental health issues and
- working through the legalities to achieve formal recognition of the arrangement can be daunting and costly.
REMINDER OF NEXT WEEK’S ROSTER:
Roster 5th December 2022
Edner Jones Welcoming members and guests
Lindsay Dry Table duty
Tony Chien Registrar 1
Geoff Cahif Registrar 2
Michael Bisset Introduction of guest speaker
Jock Laurie Pass the microphone
Steve Halbert Meeting Notes
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS: (Pres John Murdoch)
- 5th December 2022
- 9th December 2022
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Simon Hunn
Annual Christmas Cocktail Party
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Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs
Weld Club
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No meeting
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- 19th December 2022
- 26th December 2022
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Peter Smith
No meeting
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Christmas message
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- JANUARY
- 2nd January 2023 No meeting
- 9th January 2023 Fellowship at Nedlands Golf Club
- 16th January 2023 Family BBQ Night Nedlands Golf Club
- 23rd January 2023 Peter Prout The swampland of shame
- 30th January 2023 M/s Listiana Operananta John Fawcett Foundation (Consul General-Indonesia)
THANKS:
Thank you to all our guests who attended tonight.
Janice Standen, Ross and Di Griffin, Denise Meadmore.
Thank you to the Staff of the Nedlands Golf Club.
