Men’s Hub – Snack and Chat
Following a mammoth effort from the Rotary Club of Boronia Project Team,
Inga and Felicia from Mind Forward ( co-founders of the project) and Boronia Scouts
the project was officially launched a week ago on Thursday 5th November at 1.00pm.
The project is funded and managed by the Rotary Club of Boronia with funding support
from The Rotary Foundation, The City of Knox, The Bendigo Bank and the
Boronia Scouts who supply the use of their Hall in Chandler Road.
The project has now held two sessions and it can be reported that all
those who attended received a warm welcome with an explanation of the project aims
and an outline of what we are to do for them in future sessions.
Group sessions (CHAT) were then held before they took a break for a SNACK.
We have now had three attendees have a one on one session with our Counsellors.
All feedback from both the Rotary team members, Knox Counsellor Paige Kennett,
our two counsellors Inga and Felicia, Kieron Younger of Boronia Scouts and
attendees has so far been very positive.
The following is a Facebook comment from one
of the attendees :-
“Get on board everyone, this train is taking passengers!
I’m happy to share I had a chat with the counsellors and the
advice was tailored, specific, and actionable at my end.”
A big thank you goes to Kieron and his Scout Groups for both the use of
the hall and the clearing, curtains and floor carpet
tiles of the one on one room – well done.
Inga, Edd and Ray supplied the furniture that you see in the photo.
To come this week is a 4 drawer filing cabinet and a laptop computer
from Annette and Geoff Griffin. The cabinet will be used to store valuables
between sessions.
The whiteboard, shredder and printer were obtained from Office Choice.
Thanks to Mark and Monique for timely delivery.
All display printing has been done by Glenn Tippett.
Project document design, printing by Peter and Glenn.
The community need has been established and the project can only grow as
the word is spread out in the community.
Every care has been made to fully recognise those groups who have funded
the project with their logos included in all notices and flyers.
Those assisting on the first two days include :-
Paul Cassidy Glenn Tippett Heather Anderson
Lyn Shepherd Lawrie Anderson Ray Siegersma
Ken Barrett Edd (Inga’s partner) Lance Deveson
Peter Unlund
Project team Members who assisted the project :-
Michael Jacobs Greg Mossop Neville Windebank
Group Photo at opening attached.
Paige Kennett Knox Council, Felicia (Mind Forward), Inga (Mind Forward),
Kieron Younger (Boronia Scouts), Attendee, Peter Malden (Rotary Club of Boronia Project
Manager) – at the opening of the first session.
A photo shows a working discussion CHAT session in progress.
The flyer has been widely circulated by both printed copies and via emails.
More have been printed to be delivered to our local libraries and medical
facilities in the coming week.
Please feel free to spread the word to any man whom you think
would benefit from attending a session – 1pm Wednesdays at the Scout Hall.
Yours in Community Support,
Peter
Chair of Community Working Group
