President's Report
Hi all,
On Monday we were back at the Vicar. We had some 40 members and partners attend. Our Guest Speaker was Chris Waugh from NCCG (National Centre for Childhood Grief). Chris gave us a run down on the NCCG and had everyone in the room capsulated. There are a lot of similarities between the two organisations.
Thank you, Chris.
https://childhoodgrief.org.au/
Updates from past weeks:
On Monday we were back at the Vicar. We had some 40 members and partners attend. Our Guest Speaker was Chris Waugh from NCCG (National Centre for Childhood Grief). Chris gave us a run down on the NCCG and had everyone in the room capsulated. There are a lot of similarities between the two organisations.
Thank you, Chris.
https://childhoodgrief.org.au/
Updates from past weeks:
- Almost, Maine at the Pavilion Theatre. Some 10 of the Club attended on Wednesday 24 May, very disappointing
- Goodbye to Iisa – Iisa flies out on Sunday 30 June. Goodbye dinner Monday 24 June at The Vicar.
- Our Club Changeover on Friday 21 June at Springfield. Invitations have gone out. Would really love to see everyone there.
- District Changeover in on Saturday 29 June at Wenty Leagues Club, Wentworthville. Invite and link in the District Newsletter.
- Mowing at Kenthurst Women’s Shelters: Meet there at 9am. So far, we have Janelle, George, Bob and myself. It’s a very good venting exercise.
- Coonabarabran Equestrian Expo. A number of us are going to Coonabarabran for the Equestrian Expo this weekend. Going up on Friday and back on Monday. It is always a good weekend, and we help our Sister Rotary Club, The Rotary Club of Coonabarabran run the canteen in the showgrounds. They open from 7am to approx. 9pm every day. Friday, Sat, Sun and Monday.
- International Student Commitment. Please remember this is a commitment by the Club. We all need to get involved and help the Host families. If you are going somewhere pls ask the Host Family if you can take Iisa. For example, the Footy on Friday night or something you like to do i.e. go out for dinner. Multiple benefits, Good for you, good for Iisa, respite for the Host family
- Rotary Leadership Institute Courses (RLI): RLI is a training course offered to Rotarians to develop their skills in leadership and management within Clubs to improve performance, knowledge and enjoyment in leading or helping to lead Clubs in the District. Sandra, Andrew & Alex attended the RLI course on the weekend. Congratulations Guys.
- Centurions: It would be very nice to have all members as Centurions. This is achieved by placing $100 in our General Account and letting Bob know. We currently have nearly half of the Club as Centurions and we have two months to go. Please talk to David and thanks everyone.
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That’s it for the week so let’s look after each other, stay safe and let’s do it.
Remember to check “What’s On” for what’s on. Yours in Rotary, Neville Hansen |
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- Foundation: David Turnbull
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1) Wesley Mission David Morgan Shelter at Rydalmere – a sheltered workshop
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Christmas in July dinner at Pennant Hills Golf Club on Friday 19 July has had very little uptake. Please contact Tony if you wish to attend. - Domestic Violence: Janelle Craig
The recently presented Domestic Violence webinar is now available on our Rotary website
Janelle will be presenting a Domestic Violence presentation at Hills Rotaract and at the eClub on Sunday 16 June.
Name: Chris Waugh
Organisation: National Centre for Childhood Grief
The National Centre for Childhood Grief (NCCG) was started 30 years ago and is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to caring for bereaved children aged 3-17 years and their families following the death of a parent, sibling or other close loved one.
NCCG does not receive Medicare or any other Government funding and totally relies on community donations.
All services by NCCG are free.
NCCG helps about 450 children each year and the current wait is about 8 weeks for a place
One in 20 Australian children experience the death of a parent before the age of 18.
Children who do not receive any help to deal with their grief suffer trauma, are less healthy, more detached, and fall behind in education.
Chris described the following examples of childhood bereavement:
- A mother of teenage children who died of motor neurone disease.
- A girl and her mother after the father committed suicide.
- A deaf boy whose deaf mother died trying to save him from drowning.
How does NCCG help grieving children?
- Counselling:
Individual counselling by NCCG trained counsellors including play and talk-based therapies tailored to each age. NCCG employs 10 counsellors.
Group counselling for children and parents.
3)Adventure Camps
Special opportunities for bereaved children and families to meet, share with others with similar experiences, explore their grief, learn new skills and simply have fun.
Grieving children become risk averse, and these camps help them to understand that they can still have adventure and fun…it’s OK.
Camps can also provide respite for parents and carers.
4)Supporting Parents
Through parent groups
5)Reach out to Schools.
NCCG reaches out to the school of grieving children to gain support from the school community.
6)Fattening Memories.
“Fattening Memories” of the person who died encourages the grieving children to build their memories of them by telling stories and writing about their loved one.
There were many questions and discussion after the presentation by Chris and it was generally agreed that we should remain engaged with NCCG and, for example, it was suggested that NCCG might be interested in participating in our Tree of Joy programme.
It was a most informative presentation by Chris Waugh and fantastic work that NCCG does.
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