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July, 2010

Dear Karen = McLaughlan, View from the Top =20 Welcome=20 to the July issue of WAYS and MEANS. This is a bumper = issue of=20 good news about recent successes and activities = here at=20 WAYS. I am proud of the work staff, = volunteers and=20 management committee members do and would like to take = this=20 opportunity to say thankyou for the=20 past year. I would = like to=20 acknowledge in particular one of our Management=20 Committee members, Sergeant Les Burroughs, who was = awarded an=20 Australian Police Medal in this year's Queen's = Birthday=20 Honours. He has made an outstanding contribution = to our=20 organisation and we are grateful for his = dedication to=20 our community. The=20 end of the financial year is busy in any organisation = and WAYS=20 is no different. We are finalizing accounts, = reports to=20 government and other funding bodies about services and = activities undertaken this past year. = By=20 way of a snapshot - WAYS has engaged 342 new clients, = provided=20 276 appointments in the youth health clinic, enabled = 14 young=20 people to successfully gain an accredited Yr 9 = education;=20 successfully accredited as an Registered Training=20 Organisation, and had over 4,000 contacts with = young=20 people in our youth centre. Enjoy the = reading and=20 once again thank you for your ongoing support of WAYS = Youth=20 Services. Raffle Draw - Success for=20 Anna =20 The=20 raffle for the Toshiba TV was drawn by Dr Karen = Spielman with=20 Francine Esterman WAYS management committee member as=20 scrutineer, both pictured left on Thursday July=20 15th. A delighted Anna = Ward had the successful=20 ticket. Anna came to the Bondi = Beach=20 office to collect her prize from Russell King, CEO.=20 Congratulations Anna, from the team here at = WAYS. Queens Birthday Honours = for WAYS=20 Management Committee member =20 Sergeant=20 Leslie Burroughs pictured left with Russel King = CEO, has=20 been awarded an Australian Police = Medal for=20 distinquished service by a member of the Australian = police=20 force. Les has been a WAYS management committee = member=20 since 2005, however he says of his involvement with = WAYS=20 " I have been involved with WAYS and Russell = since it=20 began. When I was in charge of the BEAT unit = here in=20 Bondi, the Police would play basketball with the young = people=20 of WAYS and some of us were pretty = good". =20 Les is passionate about the importance of = helping young=20 people. He says, "If we can save one youth by = providing an=20 outlet - our Police organisation benefits and we have = a duty=20 of care to them and anything we can do to prevent them = from=20 being in trouble is = necessary". Russell=20 King says "Les has been a great advocate for the = needs=20 of young people because he not only cares about the = community=20 as a whole, he cares for individuals. = I have=20 appreciated his support and back up over = the=20 years". Congratulations to Sergeant Burroughs = from all=20 of us here at WAYS. Volunteering @ = WAYS =20 Introducing =20 Eric Alhfors and Amber Wallace - two newish volunteers = to the=20 team@WAYS. = Eric helps=20 in the Youth Centre and Amber helps at both the = youth=20 centre and the Bondi Junction office. Eva = one of=20 our dedicated team asks Amber and Eric to tell = us a=20 little bit about themselves. WHAT HAS BROUGHT YOU = TO=20 VOLUNTEER @ = WAYS? Amber=20 says: I have always wanted to pass on the skills I = have=20 learnt through life and give back to the community. I = enjoy=20 teaching and working with the youth. Eric = says: =20 I have been wanting to do some volunteer work for = a long=20 time, for my community, but I was always too busy with = my=20 business to commit to anything. I heard about WAYS = through=20 some friends who told me I could be useful there so I = took the=20 plunge and there you are... WHAT DO YOU=20 DO? Amber says: I volunteer at = other=20 places, teaching bead making. I'm also a single = mother, a part=20 time art student and also work casually as a = chef Eric=20 says: I have had an upholstery business for the = last 25=20 years in Sydney. I employ a few people. I learnt my = trade in=20 France working for national museums and castles around = Paris=20 for a few years and then migrated to Australia. = I surf,=20 play guitar, boxing, sing in the = shower... WHAT DO YOU LIKE = MOST ABOUT=20 VOLUNTEERING @ = WAYS? Amber=20 says: Seeing the kids grow and blossom, the = moments when=20 they're proud of their achievements. And then, come = back the=20 next week to do it all over again. Eric = says: =20 I feel I'm doing something worthwhile for somebody = else=20 and I learn more about young people and my community, = and cook=20 with them which I really enjoy as well as meeting some = dedicated people who work here. On behalf = of the=20 WAYS team, welcome and thankyou for giving of your = time and=20 creativity. If you would like to volunteer at = WAYS click=20 here=20 to send an enquiry. Introducing David Adams - = Youth Work=20 Coordinator =20 Welcome=20 David! It is with pleasure we introduce David = Adams the=20 new Youth Work Coordinator. David has a background in = social=20 work, group leadership and outdoor=20 adventure. He brings with him=20 a lot of enthusiasm and has many new ideas for = fun=20 activities to run in the Youth Centre. = Keep=20 an eye on the website for updates about activities, or = stop on=20 by to say Hi and meet David. Retail Training = Success =20 75%=20 of students enrolled in the last Retail training = programme=20 completed. Pictured is Linda McDonald, a WAYS = Management=20 Committee member with proud recipient Ikai'ka Yelash - = one of=20 the successful students who graduated with a = full=20 certificate. "This is a very good = completion rate'=20 said Karen McLaughlan WAYS Business = Manager. "We=20 are very proud of the results the students are=20 achieving." WAYS=20 Youth Training offers courses in Business and=20 Retail, where flexible learning, creative = staff and=20 innovative teaching options are designed to = maximise the=20 chances of the young people succeeding. = Most of the=20 young people who train at WAYS have found sustaining=20 themselves in mainstream learning environments=20 difficult. "We use music, video's and = other=20 methods that emphasise 'doing it=E2=80=99 = instead of just=20 talking about it." says trainer Lynne = McGimpsey. =20 "We also offer extra support when needed. It=E2=80=99s = a friendly and=20 easy environment to learn in and it appears its=20 working. Some of these kids have never = done well=20 at school, so it=E2=80=99s a really positive = achievement.." =20 WAYS is currently offering the nationally = accredited=20 Certificate II in Business with 10 = enrolments. We=20 look forward to the success stories that will=20 follow. To download the next training = course=20 click here&= nbsp; Effective Parenting Course = - Massive=20 Success =20 During=20 the past two months Dr Terri Said and Mariel Peters = ran the=20 ever-popular Effective Parenting Course offered every = year by=20 the WAYS counselling team. 13 enthusiastic = parents=20 with adolescent children consistently attended the six = week=20 course, with topics such as adolescent = development,=20 effective communication and conflict resolution, = setting=20 limits and boundaries, alcohol and other drugs, = sex,=20 mental health issues and resilience. = Feedback was=20 extremely positive with many parents confirming they = had=20 gained new strategies and skills to build happier and = more=20 effective relationships with their = children. Keep=20 an eye out for the next Effective Parenting Course = scheduled=20 to run in September 2010 (dates to be = announced). =20 Contact Mariel or Terri on (02) 9365 2500 to get more=20 information or to hold a spot. Be in=20 quick. POEM Students Car Wash=20 Success =20 The=20 POEM students once again organised a $10.00 carwash to = raise=20 money for their end of term celebratory = excursion to=20 Luna Park. The class washed fourteen cars and=20 successfully raised $140. =E2=80=9CI liked washing = cars. I have never=20 done it before. It was an easy way to make money. I = want to do=20 it again so we maybe climb the Harbour = Bridge.=E2=80=9D says Tiana.=20 =E2=80=9CIt was kind of cold to wash cars for a few = hours but it will=20 be worth it when we finally go to Luna Park for the=20 day.=E2=80=9D says Dominic. A special = thanks to the=20 accommodating staff at Waverley Bowling Club who = permitted the=20 use of their premises on the day and all those people = who=20 brought their cars along to be washed. Post Graduate Students = help=20 WAYS =20 University=20 of Sydney post graduate students in Occupational = Therapy=20 -Stephanie Tom, Annie Tung, Michelle Chua, Melanie = Munoz,=20 Louise Outridge pictured left joined the WAYS = team over=20 the months of April, May and June. Their task = -to help=20 us to explore what kind of mentoring programme might = work for=20 the young people engaged in our education and training = programmes. They interviewed young people, staff = and=20 other key stakeholders, explored the literature and = produced a=20 very worthwhile report. We will be able to = use the=20 report to help develop a funding model and = it will=20 guide the development of a mentoring programme = specific=20 to the needs of the young people at = WAYS. We are=20 reminded through these enthusiastic and dedicated = students=20 that students make a worthwhile contribution to the = community=20 sector -thankyou.	In This Issue View=20 from the Top Raffle=20 Draw - Success for Anna Queens=20 Birthday Honours for WAYS Management Committee = member=20 http://waysyout= hservices.createsend4.com/T/ViewEmail/r/D51203282344C7EF/2A38E48714677D0C= 2540EF23F30FEDED#5DA8A1F62278D769 Introducing=20 David Adams - Youth Work Coordinator Retail=20 Training Success Effective=20 Parenting Course - Massive Success POEM=20 Students Car Wash Success Post=20 Graduate Students help = WAYS =20 Downloads POEM = School Annual Report 2009 http:= //waysyouthservices.cmail1.com/t/r/l/pidnd/hkkdikuu/d Certi= ficate=20 II Retail Thankyou for your = donation R=20 Armstrong Bondi=20 Lions R=20 Bell P=20 Boonen E=20 Cadzow P=20 Cavanagh I=20 Findlay J=20 Howard S=20 King M=20 Chalmers R=20 Hardy Holding=20 Redlich P=20 Ryan Toshiba=20 Australia G=20 Upton The=20 Zoo United=20 Airlines
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