Community Support Worker Report

by Sean Taylor

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The first activity for 2006 will be Meditation Classes, run once a week for twenty minutes during the Wednesday night Drop In. The Minto Bush Camp has been postponed until 10 March 2006, and is already heavily booked so ... There will be two support groups starting, Transgender Youth Support Group (ages from 16 to 25) and Transgender Support Group. Thanks to Sathya for facilitating the Make Up Classes which were very successful, and Sathya would like to continue the classes this year.

The Gender Centre Ball was magnificent. I would like to thank the people who volunteered their time and the transgender community for supporting the event. I'm in the process of organizing two steering committees, one for the 2006 Gender Centre Ball and the other for 2007 Mardi Gras Gender Centre Float. Please phone Sean if you're interested. I will be organizing a Community Forum and would like the transgender community to participate, any ideas for workshops, social activities, support groups and social events would be welcome. I will return to work after the Xmas break on Tuesday 3rd January 2006, and can be contacted on 9569 2366.

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