Manager's Report

by Phinn Borg

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Hello to all! The Gender Centre held its Annual General Meeting in September and there was a good turnout this year with lots of new faces and a new Board Member joining the board, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Elizabeth Riley to the board. Most of you will know Elizabeth.

This month the Women's Housing Company gave us a new Exit Property which takes us up to three refuge houses and six exit flats in total. The Gender Centre now has nine properties with a total of seventeen beds.

The team at the Centre comprises Client Support Worker Vicki Nash, Case-Manager Elizabeth Ceissmen, Residential Worker Paula Hartigan, Counsellor Gaye Stubbs, Resource Worker Katherine Cummings Administration David Burke, Outreach Workers Dash Gray and Birdi, Reception Rusty Nannup, and myself, Phinn Borg, Manager.

I would also like to introduce to you our student Fuchsia, Fuchsia has come to us from the Australian Collage of Applied Psychology for a ten-week placement and will be working alongside Gaye Stubbs our counsellor.

The Centre has had many requests for student placements in the last few weeks and we will try to accommodate student needs.

The aim of the Gender Centre in taking on students is to have them work with each member of the team and thus gain a wider perspective about the range of issues dealt with in the agency.

Students who are interested in taking on a placement at the Centre are all required to submit an application and meet the agencies selection criteria.

I would like to remind you all to keep a look out on the Gender Centre's website for upcoming events, groups and courses.

I would like to wish all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Keep safe.

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