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Manager's Report
by Phinn Borg
(The Gender Centre advise that this article may not be current and as such certain content, including
but not limited to persons, contact details and dates may not apply. Where legal authority or medical related matters are
cited, responsibility lies with the reader to obtain the most current relevant legal authority and/or medical
publication.)
Well it's the time of the year again when reports are due and planning for next year begins. By the time this Polare reaches you, the
A.G.M. of the Gender Centre will have been held for another year. This year the
Gender Centre Annual Report is in colour and I must say it looks good. Below are some of the statistics from the report.
Table 1 shows overall service delivery statistics.
| Item |
2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
| Episodes of service delivery |
1,440 |
2,508 |
| Visitors to the Gender Centre |
Unavailable |
1,765 |
Table 2 shows statistics for the Residential Service.
| Item |
2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
| Available bed days |
4,026 |
4,015 |
| Bed days utilised |
3,399 |
3,763 |
| Occupancy rate (%) |
84.4 |
93.7 |
The occupancy rate of 93.7% represents a high overall occupancy rate for a
S.A.A.P. service.
Table 3 shows statistics for the In-House Case Management Service.
| Item |
2008/2009 |
| Case-Management meetings with in-house clients |
221 |
| Case-Management meetings with clients in exit program |
112 |
| Case-Management with in-house clients via telephone contact |
40 |
| Case-Management with exit house clients via telephone contact |
44 |
Table 4 shows statistics for the Community Case Management Service.
| Item |
2008/2009 |
| Community clients |
201 |
| Homelessness prevention |
60 |
| Community awareness |
87 |
| Early intervention |
105 |
| Post-crisis |
35 |
Table 5 shows statistics for the Social & Support Service.
| Item |
2008/2009 |
| Client contacts at in-house events |
1,019 |
| Client contacts at barbecues |
130 |
| Client contacts at out-of-Gender-Centre events |
135 |
| Total client contacts |
1,284 |
Table 6 shows statistics for the Outreach Service
| Item |
2008/2009 |
| Outreach to gaols within
N.S.W. |
36 |
| Total number of street outreach services |
577 |
| Wednesday night drop-in attendance |
860 |
More than 860 meals were distributed during drop-in
Table 7 shows statistics for the Counselling Service
| Item |
2008/2009 |
| Face-to-face counselling sessions |
262 |
| Phone counselling sessions |
170 |
| Email counselling sessions |
523 |
| Phone enquiries |
231 |
| New clients |
70 |
| Clients under 25 years of age |
25 |
| Clients 25-30 years of age |
50 |
This year the Gender Centre participated in Fair Day with a stall, and Surry Hills Markets with a stall. We took part in the Transgender
Day of Remembrance, organised events such as the Great Debate ("Where does the
"T" fit in
G.L.B.T.") and participated in the organisation of Transgender
Pride, held at Stonewall. Staff at the Gender Centre are already organising the big event for next year to be held in February. It will be
the 2010 Transgender Film Festival which will be a ten-hour event. Check the website closer to February for a full list of the
documentaries that will be shown. All the movies to be screened are either made by transgender film makers or the subject is gender.
Polare is published in Australia by The Gender Centre
Inc. which is funded by the Department of Community Services under the
S.A.A.P. Program and supported by the
N.S.W. Health Department through the
AIDS and Infectious Diseases Branch. Polare provides a
forum for discussion and debate on gender issues. Advertisers are advised that all advertising is their responsibility under
the Trade Practices Act. Unsolicited contributions are welcome, though no guarantee is made by the Editor that they will be
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Any submission which appears in Polare may be published on our internet site. Opinions expressed in this publication do not
necessarily reflect those of the Editor, The Gender Centre Inc.I, the
Department of Community Services or the N.S.W. Department of Health.
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