Archive for July 28th, 2008

Eastern Volunteers board of management meeting

Published by Alex Makin on Monday 28th of July, 2008

Thursday, 31 July 2008
9:00 am	to	11:00 am
Thursday, 28 August 2008
9:00 am	to	11:00 am
Thursday, 25 September 2008
9:00 am	to	11:00 am
Thursday, 30 October 2008
9:00 am	to	11:00 am
Thursday, 27 November 2008
9:00 am	to	11:00 am

Eastern Volunteers is a not-profit organisation that provides volunteer assistance, as well as community transport for the frail aged and people with disabilities. The organisation aims to strengthen volunteering by providing training services and assistance in recruiting and placing volunteers within other community based associations.

Eastern Volunteers is also heavily involved in communtiy transport solutions and provides a range of transport services for home and community care (HACC) eligible clients to assist in enhancing social inclusion and reducing isolation. The organisation is also involved in programs which aim to look at how community transport can augment public transport and taxi services. Eastern Volunteers is also one of the partners of the Sustainable Living Space initiative, which aims to investigate the potential for an environmentally sustainable community centre in Melbourne’s outer east.

Eastern Volunteers was formed in 1976 and has 14 part-time staff with approximately 100 volunteers to assist in service delivery. A voluntary board of management oversees the policies and strategic direction of the organisation. I was co-opted onto the board of management in July 2008.

For further details on Eastern Volunteers please visit www.easternvolunteers.org.au.

Maroondah Citizens Advice Bureau meeting

Published by Alex Makin on Friday 18th of January, 2008

Monday, 21 January 2008
4:30 pm	to	6:00 pm
Monday, 25 February 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 31 March 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 28 April 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 26 May 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 23 June 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 28 July 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 25 August 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 22 September 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 27 October 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm
Monday, 24 November 2008
4:00 pm	to	5:30 pm

The Maroondah Citizens’ Advice Bureau began in 1967, with the founding of the Ringwood Advisory Service, which was one of the first advisory services at the time. The organisation became known as the Maroondah Citizens’ Advice Bureau Inc. following council amalgamations in 1996.

The Maroondah Citizens’ Advice Bureau delivers crucial support for some of Maroondah’s most vulnerable residents through providing advice, food assistance and referral services. The organisation is largely volunteer driven and maintains offices in both Ringwood and Croydon.

The Committee of Management meets on a monthly basis to enact policies and discuss the direction of the organisation. I have been a committee member of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau since mid 2006 and have recently authored a business and marketing plan for the organisation to identify its strategic direction and goals over the next four years.