Meals on wheels Students involved with environment centre to close
Plan for action: Kingston’s prevention of family violence action plan has been unveiled. Picture: Supplied
Family violence prevention plan launched Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au KINGSTON Council launched their prevention of family violence action plan on 27 March, aiming to put a stop to family violence within the community. The launch was attended by Kingston’s woman of the year Emma Gierschick and representatives from groups working to stamp out family violence. The plan, which was officially adopted by council in October of last
year, outlines the goals of council as “increasing understanding of family violence and gender inequality as an underlying cause, challenging behaviours and attitudes that support violence, sexism and discrimination, promoting and normalising gender equality in public and private, and developing Kingston infrastructure, community spaces and activities that are safe, welcoming and inclusive.” The plan says that council will do a number of things to help them reach those goals, including to “advocate for policy, legislative and institutional reform to support gender equality and
family violence prevention, align with national, state and local organisations and alliances that undertake a diverse range of advocacy and activism to promote gender equality and family violence prevention, deliver primary prevention family violence initiatives through regional partnerships including promoting state awareness raising campaigns, celebrate and undertake local promotion of relevant national and international events that support family violence prevention, and inform the community about council’s family violence prevention strategies and activities.”
THE doors of the Moorabbin Meals on Wheels service are set to close, with the service to be run exclusively from Bonbeach from 1 July onwards. The mayor Cr Georgina Oxley said the service needed to be consolidated because the Moorabbin site had not been updated in “many years”. “Kingston was proud to invest in a new purpose built delivered meals kitchen which opened in Bonbeach in late 2015. This larger kitchen is able to cater for Kingston’s entire delivered meals program, which is also facing decreasing demand due to the rise in alternatives including frozen meals and home deliveries,” she said. “Our delivered meals service is a key pillar in council’s support services for our ageing community and we could not provide this valued service without our team of dedicated volunteers. While some of our Moorabbin based volunteers will choose to stay on and move to our Bonbeach kitchen, others may decide this is the right time for them to retire or try their hand at something new. “We will be holding a special event to honour and thank those volunteers for the positive difference they have made in their local community. Some of our Moorabbin team have volunteered for decades, with our longest serving member taking part for over 50 years. “Services will not be impacted by this change and people receiving meals will continue to receive their deliveries as normal.”
week activities ENVIRONMENT Week at The Briars historic property, Mt Martha included activities and half-day programs for students in years 1-6. Schools could choose Engaging with Nature, Indigenous Connection to Country, Homestead Heritage and Sustainable Living with children exploring two areas in their chosen program. In Engaging with Nature, students took part in weaving and visited the Briars Nature Nook to check for birds, bats and wildlife in the nesting boxes, as well as read interpretative signs. On the wetlands boardwalk they stopped to explore the sounds, plants and animals, and observed and sketched birds with Birdlife Mornington Peninsula. Some got close to emus and wallabies. Local leaders explained Aboriginal culture while the students tasted bush tucker and gained insights into bush craft, language and community. Indigenous man Lionel Lauch shared his knowledge of food and fibre plants and wetlands flora. He led the children through the wetlands, while explaining how the plants are harvested and used for food, medicine and utensils. Years 3-6 students explored the Eco Living Display Centre and learned about “living green”. They saw firsthand how they can reduce waste at home and learn about decomposition, and investigated what things can influence energy efficiency.
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