Strengthening Local Community Leaders ŽƵŶĐŝů ŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĂƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶĐLJ ŝŶ ĐŝǀŝĐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ The Community Leadership Program (the WƌŽŐƌĂŵͿ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĞŵĞƌŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ leaders within the Golden Plains community, ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ leadership skills, build their knowledge, skills and ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJͲůĞĚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ The Program will be held online weekly from dƵĞƐĚĂLJ ϯϭ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ƵŶƟů dƵĞƐĚĂLJ ϵ DĂLJ͕ ϮϬϮϯ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶĐLJ͘ WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ŐĂŝŶ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐŝǀŝĐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ
ĂŶĚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂƌŶ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ďĞƐƚ progress the change they want to create in their ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ůŝǀĞ͕ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƐƚƵĚLJ Žƌ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ŝŶ 'ŽůĚĞŶ WůĂŝŶƐ ^ŚŝƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ community leaders and gain experience working ǁŝƚŚ ůŽĐĂů ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂƌĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ To complete the Expression of Interest, and ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ŵŽƌĞ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚ͗ goldenplains.vic.gov.au/ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘
&ƌĞĞ ZĂƉŝĚ ŶƟŐĞŶ dĞƐƚƐ ;Z dƐͿ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ Ks/ Ͳϭϵ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚͲƌŝƐŬ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ Ăƚ 'ŽůĚĞŶ WůĂŝŶƐ ^ŚŝƌĞ ƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ,ƵďƐ͘
You are eligible to collect RATs if you: • Are 70 years or older • A Concession Card holder
• A person with a disability, ŝŵŵƵŶŽĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ Žƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƌĞƌ͘ Z dƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ Ăƚ ŽƵŶĐŝů͛Ɛ ƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ,ƵďƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ 'ŽůĚĞŶ WůĂŝŶƐ ŝǀŝĐ Centre, 2 Pope Street Bannockburn and The Well, ϭϵ ,ĞĂůĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ ^ŵLJƚŚĞƐĚĂůĞ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ Žƌ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ one of the Customer Hubs to access free RATs, please contact Council’s Customer Experience ƚĞĂŵ ŽŶ ϱϮϮϬ ϳϭϭϭ͘
2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, VIC 3331 19 Heales Street, Smythesdale, VIC 3351 14 Friday 16 December 2022
Council is once again proud to support the local business community and encourages residents to keep their money in ƚŚĞ ^ŚŝƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ 'ŝŌ >ŽĐĂů Ͳ 'ŽůĚĞŶ WůĂŝŶƐ ^ŚŝƌĞ ŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŐŝŌ͘ sŝƐŝƚ Ă ĨĂƌŵĞƌƐ͛ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƚŽ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ůŽĐĂůůLJͲŵĂĚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ͘ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐŝŌ ŝĚĞĂ͍ WŝĐŬ ƵƉ Ă ŐŝŌ ĐĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽĐĂů business, winery or restaurant in Golden WůĂŝŶƐ͘
Rubbish and Recycling Collection over the Christmas and New Year holiday period
Council Community Rapid Antigen Test Program Council has secured RATs from the Victorian Department of Health (the Department) for priority and high-risk community members as part ŽĨ Ă ^ƚĂƚĞǁŝĚĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ expanding its Community COVID-19 RATs Program with councils as a crucial part of the State’s plan to ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂŶƐ ƐƚĂLJ ƐĂĨĞ͘
Gift Local this Festive Season
There are no changes to Council’s ǁĂƐƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐLJĐůŝŶŐ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĂŶĚ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͘ As always, please remember to place your bins ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ LJŽƵƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĚĂLJ͘ ZŽŬĞǁŽŽĚ dƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ^ƚĂƟŽŶ dŚĞ ZŽŬĞǁŽŽĚ ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ ZĞĐŽǀĞƌLJ ĞŶƚƌĞ ǁŝůů be closed on Sunday 25 December, 2022 and ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϭ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ͕ ϮϬϮϯ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ƌĞͲŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƌŵĂů ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶĂů ŚŽƵƌƐ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϳ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ͕ ϮϬϮϯ͘
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