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A LAWYER previously employed by the Peninsula Community Legal Centre has been awarded for her efforts as a volunteer. Claire Williams was presented with the Kath Neilsen Award for outstanding contribution to the centre at the recent annual volunteer and supporters appreciation dinner. The award is named after Kath Neilsen, a founder and long-term supporter of the centre. It acknowledges a volunteer who has demonstrated a superior understanding of the centre’s values and the principals of social justice; along with a reliable and respectful approach to interactions with our clients. Ms Williams was employed by the centre for six years and has since remained a volunteer. “I found my feet as a lawyer while working at PCLC. The great staff, plus a sense of belonging to a team that are working to end family violence, made the job very rewarding,” Ms Williams said. To support herself through university Ms Williams worked with people with a disability as a part-time job and gained an understanding of the difficulties faced by those with special needs. After leaving PCLC, she worked in a policy role with government and then started her own practice in Frankston - Justice Crew Legal Services. Her practice focusses on helping clients have “a low-stress journey through the legal system”. Ms Williams says she is passionate about helping guide people with mental, physical and intellectual disabilities through the legal process. “This can involve many hours acting as a go-between; connecting
Award for lawyer’s w a volunteer
Volunteering lawyer: Peninsula Community Legal Centre director Kate Ross, left, with Kath Neilsen award winner Claire Williams and PCLC CEO Jackie Galloway at the centre’s volunteer and supporters appreciation dinner. Picture: Supplied
clients with support services such as psychologists and family violence workers.” Ms Williams is one of 120 volunteers who enable the legal centre to run free legal advice sessions at five locations in Melbourne’s the south
east. “After 40 years service to the community, the work we do ensuring access to justice for vulnerable communities, is as important today as ever,” the centre’s CEO Jackie Galloway said.
Have your say Draft Neighbourhood Character Study and Draft Western Port Coastal Villages Strategy You’re invited to provide feedback on two concurrent projects in the draft report stage: the Neighbourhood Character Study (entire Shire) and the Western Port Coastal Villages Strategy (Western Port townships only). During the first phase of consultation, we heard what you value most about our townships, with this feedback being incorporated into both draft reports. The Neighbourhood Character Study captures the unique values of the residential areas of the Peninsula and develops policy and guidelines to ensure better design outcomes for all residential areas. The Western Port Coastal Villages Strategy manages development on public and private land to retain and enhance township character and address climate change impacts relating to sea level rise.
For more information:
mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay 5950 1010
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How to have your say
Attend a Drop-in Session
Community consultation opens 27 May and closes 5pm 7 July 2019.
Crib Point: Saturday 22 June, 10am – 12pm Dromana: Wednesday 12 June, 1 – 3pm
Online To view both draft reports and have your say, visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay
Flinders: Saturday 29 June 2019, 1.30 – 3.30pm
Email your submission with the subject line “Draft Neighbourhood Character Study and Draft Western Port Coastal Villages Strategy” to: haveyoursay@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Merricks Beach: Saturday 29 June, 10am – 12pm
Post Attention: Peninsula Wide Team Re: Draft Neighbourhood Character Study and Draft Western Port Coastal Villages Strategy Mornington Peninsula Shire Private Bag 1000, Rosebud VIC 3939
Rosebud: Friday 21 June, 1 – 3pm
Documents are also available to read in hard copy at the Shire’s offices in Rosebud, Mornington, and Hastings.
Hastings: Saturday 22 June, 10am – 12pm Mornington: Wednesday 19 June, 1 – 3pm Mount Eliza: Saturday 15 June, 10am – 12pm Red Hill: Wednesday 26 June, 1.30 – 3.30pm Rye: Saturday 22 June, 1.30 – 3.30pm Shoreham: Saturday 29 June, 1.30 – 3.30pm Somers: Saturday 29 June, 10am – 12pm Sorrento: Wednesday 26 June, 10am – 12pm For more information, visit mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay