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LEADING THE WAY IN BELL PARK P26-27 Job cuts impact charity support
Elissa speaks up: why this Friday’s on mayor’s mind
Relief pinch worry
FROM London model to Geelong’s lady mayoress, Elissa Friday has traversed the globe for love. The raven-haired English beauty has finally settled in Geelong after long months apart from fiancĂŠ Darryn Lyons, with the lovebirds making a home together on Western Beach. But, as the new edition of Geelong Coast magazine (GC) discovers, Elissa is much more than just a very pretty face. She’s also a qualified chef, a keen observer of politics and, now, a student of journalism at Deakin University who learns Mandarin in her spare time. Elissa tells GC about her background, her goals for the future and her relationship with Darryn, including their first date. “He invited me to lunch at the Royal Berkshire Polo. I thought lunch for the first date was a wonderful idea,â€? she says. “He was an absolute gentleman throughout the day. “He then went away on a pre-planned holiday and ‌ we went to dinner on his return – nothing else than dinner, may I stress – and here we are years later.â€? Read the full story in GC, available now at all good local newsagents.
By NOEL MURPHY GEELONG’S needy could miss out on $500,000 a year with the departure of Alcoa, Ford and manufacturing workers to redundancies, warn the city’s leading welfare providers. But a multiplier effect on Geelong’s social services from the loss of manufacturing industry support could worsen the impact, according to Give Where You Live, Karingal and Deakin University. Give Where You Live chief Bill Mithen told the Independent his charity would immediately lose $250,000 a year when Alcoa closed on 1 August but the figure could reach $500,000 after other manufacturing jobs disappeared. The charity cuts come as Ford sacks 120 Geelong staff this week, the city’s food relief struggles to meet demand and Give Where You Live assistance is almost double that of last year. Alcoa is poised to sack 800 staff in August. “The reduction in income comes at a time when we expect that the requests for grants from community organisations will increase,� Mr Mithen said. “This (financial) year we received 18 per cent more applications for grants than in 2013. We also received requests totalling 180 per cent of what we will distribute at the end of June.� Karingal policy and research manager Annette Gill said the “ripple effect� of Alcoa’s withdrawal from Geelong would savage a “whole raft of organisations�. “There’ll be a gap there and that will be felt socially and economically if others don’t step up and help fill the void,� she said. “It’s the social capital. If that’s lost, it will cost the community in economic and social terms.�
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