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Thursday, 15 February, 2024
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Fun for all at church Young people from the Berwick Church of Christ’s (BCOC) youth ministry came together to celebrate their congregation and host a family fun day for the broader community. The Fearless Unashamed Supernatural Existence (FUSE) Youth group hosted the FUSE Fest Family Fun Day after the Sunday service on Sunday 11 February. BCOC youth pastor Genny Smith said the group aimed to encourage and build self-esteem in its members. “We foster an environment that encourages and builds selfesteem where youth will learn and discover their identity in Christ while growing fulfilling and meaningful friendships.” Story page 14 Cameron as a Sumo wrestler at the family fun day. 388250
We’re heating up By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey is among one of the hottest areas of Melbourne – and not in a good way, particularly for its most vulnerable residents. Out of 27 government areas, Casey ranked second highest for the urban heat island effect, according to Victorian Council of Social Services research. Its UHI effect - which means the trapping of heat in urban environments - was on average 3.7 degrees hotter than the leafy, eastern suburbs in Maroondah.
Community Information & Support Cranbourne (CISC) executive officer Leanne Petrides was unsurprised, given the surge of housing estates and shopping centres with little shade. “This means that the newer suburbs are intensely hot zones.” The paper found Melbourne’s poorest suburbs were inflicted with the highest temperatures. The six most disadvantaged government areas in Melbourne were among the eight hottest.
Greater Dandenong - the most socio-economically disadvantaged - had the sixth-greatest urban heat effect. About 2.2 degrees hotter than Maroondah. Socio-economically, Casey is also ranked below average. As a double-whammy, Ms Petrides says CISC clients struggling to meet basic needs were also the least likely to afford energy-efficient cooling. “If they do have air conditioning, many will choose not to use it, in order to avoid high electricity bills.
“This is something we hear most from our older clients, who are also more vulnerable to the impact of extremely hot weather conditions.” Renters, residents in older properties and a rising homeless cohort were also at risk, Ms Petrides said. “(People who are homeless) are highly vulnerable to heat-related health issues whether they are sleeping outside, or in their cars, or in poorly renovated rooming houses with tiny rooms and little ventilation. Continued page 11
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