Our FRC team expanded its outreach service with our Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Kim Ibbott,
regularly working with clients in Mudgee, Walgett, Cobar and Nyngan.
Our Children’s Contact Service (CCS) centres in Dubbo and Orange continue to provide a great service to
families working through the complexities of separation. We have seen a growth in the cultural diversity of
families using the Orange service throughout the year and our Dubbo CCS staff have developed a playful way
to introduce children to the service using the familiar story of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story Wall
We have a full team of counsellors in the region and are looking forward to the opportunities this will create
for expanded service delivery.
Two of our Orange team members, Hayley Freeman and Sally Heath, really embraced the anti-bullying poster
competition and were successful in getting all of our local schools to participate with two of those schools
achieving 100% participation.
Our region has begun the rollout of School Services with Hayley Freeman appointed as School Services project
officer and marketing our programs to the local schools. We are confident of a great uptake of these services
in the region.
Our Dubbo office recently welcomed Melissa Medway as our very first volunteer. When Melissa’s short-term
contract ended with us she elected to volunteer one day a week, in an events-based position based around
developing a networking plan for Dubbo.
We hope that Melissa will be the first of many volunteers in our region.
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