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Walter Jackson is a Ngarrindjeri man that utilizes cultural knowledge as avenues to motivate and inspire other Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to participate in cultural activities. Walter was recently awarded with the Office for Young Indigenous Achiever Award for South Australia. Walter’s visual art is a reflection of his understanding and knowledge of his land.

The Active Communities Field Officer joined with the Rural City of Murray Bridge’s Accessibility Advisory Committee, MurrayBridgeSpecialSchool and Community Lifestyles Inc. in presenting a “Physical Activity Showcase – Celebrating International Day of People with a disAbility”.

This collaborative event was held at beautiful Sturt Reserve, MurrayBridge on Friday 2nd December 2005, from 10am to 2pm. The aim of the day was to expose people with a disability to activities not normally experienced, such as Sailing, Rowing, Boccia, Croquet and Cycling.

The Hills Mallee Southern Regional Health Service is pleased to present the Regional Youth Plan which was officially launch October 2005.

The Hills Mallee Southern Regional Youth Plan was developed through consultation with young people through Regional Youth Forums and regional schools. Young people identified their key areas of concern as family relationships, drugs and alcohol, not enough to do, mental health, after school activities and accommodation. Service providers were also consulted around their service provision, networking and gaps in service delivery.

The Plan aims to enhance the health and well being of young people by ensuring their input into service delivery, improving their access to services, providing integrated service delivery, prioritising needs indicated by young people, and increasing the range of services available to young people.

The Hills Mallee Southern Regional Health Service is please to present its 2004/2005 Annual Report.

Since we started the Regional Scholarship Program in 2002 we have awarded scholarships to 5 Undergraduate Students, four Nursing and one Allied Health. In 2004 one of the Nursing recipients worked in the Region as part of the scholarship conditions, we have two working in the Region this year and next year the Allied Health recipient will commence work in the Region for three years. One of the Students who received a 2 year scholarship withdrew from the program and she repaid the funding that she had received.

Background

The Regional Office and Human Resource Service Division completed the adequate Records Management – Self Assessment reporting tool from State Records. The self assessment consists of 10 outcomes; each outcome has a policy statement, explanations and benchmarks, and 5 levels of achievement. Government organisations should be meeting the adequate level of outcomes.