Message from The Area Coordinator
A very interesting talk last month from Brad at Logan Funerals. He had some tips for making the inevitable less stressful for your family if only you would talk things over with them e.g. what type of service you want - burial or cremation, songs or hymms and even what to put in your casket. His greatest warning was not to fall for the funeral insurance schemes which are advertised intensively on TV at the moment. You could start off paying a few dollars a month and end up paying tens of thousands of dollars for a funeral which may cost less than $2000. Funeral bonds or prepaid plans are available and Logan Funerals are happy to invite you to call at their refurbished premises and visit the chapel of rest and discuss any concerns with them. We arrange these sorts of talks to inform the community and our next meeting will be entirely put over to the very important subject of depression and anxiety. Our speaker is from beyond blue and I invite all of you who are affected or know of someone who may feel that there is nowhere to turn to come along and find that there is someone willing to listen and to help. There will be leaflets and information available and we will provide refreshments so come along and discover that help is available.
The following meeting in July will be held at Crestmead Police Station & we have invited Superintendant Noel Powers to attend you may remember him from the unrest in Douglas Street some time ago, joining the front line with his colleagues and showing the face of reason. We also hope to provide future speakers from Child Safety and Logan City Safe. What do you want from your local community group who are willing to take on board constructive & useful suggestions to make our suburb and city a more friendly & safe place to live and work?
By the time you have received this newsletter I will have had the opportunity to attend a regional discussion regarding the way forward for NHW. Social media of course is one way of keeping in contact with the community our facebook page and website are available for information.
However is the delivery of newsletters the way to continue? This group covers the whole suburb of Crestmead with over 4750 residences and 11000 population. It has one of the youngest and most culturally varied populations and we try to reach out to all of you with information. We need to engage more with the younger members of society so do you have any ideas how to develop our reach?
I look forward to seeing you at one of our next meetings, take care Geoff
Beyond Blue is working to reduce the impact of depression and anxiety in the community by raising awareness and understanding, empowering people to seek help, and supporting recovery, management and resilience. It can affect all ages, genders and lifestyles. Help is available for those with chronic illnesses, work, alcohol and drug related, grief, pregnancy and post natal depression, Gay and Lesbian, children & young people, Aboriginal & multicultural people, injury & suicide prevention. The service is completely confidential, you can talk to a trained health professional and last year over 70000 people contacted beyond blue for help. Call 1300 224 636 (available 24 hours), go onto their web site or facebook page and can even chat on line live if you do not want to speak to someone over the phone (4pm to 10pm 7 nights a week).
CONGRATULATIONS
Great news that Crestmead Police station won the inaugural Rotary Logan Police station of the year awards presented recently at Parliament House. Many congrats to Snr Sgt Rob Mulhern and his colleagues who are doing such a great job for our community. Welcome to all the new recruits and thanks for helping to keep our homes and streets safe and secure for everyone.
