Friday, 30 November 2012
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Wheeling and Able celebrates 80th anniversary
Hunter charity group Wheeling and Able is celebrating its 80th birthday today.
The project, run entirely off community funding, has put smiles on the faces of more than 16,000 children with disabilities through providing clients with access to mobility equipment.
Mobility equipment can prove expensive for many families, and the help of volunteers, donors and sponsors who have contributed to the group has transformed the quality of life for the children.
"These kids are now able to attend mainstream schools, and the integration within the family, within the community [has] just been massive," Wheeling and Able Executive Officer, Karen Phillips says.
"They are able to live their lives just as any other child has been able to now."
The project, run entirely off community funding, has put smiles on the faces of more than 16,000 children with disabilities through providing clients with access to mobility equipment.
Mobility equipment can prove expensive for many families, and the help of volunteers, donors and sponsors who have contributed to the group has transformed the quality of life for the children.
"These kids are now able to attend mainstream schools, and the integration within the family, within the community [has] just been massive," Wheeling and Able Executive Officer, Karen Phillips says.
"They are able to live their lives just as any other child has been able to now."
Fanny’s named the most violent venue in NSW
Newcastle nightclubs Fanny’s and MJ Finnegan’s have been named and shamed by the NSW Government, topping the list of the State’s most violent late trading premises.
Despite a decline in reported alcohol related incidents from the previous year, the infamous Fanny’s remains the State’s most violent venue, with 28 reported incidents in the past financial year.
Irish Pub MJ Finnegan’s was listed in equal third place with 21 reported incidents.
Coalition Newcastle Inner City Residents Groups spokesperson Tony Brown says schemes such as the Government’s 'name and shame list' and the ID scanner network have not been enough to reduce the high levels of alcohol related harm as they fail to address the core problem.
“That is simply in Newcastle, that too much alcohol is being provided to too many people, too late at the night and the early morning.”
The group is calling for the Newcastle Liquor Accord to get serious about alcohol related violence since the CBD has been home to the first and second most violent pubs in the last two consecutive periods.
Forum hopes to talk its way out of TAFE funding cuts
State government cuts to TAFE funding have prompted talks between Hunter students, teachers and politicians in Newcastle today.
Courses including Fine Arts and Boat-building are subject to the cuts, which the Greens say will be devastating to the economic and cultural prosperity of Newcastle.
TAFE provides a pathway to disadvantaged students, notably in Fine Arts where some Novocastrians may lack the means to enrol in university to pursue their vocational interests.
NSW Greens MP, John Kaye, says the O'Farrell government needs to restore funding or the cuts will further damage Newcastle's vibrant arts scene amid news grants to the Renew Newcastle project have been scrapped.
"The O'Farrell government is in deep trouble in the Hunter," he says, highlighting the problem Premier O'Farrell faces in the region's electorates.
"The Renew Newcastle program has been cut and now we're seeing TAFE - both Ship-building and Fine Arts being slashed in the Hunter."
The talks are being held in a bid to lobby the state government's decision.
Courses including Fine Arts and Boat-building are subject to the cuts, which the Greens say will be devastating to the economic and cultural prosperity of Newcastle.
TAFE provides a pathway to disadvantaged students, notably in Fine Arts where some Novocastrians may lack the means to enrol in university to pursue their vocational interests.
NSW Greens MP, John Kaye, says the O'Farrell government needs to restore funding or the cuts will further damage Newcastle's vibrant arts scene amid news grants to the Renew Newcastle project have been scrapped.
"The O'Farrell government is in deep trouble in the Hunter," he says, highlighting the problem Premier O'Farrell faces in the region's electorates.
"The Renew Newcastle program has been cut and now we're seeing TAFE - both Ship-building and Fine Arts being slashed in the Hunter."
The talks are being held in a bid to lobby the state government's decision.
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