BUSHkids Annual Report 2018-2019

Council

1 7 Feb

2 21 Mar

3 2 May

4 13 Jun

5 25 Jul

6 5 Sep

7 17 Oct

8* 28 Nov

AGM* 6 Dec

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Dr Neil Bartels oam (Chair) A medical practitioner with a keen interest in children’s health issues, Neil holds a Master’s degree in Law with a great interest in the equity of access to health services for more remote or disadvantaged children, particularly those with behavioural, learning or social disadvantage. He provides valuable medical and legal experience and intense support in the direction of the organisation, and was recognised in the Australia Day 2018 honours for his lengthy service. Gloria Ryan (Deputy Chair) Gloria is legally trained and is a very enthusiastic contributor to all aspects of our contracting matters and supporting BUSHkids with legal advice as well as comprehensively advising on our Policies and Procedures. Through the changes to the organisation’s branding she assisted greatly with the registration of the BUSHkids trademark. Since being elected as Deputy Chair in December 2014, Gloria has brought her skills to support a number of key strategic areas.

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Allison McLean (Honorary Treasurer) Allison brings her vast accounting knowledge with many years in the areas of business advice, accounting and taxation to support the BUSHkids finance team. Growing up on a farm which was worked by generations of her family she feels an affinity with families in rural and remote areas. Allison was originally involved with the Redcliffe Centre through community groups, organising games nights, activities, and outings for children brought in for treatment. Apol Yes Apol Yes Apol

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Julian Martin After growing up in the Bush, Julian has a high regard for what BUSHkids is contributing to the children of rural and regional Queensland. He has had more than 25 years of experience in the information systems industry and a background of providing business-enabling solutions to organisations. Julian supports us greatly in all areas of our ICT needs and has been a valued adviser for the transformation of our ICT systems across the organisation. David Ham oam David worked for Education Queensland all his adult life, first as a teacher, then principal and inspector, and finally as the Director of Human Resources. As a young teacher and principal in Outback Queensland he was very impressed by the care given to children by our organisation. David has given us enormous voluntary assistance in the creation of our Policies & Procedures in many areas and continues to volunteer his time on further projects. Gail Huggins Gail was a Speech Pathologist with extensive clinical and administrative experience gained in government and non-government organisations throughout Australia. Her commitment to service provision, based on evidence that early intervention for children at developmental risk is a vital insurance against long-term disadvantage, has always been to provide equity of access to well-resourced, evidence-based intervention and support as provided by BUSHkids. Carolyn Searle Growing up in Mackay, Carolyn understands how the needs of children and families in regional areas are often overlooked and how BUSHkids provides the only health services of its type in many areas. She worked in accounting and legal fields before founding a recruitment agency, and has since provided valuable advice for our organisation. She has helped increase the profile of BUSHkids, ensuring our valuable services offered reach the children most in need. Judy Peters Judy’s background in local government, business and community sectors adds to her regional and rural knowledge. As a Friend of BUSHkids she embraces the ethos of understanding, quality support and service to all families and knows first-hand the impact that BUSHkids services have. Providing community connectiveness is an important part of the BUSHkids story and Judy is an advocate for access to quality services so that circumstance or distance should not be a disadvantage.

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*Note: November and December meetings scheduled after the production deadline for this report; attendance notes are declared intentions based on prior advice received from Council members.

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