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Autumn 2016
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Lights,
Camera,
Action!
NEW
PATHWAYS
Making connections
with our Aboriginal
communities
GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF
OUR LATEST AD CAMPAIGN
WITH GPY&R.
Louisa’s Extraordinary
CHRISTMAS GIFT
WHERE & WHEN
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Welcome to the Autumn
edition of One House
Enjoy reading the behind-thescenes story of our new ad
campaign, and be inspired by
the latest chapter in Leigh’s story
and the great engagement our
team is having with Aboriginal
communities in Newcastle.
The full roll-out of the NDIS is
approaching fast. We’ve made it
easier for customers to contact
us via our improved hwns.com.au
website or by calling 1300 LETSGO.
Our Customer Advisor, Brenda
manages these enquiries to ensure
timely and appropriate follow
up. Of course, customers can still
talk to any of our fantastic HWNS
employees about anything, but this
provides another way for people to
interact with us to get the answers
they need.
Feature
Lights,
Camera,
Action!
GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF OUR
LATEST AD CAMPAIGN.
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Feature
Leigh’s latest
achievement
APPOINTED AS ONE OF THE NEWEST
MEMBERS OF THE DISABILITY COUNCIL NSW.
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Feature
Community
Connections
CONNECTING WITH ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
IN THE HUNTER.
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HWNS is privileged to have been
involved with the NDIS from its very
beginning. We have three years of
‘live’ experience with the NDIS and
now support over 550 people with
NDIS plans to achieve their goals
across the Hunter, ACT, Sydney
and Townsville. There’s a wealth
of information about making the
NDIS work for you on our website,
and a dedicated Intranet site
for employees to learn from our
experiences in the trial sites.
Check it out!
Andrew Richardson
Managing Director
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Brook’s Picks
FIVE OF THE BEST EUROVISION SONG
CONTEST WINNERS BY OUR RESIDENT
EUROVISION AFICIONADO, BROOK CROWLEY.
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Where is the
NDIS launching
in 2016?
Over the 2013-16 launch period of
the National Disability Insurance
Scheme (NDIS), HWNS has seen
hundreds of the people we support
in NSW and the ACT achieve their
goals and dreams through their
NDIS plan and funding.
According to the National Disability
Insurance Agency (NDIA) more
than 22,000 Australians currently
have NDIS plans and participation
satisfaction levels remain high.
The national roll out will be commencing in
2016 in the following HWNS serviced areas:
1ST JANUARY 2016
1ST JULY 2016
Townsville & Charters Towers
Nepean Blue Mountains
(0-18 years)
(0-65 years)
Palm Island (0-65 years)
Northern Sydney, South West
Sydney, Southern Sydney,
Western Sydney (0-65 years)
ACT (42-51 years)
1ST APRIL 2016
ACT (0-29 years)
ACT (29-42 years)
Townsville (0-65 years)
1ST JULY 2016
1ST NOVEMBER 2016
Central Coast (0-65 years)
Mackay (0-65 years)
Hunter & New England
(0-65 years)
1300 LETS GO
Don’t Forget!
We have a dedicated customer
service line now up and running!
The 1300 LETS GO (1300 538 746)
number is managed and answered
by our friendly Customer Advisor.
HWNS customers, families and
carers, and staff can sign up for
Blooms Rewards to receive a
10% discount at any Blooms The
Chemist store. You can also access
a range of other Blooms The
Chemist benefits including:
The customer service team can
assist with enquiries relating to
NDIS, disability services, businesses,
customer feedback and more.
• A range of In-store
HealthChecks
• Free Webster packing or Dose Administration Aids (DAA)
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• Free delivery of medications where possible
• Access to friendly
professional advice and support.
To join Blooms Rewards visit
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BEHIND THE SCENES
OF OUR
EXCITING NEW
ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN
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Over 12 months ago now the HWNS
Marketing and Communications team
reached out to top tier creative agency
GPY&R for their pro-bono assistance
in creating an awareness campaign
for HWNS.
GPY&R were an obvious choice because of their
excellent reputation and experience with other notfor-profit campaigns. The team took a genuine interest
in our cause and generously offered to work with us
to develop a brand strategy, brand personality, tone
and essence. A number of people who worked on
the campaign had a personal connection to disability
and so were extremely passionate and committed to
developing a believable and compelling idea.
We started the creative journey with a series of
workshops involving a cross section of HWNS staff.
The workshops focused on understanding and
articulating our brand promise – what our customers
and their families can expect from any interactions
with HWNS. We also looked at an intensive exploration
into the needs and wants of our customers – the
people we support and their families.
From this we developed a strong compelling brand
promise to sum up what we do at HWNS – ‘HWNS
takes away the steps so that the people we support
can make them.’
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The next step was for the GPY&R creative team to
develop a campaign idea which could be used across
digital and traditional media. This resulted in a series
of ads which were filmed in January and starred a
number of our customers from different regions.
These ads are designed to raise brand awareness
for HWNS amongst the general public. They put our
customer front and centre, and the individual scenes
show people in a number of everyday settings enjoying
being with friends, being at work and doing things
they are passionate about.
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Leigh joins The Disability Council NSW
Leigh Creighton is a very familiar face around House
with No Steps. Everyone knows him for his infectious
smile and sense of humour, as well as his impressive list
of achievements.
He’s been involved with us for more than 15 years and in
that time we’ve seen him transition from supported to
open employment, move out of home and into his own
unit, speak at a number of high profile events including
the Hunter launch of the NDIS, become an advocate for
people with a disability as well as land a job as a Peer
Mentor at HWNS – and that’s just to name a few.
Leigh, being the ambitious guy he is, just keeps raising
the bar higher and higher. His latest achievement was
being appointed to The Disability Council NSW which is
the official advisory body to the NSW Government.
“I had to apply for the council a few months ago and I
had my first induction day last month and it went very
well. When I applied I had to do a selection criteria about
the experience that I had and then they said we would
love Leigh to be on the board”, he said.
“When I found out I was a bundle of mixed emotions. I
was in tears when I found out, it is my dream job. I was
in tears but I was also happy at the same time and it was
just awesome to achieve one of the milestones in my life.
And then my dream job comes up and it does things for
me”, continued Leigh.
The council is made of people from a range of
backgrounds and areas of NSW. Members are selected
to be on the council because they live with a disability,
are an expert on disability and/or want to improve the
lives of people with disability.
“We discuss issues that people with a disability are
facing. If it’s housing, if its transport, if its employment, if
its education and all the other issues that people with a
disability are facing. We try and figure out ways to solve
these issues for people with disabilities”, said Leigh.
“I’m interested in the housing around Newcastle because
there’s not enough units. We need more accessible
housing around Newcastle and more accessible
transport as well. In my job I’m hoping to make changes
for people with disabilities. I believe that people have the
right to say what they feel and I believe that I hear the
voices of people with disabilities”, he continued.
It’s comes as no surprise that Leigh already has a new
list of new goals that he is working towards.
“The other goals I’m working on are being more known
in the community as a peer mentor, making more
advocacy DVDs and another goal of mine is to make a
DVD of my life and how I’ve become a peer mentor and
why I’m a peer mentor right now. The other goal is to go
to the UN.”
We’re pretty sure it’s only a matter of time before he
gets there. Watch out New York, Leigh is coming for you!
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AROUND
Did you know HWNS has more than 200 sites across NSW, Qld and the ACT?
Here are some of our exciting regional highlights.
DOONAN
HWNS Doonan hosted a very
successful Country Fair in
December to celebrate International
Day of People with Disability
(IDPwD) and Volunteers Day. Our
Community Support Service group
had worked hard all year towards
creating a great event for their
whole community to attend.
The Doonan site is unique in its
bushland setting and so the team
decided to make the best of their
location and theme the event
around the country.
The main attractions included a
white elephant stall, games, art and
craft shop, baking competition,
raffle, performances by local
musicians and dance groups and
of course plenty of bacon and egg
rolls, and sausage sandwiches to go
around.
It was a fantastic day and we would
like to thank all those involved who
contributed to making the day the
success it was.
TOWNSVILLE
Late last year, our Community
Choice hub was invited to
undertake the Townsville City
Council’s Christmas in the City
Yarn Bombing Project. The theme
was ‘Christmas Coral’ and with the
help of a grant from council, the
team set about creating all things
fish and under the sea themed
with wool. Staff, customers and
volunteers all chipped in to create
more than 100 woollen fish, coral
and sea creatures which were
hung in a bus shelter and truly
transformed the space.
The most beautiful thing about
this project was the amazing way
that art can bring communities
together. The Yarn Bombing Project
is proof that people from different
backgrounds with different skills
can come together to create
beautiful works of art. The group
were so proud of their work and
received some wonderful feedback
and recognition from Townsville
City Mayor, Jenny Hill.
FORBES
Our Patron, His Excellency General
The Honourable David Hurley AC
DSC (Ret’d), Governor of NSW and
his wife Mrs Hurley recently paid a
visit to HWNS Forbes. He visited
our Little Learners Early Childhood
Intervention Service and our
Aussie Biscuits factory to chat with
customers, staff and families. It was
great to see the keen interest that
His Excellency and Mrs Hurley take
in our work supporting people with
a disability.
YUMMO!
Did you know our
Aussie Biscuits
factory produces
over 32,000 biscuits
each day?!
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TAMWORTH
Our Tamworth team was recently
involved in the cavalcade at the
iconic Tamworth Country Music
Festival. Their fabulous float was
designed and built by HWNS
service users, staff, families and
volunteers. The team had a great
time waving to the crowd as
they cruised down the streets
of Tamworth and made some
great connections with their local
community.
ALSTONVILLE
Our Summerland House Farm
team recently made some stranded
travellers very happy. The Warialda
Gardening Club was travelling by
bus to visit the farm and enjoy
lunch at the restaurant when their
bus had some troubles and became
stranded on a lonely country road.
When they heard what had
happened, the Summerland team
decided to (literally) go the extra
mile. They delivered packed lunches
out to the stranded bus, that was
still awaiting assistance, to fill the
tired traveller’s bellies. No doubt the
gardening club will be back thanks
to the excellent customer service of
our Summerland House Farm team.
HUNTER
To celebrate Australia Day our
Community Connections group
went to Catalina Park for a day of
fun Australian themed activities.
The morning was spent playing
cricket and bocce before everyone
cooled off with a water bomb fight.
For lunch they dined on lamb and
gravy rolls followed by caramelo
koalas swimming in jelly. During the
afternoon everyone’s skills were
tested during the thong throwing
competition. A great day was had
by all.
Residents of one of our Hunter
accommodation services have been
getting their hands dirty by spending
many hours outside, caring for and
nurturing their vegetable gardens.
They were very excited to recently
harvest their first vegetables which
included one rather huge squash.
With the help of a volunteer
they have successfully planted
corn, tomatoes, carrots, beans,
capsicum, cucumbers, pumpkin,
squash, strawberries, blueberries,
and raspberries. The garden is also
boasting a couple of healthy looking
lemon and mandarin trees.
It wasn’t too long ago that these
residents lived in a boarding
house where they did not even
cook for themselves so it’s a great
achievement to now be not only
cooking but growing their food
as well.
SYDNEY
Kevin aka Smiley, is an artist
who lives in one of our Sydney
accommodation services. He loves
to paint and draw, and specialises
in abstract painting using oil based
paints. Kevin first discovered his
artistic passion when he started
attending a small not-for-profit art
space called ‘Roomies’. Roomies
is a place where individuals with
an intellectual disability and/or
mental health issues are given the
opportunity to express themselves
through art. Since getting involved
with Roomies, Kevin has sold
his art at exhibitions and was
commissioned by Roomies to create
their logo. He also recently lent his
talents to our Fundraising team by
creating a piece of artwork for them
to use on their Christmas cards
which are sent to our many donors
and supporters all over Australia.
Kevin first discovered
his artistic passion when
he started attending a
small not-for-profit art
space called ‘Roomies’
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I took Kalla’s dog Gabe with us for the outing and,
being very cute, he attracted a lot of attention. Two
passengers, Dorothy and her daughter Nicole sat down
with us. They asked us many questions about Gabe and
what we were doing there that day.
An Amazing Meeting
Hi, I’m Jessica and that’s me in the photo with Kalla my
HWNS support worker and a lady we met. Kalla and I
were sitting on the wharf at the Newcastle foreshore
eating lunch and watching people wander by.
We went there to see the Queen Elizabeth 11 ship which
had come into port that day. I wanted to share in the
excitement of such a big event so, as part of my life skills
program, I had researched the best place to view the ship
and see all the passengers.
Kalla likes me to practise being assertive, so let me do a
lot of the talking. Nicole was interested in who I was and
wanted to know all about me. During the conversation I
told them that Kalla was supporting me, and then Nicole
mentioned that her father (who had polio) had been
supported by Dorothy for 54 years. She said that in the
early days there were no support agencies available and
her mother started up a little group. She then asked me
whether I had heard of an organisation called House with
No Steps, because this was the group that her parents
had begun.
As soon as she heard this, Kalla realised that she had
seen Dorothy before when Dorothy was the keynote
speaker at the 2014 Newcastle HWNS Awards Night.
I got really excited at this point and said ‘That’s my
provider, that’s who I’m with, and that’s why we’re
here today’.
Dorothy was as excited as us and said she felt humbled
that the small organisation she and her husband had
started such a long time ago was now able to help
people like me.
Louisa’s Extraordinary
CHRISTMAS GIFT
Louisa Blom was in many ways your ordinary Aussie
who gave us an extraordinary Christmas gift by leaving
her whole estate to HWNS.
Louisa was born Holland and grew up in Glanebrug, close
to the German border. After surviving the war with her
husband and children, in 1958 they moved to Australia
looking for a better future for their family.
They lived for two years in a migrant camp in Richmond,
NSW, before settling down in Bankstown. Peter, their
son, says that at this time Louisa and her husband, Theo
developed their love for Collie dogs or “Lassie” dogs, as
they called them and had several over the years. He also
remembers that his mother was very fond of Princess
Diana and had a wide collection of her photographs.
However, Louisa’s greatest love was helping others and
that is what we will remember her for. Louise passed
away on 26th February 2015, aged 94 but her love and
generosity will live on. Louisa and Theo’s names will be
entered in our Partners in Dignity Remembrance Book to
be remembered for generations to come.
Gifts in Wills
To find out more about leaving a gift in
a Will or our Partners in Dignity program
visit www.hwns.com.au/giftinwill.
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Advocacy
in action
By Karin Taylor
& Racheal Henson
My name is Karin and I have supported Rachael for 2
years now. In September 2015 I was asked to support
her to an appointment. Rachael uses an electric
wheelchair and because our options for public
transport were limited on this occasion, the only
other option was to use a state funded community
transport organisation.
The transport company advised us that there would
be a fee applied for a support worker to accompany
Rachael. The cost to transport Rachael was $40.00
but the cost for a support worker to accompany her
was an additional $100.00.
This seemed like a lot so we questioned the difference
in price and why Rachael’s companion card did
not cover any additional fees for the support staff.
The transport company told us that it was because
Rachael was being supported by a paid worker. If
she was being supported by a family member or
volunteer it would be free, however for paid support
to accompany her she would have to pay, as the
worker is not funded through Home and Community
Care (HACC).
This sounded like a clear case of discrimination to
us, so we asked for the matter to be re-evaluated by
the transport company. Eventually we were told that
support staff would now be charged the same rate as
Rachael. I discussed this outcome with Rachael but
we still weren’t happy and something did not feel right
to either of us.
We contacted a local advocacy group to ask if they
have had any similar cases. The told us they hadn’t
but they would like to take it further and discuss the
matter with a Member of Parliament and the transport
company.
Despite the advocacy group’s best efforts the
transport company would still not budge. So they
then advised us that Rachael could now raise a
discrimination issue with the Anti-Discrimination
Board of NSW if she wished.
WELL DONE RACHAEL FOR HAVING THE
COURAGE TO SPEAK UP AND ADVOCATE FOR
YOURSELF AND OTHERS LIKE YOU!
A representative from the advocacy group assisted
Rachael to submit her application to the AntiDiscrimination Board of NSW which was accepted in
December 2015.
We are still waiting to hear the outcome but Rachael
is determined not to give up. She has chosen this
pathway because she wants to change the charges for
everyone in her position.
Well done Rachael for having the courage to speak up
and advocate for yourself and others like you!
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DA N I E L
CHARLOTTE
... is a HWNS customer in Queensland.
... works in our Packaging business
in Sydney.
Hi my name is Daniel and I am 26 years old. I
attend the HWNS Community Support Service
in Goulburn and I enjoy coming to the program
because it gets me out of the house.
I participate in lots of activities at the centre and
I especially love volunteering at South Goulburn
School. My main job is to listen to the children read.
I also enjoy going to the Goulburn Workers Club
after the school to have a coffee and a chat to the
friendly staff.
I CONTINUE TO REPORT ANY WHS HAZARDS
AT THE SERVICE AND I REALLY ENJOY BEING
THE WHS ADVOCATE FOR HWNS.
Last year I took on the role of Work Health and
Safety (WHS) advocate for the Community
Support Service. I recently went to Canberra with
the WHS representative for a WHS meeting. I
enjoyed meeting other HWNS staff and being a
part of the team meeting. I continue to report any
WHS hazards at the service and I really enjoy being
the WHS advocate for HWNS.
I felt the world was my playground as a child
which is why I’d be found to suffer autism and be
attention deficit. Despite this I managed to grow
and learn to gain knowledge.
After doing a work experience program conducted
by my school, I left school at 18 and found myself
officially employed by HWNS. I have competed in
House Idol for six years and won it five times.
Now my main focus is rewriting children’s classic
fairy tales and rhymes with Australian verses
created by myself.
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MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH OUR ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
Over the last 12 months our Hunter
team has been working hard to
connect with the local Aboriginal
community. The team saw a real
need for services tailored towards
Aboriginal people after the last
census shared that approximately
13% of the Aboriginal population
in the Hunter area reported as
having a disability.
At the time, we had very few
Aboriginal staff and customers
in the Hunter region. Determined
to change this, our Hunter team
established an Aboriginal Services
Team made up of Aboriginal
support staff to provide culturally
responsive services to Aboriginal
people.
To date we are currently supporting
more than 12 Aboriginal people
with a disability and seeing some
fantastic outcomes. One of those
people is Kaedon.
Kaedon’s story
Kaedon is a 20-year-old Aboriginal
man who lives with ADHD, tourette
syndrome, autism and learning
difficulties. He had become
detached from his Aboriginal
Culture and identity, as well as
bored and disengaged from the
traditional disability service and
programs he was using. When
Kaedon first came to HWNS he
was partnered with Peter, an
Aboriginal Support Worker.
At first Kaedon did not seem to
connect with Peter and at times
Peter struggled to even get him
out of bed. To try and motivate
Kaedon, Peter decided to try
and focus his services around
Aboriginal culture and identity,
particularly art. Since then
Kaedon has really come out of
his shell, is making friends and
even found love. Kaedon is now a
very talented budding artist and
painted his girlfriend a beautiful
picture of a turtle.
“This painting represents
the blending of cultures and
traditions. It is a gift for my
girlfriend; I wanted to pay
respect to both of our cultures.
I chose and mixed the colours
myself because they are her
favourite and will always remind
her of me, and the respect we
both have for our cultures. I
wanted it to be something that
she would love and treasure
forever”, said Kaedon.
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Can we fix it?
Belrose Facility Services can!
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boy did they rise to the challenge! The team worked
tirelessly undertaking tasks such as carpet cleaning,
demolition work, removing old fixtures and operating
machinery. The majority of these were tasks they had
never done before so everyone learned lots of new skills.
This was a job that would usually be outsourced to an
external company but our team effort was just as good,
if not better than any professionals.
After doing a stellar job at Minchinbury they’ve been
undertaking more and more new and interesting work.
Our Belrose Facility Services Team have recently been
getting out of their comfort zone and working on some
exciting and challenging new projects.
Day-to-day the team maintain the grounds of the
head office site which includes office cleaning, rubbish
collection, gardening, odd jobs and handyman work.
A number of the guys have been working in the same
team, at the same site for more than 20+ years so a new
challenge was just what the doctor ordered.
Carrying out the end-of-lease clean up at our
Minchinbury packaging site was their first task. And
One of these tasks was recently renovating an old deck
at our Kingswood accommodation service in Sydney.
The old deck had truly seen its day and after ripping
up the old decking, replacing with nice new wood, and
oiling it up, the guys also put in a great little ramp for
wheelchair users.
They’ve also been keeping busy learning plaster
work and painting at some of our other Sydney
accommodation services.
Best of all, the guys have had a ball! They’ve loved having
the opportunity to work overtime, learn news skills and
have been getting themselves to and from each location
independently. Keep up the great work team!
They’ve loved having the opportunity to work overtime, learn news skills and
have been getting themselves to and from each location independently.
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Jordan lands a job
at IKEA
Nick’s Story
With a name recognised world-wide and an almost
cult like following, Ikea’s opening in Canberra was a
long awaited and highly anticipated event. So it was a
very exciting surprise when IKEA contacted our ACT
team, offering two permanent part time positions, full
wages and benefits for two people we support.
Jordan, 20, was thrilled to land the job after being part
of our Transition to Adult Life program for almost two
years. This was his first paid employment but his skills,
personality and overall attitude to life made him an
easy choice for the job.
Focusing on his natural skills and talents, IKEA offered
Jordan a five hour, two days a week position in the
Swedish Food Market where he helps to stock, clean
and maintain the often busy section.
His family, friends and support
staff can all see the increase in
his sense of pride, strength and
confidence in his own capabilities.
Jordan is thriving in his new role and is very well
respected by his co-workers and managers. He is
continually seeking new learning opportunities and
ways to contribute to the team. His family, friends and
support staff can all see the increase in his sense of
pride, strength and confidence in his own capabilities.
Keep up the great work Jordan!
It’s also great to see IKEA recognising the valuable
contribution that people with a disability can make in
the workplace.
Nick is a fun loving 18 year old man from
Canberra who has a great sense of humour,
loves rugby, and is a huge Brumbies supporter.
“Nick’s a good natured, caring young man,
and he just happens to have a disability,” says
Tanya, Nick’s mum.
Nick started his preplanning with the NDIS in
November 2014. He chose HWNS to be his
disability service provider and hasn’t looked
back since.
“The service HWNS has provided has just been
wonderful. Nick’s days are completely filled
with fun loving things, he goes to work, and
he’s having a great time enjoying life,” says
Tanya.
As part of Nick’s NDIS plan he spends three
days a week enjoying a range of different
activities and working on his life skills, while
being supported by HWNS.
“We do a self defence class, we go down to the
oval, and kick the footy around. Working with
Nick is a pleasure,” says Phil, Nick’s support
worker.
“Nick loves his self defence class, he’s joining
in, improving his gross motor skills and
socialising,” says Tanya.
Through his NDIS plan, Nick has also gained
work experience at a local primary school
assisting in the school library, and at a
local college where he works as part of the
maintenance team.
Tanya says, “Our hopes are that Nick will
continue to be happy, gain confidence, and
enjoy life just like anyone else”.
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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST WINNERS
Five of the best Eurovision song contest winners by our resident
Eurovision aficionado, Brook Crowley.
1. Fairtytale – Alexander Ryback
(Norway, 2009)
Scoring a whopping 387 points, this
catchy Riverdance sounding Eurovision
ditty was the biggest score in the history
of the contest before or since. It even
became a minor hit in Australia.
2. Hold me now – Johnny Logan
(Ireland, 1987)
Australian-born Logan was Eurovision
winner not once, but three times, scoring
a hat trick for Ireland. This power ballad
won it for him both as a singer and writer.
3. Diva – Dana International
(Israel, 1998)
The first and only transgender person to
win the contest, she had to do it the hard
way in one of the closest competitions on
record.
4. My Number One – Helena Paparizou
(Greece, 2005)
Paparizou first came into prominence as
one half of Greek duo, Antique, who came
a close third place in 2001. Four years
later she returned as a soloist with this
number.
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5. Waterloo – ABBA
(Sweden, 1974)
Now, who does not love Abba? Three
Swedes and a Norweigan graced that
stage with probably the most famous
Eurovision winner of all time. This is THE
Eurovision anthem if you ask me!
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