Australian Greek Welfare Society Annual Report 2013-2014

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Australian Greek Welfare Society
Annual Report 2013-2014
Πρόνοια
VISION STATEMENT
To be a leading Australian-Greek
community services agency in Australia
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
To empower members of the Australian-Greek
community to reach their full potential.
This will be achieved by undertaking service
provision, advocacy, policy development and
research in an innovative, culturally and
linguistically appropriate matter.
Australian Greek Welfare Society 2014 ©
An electronic version of this report is available at www.agws.com.au
CONTENTS
President’s Report CEO’s Report Board, Staff and Volunteers 4
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MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR ELDERLY Planned Activity Group Social Support Program Community Visitors Scheme Access & Support Program In-home & Recreational Respite Brokered Services Home Care Packages Program 16
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FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Family Relationship Service Migration Agent Information and Referral Service Greek Legal Information and Referral Service Health Conditions Support Grant Program Monash Community Grant: Greeks Living Healthier Moreland Community Grant: Home Safety & Wellbeing
for Greek Seniors and Carers Residing in Moreland Department of Justice: Improving Safety for Greek Elderly Inner North West PCP Member Project Grants:
Empowering Woment to Reach Their Full Potential Committee and Network Participation Policy and Research Projects The Journey of New Greek Migrants to Australia:
Opportunities and Challenges Mentorship 22
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EDUCATION, TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Computers for Beginners Workforce Development Program Volunteer Training and Support Healthy Ageing for Australian Greeks Project Cultural Activities in Aged Care Residential Facilities Greek Cardiac Programs Greek Cultural Training 30
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ALPHA CHILDREN’S CENTRE Community Participation 36
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGWS 2014 Charity Drive AGWS 3XY Radiothon Donors 40
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 49
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
As President of the Australian
Greek Welfare Society (AGWS) it
is with great honour I present the
42rd Annual Report of the organisation. The past year has been full
of challenges and opportunities; a
portent of things to come.
I am pleased to report that 2014
has been a very successful year
characterised by increased demand for services across all areas
of operation and matched by our
growth and ability to meet those
demands. AGWS was successful in
securing growth funding from the
Commonwealth and State governments to deliver aged care services in Metropolitan Melbourne,
while fee for service operations
have experienced considerable
expansion due to a fairly sustained
effort by staff and demand for
these specialist services by the
sector.
Over the past twelve months
AGWS has continued with its
varied roles of service delivery
to an increasingly ageing Greek
community as well as addressing the settlement needs of the
newly arrived Greek migrants. A
survey commissioned by AGWS
has provided important information about the immigration and
settlement needs of people newly
arrived from Greece and Cyprus,
which was evident in the increased
number of client contacts made
with casework services.
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The resultant report will enable
us to develop more targeted
responses to the identified needs
as well as continuing to lobby
government with evidence based
submissions.
AGWS met and exceeded all its
funded targets across program
areas at a high quality standard.
The following are some of the
highlights which illustrate the
diversity and reach of AGWS in our
efforts to meet the needs of our
community:
•Successful delivery of 60,578
hours of Planned Activity
Groups across the four metropolitan regions to our elderly
and people with disabilities;
•Delivery of centre based
Planned Activity Group services to ageing and employed
carers, providing 23,108 hours
of support service to 81 carers
allowing them to continue their
caring responsibilities;
•Provision of 10,394 hours of
volunteer support to 179 Greek
elderly in the community and
aged care facilities (120 active
volunteers);
•Delivery of 15,525 hours of
respite care with funding from
State and Commonwealth
funded programs, and provision
of over 30,000 hours of community care under brokered service
arrangements to 550 clients;
•Direct casework services with
1885 recorded client contacts
responding to the many aged
care, health, welfare, and financial needs of individuals and
families;
•Provision of assistance to 50 clients by the Greek Legal Information and Referral Service as well
as the Migration Information
and Referral Service providing
information and referral to 63
clients with a further 68 people
participating in the 2 information sessions organised by
AGWS;
•Delivery of Family and Relationship services which included
counselling, group support and
structured course and education
to a total of 407 clients; and
•The Healthy Ageing Project
delivering information to 750
Greek elderly, including 61 carers
who participated in structured
courses and delivery of 8 cross
cultural training sessions to 153
aged care and health professionals.
This year has seen AGWS address
issues that affect a broad section
of the Australian Greek community
as can been ascertained from the
examples outlined above. Issues
such as re-settlement for newly
arrived Greeks, a changing aged
care sector, and the ongoing battle of our community living with
chronic health disease all remain
ongoing challenges.
In order to ensure that that AGWS
can meet these ongoing challenges, and to ensure AGWS can
successfully implement its Strategic Plan for 2014-2020, capacity
building has been the primary
focus of the organisation.
This has been achieved by:
•Growth Funding - AGWS was
successful in obtaining over
$500,000 of new funding from
both the Commonwealth &
State governments. This funding has ensured that additional
services and programs can be
resourced to meet demand.
•Branding – AGWS is constantly
adapting and developing as the
needs of its community changes. The AGWS name and brand
is an important part of this evolution and the Board is working
towards ensuring AGWS continues to have a larger presence in
the community services sector.
•Brokered Services – increasing
the profile of AGWS as a quality
provider of aged care has been
an important part of the Strategic Plan. Providing quality work
through best practice has seen
the Brokered Services program
deliver over 30,000 hours of
services in the last year.
•Collaborations – AGWS has
continued building partnerships with other stakeholders to
ensure its work as an advocacy
organisation continues breaking
barriers for the Greek speaking
community.
•Fundraising- through the Annual
3XY Radiothon, donations by
our ever loyal Greek speaking
community, business & community group donors and private
benefactors.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Australian
Greek business community for
their ongoing support and collaborations, in particular the Hellenic
Australian Chamber of Commerce
& Industries (HACCI). AGWS was
proud to host a HACCI Breakfast
this year which was a great opportunity for AGWS to showcase to
the HACCI network the breadth of
programs and services it provides
to the Greek speaking community.
Of course, the 20th Birthday Concert for Radio 3XY Hellas, which
brought together the generosity
of 3XY, Ta Nea, Delphi Bank, Mr
Yiannis Ploutarhos, and our community was an enjoyable highlight
of 2014.
The ongoing support of the various community organisations remains of significant importance to
AGWS. A Special mention should
be made of not only the support
we receive from the peak body in
our community, the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and
Victoria, but also to such organisations as the Egialian Society and
the Ithacan Society for their
generous donations.
We have also been fortunate to
have the Honourable Justice Emilios Kyrou accept the invitation to
become the Patron of the Australian Greek Welfare Society. As an
eminent and well respected member of not only the Greek Community, but also the wider community, His Honour’s patronage of
AGWS is of great significance.
The excellent work that we do
at AGWS could only be possible
with the tireless efforts of our
legion of volunteers, our dedicated and hardworking staff, and
our talented management team,
all of whom are led by one of the
foremost leaders in the community sector, Ms Voula Messimeri.
Voula’s leadership of her team is
matched by her excellent service
to and guidance of the Board of
AGWS. On behalf of AGWS, I take
this opportunity to congratulate
Voula on 25 years of dedicated
service to AGWS. A remarkable
achievement!
Finally, I thank each and every
member of the Board of AGWS,
for their support and their stewardship of AGWS. Rest assured,
AGWS remains in good hands for
the challenges and opportunities
that lay ahead.
George Spiliotis
President
Annual Report 2013 - 2014
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ΑΝΑΦΟΡΑ ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΥ
Ως Πρόεδρος της ΑυστραλόΕλληνικής Κοινωνικής Πρόνοιας
(Πρόνοια), είναι μεγάλη μου τιμή
να παρουσιάσω την 42η Ετήσια
Έκθεση του οργανισμού. Η χρονιά
που πέρασε ήταν γεμάτη με
προκλήσεις και ευκαιρίες, ένας
οιωνός των πραγμάτων που θα
έρθουν.
Βρίσκομαι στην ευχάριστη θέση
να αναφέρω ότι, το 2014 υπήρξε
μια πολύ επιτυχημένη χρονιά που
χαρακτηρίζεται από την αυξημένη
ζήτηση των υπηρεσιών σε όλους
τους τομείς λειτουργίας και
συμβαδίζει με την αύξηση και την
ικανότητά μας να ανταποκριθούμε
σε αυτές τις απαιτήσεις. Η Πρόνοια
ήταν επιτυχής, όσον αφορά την
εξασφάλιση της αυξημένης χρηματοδότησης από την Κοινοπολιτειακή και Πολιτειακή Κυβέρνηση, για
την παροχή υπηρεσιών φροντίδας
ηλικιωμένων στην μητροπολιτική
Μελβούρνη, καθώς οι λειτουργίες
παροχής υπηρεσιών με χρέωση
έχουν βιώσει σημαντική επέκταση,
η οποία οφείλεται σε μια αρκετά
σταθερή προσπάθεια του προσωπικού και της ζήτησης για αυτές τις
εξειδικευμένες υπηρεσίες από τον
τομέα.
Κατά τη διάρκεια των τελευταίων
δώδεκα μηνών, η Πρόνοια, συνέχισε τους ποικίλους ρόλους
παροχής υπηρεσιών στην αυξανόμενη γηράσκουσα ελληνική
παροικία, καθώς επίσης, και
στην αντιμετώπιση των αναγκών
εγκατάστασης των νέοαφιχθέντων Ελλήνων μεταναστών.
Η έρευνα που διεξάγει από την
Πρόνοια παρέχει σημαντικές
πληροφορίες σχετικά με τη
μετανάστευση και τις ανάγκες
εγκατάστασης των νέοαφιχθέντων ανθρώπων από την
Ελλάδα και την Κύπρο, στην
οποίαν ήταν εμφανής η αύξηση
του αριθμού των επαφών
με πελάτες που έγιναν με
τις υπηρεσίες διαχείρισης
προσωπικών υποθέσεων. Η
προκύπτουσα έκθεση θα μας
επιτρέψει να αναπτύξουμε πιο
στοχευμένες ανταποκρίσεις στις
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διαπιστωμένες ανάγκες, καθώς
θα εξακολουθούμε να πιέζουμε
την κυβέρνηση με αποδεικτικά
στοιχεία που βασίζονται σε
υποβολές.
Η Πρόνοια κάλυψε και ξεπέρασε
όλους τους επιδοτημένους
στόχους, σε όλους τους τομείς
του προγράμματος, σε ένα υψηλό
ποιοτικό επίπεδο Τα παρακάτω
είναι μερικά από τα κυριότερα
σημεία τα οποία απεικονίζουν
τη διαφορετικότητα και την
προσέγγιση της Πρόνοια με τις
καταβαλλόμενές μας προσπάθειες
για την κάλυψη των αναγκών της
παροικίας μας:
• Επιτυχής παράδοση 60.578
ωρών Ομαδικών Προγραμματισμένων Δραστηριοτήτων σε
όλες τις τέσσερις μητροπολιτικές περιφέρειες, σε ηλικιωμένους μας και σε άτομα με
αναπηρίες.
• Παράδοση, με βάση τα κέντρα,
υπηρεσιών ομαδικών προγραμματισμένων δραστηρι-οτήτων
σε ηλικιωμένους και σε
εργαζόμενους φροντιστές,
παρέχοντας 23.108 ώρες
υπηρεσίας υποστήριξης σε 81
φροντιστές, επιτρέποντάς τους
να συνεχίσουν τις ευθύνες τους
ως φροντιστές.
• Παράδοση 10.394 ωρών
εθελοντικής υποστήριξης σε
179 Έλληνες ηλικιωμένους
μέσα στην κοινότητα και
σε γηροκομεία (120 ενεργοί
εθελοντές).
• Παράδοση 15.525 ωρών ανακουφιστικής φροντίδας με
χρηματοδότηση από τα
χρηματοδοτούμενα
προγράμ-ματα της Πολιτείας
και της Κοινοπολιτείας,
και παράδοση πάνω από
30.000 ώρες κοινοτικής
φροντίδας, σύμφωνα με τους
διακανονισμούς υπηρεσιών
μεσολάβησης, σε 550 πελάτες,
•Άμεσες υπηρεσίες διαχείρισης
προσωπικών υποθέσεων με
καταγραφή 1885 επαφών με
πελάτες, ανταποκρίνοντας
στις πολυάριθμες ανάγκες
φροντίδας ηλικιωμένων,
υγείας, πρόνοιας και οικονομικών αναγκών ατόμων και
οικογενειών,
• Παροχή βοήθειας σε 50 πελάτες
από την Ελληνική Νομική
Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών και
Παραπομπής, καθώς επίσης
παροχή πληροφοριών από
την Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών
Μεταναστευτικού δικαίου και
Παραπομπής, παρέχοντας
πληροφορίες και παραπομπή
σε 63 πελάτες και σε επιπλέον
68 άτομα που συμμετείχαν
σε ενημερωτικές συνεδρίες
που διοργανώθηκαν από την
Πρόνοια.
• Παράδοση υπηρεσιών Οικογένειας και Σχέσεων που
συμπεριελάμβανε συμβουλές,
ομάδα υποστήριξης και
δομημένες σειρές μαθημάτων
και εκπαίδευση, σε 407 πελάτες
συνολικά και
• Το πρόγραμμα «Υγιής Γήρανση»
παρείχε πληροφορίες σε
750 Έλληνες ηλικιωμένους,
συμπεριλαμβανομένου
61 φροντιστές οι οποίοι
συμμετείχαν σε δομημένες
σειρές μαθημάτων και
παράδοση 8 δια πολιτισμικών
εκπαιδευτικών συνεδρίων σε
153 επαγγελματίες υγείας και
φροντίδας ηλικιωμένων.
Αυτή η χρονιά είδε την Πρόνοια
να αντιμετωπίζει θέματα που
επηρέασαν ένα ευρύ τμήμα της
Αυστραλό-Ελληνικής παροικίας,
όπως μπορεί να διαπιστωθεί
από τα παραδείγματα που
περιγράφονται παραπάνω.
Θέματα όπως η εκ νέου εγκατάσταση των νέο-αφιχθέντων
Ελλήνων, ο μεταβαλλόμενος
τομέας φροντίδας ηλικιωμένων,
καθώς και η συνεχής μάχη
της παροικίας μας που ζει με
χρόνιες παθήσεις υγείας, όλα
αυτά παραμένουν προκλήσεις εν
εξελίξει.
Προκειμένου να διασφαλιστεί το
ότι η Πρόνοια μπορεί να καλύψει
αυτές τις συνεχείς προκλήσεις, και
να διασφαλιστεί το ότι η Πρόνοια
μπορεί επιτυχώς να υλοποιήσει το
Στρατηγικό Σχέδιο για το 20142020, η ανάπτυξη των ικανοτήτων
υπήρξε ο πρωταρχικός στόχος του
οργανισμού. Αυτό έχει επιτευχθεί
με τα εξής:
• Αύξηση Χρηματοδότησης: η
Πρόνοια ήταν επιτυχής, όσον
αφορά την απόκτηση νέας
χρηματοδότησης ύψους άνω
των 500.000 δολαρίων, τόσο
από την Κοινοπολιτειακή
Κυβέρνηση, όσο και από
την Πολιτειακή Κυβέρνηση.
Αυτή η χρηματοδότηση
έχει εξασφαλίσει το ότι οι
πρόσθετες υπηρεσίες και τα
προγράμματα μπορούν να
έχουν επαρκείς πόρους για να
ανταποκριθούν στη ζήτηση.
• Προώθηση και προαγωγή του
εμπορικού σήματος: η Πρόνοια
διαρκώς προσαρμόζεται και
αναπτύσσεται, όπως οι αλλαγές
των αναγκών της παροικίας
της. Το όνομα και η προαγωγή
του εμπορικού σήματος της
Πρόνοιας είναι ένα σημαντικό
κομμάτι αυτής της εξέλιξης
και το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο
εργάζεται για να εξασφαλίσει
το ότι η AGWS εξακολουθεί
να έχει μεγαλύτερη παρουσία
στον τομέα των κοινοτικών
υπηρεσιών.
• Υπηρεσίες μεσολάβησης:
η αύξηση του προφίλ της
Πρόνοια ως ένας φορέας
παροχής ποιοτικών υπηρεσιών
φροντίδας ηλικιωμένων,
υπήρξε ένα σημαντικό μέρος
του Στρατηγικού Σχεδίου. Η
παροχή ποιοτικής εργασίας,
μέσω βέλτιστων πρακτικών,
έχει δει το πρόγραμμα
Υπηρεσιών Μεσολάβησης να
παραδίδει πάνω από 30.000
ώρες υπηρεσιών κατά τη
διάρκεια του τελευταίου έτους.
• Συνεργασίες: η Πρόνοια
συνεχίζει την οικοδόμηση
εταιρικών σχέσεων με άλλα
ενδιαφερόμενα μέρη για να
εξασφαλίσει το έργο της ως
ένας οργανισμός υπεράσπισης,
που συνεχίσει να σπάσιμο των
φραγμών για την ελληνόφωνη
κοινότητα.
•Έρανος- μέσω του Ετήσιου
Ράδιο-εράνου του 3XY,
δωρεές από την πάντα πιστή
ελληνόφωνη κοινότητα, τις
επιχειρήσεις και τους δωρητές
κοινοτικών ομάδων και
ιδιωτικών ευεργετών.
Θα ήθελα, επίσης, να εκμεταλλευτώ αυτήν την ευκαιρία για να
ευχαριστήσω την αυστραλιανή
ελληνική επιχειρηματική κοινότητα για τη συνεχή υποστήριξη
και τις συνεργασίες τους, ιδιαίτερα
το Αυστραλιανό και Ελληνικό
Επιμελητήριο Εμπορίου και
Βιομηχανίας Hellenic Australian
Chamber of Commerce & Industries (HACCI). Η Πρόνοια, ήταν
περήφανη που φιλοξένησε φέτος
με πρωινό το HACCI που ήταν μια
μεγάλη ευκαιρία για την Πρόνοια
να επιδείξει στο δίκτυο του HACCI
το εύρος των προγραμμάτων και
των υπηρεσιών που παρέχει στην
ελληνόφωνη κοινότητα.
Βεβαίως, η Συναυλία των 20ών
Γενεθλίων του Radio 3XY Hellas,
που συγκέντρωσε τη γενναιοδωρία του 3XY, της εφημερίδας
Ta Nea, της τράπεζας Delphi Bank,
του Γιάννη Πλούταρχου και της
παροικίας μας, ήταν το αποκορύφωμα του 2014.
Η συνεχής υποστήριξη των διαφόρων κοινοτικών οργανισμών
εξακολουθεί να έχει ουσιαστική
σημασία για την Πρόνοια. Μια
ξεχωριστή αναφορά θα πρέπει
να γίνει, όχι μόνο για την
υποστήριξη που λαμβάνουμε
από τον κορυφαίο οργανισμό
της παροικία μας, την Ελληνική
Ορθόδοξη Κοινότητα Μελβούρνης
και Βικτωρίας, αλλά και από
οργανισμούς όπως την Ένωση
Αιγαλεωτών και την Ένωση
Ιθακέων για τις γενναιόδωρες
δωρεές τους.
Έχουμε, επίσης, την τύχη να
αποδεχθεί την πρόσκλησή μας
ο Αξιότιμος Δικαστής κ. Αιμίλιος
Κύρου προκειμένου να λειτουργεί
υπό της αιγίδας του η ΑυστραλόΕλληνική Κοινωνική Πρόνοια. Ως
ένα επιφανή και καλά σεβαστό
μέλος, όχι μόνο της Ελληνικής
Κοινότητας, αλλά και της
ευρύτερης κοινότητας, η αιγίδα
της Πρόνοια από τον Αξιότιμο
Δικαστή έχει μεγάλη σημασία.
Το εξαιρετικό έργο που κάνουμε
στην Πρόνοια θα μπορούσε
να είναι δυνατόν, μόνο με τις
ακούραστες προσπάθειες του
λεγεώνα των εθελοντών μας,
του αφοσιωμένου και σκληρά
εργαζομένου προσωπικού
μας, και της ταλαντούχας μας
ομάδας ανωτέρων διοικητικών
στελεχών, όλοι εκ των οποίων
καθοδηγούνται από μίαν από
τις σημαντικότερες ηγέτιδες
του κοινοτικού τομέα, την κ.
Βούλα Μεσσημέρη. Η ηγεσία
της ομάδας της Βούλας
συνδυάζεται με το άριστο έργο
της και με την καθοδήγηση
του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου
της Πρόνοιας. Εκ μέρους της
Πρόνοιας, επωφελούμαι της
ευκαιρίας να συγχαρώ τη Βούλα
για τα 25 χρόνια αφοσιωμένης
υπηρεσίας για την Πρόνοια. Ένα
αξιοσημείωτο επίτευγμα!
Τέλος, θα ήθελα να ευχαριστήσω
το κάθε ένα μέλος του Διοικητικού
Συμβουλίου της Πρόνοιας, για την
υποστήριξη και την επιστασία
τους για την Πρόνοια. Να είστε
βέβαιοι ότι, η Πρόνοια, παραμένει
σε καλά χέρια για τις προκλήσεις
και τις ευκαιρίες που βρίσκονται
μπροστά.
Γεώργιος Σπηλιώτης
Πρόεδρος
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CEO’S REPORT
I am happy to report on the successful performance across all
areas of endeavour by the Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS),
as captured in considerable detail
within this annual report.
As can be seen from the contents
of the report, in the period from
July 2013 to June 2014 AGWS has
delivered on all contracted obligations, increased the level of funding from the state and federal government, continued with a strong
business model in aged care fee
for service programs, while addressing the emerging needs of
the new wave of migrants arriving
in Victoria due to the economic
crisis in Greece.
Amongst the many AGWS programs that are aimed at enhancing the well-being of the Greek
community is the Greek Cardiac
Program. This year, the Greek Cardiac Program celebrates 10 years
of service. This program is used by
Greek people who would otherwise not have taken advantage of
rehabilitation after heart surgery
or a heart health diagnosis. AGWS
recognising the importance of
such a program has committed
resources and funding from within
its limited resources to support
individuals and their families.
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The strong partnerships developed with Royal Melbourne
Hospital and Uniting Agewell in
particular, has made it possible to
deliver a quality health program. I
particularly want to acknowledge
the work of Kath Kelly, Cardiac
Nurse for her unwavering commitment and ongoing involvement
with the Greek Cardiac Program
in Brunswick since its inception 10
years ago.
Another program that was initiated three years ago and continues to be subsidised by AGWS is
the computer training program for
adults conducted in the Greek language. There is considerable demand for these classes from people aged 55 years to early 80’s. It
is a pleasure to see the enormous
positive difference, that access to
this basic computer knowledge,
makes to people’s lives.
I make special mention of the
AGWS Alpha Children’s Centre
which, after 37 years after its establishment, continues to provide
long day care to 95 children and
their families, with 40% of the children being of Greek background.
The program provides a bilingual
and multicultural content–rich program with a special focus on the
importance of learning a language
other than English. I would like
to take this opportunity to thank
Kelly Ioannou Alpha Co-ordinator
and all our dedicated staff of this
important program, for their great
work and adherence to high quality care.
Over the years AGWS has developed strong links with Greek
speaking professionals who have
volunteered their time and shown
great dedication and commitment
to the work of AGWS across all
service types. In particular I extend thanks to the migration and
legal experts though the AGWS
Migration Information and Referral Service and the AGWS Greek
Legal Information and Referral
Service, for their time and expertise freely given.
AGWS, like all other agencies in
Australia involved in aged care, is
in the process of making arrangements to transition the aged HACC
funded programs to the Commonwealth, while simultaneously
engaging with the complexity that
the Aged Care Reforms necessitate. I take this opportunity to
thank the Department of Health
and its personnel, for their long
and positive co-operation with
AGWS over the last couple of decades, which has helped us develop
extensive programs to meet the
needs of our elderly.
Equally I thank the Department of
Social Services for the provision of
funding from the Commonwealth
in this critical area for our ageing
community and we look forward
to working with them to effect
a productive transition, as the
Aged Care Reforms continue to
be rolled out. Aged care is a major
area of work within AGWS; in
Melbourne alone, there are 31,584
Greek speaking people over the
age of 65 and an additional 1,042
live in country Victoria, bringing
the total to 32,626 thousand. A
significant number of people with
escalating needs for services for
themselves and their carers.
The programs that AGWS has
developed in aged care over a
number of years have the main
aim of keeping people living at
home as independently as possible. Where residential services
are required and are seen as the
best solution, AGWS has a special
program which provides clear
and comprehensive information
to elders and their carers in the
Greek language, helping them to
navigate what can be a complex
aged care system, in a sensitive
and emotional time in their lives.
The Greek media has always
supported the work of AGWS in
reaching out to our community.
Without this communication enabler we would indeed be limited
in our success to provide essential
information, particularly to isolated and disadvantaged people.
I thank Neos Kosmos, Ta Nea and
3XY radio station, SBS Radio, 3ZZZ
and Rythmos 1655 for their kind
and generous support.
every member on the Board of
Directors for their support and
dedication to the aims of AGWS.
In particular I extend my thanks
to our President George Spiliotis
acknowledging his tireless efforts
on behalf of the organisation, his
support of me in my role and his
strategic stewardship over the last
year.
My thanks to our dedicated volunteers and to all our staff who
deliver quality programs and services to meet the escalating needs
of our community and going the
extra mile on a daily basis.
Voula Messimeri AM
CEO
A special comment of recognition to our long serving Senior
Management for their leadership
of their staff and respective areas
of work, noting that without their
efforts it would not have been
possible to achieve the quality
outcomes for our community:
Tina Douvos Deputy Director and
Family and Community Services
Manager, Nikki Efremidis Aged
and Co-ordinated Care Manager,
Maria Bellos Finance and Human
Resources Manager and John
Lioupas Business Manager.
In concluding I register thanks to
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ΑΝΑΦΟΡΑ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΡΙΑΣ
Είμαι στην ευχάριστη θέση να
υποβάλλω την έκθεση μου
σχετικά με την επιτυχή απόδοση
σε όλους τους τομείς της
προσπάθειας από την ΑυστραλόΕλληνική Κοινωνική Πρόνοια
(Πρόνοια), όπως καταβάλλεται
με σημαντική λεπτομέρεια στο
εσωτερικό αυτής της ετήσιας
αναφορά.
Όπως μπορεί να δει κανείς από
το περιεχόμενο της έκθεσης,
κατά την περίοδο του Ιουλίου
του 2013 έως τον Ιούνιο του
2014, η Πρόνοια, παρέδωσε
σε όλους τις συμφωνημένες
υποχρεώσεις, αύξανε το ύψος
της χρηματοδότησης από την
πολιτειακή και ομοσπονδιακή
κυβέρνηση, συνέχισε με ένα
ισχυρό επιχειρηματικό πρότυπο
τα τέλη φροντίδας ηλικιωμένων
για τα προγράμματα παροχής
υπηρεσιών, καθώς αντιμετώπιζε
τις αναδυόμενες ανάγκες του
νέου κύματος μεταναστών που
φθάνουν στη Βικτώρια, λόγω της
οικονομικής κρίσης στην Ελλάδα.
Μεταξύ των πολλών προγραμμάτων της Πρόνοιας που
έχουν στόχο την ενίσχυση
της ευημερίας της ελληνικής
παροικίας, είναι και το Ελληνικό
Καρδιακό Πρόγραμμα.
Φέτος, το Ελληνικό Καρδιακό
Πρόγραμμα γιορτάζει 10 χρόνια
υπηρεσίας. Το πρόγραμμα
αυτό χρησιμοποιήθηκε από
τους Έλληνες που διαφορετικά
δεν θα είχαν το πλεονέκτημα
αποκατάστασης μετά την
εγχείρηση καρδιάς ή μιας
διάγνωσης για την υγεία της
καρδιάς. Η Πρόνοια, αναγνωρίζοντας τη σημαν-τικότητα
ενός τέτοιου προγράμματος
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έχει δεσμεύσει πόρους και
χρηματοδότηση μέσα από τους
περιορισμένους της πόρους,
προκειμένου να υποστηρίξει τα
άτομα και τις οικογένειές τους.
Οι ισχυρές συνεργασίες που
αναπτύχθηκαν με το Νοσοκομείο
Royal Melbourne Hospital και με
τον οργανισμό Uniting Agewell
ειδικότερα, έκαναν δυνατή
την παράδοση ενός ποιοτικού
προγράμματος υγείας. Θα ήθελα
ιδιαιτέρως να αναγνωρίσω
το έργο της Kath Kelly, της
Καρδιακής Νοσηλεύτριας για την
ακλόνητη δέσμευσή της και τη
συνεχή ενασχόλησή της με το
Ελληνικό Καρδιακό Πρόγραμμα
στο Brunswick, από την ίδρυσή
του πριν από 10 χρόνια.
πολυπολιτισμικού περιεχομένου,
με ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στη
σημασία της εκμάθησης μιας
γλώσσας εκτός της αγγλικής.
Θα ήθελα να εκμεταλλευτώ
αυτήν την ευκαιρία για να
ευχαριστήσω την Κέλλη Ιωάννου,
τη συντονίστρια του Άλφα, και
όλο το αφοσιωμένο προσωπικό
μας αυτού του σημαντικού
προγράμματος, για το σπουδαίο
έργο και την προσκόλλησή
τους στην φροντίδα υψηλής
ποιότητας.
Άλλο ένα πρόγραμμα που
ξεκίνησε πριν από τρία χρόνια και
εξακολουθεί να επιδοτείται από
την Πρόνοια, είναι το πρόγραμμα
κατάρτισης υπολογιστών για
ενήλικες, που διεξάγεται στην
ελληνική γλώσσα. Υπάρχει
σημαντική ζήτηση γι αυτά τα
μαθήματα από άτομα ηλικίας 55
ετών έως 80 ετών και άνω. Είναι
ευχάριστο να βλέπει κανείς την
τεράστια θετική διαφορά που
κάνει στις ζωές των ανθρώπων
η πρόσβαση σε βασικές γνώσεις
υπολογιστή.
Με την πάροδο του χρόνου, η
Πρόνοια, έχει αναπτύξει ισχυρούς
δεσμούς με ελληνόφωνους
επαγγελματίες, οι οποίοι έχουν
προσφέρει εθελοντικά το
χρόνο τους και έχουν δείξει
μεγάλη αφοσίωση και δέσμευση
στο έργο της Πρόνοιας, σε
όλους τους τομείς υπηρεσιών.
Ιδιαίτερα, θα ήθελα να απευθύνω
τις ευχαριστίες μου στους
εξειδικευμένους νομικούς και
πράκτορες του μεταναστευτικού
δικαίου, όπως την Υπηρεσία
Πληροφοριών Πρακτόρων
Μεταναστευτικού Δικαίου και
Παραπομπής, και την Ελληνική
Νομική Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών
και Παραπομπής της Πρόνοιας,
για το χρόνο και τις εμπειρίες
τους που διαθέτουν ελεύθερα.
Αναφέρομαι ιδιαίτερα στον
Παιδικό Σταθμό Άλφα της
Πρόνοιας που μετά από 37
χρόνια από την ίδρυσή του,
εξακολουθεί να παρέχει
μακρόχρονη ημερήσια φροντίδα
σε 95 παιδιά και στις οικογένειές
τους, με ποσοστό ύψους 40%
παιδιών ελληνικής καταγωγής.
Το πρόγραμμα παρέχει ένα
πλούσιο δίγλωσσο πρόγραμμα
Η Πρόνοια, όπως και όλες οι
άλλες υπηρεσίες στην Αυστραλία
που εμπλέκονται στη φροντίδα
των ηλικιωμένων, αυτή τη στιγμή
προβαίνουν σε ρυθμίσεις για
τη μετάβαση σε προγράμματα
Οικιακής και Κοινοτικής
Φροντίδας (HACC) ηλικιωμένων
που χρηματοδοτούνται από
την Κοινοπολιτεία, δεσμεύοντας ταυτόχρονα στην
πολυπλοκότητα που απαιτούν
οι Μεταρρυθμίσεις Φροντίδας
Ηλικιωμένων. Επωφελούμαι
της ευκαιρίας να ευχαριστήσω
το Υπουργείο Υγείας και
το προσωπικό του, για την
μακρόχρονη και θετική
συνεργασία τους με την Πρόνοια
κατά τη διάρκεια των τελευταίων
δεκαετιών, που μας βοήθησαν
να αναπτύξουμε εκτεταμένα
προγράμματα για την κάλυψη
των αναγκών των ηλικιωμένων
μας.
Εξίσου, θα ήθελα να
ευχαριστήσω το Υπουργείο
Κοινωνικών Υπηρεσιών για την
παροχή χρηματοδότησης από
την Κοινοπολιτεία σε αυτόν τον
κρίσιμο τομέα για τη γηράσκουσά
μας παροικία και ανυπομονούμε
να συνεργαστούμε μαζί τους
για την πραγματοποίηση μιας
παραγωγικής μετάβασης, καθώς
οι Μεταρρυθμίσεις Φροντίδας
Ηλικιωμένων εξακολουθούν
να ξεδιπλώνονται. Η φροντίδα
των ηλικιωμένων είναι ένας
σημαντικός τομέας του έργου
εντός της Πρόνοιας, στη
Μελβούρνη και μόνο, υπάρχουν
31.584 ελληνόφωνα άτομα
ηλικίας άνω των 65 ετών και
επιπλέον 1.042 άτομα ζουν
στη επαρχία της Βικτώριας,
ανεβάζοντας το συνολικό
αριθμό σε 32.626 άτομα. Ένας
σημαντικός αριθμός ανθρώπων
με κλιμάκωση αναγκών για
υπηρεσίες για τον εαυτό τους και
για τους φροντιστές τους.
Τα προγράμματα που έχει
αναπτύξει η Πρόνοια για τη
φροντίδα ηλικιωμένων, επί σειρά
ετών, έχουν ως κύριο στόχο
να εξακολουθούν να ζουν οι
άνθρωποι, όσο το δυνατόν πιο
ανεξάρτητα. Όπου απαιτούνται
υπηρεσίες φροντίδας σε
γηροκομείο και θεωρείται ότι
είναι η καλύτερη λύση, η Πρόνοια,
έχει ένα ειδικό πρόγραμμα
το οποίο παρέχει σαφείς και
αναλυτικές πληροφορίες για
τους ηλικιωμένους και τους
φροντιστές τους στα ελληνικά,
βοηθώντας τους να περιηγηθούν
αυτό που μπορεί να είναι
πολύπλοκο σύστημα φροντίδας
ηλικιωμένων, σε μια ευαίσθητη
και συναισθηματική στιγμή στη
ζωή τους.
Τα ελληνικά μέσα ενημέρωσης
υποστήριζαν πάντα το έργο της
Πρόνοιας για να προσεγγίσουμε
την κοινότητά μας. Χωρίς αυτόν
τον καταλύτη επικοινωνίας,
πραγματικά θα περιοριζόταν
η επιτυχία μας στην παροχή
βασικών πληροφοριών,
ιδιαίτερα σε απομονωμένα και
μειονεκτούντα άτομα. Ευχαριστώ
την εφημερίδα Νέος Κόσμος,
την εφημερίδα Τα Νέα και το
ραδιοφωνικό σταθμό 3XY, το
SBS Radio, τους ραδιοφωνικούς
σταθμούς 3ZZZ και Rythmos 1655,
για την ευγενική και γενναιόδωρή
τους υποστήριξη.
Τις ευχαριστίες μου στους
αφοσιωμένους εθελοντές μας
και σε όλο το προσωπικό μας,
που προσφέρουν ποιοτικά
προγράμματα και υπηρεσίες, για
την κάλυψη των κλιμακούμενων
αναγκών της κοινότητάς μας και
για την υπέρβαση μετριότητας σε
καθημερινή βάση.
Διοικητικών στελεχών μας για
την ηγεσία του προσωπικού τους
και του αντίστοιχου τομέα του
έργου, επισημαίνοντας ότι χωρίς
τις προσπάθειές τους, δεν θα
ήταν δυνατόν να επιτευχθούν
τα ποιοτικά αποτελέσματα για
την κοινότητά μας: την Τίνα
Ντούβου την Αναπληρώτρια
Διευθύντρια και Διευθύντρια των
Οικογενειακών και Κοινοτικών
Υπηρεσιών, την Νίκκη Εφρεμίδη
τη Διευθύντρια Φροντίδας
Ηλικιωμένων και Συντονισμού
Φροντίδας, την Μαρία Μπέλλου
την Διευθύντρια Οικονομικών και
Ανθρώπινου Δυναμικού και τον
Γιάννη Λιούπα τον Επιχειρησιακό
Διευθυντή.
Κλείνοντας, απευθύνω τις ευχαριστίες μου σε κάθε ένα μέλος
του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου
για τη στήριξή τους και την
αφοσίωσή τους στην επίτευξη
των στόχων της Πρόνοια.
Ιδιαιτέρως, θα ήθελα να
απευθύνω τις ευχαριστίες μου
στον Πρόεδρο μας, στον
κ. Γιώργο Σπηλιώτη, αναγνωρίζοντας τις ακούραστες προσπάθειές του για λογαριασμό του
οργανισμού, την υποστήριξή του
προς εμένα και στο ρόλο μου και
τη στρατηγική του επιστασία
κατά τη διάρκεια του τελευταίου
έτους.
Βούλα Μεσσημέρη AM
ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΡΙΑ
Ένα ιδιαίτερο σχόλιο για την
αναγνώριση της μακρόχρονης
υπηρεσίας των Ανώτερων
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BOARD, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Vice President
Hon. Secretary Treasurer
Director
Director
Director
Director
George Spiliotis
Eugenia Grammatikakis
Ivy Fatouros-Mimilidis
Jim Wood
Theodosios Nomicos
Magdalena Simonis
Nicholas Katris
James Koutsoukos
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Voula Messimeri AM
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Tina Douvos-Stathopoulos
ADMINISTRATION / FINANCE / HUMAN RESOURCES
Manager
Maria Bellos
AdministrationFinance Officer
Marietta Kokkas
Accounts Clerk
Karen Genfang Ren
Bookkeeping/Payroll Officer
Lillian - Yanli Zhang
Receptionist
Virginia Theocharidou
Receptionist Reliever
Roulla Contopoulos
Metaxia Tsibidis
Katerina Pazios
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Manager
John Lioupas
FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES
Manager
Family Councillor
Case Worker & Health Education Officer
Project Officer Generalist Case Worker
Community Services Project Officer
Tina Douvos-Stathopoulos
Kia Antoniadis
Dimitris Bouras
Dina Gerolymou
Dimitra Lagoudaki
Antonios Maglis
AGED & DISABILITY SERVICES
Manager
Coordinator Volunteers Program
PAG Team Leader
Aged & Disability Services Officer Aged & Disability Services Officer Aged & Disability Services Officer
Aged & Disability Services Officer
Aged & Disability Services Officer Aged & Disability Services Officer Supported Access Project Officer
PAG Supervisor
PAG Supervisor
PAG Supervisor
PAG Supervisor
PAG Supervisor
PAG Supervisor
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Stelios Piakis (till 17/12/13)
Paraskevi Tsingas
Maria Siomou
Tanya Beavis
Dina Gerolymou
Anna Kaloudis
Mahi Xepapadakou
Christine Paraskeva
Miltiadis Meliopoulos
Nina Xarhakos
Chris Bellos
Chris Dimokranitis
Foula Moraitis
John Rakkas
Stelios Zoumakis
Harry Liapis
CO-ORDINATED CARE & TRAINING
Manager
Senior Coordinator Workforce
Development Program
Senior Team Leader
Senior Team Leader
Team Leader
Team Leader Team Leader
Team Leader CACP Officer
CACP Officer
AGWS Trainer
Nikki Efremidis
Niki Matziaris
Peter Andrinopoulos
Ioannis Michanetzis
Chrysi Polymeni
Harriet Serafim
Anthelia Tzanis
Fotini Zahariou
Marianna Margaritis
Konstantinos Tsakoumis Vicky Pertile
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Policy Officer
HACCI Research Intern
Kostas Tsingas
Anatoli Amanatidis
CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Coordinator
Administration
Kindergarten Teachers
Diploma Children’s Services
Certificate III Children’s Services
Greek Program & Certificate III
Childcare Worker
Cook
Cook Casual
Kalliope Ioannou
Andriani Kyprianou
Nina Belskaya
Angela Vidinopoulos
Iris Gavrilovics
Roula Palavras
Anna Giannopoulos
Christina Nteris
Iqbal Kaur Hayer
Eva Kalatheris
Joanna Zotos
Alex Paktitis (till 17/12/13)
Eleni Pirdis
Vicky Mesarvitis
Hina Farooq
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COMMUNITY CARE WORKERS
Magdalini Aliferis
Andreas Aloneftis
Hariklia Amanatidou
Sofia Anagnostou
Stavros Andrian
Christos Agneskis
Alexandra Apostolides
Georgios Aravanis
Anna Avramopoulos
Georgia Bakodimas
Maria Bakopoulos
Maria P. Bakopoulos
Vicky Bandelas
Soula Berdenis
Irene Blanas
Afrodite Boukouris
Areti Bourlessas
Angela Bozovitis
Marianthe Carydias
Maria Charalambous
Stella Chalkias
Pantelitza Christoforou
Fay Christidis
Andrea Dimitriou Stella Dimitriadis
Elizabeth Efremidis
Christalla Gavriel
Maria Fenner
Joyce Frittolini
Kirsty Gagatsis
Christina Georgandis
Rania Georges
Mary Gourdine
Eugenia Gunaridis
Nicki Hatzis
Demetra Ioannou
Helen Ioannou
Irene Ioannou
Nicky Kalfoglou
Loula Karefilakis
Tina Karlos
Chrissoula Katsaros
Andrea Kleanthous
Antonia Kessaridis
Rita Kontopoulou
Helen Kourkoutzelos
Melba Korras – Osianlis
Konstantina Kouroutsidou
Konstantinos Kyriakidis
Dimitra Kurubilis
Elefteria Laoutas
Maria Lazari
Eleni Lazaropoulos
Kaliope Livaditis
Maria Loe
Cathy Losciavo
Niki Manoli
Kanella Mantziava
Dimitrios Mavroudis
Antigoni Marangos
Lita Markou
Maria Marmarou
Odysseas Mavroskamnias
Effie Michalopoulos
Marsha Minas
Sofia Mitsillias
Fotini Moros
Panorea Padela
Anna Panayides
Christina Panopoulos
Anastasia Pantelidou
Angelos Papias
Helen Papageorgiou
Metaxia Papadopoulos
Voula Papadopoulou
Nikoloas Paraskevis
Harry Peidis
Georgia Polydorou
Olga Psyllos
Georgia Rafaletos
Spiros Raptis
Ann Rozanitis
Despina Sergakis
Vasilicki Skoupas
Sofia Sofianopoulou
Akindini Stavrianos
Valbona Terolli
Betty Titos
Mossi Tountzis
Katerina Tzanerikou
Paraskevi Tzimopoulos
Olga Vlahos
Barbara Verginis
CASUAL CHILD CARE WORKERS
Sofia Alexiou
Ellie Bougiotis
Daphne Christou
Debbie Dagli
Teena De Rose
Hina Farooq
Maria Katergaris
Chrysanthi Marinopoulou
Zoe Nikolaou
Shipra Pande
Helen Van Der Stam
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OUR ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE SOCIAL SUPPORT PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY VISITORS SCHEME
John Alexopoulos
Stavros Andrian
Irene Andrianakis
Nafsika Andrianakis
Maria Antonopoulos
Vasilis Apostolopoulos
Vicky Arabatzis
Mary Arapoglou
Stavros Arapoglou
Poppy Argyros
Maria Axiotis
Katerina Balasi
Soula Berdenis
Sofia Bitras
Rony Bololias
Sophia Boroboka
ThemisBorobokas
Vicky Bouranis
Toula Bournakas
Irene Bradas
Panagiota Chatzis
Ekaterini Chrysostomou
Con Constandineas
Anastasia Constantatos
Roulla Contopoulos
Alice Costopoulos
Vassiliki Crilis
Irene Dagianda
Angela Dalianis
Poppy Dandris
Dora Diakoumakou
Androula Dimitriou
Katerina Dimitropoulos
Anna Economidis
GeorgeEfthymiades
Theodore Erevnidis
Poppy Fokas
Ekaterini Galanakis
Panagiota Gentis
Ourania Georges
Maria Giamoukoglou
Eleni Giannopoulou
Vasilis Ginis
Ekaterini Grigorakis
Agni Hadjipantela
Victoria Hagiefremidis
Nicky Hatzis
Giannoula Hatzivasiliou
Dana Illiadis
Marlies-Dorthe Johnson
Niki Kalfoglou
Anna Kalioglou
Sokratis Kaloudis
Kyriaki Kalpouzos
Con Kapouleas
Glykeria Karaiskos
Alexandra Kargiotis
Charalambos Karoumbalis
Vasiliki Katselas
Poppy Kefaloukou
Christina Kiriazis
Dionisios Kiriazis
Ekaterina Klepkas
Magdalini Klepkou
Eleni Kofteros
DimitrisKokkinis
Aspasia Kolokytha
Athanasia Kondou
George Kondou
Soumela Konstantinidis
Georgia Koulouris
Fotini Kouzoumis
Christalla Kyriakou
John Kyvetos
Meni Laskaridis
Helen Lazaropoulos
Magdalini Limnyo
Stella Loukas
Sophia Lyras
Litharo Manidis
Dimitrios Manolakakis
Antonia Matarakis
Konstantinos Matarakis
Despina Melapsos
Maria Michalopoulos
Steve Mylonakis
Anthony Misserlis
Tasia Misserlis
Spiros Moschidis
Fay Moros
Bessy Mougos
Maria Nelis
Rita Padela
Parthenopi Pagountzikis
Dimitra Panagiotou
Chrisoula Panagopoulos
DimitraPanagopoulos
Anastasia Pantelidou
Soultana Papafotiou
Pinelopi Papoutsis
Anna Parellis
Kathrine Paris
Anna Pasakalos
Astero Patsouris
Athanasios Patsouris
Panagiota Pavlidis
Eleni Pehlivanis
Mary Peroulas
Eva Petsetas
Evangelia Pilaki
Denise Politis
Antonis Polykarpou
Toula Prantalos
Athanasios Provataris
Rebecca Provataris
Maria Psarakis
Georgia Rafaletos
Athina Raftopoulos
Elias Rentzis
Voula Rentzis
Georgia Sahinis
Galatia Samarias
Christine Sarantis
Agathi Savva
Lemonia Schoina
Vicki Simoglou
Zafiro Stavraki
ErmioniTasiopoulos
Vasilios Tsatoumas
Vasilios Tsakataras
Kostantinos Xenos
Andromahi Xepapadakou
Violet Yannopoulos
Christalla Yiannakou
Panagiota Zacharias
Chrysavgi Zamanis
DimitraZlotnik
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MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR ELDERLY
The AGWS Aged & Co-ordinated
Care Unit delivered an unprecedented 166,242 hours of services
to over 1,500 care recipients.
Through this area of work AGWS
provided direct service delivery,
access and referral services, case
management, brokered services,
assessments, socialisation & volunteer visitation programs as well as
centre based & in –home respite
services for carers.
AGWS was also successful in
securing over $500,000 of growth
funding in the last financial year
from the Department of Health
and the Department of Social Services. This increase was used to
expand existing services to meet
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the growing demand for culturally
and linguistically appropriate care.
The HACC program received a
boost of $250,000 and this ensured that 47 new clients received
PAG & Volunteer socialisation
services. Additional NRCP funding
of $264,000 provided 40 new employed carers with centre based or
in-home respite services.
All programs were designed to
meet the individual needs of
clients through a person centred
approach that focuses on people’s
ability to be inclusive. Clients and
carer’s participated the creation
of their care plan to ensure goals
were meaningful and outcome
based.
Additionally AGWS focused on
program growth and capacity
building in preparation for the
transition to the Commonwealth
in 2015. All staff within this AGWS
programmatic area has been
working to ensure that its clients
both elderly and younger continue
to have access to services after
the transition.
Information provision to AGWS
clients was a key element focusing on the major changes to aged
care system particularly around
the new Home Support Program
and the CDC Home Care Packages
program.
Planned Activity Group
The HACC Planned Activity Group
(PAG) program, funded by the
Department of Health Victoria, is
now in its 23rd year of operation.
There are 16 programs a week that
provide much needed socialization
to isolated Greek speaking elderly
and younger people with disabilities and their carers.
lively chatter, laughter and Greek
music. In Greek culture the breaking of bread or sharing a meal
is more important than eating a
meal on your own. For this purpose the PAG program is ideal. It
brings isolated people together
whilst encouraging good health
through active participation.
A total of 235 people attended
PAG in the last year benefitting
from 60,578 hours of service.
More importantly regular attendance serves as a monitoring tool
for staff. Any health concerns or
unexplained absences are identified and addressed early to prevent any further deterioration in
health and lifestyle change.
The PAG program also provides
centre based respite services
to ageing and employed carers
funded by the Department of
Social Services, National Respite
for Carers Program (NRCP). The
Unit has provided 23,108 hours of
services to carers from a Greek
speaking background.
The PAG program is designed
around the Active Service Model
philosophy; encompassing the
promotion and practices of
healthy and engaging activities
that aim to prevent or prolong the
onset of chronic health conditions.
The centre based activities focused on healthy nutritious meals
that are cooked on site and meet
cultural and religious needs.
Participants took part in exercise
groups, team games and cooking
groups.
The centres also focused on good
health & prevention and maintaining emotional wellbeing.
The centres provide light resistance training which aids to build
muscle tone and increase balanced mobility thus reducing the
risk of falls.
The face of our carer is slowly
changing; we are seeing younger
carers balancing work, a young
family and carer responsibilities
i.e. looking after elderly parents.
The centre based respite program
is ideal for employed carers as it
provides extended hours of care
of up to 6.5 hours per day. The
NRCP program supported 81 carers to maintain caring responsibilities.
The PAG program creates spaces
for friends to meet on a weekly
basis and is also an opportunity
for isolated people to make new
friends. The groups buzz with
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The following activities were
undertaken across all our centres,
including: Clayton, Brunswick, Sunshine, St. Albans and Balwyn:
• Maintaining Cognitive Function activities
• Clients participated in a range
of activities that enhanced
cognitive, sensory, spatial
and motor function as well as
dexterity skills.
• Elder abuse workshops ran
across all centres.
Guest speaker: Antonis Maglis
AGWS Community Services
Project officer
• Dromana outing for Clayton
and Brunswick PAG’s
• Dental workshops promoting
dental hygiene for the elderly.
Guest speaker: Helen Paraskeva Dental Hygienist
• Christmas function with the
Alpha Children’s childcare-
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Brunswick PAG.
• Children –elderly intergeneration interaction through
songs, traditional dances,
Christmas activities and poems.
• Brunswick Young People with
Disabilities Group organised
a Carer’s day devoted to
Christmas for their parents &
carers.
• Health Diet and nutrition
workshops. Guest Speaker:
Tania Thodis Accredited Practising Dietician.
• March 2014: David Davidopoulos and his Choir held a function at Clayton PAG.
• Crime Prevention workshops
Clayton & Balwyn PAG. Guest
speaker: Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Leading Senior Constable
Eastern Community Engagement Unit
• Young People with Disabilities
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Clayton Group organised an
outing to the Melbourne’s
CBD
The clients participated on
the Hop on Hop off tour Bus.
Clients were supported and
helped to use their Myki cards
and travel to the Melbourne’s
CBD via train. escorted by
three AGWS staff.
Mother’s day function with
the Alpha Children’s Centre.Brunswick PAG
Safety alarm workshop held
at Brunswick PAG
Guest Speaker: Nina Xarhakos
Access and Support officer
Grand parenting information
sessions- all centres. Guest
speakers: Antonis Maglis,
Community Services Project
officer and Kia Antoniadis
Family Services counsellor
Clayton PAG participated
on an outing at Elizabethan
Lodge in Blackburn.
• Combined outing to Yarra Valley Country club for the Balwyn, Sunshine and St Albans
PAG’S
• Combined outing at Kamargiani Red Hill for Brunswick
and St Albans PAG’S.
• Dementia education session
at Sunshine PAG -“3 ways to
relate to people with Dementia”
Guest speaker: Amelia Suckling Community facilitatorAlzheimer’s Australia Victoria
The PAG centres also operate on
a fee for service basis for client’s
who receive Home Care Packages.
Care recipients attend the centre
to maintain social connections
that are culturally and linguistically
appropriate for their needs.
Socialisation Programs
Social isolation is a major issue
in the aging and increasingly frail
Greek community. Many of our
elderly withdraw from their local
community for various reasons,
including, the death of a partner,
family or friends, family breakdown, chronic physical or mental
health problems and geographical
& language barriers.
The Social Support and Community Visitors programs identify isolated elderly who live in their own
homes or aged care facilities that
are socially isolated and have minimal or no interaction with people
from the Greek community. Regular visits by volunteers ensure that
people are not marginalised and
are socially included in the community as much as possible. AGWS
volunteers have contributed to
the social and cultural well being
of clients through regular visits,
establishing and maintaining long
term friendships.
Social Support Program
The HACC Social Support Program
(SSP) provides isolated elderly
the opportunity to engage in their
local community with the support
of a volunteer. The SSP program
contributes to the prevention of
social and cultural isolation and
help recipients to maintain their
independents and emotional wellbeing. The program also promotes
activities that enhance physical
and mental stimulation, reduce
stress levels and contributes to
the general well being of both the
client and volunteer.
The SSP program delivered 7794
volunteering hours to 79 isolated
elderly in the last financial year.
Community Visitors Scheme
The Community Visitors Scheme
(CVS) program also aims to link
isolated Greek residents in aged
care facilities with volunteer visitors in order for them to establish
and maintain links with the wider
community, increase socialization, reduce isolation and provide
companionship in a culturally and
linguistically appropriate manner.
Activities include reading the
Greek paper, discussing current
affairs, sharing a Greek coffee or
simply sitting and holding the resident’s hand. This tactile activity is
important, particularly if the person can no longer communicate or
is at the end stage of life.
AGWS undertook cultural activities
throughout the year to residents
in mainstream facilities. The cultural activities brought together
residents and staff, Greek food,
music and dancing.
A total of 100 aged care residents
received 3059 hours of volunteer
visitations in the last year.
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Access & Support Program
The Access & Support Program
(A & S) assists Greek speaking
elderly, primarily from the North
& Western regions, who experience difficulty in accessing Home
and Community Care (HACC) and
other services. This might be due
to language and cultural barriers,
complex health issues, difficulty in
understanding and navigating the
service system and/or any other
challenges commonly faced by
Non-English speaking (NESB) and
culturally and linguistically diverse
clients (CALD).
AGWS also provided information
to clients about subsidies that
might be applicable to them and
they include the continence subsidy, the personal alarm and the
State-wide Equipment Program
(SWEPS). Such information is extremely important as many elderly
who rely solely on the pension are
experiencing financial difficulties
due to the increasing cost of living.
AGWS receives referrals from
individuals (i.e. potential clients),
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carers, councils, community health
centres, health professionals,
hospitals, Aged Care Assessment
Teams (ACAS), Respite services
and many other sources. Referrals are in turn made to the above
providers by AGWS on behalf of
clients in need of assessment for
any of these services.
Referrals were also made to many
service providers on behalf of clients and they include but are not
limited to councils, Respite Connections, Carer Links North, North
West Aged Care Assessment service (NW ACAS), Merri Community
Health and other organisations.
Due to the geographic regions
that the A & S program focuses
on (i.e. North and West) the main
councils where referrals were
made during the last financial
year included Moreland, Darebin,
Banyule, Whittlesea, Yarra, Hume,
Hobson’s Bay, Brimbank, Moonee
Valley, Maribyrnong City and to a
lesser extent various other council
such as Wyndham, Greater Geelong and Melton Shire.
The A & S program is funded for
30 hours per week and in the last
financial year, 387 clients were assisted to access HACC services and
this represented 1109.8 hours of
service provision.
In-home & Recreational Respite
The Respite Program provides a
break for carers who look after
a family member who has difficulty managing at home or in the
community without assistance.
Through this program, AGWS
helps to maintain family stability,
supporting the caring relationships between carer and care
recipient and reducing stress and
isolation amongst our care givers.
The care recipients are supported
with tasks of daily living and to
maintain their abilities and skills
through creative and culturally
relevant activities. Through a welldeveloped ASM care plan, activities are identified by the client &
carer that promote independence
and well-being to enhance quality
of life and to provide opportuni-
ties for social and community
inclusion.
The focus of the program is to
support carers to maintain their
caring role so they are able to
continue looking after their loved
ones over a longer period of time
rather than placing prematurely
into residential care. Respite is a
flexible service response program,
determined by the carer to best
meet their needs.
The respite program delivered
7921 HACC funded & 7604 NRCP
funded hours to 140 carers.
Brokered Services
The Brokered Services Program
continues to grow as the demand
for person centred care and consumer choice increases. Discerning clients are requesting trained
bi-lingual workers from AGWS to
provide care in the home. AGWS
has over 45 service agreements
with various mainstream services,
including hospitals, commonwealth care link centres, transition
care programs, home care package providers and local councils.
As an approved provider of aged
care AGWS ensures that services
to brokered clients are delivered
to the same standards as AGWS
funded clients and as per the
department’s quality standards.
Services are delivered according
to each individual’s need and can
include personal care, home care,
respite care, meal preparation,
shopping, escort to medical and
other appointments.
The Brokered Services Program
delivered over 30,000 hours to
550 clients.
Home Care Packages Program
The Home Care Packages (HCP)
program maintains the responsibility of 35 packages for clients
who live in the Northern, Western
& Eastern regions of Melbourne.
The packages are currently operating as non-CDC and AGWS is slowly
transitioning clients towards selfdirecting their own packages.
The HCP Officer provides a number
of supports to ensure the client
and carer are able to manage
independently in their own home.
Supports included organising services such as personal care, home
care, meal preparation, allied &
nursing health care, monitoring
and case management. Many of
our clients still require support to
manage their own package and
the Officer has provided guidance
and support to ensure that the
client and carer continue to make
informed choices about their care
needs and contribute to their goal
orientated care plan.
Clients presenting with increased
complex and high care needs are
referred for re-assessment and
then transitioned to a higher level
care package. The transition to
a higher package has meant that
clients stay with AGWS and continuity of care is maintained. Stability and familiarity is paramount to
ensure quality of life is not adversely affected and carer stress is
not increased.
The Home Care Packages program
provided over 9000 hours to 35
care recipients.
With the introduction of consumer
directed care, we are seeing more
and more clients from our brokered service partners directly
contact AGWS to discuss their
worker preferences and to reorganise shifts to suit their needs.
This direct contact with the client
and carer is the perfect example of self- directed care. This is
undertaken with the instruction of
the case manager and as per the
client’s CDC care plan.
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FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES
The AGWS Family and Community
Services Unit is comprised of a
number of services that address
the individual needs of clients
and deliver community programs
that inform, educate and support
individuals and families to improve
their general wellbeing and quality
of life.
• Information and referral
• Short term counselling and
support
• Crisis intervention
• Financial assistance and
referral
• Practical assistance
• Advocacy
• Secondary consultation
Generalist casework continues to
be an integral part of the services
offered by AGWS to the Greek
community responding to the
growing needs of an ageing population and addressing the increasing demand for assistance by the
newly arrived Greek migrants.
This financial year casework
recorded a total of 1885 client contacts and increase of 585 contacts
compared to last year, with 630
face to face contacts with clients.
Some of the presenting issues
included housing, financial assistance, family law, aged care and
health issues, mental health, elder
abuse and domestic violence, settlement issues for newly arrived,
Casework services include the following interventions:
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amongst others. AGWS assisted
143 clients through the emergency
relief funding, with 112 clients
requiring referral to other financial
management programs and support services.
The Greek Legal Information &
Referral Service and the Migration
Information & Referral Service,
both volunteer based services,
have been integral in providing
legal and migration information to
low income, disadvantaged and
vulnerable clients.
Family Relationships Service
AGWS’s Family and Relationship
Service (FaRS) is funded by the
Department of Social Services,
and in the last year successfully
delivered the counselling and
support programs to the Greek
and broader community. AGWS
received a further 5 years funding
to continue its work with vulnerable families and children.
AGWS has extensive expertise in
the delivery of culturally and linguistically responsive counselling
and family support services and
has great capacity to respond to
the complex client needs, including emerging needs for newly
arrived Greek families.
The Family & Relationship Service
provided the following:
• Family counselling
• Education and counselling
to couples in cross cultural
relationships
• Group work
• Skills training and structured
programs
• Parent education and support
• Community education
• Cross cultural training and
secondary consultation to
professionals working with
clients from a culturally and
linguistically diverse background
In the 2013-14 financial year the
counselling service recorded 94
client contacts with 82 being new
referrals and first time clients to
the service. Twenty six of these
referrals were from the southern
region. Although there was an
increase in contacts by men (30),
66 (68%) of contacts were made
by women. Sixty seven (67%) of
clients who attended the service
were individuals 18% were couples
and 15% family combinations.
The most common presenting
issues were: family and/or marital
conflict, parenting issues, family
violence from adult children due
to gambling, drug-related or mental health problems. There was
an increase in contacts by grandparents who were involved in
problematic family situations as a
result of the children’s separation
or divorce. Many of them had lost
contact with their grandchildren,
while others were left caring for
grandchildren who were emotionally affected.
AGWS through this program also
delivered a number of structured
group programs, parenting education and community education
activities. These services included:
• Delivery of 4 parenting
seminars in the City of Yarra
on topics such as building
children’s resilience, building children’s self-esteem
and confidence and managing aggression in toddlers. A
total of 28 parents attended
the seminars and 4 parent
consultations were held at
Alpha Children’s Service
• Facilitation of 4 presentations to couples in cross
cultural relationships at
the Relatewell pre-marital
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courses. Their purpose was
to educate couples on how
family of origin and culture
can play a significant role in
their relationship.
• Facilitation of 6 Education
forums on elder abuse in
collaboration with Seniors
Rights Victoria, Victoria
police, and Moreland Legal
Centre. The forums were attended by 157 Greek-speaking older people across the
four regions of metropolitan
Melbourne.
• Organised and facilitated
forum to parents of newly
arrived Greek students, at
South Oakleigh Secondary
College, to address children’s adjustment issues.
The students experienced
difficulties in adjusting to
their new life in Australia
and were exhibiting some
marginalised behaviour. A
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total of 11 families attended
the forum benefiting from
the information provided.
Two main issues that are currently
affecting families in culturally and
linguistically diverse (CALD) communities is conflict with couples
in mixed marriages, and grandparents’ access to grandchildren
following family breakdown.
AGWS’s experience in service
delivery within CALD communities provided the opportunity for
collaborative work with external
family services to address the
growing needs of CALD couples
and families.
AGWS, for a second year, facilitated the 6 week skills training
course for Greek speaking grandparents in collaboration with Lifeworks (FRC Chadstone). Thirteen
(13) grandparents participated in
the program and due to the need
and success of the program a
second course will commence at
Brunswick in partnership with FDR
in Broadmeadows. The program
is facilitated by a bi lingual worker
which increases the programs capacity to engage participants and
establish rapport.
In the last year AGWS has had the
opportunity to strengthen partnerships and collaborations with
a number of organisations supporting our work with families and
addressing emerging community
needs. Some of the organisations include the following:
• Institute of Family Studies –
Relatewell
• Chadstone FRC
• Alpha Children’s Centre
• City of Yarra
• Lifeworks & FDR
• Moreland Community Legal
Centre
• Senior Rights Victoria
• South Oakleigh Secondary
College
Migration Agent Information
and Referral Service
The Migration Service has been
operating for 2.5 years offered on
a fortnightly basis at AGWS head
office in Brunswick. Volunteer
Greek speaking migration agents
provide information relating to
immigration and visa matters to individuals and families and where a
case required further intervention
referrals were made to migration
services. This year the service assisted 63 clients who had enquires
relating to visas including student,
partner, tourist, returning residents, and sponsor, citizenship enquiries, visa terms and conditions,
and appeals for refusal of visas.
AGWS also organised 2 information seminars for new arrivals with
68 participants in attendance.
Greek Legal Information and
Referral Service
The Greek Legal Service continues
to provide information and referral to the Greek community on a
number of legal issues. The service is delivered by volunteer Greek
speaking solicitors on a monthly
basis. This year the service assisted
50 clients with the most common
issues presented including the
following: separation and divorce,
access to grandchildren, property
settlement, power of attorney and
wills, intervention orders, consumer affairs matters, amongst others.
In 9 instances telephone consultations was necessary as clients
experienced mobility or transport
issues.
The partnership established with
the professional volunteers is integral for the delivery of both the
services. We extend our sincere
thanks to all the volunteers for
their time, commitment and their
genuine interest in the issues affecting the Greek community.
Health Conditions Support
Grant Program
AGWS was funded by the Department of Health to deliver
the Health Conditions Support
Grant Program. The project will
strengthen the provision of culturally appropriate peer support
programs for the Greek community and assist people with chronic
or complex health conditions. The
funding will enable AGWS to continue to develop its health literacy
education and support group programs that were initiated in the
first round funding of the Grant
Program.
The project will address three major health conditions impacting the
Greek community, heart disease,
cancer and diabetes. The project
aims to improve members’ health
literacy, access to services and
empower them to make informed
decisions about their health.
More specifically the project will
deliver the following services:
• The co-facilitation of peer
support groups
• The support and resourcing
of peer role models
• Develop Greek speaking tel-
ephone based peer support
• Facilitate carer workshops
• Undertake community education on the health conditions and promote project
activities to improve community access
Monash Community Grant:
Making Life Count: Greeks Living Healthier
AGWS successfully completed the
final year of the City of Monash
funded project and continued
a further 6 months after having
received bridge funding under
the Monash Community Grants
Program. The project delivered
culturally -appropriate community
education activities and initiatives
supporting the health and aged
care needs of the local Greek
community. The project officer
maintained links with local seniors
groups, support group participants, local service providers and
the community more broadly.
More specifically some of the
activities included:
• Education to approximately
850 Greek elderly in 10
Greek seniors clubs
• Orientation visits to Clayton
Community Centre to 45
people
• 22 activities in the Greek
print and electronic media
promoting Centre, events
and AGWS’ collaboration
with City of Monash
• Participation at the Expo for
new and emerging commu-
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nities
• Organisation of the Greek
Cancer Forum in partnership
with Cancer Victoria and
Prostate Cancer Foundation,
with 20 participants in attendance including younger
people diagnosed with
Cancer
• Establishment of the Greek
grandparents and cancer
support groups facilitated
at the Clayton Community
Centre
Some of the outcomes of the
project included:
• Increased participation of
the Greek community in local recreational, educational
and support activities;
• Improved general health
and wellbeing of older people and their carers/families;
• Increased awareness of local Council, health and aged
care services;
• Improved access to local
facilities and community
activities;
• Increased social networking
and community supports for
Greek residents.
AGWS was successful in obtaining further three year funding to
continue work with the Greek
community in the region, including addressing the needs of the
newly arrived Greek migrants. We
acknowledge and thank the City of
Monash for their continued support of AGWS and the Australian
Greek community.
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Moreland Community Grant:
Home Safety & wellbeing for
Greek Seniors and Carers Residing in Moreland.
The project addressed the importance of home safety and wellbeing of older people in the City
of Moreland. Activities included
consultations with Greek community leaders on their knowledge on
home safety and prevention via a
survey; the development and distribution of Greek language home
safety information kit; training
of community leaders which also
included speakers from Victoria
Police, Senior Rights Victoria and
Moreland Community Legal Centre; and the organisation of three
safety education seminars with
145 participants in attendance.
The project highlighted and
sought to redress the lack of
knowledge on home safety measures by older people including lack
of awareness of how to contact
emergency services and generally
feeling unsafe when in public.
Department of Justice: Improving Safety for Greek Elderly
AGWS received funding to engage
the Greek community to provide
culturally appropriate education
on crime prevention and improve
access to language resources
to improve safety and wellbeing of older people. The project
achieved this by undertaking the
following activities:
• Training of 70 community
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leaders to improve their
capacity to inform and
distribute community safety
messages and resources to
group members;
Training of 20 PAG workers
and 40 volunteers who provide services to older Greek
speaking people;
Organisation of safety
seminars in partnership with
emergency and police services;
Development of crime prevention information kit for
distribution to leaders;
Community education via
Greek radio with 4 sessions
on 3XY, 3CR, 3ZZZ and SBS
including representatives
from police and fire brigade.
VMC Grants Program: Capacity Building for Newly Arrived
Migrants from Greece
AGWS received a small one off
grant from the VMC to assist newly arrived migrants from Greece.
The activities provided opportunities for new arrivals, returning residents, to increase their capacity
to self- manage their resettlement
and reconnect to community. The
activities and services also supported new arrivals, Greek nationals, to enhance their capacity to
engage in community life, including understanding their rights and
responsibilities in Australia and
to improve access to services and
links to local community.
Some of the achievements of the
project included the following:
• Provision of individual
casework, support, referral
to 66 newly arrived Greek
individuals and families who
presented to AGWS with
settlement issues, such as
accommodation, financial,
employment and education, family related matters
amongst others.
• Referral of clients to AGWS
Greek Migration Agent Service where 68 clients were
provided information and referral service on immigration
and visa issues.
• Organisation of a forum at
Oakleigh College to address
the needs of newly arrived
families and children with 20
participants in attendance.
• Organisation of an information forum for parents at
South Oakleigh Secondary
College due to adjustment
issues for children within the
school and broader community, 20 participants.
• Organisation of Migration
seminar facilitated by Greek
speaking migration agent,
30 participants
The needs of the newly arrived are
multiple and complex and whilst
AGWS has started to develop
some responses to the identified
needs for government, appropriate and ongoing levels of funding
are required to develop much
needed settlement services for
this group.
Inner North West PCP
Member Project Grants:
Empowering Women to Reach
Their Full Potential
AGWS was successful in obtaining
funding to deliver the Empowering Women to Reach Their Full
Potential Project addressing the
issue of domestic violence within
the Greek community. The project
will improve access to information
and support services for women
who are or have experienced
domestic violence; develop and
implement a culturally sensitive
and linguistically appropriate program increasing awareness on the
issues of domestic violence and
challenge community perceptions;
develop responses to the needs of
women through the provision of
education and support activities.
Committee and Network
Participation
AGWS continues to be involved in
various local, regional and state
committees and networks representing and advocating the needs
of the Greek community. The following are some of the networks
AGWS participates in.
• Regional Advisory Council
Eastern Metropolitan RAC
• City of Monash Migrant
Advisory Committee
• Moreland Family Violence
Network
• Monash Multicultural & Settlement Services Network
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Policy and Research Projects
AGWS has allocated resources
and appointed a Policy Officer to
further enhance its capacity to
monitor the outcomes of changes
in Government policy, to ensure
alignment with the Organization’s
strategic plan and objectives;
promote the existing and emerging issues of the Greek speaking
community; enhance the standing
of AGWS within the community,
government and the community
service sector; and engage in
evidence-based advocacy, policy
input and change.
Two major areas of work were
undertaken. The first in ageing;
and the other on new arrivals
from Greece. Both identified and
assessed emerging trends, formulated appropriate policies and
planning recommendations and
will enable the AGWS to influence
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policy and raise community awareness on these issues.
These two reports are as follows:
1. Ageing well in three Culturally and Linguistically
Diverse (CALD) communities: The Greek Community
Perspective.
2. The Journey of New Greek
Migrants to Australia: Opportunities and Challenges.
Ageing well in three Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities: The Greek Community
Perspective This research project
was initiated by the Lord Mayor’s
Charitable Foundation. The Greek
community, along with the Italian
and the Chinese were invited to
take part in:
• identifying the factors that
facilitate or impede ageing
well within the Greek, Italian
and Chinese communities;
and
• the capacity of those communities and the support
they require from philanthropy to support their
elders to age well.
Several factors have been identified as contributing to or impeding
the quest of older people to age
well within the Greek community.
It was universally agreed by key
informants that the rapid ageing
of the Greek community presents
a challenge to Victoria’s Greek
community, service providers,
policy and decision-makers who
are required to work in tandem to
ensure that the level and quality
of support and care available to
Greek elders enables them to age
well.
Cultural literacy, adequate sen-
sitivity to language and culture,
organised activities with capacity
to reinvent themselves so as to
accommodate emerging needs,
existing community assets that
can be leveraged and the availability of bilingual staff and interpreters all are considered to be critical preconditions to ageing well
within Victoria’s Greek community.
English language proficiency
affecting access to and use of
services, adequate community engagement, access to good health
and health prevention strategies,
the availability of Greek –specific
residential aged care facilities
and home support services, the
capacity of the Greek family to
support elders, access to public
transport, being mobile, ability
to drive and proximity to services
and community amenities, access
to Greek-speaking Greek General
Practitioners, the presence of religion and spirituality, involvement
in voluntary activities or receiving
companionship from volunteers,
gardening at home, friendships,
the Greek Mediterranean diet,
access to facilitative technologies
and Greek speaking electronic and
print media all are also important
contributors to physical, social and
emotional wellbeing in old age.
The report was launched by the
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation on Wednesday 15 October
2014.
The Journey of New Greek
Migrants to Australia: Opportunities and Challenges.
Victoria’s Greek community has
seen an increase of Greek migration following the onset of the
financial crisis in Greece in 2010.
AGWS carefully monitored the
steady increase of new arrivals
seeking its support since 2010.
By 2013, concerned about: a) the
financial hardship experienced by
the ever increasing number of new
arrivals, their social isolation, lack
of community engagement and
emotional wellbeing; b) the formidable barriers faced in accessing
affordable housing, employment,
and education; and c) grasping the
enormous potential unfolding for
the benefit of Melbourne’s Greek
and broader Australian community; commissioned out of its meagre resources a research study.
The study sought to develop a
detailed understanding of the
number and situation of new arrivals. Specifically it sought:
a) To determine the number
and profile of arrivals from
Greece using ABS and
Department of Immigration
data.
b) To examine the sources of
information used by potential immigrants in Greece;
the aspirations of new
arrivals and pathways to
achieve those aspirations;
and challenges faced during
the settlement process in
Australia.
c) To provide broad recommendations to enable
capacity building that responds appropriately to the
needs of new arrivals from
Greece.
The report was launched on
Tuesday 11 November 2014 by the
Federal Minister for Social Services
the Hon. Kevin Andrews MP.
Mentorship
In addition to the two research
projects the policy unit provided
mentorship to Anatoli Amanatidis,
a bright new graduate, introduced
to the Australian Greek Welfare
Society (AGWS) by HACCI’s Internship program.
We would like to acknowledge
the HACCI internship Program and
Anatoli for her extensive work in
both of the above projects and the
significant contribution she has
made to our Organisation.
According to Anatoli, this Internship has given her the chance to
experience the working world and
the vibrancy of the Greek community and to learn an incredible
amount about her study and interest in political sciences and how it
is applied in practice.
Anatoli Amanatidis provided much
needed assistance in completing
the research projects undertaken
by AGWS in the last year.
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EDUCATION, TRAINING AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
Computers for Beginners
The Computer Classes for Beginners is in its 6th year of operation.
The program operates as a fee
for service program; a nominal
amount is paid by each student.
AGWS heavily subsidises this program as there is no government
funding available for this cohort
to learn computers in the Greek
language.
The average age of the participants is 65 and most have undertaken the course so they can
use the internet and be able to
Skype family and friends who live
overseas. Classes are small with
no more than ten students, this
allows for individual attention and
support. AGWS has a trained and
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qualified teacher to undertake the
delivery of the lessons.
The classes have also been an opportunity for people to engage in
activities that challenge the mind
and bring forward a new set of
skills, including:
• learning to how to type
• reading instruction in English & in Greek and applying
knowledge
• using an English key board
to type in Greek
• navigating local council
and other health services
through the internet.
• sending emails and attaching documents or photos.
A total of 320 hours of classes
were delivered to 40 participants
in 2013-14.
Workforce Development
Program
In the last year the AGWS Workforce Development Program has
been focusing on capacity building and strengthening its compliance processes & systems. AGWS
has also continued to invest in
its workforce to ensure its community workers remain qualified
and trained in order to continue
meeting the needs of the Greek
speaking and broader ageing communities.
Recruitments have increased due
to the large demand from the sector for bi-lingual workers. There
were 24 new community care
workers (CCW) recruited in 20132014. This brings the total number
to 80 CCW’s employed with
AGWS. Maintaining our workforce
has been a challenge particularly
with a workforce that is steadily
ageing.
AGWS has been fortunate to be
able to recruit a large portion of
newly arrived Greeks from Greece
to work as CCWs. All newly arrived Greek workers employed
with AGWS are either Australian
citizens or have visa clearance to
work in Australia. Many of the
new workers have no experience
in aged care, however all have
transferrable skills and the English
language to be able to undertake
the Cert III training and provide
culturally and linguistically appropriate care.
Volunteer Training and Support with the relevant skills to perform
their role more effectively.
AGWS has a long history of providing volunteer support to the Greek
community. This tradition continues today, and the socialisation
programs would not be possible
without our dedicated volunteers.
There are 150 registered volunteers and 120 of those volunteers
actively provided services to
isolated elderly in their homes or
in an aged care facility.
The Volunteer Coordinator supports, trains volunteers and maintains all compliance requirements
to ensure the volunteer is able to
fulfil their volunteering responsibilities. This ensures our volunteers remain up to date with organisational policy as well as other
important legislative requirements. Ongoing, regular training
ensures that volunteers receive
information on a broad spectrum
of issues, which provides them
Throughout the year the following
training was undertaken by our
volunteers at their monthly meetings.
• Healthy feet – maintaining
proper foot care
• Equal opportunity & Human
rights issues
• Communicating & interacting with people who have
Dementia
• Positive ageing & Depression
• Personality types and communication and conflict
management workshop
• Orientation to the HACC
Service system including
mainstream, council and
other services
• Personal experience with
cancer
• Risk Management, compliance policy(Community Care
Common Standards), duty
of care, pandemic plan,
• Clients with challenging
behaviour
• Incidents reporting
• No response to a scheduled
visit policy & after hours
emergency procedure
• Elder abuse issues
• Complaints and compliments & Aged Care Complaints Scheme
• Home safety & crime prevention
• Occupational Health &
safety issues for Volunteers
• Health & Wellbeing
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Healthy Ageing for Australian
Greeks Project
Cultural activities in Aged Care
Residential Facilities
The Healthy Ageing for Australian Greeks Project is funded
by the Department of Social
Services. In its second year
of operation the project has
delivered a number of services
that inform and support the
needs of the Greek elderly, carers and families. These services
include information and referral, structured group programs,
educational activities at local,
regional and more broadly via
the Greek media.
The project resourced and supported 6 aged care facilities in the
organization and facilitation of
cultural activities. The activities
provided staff greater insight into
the cultural needs of Greek residents and increased their capacity to respond more effectively
to their needs. Residents had
increased feelings of community
connectedness and enjoyed foods,
music and experiences that are
familiar to them.
The project also works closely
with the aged care and health
sectors to improve their knowledge of the Greek community
needs via cultural training,
support services to effectively
engage the Greek community
and develop collaborations and
partnerships to deliver joint
projects and initiatives aimed
at improving the health and
wellbeing of the Greek elderly.
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For people living with dementia,
having exposure to traditional music, food and costumes, assisted
them to reconnect with their past.
Residents and staff participated
in traditional Greek dancing led
by “Anemones” dancing group, a
volunteer Greek women’s group,
enjoyed Greek food and various
folk art and craft displayed.
Participants’ comments:
‘It was great and a valuable experience not only for residents and carers but also for the lifestyle staff’
‘We started our program after
being inspired at a previous conference - these things are great!’
‘Enjoyed a diverse program and
gained lots of ideas to implement.’
‘I found it very interesting, informative and innovative - many forms of
interesting ideas to take back with
me.’
Some other achievements of the
project included the following:
• Facilitation of 11 meetings
with community leaders
representing Greek elderly
citizens clubs across metropolitan Melbourne to
develop calendar of events
to improve physical, social,
emotional and recreational
needs of members;
• Organization of a community leaders training in
Clayton with 12 participants
representing 9 Greek elderly
Citizens clubs;
• Organisation of 6 education
forums on elder abuse attended by 157 Greek-speaking elderly in the City of
Moreland; City of Brimbank,
City of Monash and Kingston); and City of Boroondara;
• Delivery of 6 information
sessions to 470 Greekspeaking seniors attending
elderly citizens clubs within
the city of Moreland. The
outreach nature of the work
increased access to health
and recreational facilities
and challenged perceptions on aging, exercise and
health;
• Organisation of 2 Health &
Active Ageing forums attended by 150 Greek-speaking elderly in the Northern
region, City of Moreland &
Whittlesea;
• Conducted 59 radio interviews on various Greek radio programs and 3 articles
written for Greek papers
on various aged care and
health issues.
ers’ skills and knowledge base and
enhancing carers’ sense of empowerment and control over their
situation. AGWS co-facilitated 4
carers’ workshops with Carers Victoria which were attended by 61
carers. The main issues reported
by carers included burnout, time
management, stress and conflict
management, relationship breakdown, chronic illness and pain
management, dementia, residential aged care entry, palliative care
and death and loss and grief.
Greek Cardiac Programs
This year the Brunswick Greek Cardiac Program celebrates 10 years
of service. The program has supported hundreds of participants
to achieve optimal physical and
psychological health and wellbeing following a cardiac episode.
AGWS established a partnership
with Royal Melbourne Hospital,
Heart Foundation and Heart
Research Centre to adapt mainstream cardiac programs to create
a Greek rehabilitation program,
in recognition of the low uptake
AGWS continued its work with
Greek carers reducing the social
isolation of this group, creating
safe environment to share common experiences, developing car-
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by the Greek patients following
hospital discharge.
The first program commenced in
2004 at head office in Brunswick
and in 2008 AGWS in partnership
with Uniting AgeWell started a
second program in Oakleigh based
at the Oakleigh Rehabilitation
Programs, now in operation for 6
years.
AGWS facilitates 8 cycles of the
6 week program and over the
ten year period has assisted 520
people, with 423 successfully completing the 6 week cardiac rehabilitation cycle standard set by the
Heart Foundation. Of these clients
281 were males and 239 females,
with 98% of the participants receiving age or disability pension and
2% self-funded retirees or part time
employed; 90% of the Brunswick
clients reside in the City of Moreland and other clients are from
City of Darebin, Yarra, Marybir-
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nong, Moonee Valley and Banyule;
85% of Oakleigh clients reside in
City of Monash and other clients
from City of Kingston, Glen Eira,
Knox, Stonnington and Peninsula.
The program’s successes are
attributed to having a bi lingual
facilitator coordinating the program, the delivery of culturally and
linguistically appropriate activities
and resources, and the established
secondary partnerships with
key health professionals such as
cardiac nurses, dieticians, pharmacists and physiotherapists. The
program consists of 45 minutes
education session and 45 minute
exercise routine improving participants’ knowledge of heart
health, improving their mobility
and increasing their capacity and
interest for exercise beyond the
program.
Weekly discussions and psychosocial education sessions with par-
ticipants and formal evaluations
and surveys have strongly indicated that the Cardiac Rehabilitation
Programs have given them vital
psychological strength and insight
to understanding, integrating and
managing their disease.
This is re- enforced through ongoing group discussions and support
from their Peers and Allied health
educators.
Clients have taken great satisfaction from gaining empowerment
and management skills in order
to take control and improve their
lifestyle in all aspects of health.
Both Cardiac Programs have a
holistic structure where diet, medication management, exercise and
physical activity, knowledge of risk
factors, peer support, social interaction and psychological wellbeing
are all vital components in terms
of Cardiac Rehabilitation and the
long term management of chronic
illness.
The partnership with the Royal
Melbourne Hospital, Oakleigh
Rehabilitation Service and secondary partners has been integral to
the success of the program. We
extend our sincere thanks to all
the partners, and particularly
cardiac nurse Kath Kelly, who has
been with the Brunswick Cardiac
Program since its inception.
Greek Cultural Training
This year 8 cross cultural training sessions were delivered
across metropolitan Melbourne
to 153 professionals from aged
care residential and non-residential services, health services,
local government and multicultural agencies. Training sessions
were delivered at a quality
standard ensuring the learning
needs of participants were met
at all times. This was achieved
via the distribution of training
needs surveys conducted with
professionals, the distribution
of relevant quality resources
and participant feedback via
formal evaluations upon completion of training sessions.
clients’ experiences: family dynamics and aging,
the basis of clients’ fears,
illness, aging, and the importance of establishing
and maintaining relationships and trust.’
• ‘Served as a reminder to
consider cultural, linguistic and spiritual differences in our practice.’
• ‘Provided a much better
understanding on CALD
issues and how to work
with language barriers’
• ‘Gave me strategies
to empower clients to
make informed decisions
through consultations
and appropriate referrals’
Some of the useful aspects of
the training reported by par-
ticipants included the quality
training materials provided, the
practical activities conducted,
information on history of Greek
migration and demographics of
local communities and cultural
overview.
Participants were interested in
attending further training on
the following topics:
• Elder abuse and intergenerational conflict
• Palliative care, death and
dying
• Dementia and culturally
appropriate ways of supporting carers and families
• Working with challenging
clients and families
Some of the participants’ comments:
• ‘I have learnt a great deal
about Greek culture in
care’
• ‘Will help me enrich my
program’
• ‘It formalised and informed us on many of our
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ALPHA CHILDREN’S CENTRE
The AGWS Alpha Children’s Centre is in its 38th year of operation
providing quality long day care
service and a bilingual program
to children in their early years, 0-5
years. The integrated Kindergarten Program operates over 5 days
within the long day care program.
Alpha has an established Greek bilingual and multicultural program
facilitated across all age groups
exposing children to Greek and
other cultures highlighting the
importance of celebrating diversity and multiculturalism in our
community.
This year the centre provided care
to 95 children and their families
with 40% of children of Greek
background. Other nationalities
include Italian, English, Australian,
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Irish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai,
South African and Jordanian. The
children enjoyed participating in
the centre activities and being
introduced to new learning experiences.
Some of the activities organised
for the children this year included:
• The Life Cycle Projects with
the butterfly and chicken
hatching;
• The farm animals and rabbit
care incursion program giving children the opportunity
to feed and nurture the
animals over time;
• Other incursions included
Aqualife, Chinese dancer,
Responsible pet ownership,
Indigenous activity, Jungle
Jamming and Krazy Koala a
new puppet show with an
Australiana theme;
• Pre-kinder and kinder children engaged in planting
projects observing growth
and development in plants;
• Two concerts performed
to Greek elderly at the
Brunswick Planned Activity
Groups in Brunswick by 3-5
year old children;
• Participation at the annual
parade at the Shrine of Remembrance to commemorate the Greek National Day
of Independence;
Alpha’s continued commitment
to the implementation of the
National Quality Frameworks can
be seen in the quality curriculum
developed yearly, the learning
outcomes for children and the ongoing training of staff to upgrade
their skills and qualifications.
Alpha invites feedback from
parents regarding the service via
yearly survey, quarterly newsletters, policy review and room
meetings reporting on children’s
progress. The centre also encourages parent participation in centre
activities such as parent committee, mother’s day and father’s day
breakfast, and fundraising activities.
Some of the achievements for the
Centre this year included:
• Successful delivery of a long
day care service including a quality kindergarten
program in preparation for
children’s entry into primary
school;
• Implementation of a second
3-5 year group to address
the care needs of families
and increased enrolments
for kindergarten program;
• Participation at the Education Week Victoria Gardens
display promoting the
Centre’s programs and children’s work;
• The delivery of the parent
support and training program provided to parents
by AGWS Family & Relationship Program;
• Implementation of quality
staff training programs that
include external trainers
and ongoing development
of service policies.
Alpha has developed and maintained strong partnerships with
local services and key organisations that contribute to the centre
work and support the needs of
children and families. Some of
the collaborations and networks
include the following:
• Noah’s Ark Inclusion Support Service for children
with additional needs
• TMG Training Organisations
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for staff training and student placements
• Regular contacts with Richmond Multicultural Centre
and Bridge Road Early
Learning Centre
• Yarra Early Years Reference
Group
• Yarra Environment and Sustainability Network
Community Participation
Alpha Children’s Centre is an
Early Learning Centre caring for
children between the ages of 6
months to 5 years, with an Integrated Kindergarten Program.
On the 7 September 2014 a group
of kindergarten children presented a display of some of their handcrafts at a Public Exhibition at the
Betty Day Centre in St. Kilda.
Nina the Kindergarten teacher
talked to the children and ex-
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plained to them that she would
be going to an Art and Handcraft
Exhibition. Nina was asked to
display some of her Late Mother’s
tapestry and embroidery works
which are over 40 years old.
Nina showed the children some
samples and the children were
very eager to make their own.
their fine motor skills and dispositions for learning.
So the hard work began, ie. discussion, planning the workshop,
collating recycled materials etc.
Eagerly and enthusiastically the
children began to prepare their
handcrafts for the exhibition.
They used hessian, needles, wool
and beads to create their masterpiece.
For more information on the
various programs, the Greek Bilingual and Multicultural Programs
delivered at Alpha contact Kelly
Ioannou on 94291488.
The educators are committed
to the provision of quality services and work diligently towards
achieving a high standard in the
delivery of the educational programs at Alpha.
The children concentrated as they
explored the art of threading,
used their imagination, creativity to select colours of wool and
where they would place the beads
on the hessian fabric.
This was an opportunity whereby
children enhanced their learning
of other cultures and forms of
artistic expression (Russian), community participation, self- esteem,
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
AGWS has continued to maintain
its focus on fundraising and
developing innovative programs
that aim to engage more effectively with the Australian-Greek
community as it aims to increase
its share of the fundraisng dollar.
With the changing landscape of
the aged care sector, AGWS is
facing a number of challenges that
will have a direct impact on its
capacity to deliver much needed
programs and services to our
community. One of the many
challenges, will be the availability
of systematic and appropriate
levels of funding that assist AGWS
in delivering programs and
services that respond to the needs
of our community.
continue its focus on continuous
improvement by maximising the
use of its existing resources,
updating its internal operational
systems and processes, whilst
improving in areas that will
strengthen its capacity to work
within an increasingly competitive
market.
Furthermore, in meeting the many
challenges, AGWS will need to
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AGWS Annual 3XY Radiothon
The Annual 3XY Radiothon
continues to be AGWS’s primary
point of engagement with the
Australian-Greek community when
it comes to its fundraising efforts.
Now in its 17th year, the Radiothon has been a valuable source of
much needed funds. In this effort,
we acknowledge and thank the
Greek Media Group, whose
support and that of the entire
Australian-Greek community
over the last 17 years, has enabled
AGWS to raise in excess of
$1 million dollars.
This year, AGWS further broadened its reach within our community by engaging many new
donors whilst at the same time
maintaining the support its
existing donor base.
As a result, AGWS was able to
surpass the $100,000 mark for the
first time ever as a total of $111,940
was raised during this years
campaign.
In achieving this result, AGWS also
acknowledges the ongoing and
loyal support from its business
partners and community organisations who continue to demonstrate their generosity and understanding of AGWS’s valuable
work and contribution to our
community.
In particular, we would like to
acknowledge the ongoing support of the Delphi Bank ($5,000),
Egialian Association of Melbourne
($5,000), Ithacan Philanthropic
Society ($3,000), Federation of
Greek Elderly Citizens Clubs of
Melbourne & Victoria ($1,500),
AHEPA Victoria ($1,200), Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne
& Victoria ($1,000), Greek Orthodox Community of Box Hill & Districts ($1,000), Nafsika Stamoulis
Foundation ($1,000), Windsor
Management Insurance Brokers
($1,000) and F1IT Group.
“I Love All Things Greek” Community Directory
The “I Love All Things Greek”
Community Directory is now in
its second year. The community
directory targets Greek Businesses
and Community Organisations
to advertise their products and
services.
In the inaugural edition of the
community directory there were a
total of 150 participants which was
a fantastic effort in itself. In 2015
this figure has been surpassed and
we currently have a total of 210
participants.
Once again, we will be distributing
of total of 10,000 copies free to
the community.
AGWS’s 3XY Weekly Radio
Program
The weekly radio program on 3XY
Radio Hellas has continued to provide AGWS with an opportunity
to connect with our community
as we aim to inform them about
our programs and services as well
as provide them with information
about a wide ranging number of
topics.
The programs format and its
informative nature has continued
to be well received by our listening
audience as its generates a great
deal of interest through on air discussion with our experienced staff
and specialist guest speakers as
well as the experienced program
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presenters in Rena Frangioudaki
and Zeta Kokkoti.
Funding for this years program
was made possible with the
generous support of Delphi Bank.
HACCI “Proinos Kafes” at
AGWS
HACCI’s Proinos Kafes Networking Breakfast was held at AGWS’s
Head Office during the month of
April 2014.
minded people as well as having
an opportunity to gain an insight
into the role of AGWS and its valuable programs and services
Australian Hellenic Golf
Fedration: Nominated Charity
AGWS continues to enjoy the
support of the Australian Hellenic
Golf Federation who once again
nominated AGWS as the “Tournament Charity” for the 11th Annual
The purpose of the Proinos Kafes
breakfasts is to bring together
an assembly of like-minded business and professional people who
enjoy the networking opportunity,
informally over a traditional Greek
breakfast.
The event was well attended with
guests appreciating the opportunity to further connect with like
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Australian Hellenic Golf Open that
was held at Moonah Links.
It is the 5th time that AGWS has
been nominated as the tournaments charity. AGWS appreciates
the opportunity to engage and
network with the federations
members and raise much needed
funds. Through this tournament,
and the support of the Australian
Hellenic Golf Federation, AGWS
has raised over $25,000.
AGWS 2014 CHARITY DRIVE
A WARM THANK YOU TO ANTHOULA PARASKEVA AND ALL THOSE WHO
DONATED TO THE “2014 CHARITY DRIVE”. THIS YEAR’S EFFORT HELPED
RAISE $9,350 FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.
Mrs. Chrissy Angelodimou
Premier Developments Pty Ptd
Mr. Frank & Mrs. Angela Brody
Mr. Chris Cambel
Cambel Shape Accountants
Mr. Geoff Chancellor Barrister
His Honour Phillip J. Coish
County Court Judge
Mr. Paul & Mrs Helen Demitris
Ms. Dimitra Donoudis
City Fashions
Mr. Andrew Ellis & Mr. Jim Palmos
Ellis Palmos Lawyers
Mr. Joe Ferwerda Barrister
Mr. Arthur Georgopoulos
Arthour G Designs Pty Ltd
Mr. Nick Giasoumi
GPZ Legal Lawyers
Mr. Dennis Gibson Barrister
Mr. Ross Gillies QC
Mr. John Goldberg Barrister
Mr. Robin Gordon QC
Mr. Malcom Gray Barrister
Mr. Cornelius D. Griffin Barrister
Ms. Mary - Anne Hartley QC
Mr. Dyson Hore -Lacy SC
Mr. Andrew Ingram Barrister
Mrs. Varvara Ioannou
Food For Thought Network
Mr. Phillip Jewell QC
His Honour Justice John Jordan
County Court Judge
Mr. John Karantzis
Nowicki Carbone Lawyers
Mr. Andrew Keogh SC
Mr. Kon & Ms Sylvia Kourkouvelis
Dr. Louis & Mrs Andrea Loizou
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Mr. Richard McGarvie QC
Mr. James Mighell QC
Mr. Jeff Moore QC
Mrs. Virginia Nakas
Mr. Paul O’Dwyer SC
Mr. Conor O’Sullivan Barrister
Mr. Max Ouzas
Max Ouzas Prestige Cars
Mr. Lindsay Paine Barrister
Mrs. Helen Papagelou
Mesa Greek Cuisine
Mr. Nick Papas QC
Mr. Paul Paraskeva
Paul Paraskeva & Co Lawyers
Dr. Miranda Paraskeva
Mr. Gino Pierorazio Barrister
Ms. Maria Pilipasidis Barrister
Mr. David Purcell Barrister
Mr. John Richards QC
Mr. John Riordan Barrister
Mr. Tim Tobin SC
Mrs. Maria Tsikaris Barrister
Mr. John Valiotis Barrister
Mr. Bill Velos
Velos Lawyers
Mr. Nick Venizelakos
Venizelakos Lawyers
Mr. Greg Wicks Barrister
Mr. Michael Wilson QC
Mr. James Yianoulatos
James Harris Lawyers
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AGWS 3XY RADIOTHON DONORS
A WARM THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND
BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS DURING THE 2014 AGWS
3XY RADIOTHON WHERE A TOTAL OF $111,940 WAS RAISED.
Accountancy Group P/L
Accounting & Tax Professionals P/L
Ace Body Corporate Management
AHEPA Victoria
Aluminco
Aluminium European King
Angelo Property Group & Premier Developments
Ariston Greek School
Arthur Kyriakou & Co
Athena Deli
Atherton Road Podiatry
Athina’s Deli
Australian Meat Company
Avondale Heights Greek Pensioners & Elderly
Citizens Club
Batman Greek Ladies Club
Bentleigh Greens Soccer Club
Blue Pearl Property Services
Bonegilla Former Migrants Residents Association
Britannica Painters
Chris Catering Service
Christian Orthodox Brotherhood of Apostle Paul
Clifton Upholstery
Climatech Heating & Cooling
Conway Fish
Credit Suisse
Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand
Crystal Poultry
Cyprian Community of The Southern Suburbs
of Melbourne Senior Citizens Club
Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria
Delphi Bank
Dino’s Family Resteraunt
Egialian Association of Melbourne
Elderly Club Malvern
Elderly Greek Club of Kensington & Flemington
Epirotic Philanthropic Society “Dodoni”
EPRO Construction
Evripos Brotherhood
Exclusive World Travel
F1 IT Group
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Faros Senior Group
Federation of Greek Elderly Citizens Clubs
of Melbourne & Victoria
Federation of Greek Senior Citizens of Egypt and
Middle East Inc. “Ptolemei”
Friends of Brandon Park
Friends of KKE - Melbourne
Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria
Galini Port Melbourne Elderly Greek
Grecian Tours
Greek Community Springvale and District
Greek Cyprian Senior Citizens Community of Glen Eira
Greek Cypriot Paraent & Youth Club Sunshine
Greek Democritus League
Greek Elderly & Pensioner Association of Brunswick
Greek Elderly Citizens Club Mooney Valley
Greek Elderly Citizens Club North Balwyn
Greek Elderly Citizens Club of Geelong
Greek Elderly Club Thornbury
Greek International Club
Greek Orthodox Community of Box Hill & Districts
Greek Orthodox Community of Clayton
Greek Orthodox Community Whittlesea
Seniors Group
Greek Orthodox Community Womes Group
Greek Resistance Fighters League of
Melbourne & Victoria
Greek Senior Citizens Club “Panagia Kamariani”
Greek Senior Citizens Club North Balwyn & Districts
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Airport West
Greek Senior Citizens Club of Malvern
Greek Women of Northern Suburbs “Anemones”
Greek Women’s Club Broadmeadows
Greek Womens Elderly & Friendly Club East Reservoir
Heidelberg United Football Club Ltd.
Hellenic Freemason Association
Hellenic Stegi Club Preston
Highland Properties
Illy’s Cakes
Ithican Philanthropic Society
James Harris Lawyers
Jim’s Greek tavern
JNS Fire Protection
Joannides Funerals
Kariatides Women’s Group Oakleigh
Katsaros and Associates
Kontia Limnos Senior Citizens Club
L.V. Furniture
League of Greeks from Egypt & The Middle East Inc
Lemnian Community - Senior Citizens Group
Lemnos Tavern
Lemon Grass Chickens
Lygon Hardware
Manos kitchens
Maraslios Greek Academy
Maroulis & Co.
Master Tours
Mediterranean Greek Tavern
Meraklis Catering
Methodios & Kyrilios
Moonee Valley Senior Citizen Club - East Keilor
Nafsika Stamoulis Foundation
Neret Social Club
New Life Greek Senior Citizen Club
Nikodinas Flowers
Normanby House
O “Psaras” on Portman
Olympic Reblocking & Underpinning
Omiros College
Pallaconian Brotherhood Elderly Committee
Pan Thessalian Association
Panarcadian Association of Melbourne & Victoria
“O Kolokotronis”
Panathinaikos Fan Club
Pandora Wedding and Christening
Panepirotic Federation of Australia
Panepirotic Union of Melbourne & Victoria
Pankalavritini Adelfotis of Melbourne “Agia Lavra”
Pegasus Dance Academy
Philanthropic Society “Nomos Imathias Veroia”
Philhellene Greek Restaurant
Philoptohos of Saint Spyridon Clayton
Philoptohos St Konstantinou & St Elenis South Yarra
Politistikos Syllogos Nomou Kozanis “O Lazanis”
Pontiaki Gonia
Prahran Travel
RCA Investments
Rigby Cooke Lawyers
Sansis Greek Tavern
Scent of a Flower
Skalina Pty Ltd
Society of Kastorians
SOS Roofing
South Melbourne Football Club
St. George Church Congregation & Fr. Papagiannis
Station Place Tavern
Strathmore Heights Greek Senior Citizens Club
Sussex Seafoods
Syllogos “Olympion”
Syllogos Nomou Karditsas Karaiskakis
Syntonistiki Epitropi Genoktonias
Pontiakon Somateion
Thanasis Greek Tavern
The Austral Ballroom
The Greek Nazarenes
The Olympian Society
The Philanthropic Society of Kastorians (Grammos)
The Regal Ballroom
Thomas Koutsoupias Lawyers & Co.
Tsindos Greek Restaurant
Venus Press Pty Ltd
Victoria Funerals
Western Suburbs Greek Elderly Citizens Club
Windsor Management Insurance Brokers
Women Auxilary Agios Konstantinou & Eleni
Yiannis Pantheon Cakes
Yiannis Tavern
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A WARM THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FOR THEIR
GENEROUS DONATIONS DURING THE 2014 AGWS 3XY RADIOTHON WHERE A TOTAL
OF $111,940 WAS RAISED.
Adamopoulos, A
Adamopoulos, G
Agas, N
Agas, T
Aintonopoulos, M
Aivaliotis, J
Akanthioti, A
Alambakis, D
Alateras, D
Alexakos, A
Alexandratos, A & A
Alexandrou, K & P
Alexiou , C
Alexiou , G & S
Alexopoulou, I
Amanatides, K & D
Ambelas, G
Anastasiadis, A
Anastasiou, K
Anastasopoulos, I
Andreopoulos, C & V
Andriakopoulos, K
Andrianopoulos, J
Andrikopoulos, K
Andrinopoulos, P
Andriopoulos, E & K
Andriopoulos, J
Andriopoulos, P
Andriotis, P
Andronis, A
Angeletos, N
Angelis, G & Z
Angelopoulos, P
Antonakopoulos, P & V
Antoniadis, C & A
Antoniou, S & E
Antonopoulos, A
Antonopoulos, I
Antonopoulos, M
Antonopoulos, S
Antonopoulos, T
Antonopoulos, V
Antonopoulos, A
Antonopoulos, K
Antriotis, P
Apokidou, F
Apokis, F
Apostolidis, G
Apostolidis, G
Apostolopoulos, E & E
Apostolopoulos, K
Apostolou, I
Apostolou, M
Apostolou, M
Arambatzidis, N
Arapatzis, V
Argyropoulos, A & L
Argyropoulos, L & A
Argyropoulos, P
Argyropoulos, S
Argyrou, E
Arhodissas, M & G
Arhontovasilis, P
Aridas, A
Aristidopoulos, D
Aritoklidis, S
Arkoudis, C & A
Arvanitis, E
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Asimopoulou, P
Assiminos, A & V
Athanasiadis, A
Athanasiadis, N
Athanasiou, A
Athinisis, G
Atlantis , M
Atzemakis, E
Avgerinaki, A
Avis, T
Avraam , M
Avraam , M
Avramopoulos, A
Awanis , E
Axiotis , M
Bacolas , A
Bacolas , J
Bais, P
Bakalis, E
Bakas, M
Balasi, K
Ballas, M
Ballis, N
Bandelas, P
Banias, V
Barbagiannis, D
Barbakos, G
Barbounis, V
Barkas, P
Basbana , V
Bastas, C
Bastas, M
Batsakis, H
Batsakis, P & D
Battani, P
Baxevanidis, A
Bean, V
Belekakos, G
Belissaris, K
Bellesis , J
Bellou, C
Bichara , H
Bigfiotis, C
Bikos, M
Bitras, S
Bizos, F
Blanas, V
Blatsis, G & K
Blaxakis, V
Blazos, A
Boicos, G
Bololias, R
Borbokas, T
Bosnakis, V
Botsis, X
Bouchouridis, K & I
Boulgouli, A
Bournou, L
Bourtzis, K & F
Boutsalis, S
Boutsouri, D
Brand, H
Byrlis, S
Caplanidou, S
Capouleas, E & H
Chamilakis, G
Charalambous, K
Chiakopoulos, V
Chionis, P
Chiridis, N
Chrisostomou, K
Christidis, F
Christodouleas, D
Christodoulou, M
Christofakis, E
Christoforou, E
Christoforou, N
Christopoulos, K
Christou, C
Christou, T
Chrysostomou, A
Chrysostomou, E
Chryssafis, C
Cominos, G
Constantinou, G & C
Constantinou, M
Contos ,D
Costopoulos, B
Coutroutsos, C & E
Coutsilinis, M
Dadalias, D
Daglas, A
Daicos, S
Daikos, P
Dakouris, P
Dalaveris, M
Dalianis, A
Dallas, A & V
Damalas, P & K
Damaskopoulos, A
Damousis, S
Danos, V & E
Daskalieros, D & V
Davlopoulos, J
Delaridis, E
Deligiannis, M
Delonas, A
D’Emboli, M
Demertzidis, L & E
Demetriou, A
Demetriou, E
Deriboglou, G & K
Diakos, I
Diamantidis, K
Diamantis, S & A
Diamantopoulos , K
Diamantou, D
Dikeos, K
Diles, Ms
Dimakopoulos, G
Dimidis, A
Dimitriou, A
Dimitriou, K
Dimitropoulos, K
Dimokranitis, C
Dimopoulos , A
Dimotakis, N
Dimoudis , K & E
Dimtsis, J
Dines, I
Dionysiou, N
Domenikos, D
Doudoulis, V
Doudoulis, V
Doumis,E
Dounias, O
Douvos,P
Drakopoulos, E
Drakopoulos, P
Efstathiou, P
Ektoras,I
Eleos Family, M
Elias, D
Emmanuel, D
Erevnidis, T & P
Evrepidou, N
Evripidou, A
Exarhou , V & G
Exintaris, E
Farakos Family, D
Filios, S
Filokostas, A
Filosoglou, M
Fintikidi, D
Fotinou, E
Franes, S
Frangoudes, N
Frederikos, G
Ftohogiannis, H
Gadakis, N & A
Gadelas, G
Galanopoulos, G
Galatas, A
Ganas, F
Ganis, I & E
Ganitis, C
Gantzidis, C
Gantzos, A
Gardiakos, A
Gatos, T & V
Gatzios, V
Gekis, C
Georgantis, D
Georgas, C
Georgas, V & A
George, T
Georgilakis, D
Georgiou, A
Georgiou, L
Georgiou, N & E
Georgiou, P
Georgiou, S
Georgopoulos, A
Germanos, D
Gerolymou Family
Gesavlenko, P
Giagas, V
Giakas, A
Giangoulidis, E
Giannakopoulos, V
Giannakos, V
Giannaros, K
Giannekas, K
Giannopoulos, J
Giannoulopoulos, S & A
Gianopoulos, P & A
Giatzoglou, C
Giftakis,K
Gigis, S
Ginis, H
Ginis, V
Gionis, A
Giortzi, T
Giotzilianis, C
Gogas, G & L
Gogidis, P
Gonis, G
Gonopoulos, S
Gotsis, O
Goulas, C
Gouletsas, S
Goumas, J & A
Gourvelos, V
Grapsas, E
Gravanis, P
Grigas, J
Grigorakis, P
Grigoriadou, K
Grigoriou, E
Gripiotis, A
Groumoutis, G
Gunaridis, P
Hadjiantoniou, C
Hadjifotis, H
Hahalis, D
Hajiyianni, A
Halepis, H
Halikias,G
Halvadakis, S
Harbis, T & T
Hatzigiannakis, M
Hatzikos, E
Hatzinassos, E
Hatzinikolaidis, G
Hatzis, T
Hatzisavva, Z
Hatzistavrou, J
Hatzopoulos, M
Hatzopoulos, S
Heretakis, E
Heretakis, H
Honos, P
Houssos, G
Hristodoulakis, G
Hronis, N
Hrysomalidis, G
Ignatiadis, E
Ignatiou, M
Iliadis, V
Iliopoulos, A
Iliopoulos, I
Iliou Family
Illiadis, S & D
Ioanidis, A
Ioannidis, F
Ioannidis, H
Ioannidis, N
Ioannou, A
Ioannou, D
Ioannou, H
Ioannou, H
Ioannou, J
Ioannou, N
Ionnas, A
Ionnas, V
Jackanos, N
Jovanovic, A
Kadas, A
Kafali, A
Kafaltis, N
Kafritsas, A
Kahaidis, S
Kakkos, A & C
Kalamatianos, A
Kalatzis, D
Kalatzis, N
Kalfoglou, N
Kaliakoudis, N
Kallinteris, S
Kalodimos, T
Kalodoukas, A
Kalogeras, D
Kalogiannis, K
Kalominidis, G
Kalomiris, S
Kalos, G
Kalpakidis, A
Kaltzidis, M
Kamamis, K & A
Kamateros, E
Kambouropoulos, T & E
Kamvisis, L
Kanellakos, N
Kanelopoulos, A
Kangarakis, D
Kannas, S & E
Kannavas, K
Kantanis, D
Kantzidis, A
Kapetis,S & A
Kaplanidis, S
Kapnias, K
Kapogiannis, G
Kaponikolos, J
Kapotis, G
Kapsalis, E
Kapsalis, H
Kapsalos, C
Karabatos, P
Karabatsakis, C
Karabatsos, V
Karagiannis, C
Karagiannis, C
Karagiozopoulos, N & A
Karamitou, A
Karas Family
Karasaridis, C
Karatasos, C
Karatsivis, D & K
Karavas , A
Karavias, S
Karayiannis, E
Karayiannis, M
Karboulahanos, O
Kardamis, S & E
Karefilakis, L
Kariofilis, E
Karkaletsis, A
Karlos, K
Karoulis, M
Karoumba, C
Karoumbalis, E
Karpanos, K & P
Kartanos, K & P
Kartsidimas, S & N
Karydis, S
Kastrappis, L
Katahiotis, S
Kategiannis, T
Katelanis, A
Katridesis, V
Katris, N
Katris, V
Katsampes, G
Katsaros, E
Katsaros, F
Katsaros, G & C
Katselas, V
Katsikaros, A
Katsikogianni, T
Katsimalis, M
Katskav, K
Katsos, K
Katsoulis, C
Katsoulis, N
Katsoulotos, K
Kazakis,C
Kazoglou, E
Kefalokou, P
Kelaiditis, Ms
Keramaris, N
Keramidis, E
Kerasiotis, G
Keratiotis, C
Kianidis, D
Kiatou, K
Kikas, P
Kikas, T & L
Kiousis, N & E
Kiparisoudis, K
Kiriakidis, D
Kiriakopoulos, S
Kiriazis, D & C
Kiropoulos, D
Kiskiras,G
Kissil, E
Kitsou, P
Kladou, A
Klonis, G
Kogionis, C
Kokkinis, I
Kokkinis, I & K
Kokkinos, V & F
Kokolakis, T
Kokovitis, A & C
Kolliniatis, V
Kolokithas, K & S
Kolokithas, N
Konstandinidis, N
Konstandopoulos, E
Konstantinidis, N & D
Konstantinos, T
Kontogiannis, C
Kontos, A
Kontos, I
Kontou, G & A
Kormanos, K
Koromilas, G
Koronaios, V
Koskiris,E
Kosmas,D
Kosta, D
Kostandinos, S
Kostandinou, K & L
Kostaraki, O
Kostarakis, P
Kotika, S
Kougioumtzis, A
Koukou,M
Koukoulis, G
Koulis, C
Koulogiannis, P
Kouloubos, G
Koulouris, G & G
Koumintzas, F & D
Kounelis, P
Kouris, H
Kourkouvelis, K & S
Kourouktsidis, S
Kousis, A
Kousoulas, S
Koutlakis, E
Koutoulas, A
Koutouleas, E & S
Koutouminas, T
Koutsandonis, N
Koutsodimitropoulos, M
Koutsodontis, S
Koutsomitis, N
Koutsougiorgi, K
Koutsougiorgos, P & D
Koutsoukos, V
Kouzoumis, A & F
Koytras,V
Kranidis,V
Krikas, E & S
Krikis, Mrs
Kristalidis, M & R
Kritikos, A
Kritikos,O
Kritikos,P
Kritsidimas, A
Krokos, H
Kyparisoudis, K
Kypiridis, V
Kyriacou, A
Kyriakidis, H
Kyriakopoulos, B
Kyriakopoulos, G
Kyriakou, A
Kyriakou, A & S
Kyriakou, D
Kyriakou, P
Kyriakou, T & M
Kyriazis,G & E
Kyrios, D
Kyritsis, I
Ladis, T
Laios, M
Lalas, G
Laliotis, I
Lambrinakos, B
Lambrinos, J
Lampropoulos, S
Lantzakis, A
Laskou, S
Lazarakis, L
Lazari, P & M
Lazarou, Z
Lekas, A
Lekas, M
Leornados, A
Leos, C
Leos, G & F
Liakos, A
Lianos, E
Liapis, C
Liapis, H
Liapis, P & K
Liberogiannis, P
Likouris,I
Limenidis, H
Limnyo, M
Lioupas, J & N
Lioupas,S & M
Litinakis, G
Litinakis, S
Litinakis,N
Litinakis, I
Litinelis,S
Livanos,P
Loizides,C
Loizidis, L & E
Lord, J
Louca, C
Loulakis, M
Loupetis, A & S
Loupis, A
Louras, L
Lygopoulos, A & D
Lymbouris, K & C
Maikousis, S
Makaronas, A
Makrigiannis, I
Makris, I
Malamas, A
Malapanis, K
Maligeorge, E
Mamakos, P
Mamakos, S
Mancini,A
Mancini,S
Mandalis, K
Manidis,A
Manikas, S
Manolakakis, D
Manousakis, P
Manselis, H
Mantarakis, A
Mantas,A
Mantzis,S
Mantzoros, E
Mantzouneas, E
Marabeliotakis, J & V
Marganis, D & D
Margaritis, N
Marinis, C
Markelis, H
Markopoulos, A
Markos,A
Markos,T
Markou,P & Z
Masonras, C
Mastorakos, E
Mastrantonopoulos, G
Mastrogiannis, P
Matzaris, R
Mavridis, A & M
Mavroudis, D
Megas, K
Meimeteas, P
Meletsis, J
Melios, E
Memet, S
Menexe, V
Messimeris, K & Y
Michaelidou, N
Michailidis, G
Michalakakos, N & A
Michalakopoulos, C
Michalopoulos, M
Michanetzis, I
Michelis, G
Mihalas,G
Mihalopoulos, E
Mihelakos, A
Mikakos, J
Mikronis, J
Milousis, G
Mingos, A
Mingos, C
Missios, Z
Mitrou, M
Mitsopoulou, M
Mitsou, N
Moisi, E
Moshos, D
Mougos, I
Moumtzoglou, A
Mouras,P
Mouratidis, T
Mouratidis, T
Mourtzios, E
Mousxeftaras, D
Moutafi,E
Moutsios, J
Myrianthis, K
Myridakis, M
Nalpantidis, L
Nas, S
Negrepontis, C & I
Nestorowz, A
Nezeris,V
Nichola,A
Nicolaou, K & M
Nidzebelis, E
Nifakos,P
Nikas, A
Nikolaidis, A & X
Nikolakopoulos, F
Nikolaou, P
Nikolaou Family
Nikolareas, V
Nikolis, M
Nikolopoulos, M
Nikou, D
Niolakis,C
Nitsopoulos, N
Nomicos, T
Nomikos, N & S
Nomikos, O
Notis, T
Noukaris, N
Nteris, N
Opasinis, M
Orphanidis, P
Osianlis, E
Padinis, K
Paganis, J
Paganis, K
Pakakis,M
Pakogiannis, G & T
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Palios, K
Panagiotakopoulos, R
Panagiotidis, N & K
Panagiotidis, P
Panagiotidis, S
Panagiotou, F
Panagiotou, K
Panagopoulos, A & M
Panagopoulos, R
Panas, F
Panayi, E
Pangratis, A
Panos, B
Panoutsos, D
Pantazopoulos, J
Pantazopoulos, S
Pantelidou, A
Pantzis, Z
Papaconstantinou, E
Papadakis, E & I
Papadatos, G & E
Papadomanolakis, G
Papadopoulos, G
Papadopoulos, I & V
Papadopoulos, M
Papadopoulos, P
Papadopoulos, S
Papadopoulos, S
Papadopoulos, S
Papadopoulos, S
Papadopoulos, S
Papadopoulou, A
Papafotiou, F
Papafotiou, G & E
Papagelou, H
Papageorgiou, A & G
Papageorgiou, D
Papageorgiou, M
Papageorgiou, S
Papaiakovou, K
Papaioannou, A
Papaioannou, B
Papaioannou, D
Papaioannou, E
Papaioannou, I
Papaioannou, K
Papaioannou, M
Papakosmas, H & P
Papamichail, M
Papandreou, I
Papantoniou, D
Papapodogianni,E
Papas, K
Papasachinis, T & D
Papastergiadis, B
Papavangelou, T
Papayianneris, S
Papazoglou, V
Papoutsis, E
Pappas, T
Pappas, V
Paraskeva, C
Paraskevopoulos, A
Paraskevopoulos, E
Parlamentas, M
Parpoutsi, K
Parthimos, P
Pasakalos, A
Pasakalos, A
Paschalidis, S
Paspaliaris, P
Passalis,G
Passiouras, F
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Paterakis, G
Paterakis, K
Paterakis, M
Pavlidis,C
Pavlou, H & K
Pavlou, K
Paxinos,N & E
Payavlas, Y
Pazios, C & P
Pelitidis,O
Perdios,A
Perdios,D
Pergaminos, N
Perifanos, V
Perperi, S
Peteinaras, P
Peters, M
Petropoulos, A
Petropoulos, P
Petrou, A
Petroulis, E
Petsetas, E
Petsis, M
Pierra, T
Pikis, K
Pikoulis,I
Pimpilidis, C
Piperias,J
Pirpiris, K
Piskopos, K
Pissimissis, P
Pitas, M
Pitis, S
Pitsas, Y
Plakidis, E
Platanas, M
Pliatsos,S & T
Polichros, V
Politis, A
Politis, S
Polykarpou, A
Polymeni, C
Polyzogopoulou,K
Poufti, C
Pouros, V
Premptis, V
Prodromos, A
Proestakis, C
Prokopiou, A
Psathias, E
Psomas,G & C
Radimisis, M
Rafaletos, G
Raftopoulos, F
Ramadan, D
Raptis, M
Rassias, K
Rassias, S
Razos, A & P
Rererakis, A & C
Rererakis, A & C
Rigopoulos, A
Rigopoulos, A
Rigopoulos, M
Rigopoulos, P
Rigopoulos, P
Rimagmos, A
Risvanis, F & B
Roltogiannis, S & S
Rombotis, F
Rozakeas, K
Rozakeas, N
Rozanitis, A
Sachinidis, K & M
Sakelaris, G
Sakelaris, S
Sakkidis,K & A
Salahas,T
Salamanis, L
Salamis,N
Salamounsa, E
Samantis, D
Samara,A
Samas, O
Samios, K
Sapounas, K
Sarantinou, E
Sarantos, M
Sarimihailidou, E
Saris, A & S
Satvropoulos, R
Savidis, M
Savvas, A & M
Savvas, M
Seitanidis, E
Serafim,C
Seremetidis,K
Servinis,V
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AUSTRALIAN GREEK WELFARE SOCIETY
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1st July, 2013 - 30th June, 2014
49
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2013 - 2014
AUSTRALIAN GREEK WELFARE SOCIETY LTD (A.C.N. 005 110 305)
CONTENTS
Directors’ report
49
Auditor’s Independent Declaration
50
Independent Audit report
51
Statement by Directors
52
Profit and loss Account
53
Balance Sheet
54
Notes to and Forming Part of the Accounts
55
Statement of Cash Flows
59
50
DIRECTORS’ REPORT
The Directors of Australian Greek Welfare Society Ltd, submit herewith the balance sheets as at 30th June 2014 and
the profit and loss account for the financial year then ended. In order to comply with the provisions of the
Corporations Law, the Directors report as follows: The name and particulars of the Directors of the company in office at the date of this report are: President Vice President Hon. Secretary Treasurer Director Director
Director Director George Spiliotis
Eugenia Grammatikakis
Ivy Fatouros-Mimilidis
Jim Wood
Nicholas Katris
James Koutsoukos
Theodosios Nomicos
Magdalena Simonis
The principal activities of the company in the course of the financial year were Welfare Agency and Community
Services.
During the year there was no significant change in the nature of those activities.
The net amount of profit of the company for the year was $122,060.
During the financial year there was no significant change in the state of affairs of the company other than that
referred to in the accounts or notes there to.
There has not been any matter or circumstance, other than that referred to in the accounts or notes thereto, that
has arisen since the end of the financial year, that has significantly affected, or may significantly affect, the
operation of the company, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of the company in financial years
subsequent to this financial year.
Since the end of the previous financial year, no Director has received or become entitled to receive a benefit
(other than a benefit in the aggregate amount of emoluments received or due and receivable by Directors shown
in the accounts, or the fixed salary of a full-time employee of the company or related corporation), by reason of a
contract made by the company or related corporation with the director or with a firm which he/she has a
substantial financial interest.
Signed in accordance with the resolution of the Directors.
On behalf of the Directors
George Spiliotis
PRESIDENT
Jim Wood
TREASURER
Dated on the 6th day of November, 2014
51
AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENT DECLARATION
D.C. Douglas C.P.A.
Accountant & Registered Company Auditor
To the Members of the Australian Greek Welfare Society Inc.
Auditor’s Independence Declaration under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001
This declaration is made in connection with my audit of the fi nancial report of the Australian Greek Welfare Society
Inc for the financial year ended 30 June 2014 and in accordance with provisions of the
Corporations Act 2001.
I declare that, to the best of my belief, there have been:
• No contraventions of the auditor independence requirements
of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit;
• No contraventions of the Code of Professional Conduct
of the Australian Society of CPA’s in Australia in relation to the audit.
Yours sincerely
D.C. Douglas
Registered Company Auditor No. 15038
52
INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT
To the Members of the
Australian Greek Welfare Society Ltd.
SCOPE:
I have audited the accounts of the Australian Greek Welfare Society Ltd. for the year ended 30th June 2014.
I have conducted an independent audit of these accounts in order to express an opinion on them to the members
of the Society.
My audit has been conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards to provide reasonable assurance as
to whether the accounts are free of material misstatement. The procedures include examination on a test basis, of
evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the accounts, and the evaluation of accounting policies
and signifi cant accounting estimates. These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion as to whether
in all material respects, the accounts are presented fairly in accordance with Australian Accounting Concepts and
Standards and so as to present a view of the Society which is consistent with my understanding of its fi nancial
position and the results of its operations.
AUDIT OPINION:
In my opinion, the accounts of the Australian Greek Welfare Society Ltd. are properly drawn up:
a) so as to give a true and fair view of:
(i) the Society’s state of affairs as at 30th June 2014 and of its result for the year ended on thatdate; and
(ii) the other matters required by Division 4 Part 3.6 of the Corporations Law to be dealt within the accounts;
b) in accordance with the provisions of the Corporations Law; and
c) in accordance with the Statements of Accounting Concepts and applicable Accounting
Standards.
D.C. Douglas C.P.A. (Number 15038)
Registered Company Auditor
53
STATEMENT BY DIRECTORS
In the opinion of the Directors of the Company:
1. (a) The accompanying profi t and loss account is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the results of the Company for the financial year ended 30th June 2014.
(b) The accompanying balance sheet is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at the end of the financial year.
(c) At the date of this statement there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
2. The accompanying accounts have been made out in accordance with Australian accounting standards and
applicable Approved Accounting Standards.
This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors and is signed for and on the behalf of the Directors by:
George Spiliotis
PRESIDENT
Jim Wood
TREASURER
54
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2014
NOTES
2013
2014
Operating Profit (Loss)
Before Extraordinary Items
95245
---------------
122060
---------------
Operating Profit (Loss)
After Extraordinary Item
95245
122060
Accumulated Profits/Losses at the
Beginning of the Financial Year
474523
---------------
569768
---------------
Accumulated Profits at the
End of the Financial Year
569768
---------------
691828
---------------
55
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 JUNE 2014
CURRENT ASSETS
2013
2014
3
3
190342
79153
373447
51343
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
269495
424790
4
4
4
4
4
4
2150000
1500000
1148055
130842
144069
83495
2150000
1500000
975847
109232
124443
94291
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS
5156461
4953813
TOTAL ASSETS
5425956
4378603
5
6
61424
674502
64665
646295
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
735926
710960
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Other Creditors
Loans - Bank
Provisions
7
7
7
181630
515780
885094
128547
472203
880294
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILTIES
1582504
1481044
TOTAL LIABILITIES
2318430
2192004
NET ASSETS
3107526
3186599
MEMBERS FUNDS
Retained profits carried forward
Retained profit/(Losses)
Reserves
569768
2537758
691828
2494771
TOTAL MEMBERS FUNDS
3107526
3186599
Cash At Bank
Debtors
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Property - 8 Corsair St
Property - 7 Union St
Renovations - 7 Union St
Furniture & Equipment
Furniture & Equipment - Union St
Motor Vehicle
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors & Accruals
Provisions
56
NOTES
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE ACCOUNTS
NOTE 1
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
GENERAL SYSTEM ON ACCOUNTING UNDERLYING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Accounts have been prepared using the historical cost convention. The Accounts have been prepared in accordance with Schedule 5, Corporations Law, Accounting Standards of the Australian Accountancy Bodies and
comply with other requirements of the Law.
Accounting Policies which have been significant in the preparation and presentation of the Accounts.
a) FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets are capitalised at cost or Director valuation. Certain fixed assets donated from time to time are not
recorded in the accompanying financial statements.
Depreciation on fixed assets is calculated on a reducing balance basis so as to write off the net cost of each fixed
asset during its expected economic life.
b) INCOME TAX
The Australian Greek Welfare Society is a non-profit organisation, exempt from income tax under the Income Tax
Assesment Act.
c) DONATED SERVICES
A substantial number of volunteers have donated a significant amount of their time in the Australian Greek Welfare
Society’s services and its fundraising campaigns. However, since no objective basis exists for recording and assigning values to their services, they are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements.
d) EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Annual, long service and sick leave is provided for all employees.
57
NOTES (CONTINUED)
NOTE 2
2013
2014
OPERATING INCOME
Government Grants
2602589
3276114
OTHER OPERATING INCOME
Parent Fees for Child Care
Interest
Fundraising
Employee Benefits
Emergency Fund
Resptie HACC Fees
Respite Fees Comm
PAG Fees
Computer Classes
CAPS Fees
Case Management Fees
Donations
Membership Fees
Rental Corsair St
Traneeship - Respite &CC
Workcover Reimbursement
Respite Fee For Service
1015179
11988
105399
75166
14454
9669
15422
95364
5027
21624
12491
14321
694
30854
16184
8680
1168751
1154035
17726
122020
7509
14215
10113
17120
138741
5365
28102
17888
30003
520
33279
25600
41947
1398413
TOTAL OPERATING INCOME
5223856
6338710
OPERATING SURPLUS/(LOSS)
The Operating Result includes
The Following Items of Income
And Expenditure
OPERATING EXPENSES
Depreciation
Transfers to (From) Provisions
Employee Benefits
50746
171881
-75166
-7509
Auditors Renumeration
14785
14544
Aggregate Income Received of
Due and Receivable by the Directors
of the Australian Greek Welfare Society Ltd
NIL
NIL
58
NOTES (CONTINUED)
NOTE 3
2013
2014
Cash at Bank
Term Deposit
18816
171526
44882
328565
Total Bank
190342
373447
Trade Debtors
Other Debtors
68655
10498
48699
2644
Total Debtors
79153
51343
DEBTORS
NOTE 4
Property at 8 Corsair St Richmond
Directors Valuation
2150000
2150000
Property - 7 Union St Brunswick - At Cost
1500000
1500000
Property - Renovation - At Cost
Less Accumulated Depreciation
1271089
-123034
1148055
1271089
-295242
975847
Furniture & Equipment At Cost
213461
-82619
130842
213461
-104229
109232
Furniture & Equipment - 7 Union St
231330
-87261
144069
231330
-106887
124443
Motor Vehicle
126513
-43018
83495
147736
-53445
94291
NOTE 5
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors & Accruals
61424
64665
59
NOTES (CONTINUED)
NOTE 6 CURRENT PROVISIONS
Employee Benefits
Severance Pay
Grants in Advance
2013
2014
559145
79641
35716
674502
566654
79641
0
646295
NOTE 7 OTHER CREDITORS
GST Liability
Superannuation Payable
PAYG Withheld Payable
116513
30866
34251
181630
Loan - Westpac
Loan - Westpac 2
80115
435665
515780
50325
421878
472203
TOTAL OTHER CREDITORS
697410
600750
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES - PROVISIONS
Employee Benefits
Building Maintenance Provision
822294
62800
822294
58000
Total
885094
880294
64388
29908
34251
128547
NOTE 8
FINANCIAL REPORTING BY SEGMENTS AND LOCATION
The Australian Greek Welfare Society Ltd operates in Community Services and Child Care Areas and only in
Australia.
NOTE 9
CASH FLOW INFORMATION
a) Reconciliation of cash for the purposes of this Statement of Cash Flows Includes:
i) Cash on Hand and in at Call Deposits with Banks or Financial Institutions;
ii) Investments in money market instruments maturing within less than two months.
CASH AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS SHOWN IN THE BALANCE SHEET AS:
Cash At Bank
373447
Total
373447
b) Reconciliation of Cash Flows from operations:
Operating Profit
Depreciation/Amortisation
Provisions
122060
171881
58000
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS
60
351941
STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2014
Receipts
Payments to Suppliers & Employees
Interest Received
6420984
-6086269
17226
Net Cash Provided by (used in)
Operating Activities
9b
351941
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from sale of property, plant & equipment
Payment for property, plant & equipment
0
Net Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
0
Net Cash Flow from Financing Activities
Net Increase/Decrease in cash held
Cash at beginning of year
0
190342
CASH AT END OF YEAR
373447
9a
183105
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7 Union Street, Brunswick VIC 3056
T: 03 9388 9998 F: 03 9388 9992
Email: [email protected] www.agws.com.au

Australian Greek Welfare Society Annual Report 2013-2014

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