Linda Fawns, Louise Bashford, Judy Senior, David ‘Baron’ Schoeffel, Michael Ladson and Yvette Height.
A project designed to improve connectedness and collaboration with the community has been established locally.
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Spurred on by commentary in the community that both important values were lacking, Ricegrowers Association of Australia Landcare and the Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre applied for a Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal-Drought fund grant to host a series of workshops.
The aim of the Connecting Community to Connect to Country (CCtCtC) Project is to build relationships across individuals and groups working in this community, to implement collaborative approaches to support our region’s people.
This relates particularly to community responses to the raft of challenges we may face, including social, government policy, economic and climatic challenges.
A steering committee comprising David Crew, Rob Brown, Linda Fawns, Neil Bull, Nathan Holahan and Sandy Dellwo guided the project delivery, with Robbie Sefton engaged as the facilitator for the workshops.
Invites were sent to individuals connected with a range of businesses and organisations across the Edward River Council area.
About 35 community members attended each workshop.
Workshop one covered individual communication and cultural and behaviour traits.
Workshop two involved identifying and strengthening community assets and opportunities, and workshop three discussed how to work collaboratively as connected community members.
Mr Bull said the workshop series highlighted how much community members love living in the Edward River Council region, and their passion to contribute to get the best outcomes for the community as a whole.
They also learnt of the significant number of clubs and organisations that deliver great outcomes for our people.
“Though this is a great achievement, the consensus was that by improving our community’s connectiveness with the diverse cultural backgrounds and improved collaboration, much more can be achieved to improve the reputation of our region and support the response to challenges and the delivery of outcomes for our region,” Mr Bull said.
“The steering committee plan to hold another event in the near future, which will be open to all community members, to hear of the outcomes from the workshops and consider involvement in the future.”
The workshops were supported by FRRR through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.
The steering committee would also like to acknowledge the significant in-kind contribution from Murray Irrigation, Seftons, The Deniliquin Golf Club and Peppin Family Consulting.
Rebecca Stacey, Robbie Sefton, Kate Small and Felicity Liphuyzen.
Michael Pisasale, Chloe Sztejman, Nicole Young and Rob Brown.
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