17th annual report - Women`s Health Grampians

17th annual report
2009
Wimmera towns visited
Hopetoun, Horsham, Edenhope, Nhill, Rainbow, Minyip and Kaniva
Grampians Pyrenees towns visited
Stawell, Lake Bolac, St Arnaud, Beaufort, Avoca and Ararat
contents
Annual General Meeting
02
Mission
03
Strategic Directions 2009 – 2012
03
Stategic Directions: Key Actions
04
Report from the Chair of the Board
05
Report from the Chief Executive Officer
06
Health Promotion
07
Horsham Office
08
Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera Women’s Health Action Plan
08
Australian Women’s Health Network
09
Gender Based Analysis and Advocacy
10
Violence Against Women
11
Sexual and Reproductive Health
12
The Board
13
Staff
14
Financial Information
16
Contact Details
back cover
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annual general meeting
The 17th
Annual Report
of Women’s
Health
Grampians will
be presented at
the Annual
General Meeting
on Wednesday
7 October 2009
at Grains
Innovation Park,
Natimuk Road,
Horsham.
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The Annual Report
Our place in history
This year’s report reflects the achievements
of the past year, the commitment of staff
and the celebration of the diversity of
Women’s Health Grampians. Copies of the
Annual Report can be obtained from
Women’s Health Grampians,
2 Drummond Street South, Ballarat,
25 David Street, Horsham,
via the website www.whg.org.au
or can be sent on request.
Women’s Health Grampians was established
in 1990 with the aim to improve the health
and wellbeing of women. Working within a
social model of health that recognises
women’s diversity and experiences,
Women’s Health Grampians offers
integrated health promotion that addresses
the broader determinants of health. This
includes planning, implementing and
evaluating our work according to the best
available data and evidence; acting to
reduce social inequities and injustice;
emphasising active consumer and
community participation; empowering
individuals and communities; explicitly
considering difference in gender and
culture; and working in collaboration. Our
offices are located at Ballarat and Horsham.
Membership
Membership of Women’s Health Grampians
is free and we encourage all women to join
our organisation to receive excellent and
dedicated health information, support and
advice focussed on women. If you are
interested in membership contact Women’s
Health Grampians on 1800 013 432 or by
emailing adminb@whg.org.au or via the
website www.whg.org.au
Donations
Women’s Health Grampians has been
granted Health Promotion Charity Tax
Concession Status Endorsement. All
donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Who accesses our service?
At Women’s Health Grampians our services,
programs and resources are directed to
enhance the health and status of women,
particularly disadvantaged and marginalised
women. We cover an area of 48,000 square
kilometres with a population of over
211,600 people. Many of our clients are
experiencing social and financial challenges
as we cope with the consequences of
drought and fire. We believe that women
have the right to participate in planning and
decision making of the services we provide
and we actively encourage women to drop
into our centres in Ballarat and Horsham to
share ideas and issues.
mission
strategic directions 2009–2012
Creating opportunities
for women to lead
healthier lives.
Values
Our culture
Women’s Health Grampians (WHG) actively promotes an
organisational culture that respects and invests in individual
staff, their diversity, their roles and their developmental and
learning needs.
Our ways of working
WHG works from a feminist philosophy and with a commitment
to the social model of health.
A feminist philosophy
We actively encourage women’s voices and celebrate the
strengths of women and their contribution within a rights
based approach.
The social model of health
We are committed to responses that are holistic and take into
account the political, social, economic, physical and
environmental dimensions of health and wellbeing as well as the
impact of gender, genetics and lifestyle. Our work has a strong
focus on the prevention of illness, disease and injury, and on
promoting independence and choice.
Human rights and responsibility
We are committed to the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and
Responsibilities and believe in protecting and promoting the
human rights of all people in Victoria.
An agent of change
We act as an agent of change by:
• Advocating for rural, regional and geographically isolated
women regarding health and wellbeing issues
• Advocating for a gendered approach to policy development,
service provision and health promotion practice
• Actively engaging with communities to increase awareness
of the health and wellbeing needs of women in the
Grampians region
• Building gendered knowledge and evidence and promoting the
translation of that knowledge into practice
• Developing collaborative partnerships with community and
government to promote women’s health and wellbeing
Our commitment to quality
We take a continuous quality improvement approach to
ensure our:
• Accessibility to women across our region
• Work is well planned and targeted
• Actions and decisions are transparent and respectful
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strategic directions: key actions
Key Action 1:
Influencing: partnerships and advocacy
Key Action 3:
Ongoing commitment to quality
Key Action 5:
Enhance capacity through technology
Goal:
Promote a gendered health and
wellbeing framework through
partnership and advocacy
Goal:
Demonstrate excellence in all aspects
of our work
Goal:
Develop capacity to harness the
influence of new and changing
communication technology
• Develop a marketing and communication
strategy to increase profile, influence,
and capture opportunities
• Influence the Victorian and National
Women’s Health agenda through
participation in Women’s Health
Association of Victoria (WHAV) and the
Australian Women’s Health Network
(AWHN)
• Share gendered knowledge to support
other organisations in the way they work
with women
• Strengthen links with other organisations
to enhance our work
• Advocate for women through
implementation of our ‘Values’ and the
Health Promotion Plan
• Explore and implement the use of
emerging technology and electronic
media as a tool:
• to promote WHG
• for addressing isolation
• to disseminate information
to women
• to receive information from women
• to increase efficacy of Integrated
Health Promotion activities
• Invest in and maintain skills and capacity
within the organisation relating to
technology
Key Action 2:
Integrated health promotion
Key Action 4:
Knowledge and evidence based
practice
Key Action 6:
Organisational financial growth
Goal:
Design and deliver innovative
preventative health strategies that
make a positive difference to the lives
of regional, rural and isolated women
Goal:
Develop and improve knowledge
and expertise, including in evidence
based practice
Goal:
Be proactive to increase and diversify
WHG’s funding base
• Develop and implement a Health
Promotion Plan
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• Maintain a continuous quality
improvement (CQI) approach
to accreditation
• Achieve ongoing external recognition
related to the quality of work
• Attract and retain a highly skilled and
committed workforce who are supported
by robust performance management and
professional development systems
• Attract and retain a highly skilled and
committed Board who are supported by
a sound governance, performance and
development framework
• Review WHG organisational documents
at governance level to ensure clear
relationships, clarity of purpose and
consistency of language
• Collect, generate, understand and
disseminate information on women’s
health status, experiences and needs
• Identify service system gaps and
limitations
• Develop organisational ways of
working that are based on evidence,
or are experimental and will build the
evidence base
• On an annual basis, identify and evaluate
two key areas of work, one in program
and one in business services
• Foster research partnerships with
universities
• Identify three year funding priorities
based on demographic health status and
relevant other evidence; and design and
implement strategies to realise these
priorities
• Maintain capacity to seek ‘opportunistic’
funding that support WHG Mission and
Values
• Develop corporate partnerships that
add to WHG resources and achieve
shared goals
report from the chair of the board
On behalf of my wonderful colleagues of the Board, I am
honoured and pleased to report another year of growth,
gratifying achievements and impressive improvements.
The Board, in partnership with our Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
and staff, have continued to construct and enhance strategic
plans and processes to ensure the needs and aspirations of
women throughout our region are identified and addressed.
Our organisation’s commitment to engaging with and supporting
women has again been demonstrated with the planning
and consultative processes implemented throughout the
Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera Women’s Health Action Plan.
The conducting of focus groups in 13 locations including
Edenhope, two in Horsham, St Arnaud, Lake Bolac, Ararat,
Stawell, Avoca, Beaufort, Nhill, Minyip, Kaniva, Rainbow and
Hopetoun have been productive and informative.
I thank Kim Boyd and Emily Delahunty for their dedication,
humour, skills and the many kilometres travelled. Also my thanks
to Lynne Gleeson, Consultant, Springtech for her participation in
the consultations and the delivery of a report which provides us
with the intelligence to further develop and enhance our service
delivery and support systems.
During the year we said a sad farewell to Board member Annie
Matthews, who has represented women in the Wimmera so well
over many years. Annie, we wish you all the best for your future
and thank you so much for your solid advice and sound
contributions in the development of our vision for women’s
health. Whilst saying farewell to Annie, we were pleased to
welcome Desley Beechey and Terri Dalgleish to the Board. Desley
and Terri bring a wealth of talent and knowledge to the Board.
Thank you to my fellow Board members for your wit, passion and
intelligence during the past year. Your contribution and dedication
to the task at hand demonstrates your ongoing commitment to
WHG and the women of Grampians region. The successful year
we have witnessed is indicative of your talent and time given so
generously to the governance of WHG.
Thank you to Lyndel Nash as Deputy Chair, Patty Kinnersly as
CEO and all the staff of WHG, what wonderful supportive women
you are. I have appreciated working with you all during the past
12 months.
Alex Tascas
Chair of the Board
As a girl from a rural setting near Geelong, many, many years ago,
when a party line telephone, if you had one, was in vogue, the
notion of cyber bullying is almost foreign to me. However, as we
all know, this has become a very real issue to our young people.
Our organisation through the wonderful work of Nikki Greenway
has become a knowledge bank and support agent for information
relating to cyber bullying. Nikki has formed strong links and
partnerships with the University of Ballarat, schools and other
organisations throughout the Central Highlands to educate,
source resources and inform and I am advised she is much
appreciated and respected for her work.
As a result of several joint Board and staff workshops and
planning days our Strategic Directions 2009–2012 document is
now complete. The document articulates our mission statement
as: Creating opportunities for women to lead healthier lives.
Our priorities translate into six key action areas, which are:
• Influencing partnerships and advocacy
• Integrated health promotion
• Ongoing commitment to quality
• Knowledge and evidence based practice
• Enhance capacity through technology
• Organisational financial growth
We believe this document articulates our shared vision whilst
plotting our course for the next three years.
It is gratifying to see the growth, maturity and emerging strength
of WHG as a bank of intelligence for women’s health, wellbeing
and engagement. I thank our CEO, Patty Kinnersly, for providing
an environment in which staff are supported, valued and
energised to be creative in service modelling and partnering.
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report from the chief executive officer
A Centenary
of Women's
Suffrage . . .
and much
more!
‘...let’s pay tribute to the suffragists who
fought so hard to win the right to vote a
century ago, because our democracy may
have begun in 1856, but it did not come of
age until November 18, 1908 – when the
Legislative Council passed the Adult
Suffrage Bill’
John Brumby Premier of Victoria,
Friday 28 November 2008.
This last year has been a fabulous year to be
part of a proud and active women’s health
organisation; we worked hard, had fun,
cried occasionally and celebrated as often as
possible. At Women’s Health Grampians
(WHG), we are extremely fortunate to have
skilled, stable, committed, passionate and
flexible staff. We were again privileged to
collaborate with partners from across the
region; including community women, other
professionals and organisations,
governments and our supportive DHS team.
And we were supported, nurtured and
challenged by our Board.
It has been a significant year politically for
women and a productive year for the WHG
team...I won’t attempt to summarise the
entire year’s work or achievements, I will
however, share a few highlights of the year
and in doing so demonstrate the breadth of
our work and the skills of our staff.
Whilst I wholeheartedly support the spirit of
the Premiers statement above, I might
suggest that Victoria’s democracy did not
come of age until 100 years after the Adult
Suffrage Bill was passed, when in October
2008, The Abortion Law Reform Act was
passed. The Act brought the law relating to
termination of pregnancy into line with
current practice and community attitudes.
For women across the state, the most
difficult decision of a lifetime is now at
least, free from the prospect of criminal
charges. For women’s health services, we
can now focus our attention on the work of
decreasing the number of unintended
pregnancies.
I will suggest further, that it will not be until
we have a community where women are
safe from violence that we can claim to
have ‘come of age’. This is an issue where
‘close enough’ will never be ‘good enough’.
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Violence Against Women is a priority area
for WHG and it will remain so, until, as a
community, we can be proud of the way we
treat each other.
The Victorian Government, (via the Office of
Women's Policy) is currently developing a
State Plan to Prevent Violence Against
Women. The Plan will provide a 10 year,
whole-of-government framework for
promoting respectful relationships and
gender equity in every part of our
community. WHG will support this work
through our contribution to community
activities such as White Ribbon Day and we
will seek to influence policy and encourage
government leadership through involvement
in the State Plan.
The last time Australia announced a Federal
Policy on Women’s Health, was 1989. This
first policy lost political support, however,
and lost traction. Women remained sure
footed though, and after years of
‘encouragement’ from women’s health
services and other women’s health
advocates, the Rudd Government has
committed to the development of a new
National Women’s Health Policy. This is of
course, a really important opportunity and
WHG has been working hard to do our part
to influence the new policy. We have lodged
a WHG submission to the Commonwealth
Government with a focus on the needs of
rural and regional women. We have led the
development of a shared Victorian women’s
health services submission and have
contributed to a submission by the national
peak body for women, The Australian
Women’s Health Network. This is an
important time politically for women and
women’s health services and we are
contributing at every opportunity and
leading where possible.
If you have been keeping an eye on WHG
over the last few years, you will know that,
bit by bit, we have been strengthening our
work in the Grampians Pyrenees and
Wimmera. Whilst our resources are tiny in
comparison to the size of the region and
the complexity of our work, we have been
and remain determined to keep moving
forward. This year Kim Boyd joined Sandy
Anderson in a Coordinator role and Kim
spends one week per month in the
Horsham office, offering strategic,
management and personal support to our
Horsham staff member, Emily Delahunty.
Together, Kim and Emily have led the
Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera
Women’s Health Action Plan. The Action
Plan is a significant piece of work which
aims to give us information about what is
actually happening for women and for the
people supporting them. WHG will use this
information to inform our new three year
Health Promotion Plan, as a tool to
advocate for women and as a source of
gendered information to share with our
collaborative partners. The Action Plan is an
example of the power of team work, with
genuine Board support, financial and
professional support from DHS, the research
skills and experience of our external
consultant, Lynne Gleeson and the
commitment and passion of Kim and Emily.
We are excited by the potential of this
work and I look forward to reporting on it
next year!
This year marks the commencement of our
new Strategic Directions 2009–12. Its
development has been a careful and
thorough process and I believe it captures
the quality of our work, the passion we
have for our work and our intent to ‘grow’
the organisation. Whilst I firmly believe that
we achieve a phenomenal amount of good
work for women with our limited resources,
we undoubtedly need to have access to
greater funds to work across the entire
Grampians region effectively. Our health
promotion team have their focus firmly
fixed on the Health Promotion Plan, and the
Board and I have planned a structured three
year growth strategy. It is an exciting time!
I would like to thank the staff of WHG.
Together we have created a respectful
workplace that supports women’s health
advocacy and health promotion at an
incredibly high standard. Everyone’s work is
important and valued and the positive
results follow.
I would also like to thank the Board for their
support, especially our Chair, Alex Tascas.
Alex and her Board colleagues have
expectations of us, and their expectations
are accompanied by constant support, a
huge belief in what we do and how
we do it! With their vision and support, we
have set off on a path of growth that
means we will do nothing by accident.
If planning and effort are any measure,
WHG continues to have a bright future.
Patty Kinnersly
Chief Executive Officer
health promotion
Health promotion is an increasingly diverse and ever-changing
field. Health promotion can be described as a process by which a
wide range of individuals, groups and sectors of society can
contribute to creating the conditions that support good health
for all.
According to the World Health Organization, health promotion is
the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health. Health Promotion requires collaborative
and cross-sectoral strategies that includes participation from
government, organisations, communities and consumers. The goal
of health promotion is to help people stay healthy (by avoiding
illness and injury) and to achieve a higher level of wellness.
This goal highlights a key feature of health promotion, which is a
focus on working with the well population, or those most at risk
of poor health before they become ill.
Health and wellness are shaped in a complex environment,
far beyond the control of any individual. Health promotion is
much broader than changing the attitudes and behaviours of
individuals because individual behaviours are carried out in the
context of a broader environment where social, economic and
physical conditions can work to provide support or barriers to
health and wellbeing.
Women’s Health Grampians health promotion priority areas are:
Gender Based Analysis and Advocacy, Sexual and Reproductive
Health and Violence Against Women.
References
World Health Organisation (1986), The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, Geneva, WHO. World
Health Organisation (1986), op. cit.
Department of Human Services (2001), Health promotion and prevention framework. Adelaide,
South Australia Department of Human Services.
Based on, Developing a New Framework for Promoting Health and Wellbeing in Victoria:
A discussion paper. Published by the Victorian Government Department of Human Services,
Melbourne, Victoria.
What is a gendered approach?
Applying a gendered approach, or a gendered lens, is a way of
looking at information that identifies and analyses the similarities
and differences in conditions, situations, needs and priorities
between women and men and takes into account such variables
as biology, genetics, socioeconomic circumstances, culture,
behaviour and gender.
Women’s Health Grampians approaches all health promotion
with a gendered lens and actively seeks the latest gendered
research to inform our direction and programs. Consumer input
is central in all our programs to ensure that they are based on
actual consumer needs and are relevant to the women in the
Grampians region.
to be done in these areas. Our increased knowledge and the
strengths of our partnerships form a very solid base for the WHG
health promotion team to move forward for the next three years.
Sandy Anderson
Health Promotion Coordinator
and
Kim Boyd
Health Promotion Coordinator
Highlights
• Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera Women’s Health
Action Plan
• White Ribbon Day and associated activities
• Successful grant applications Victorian Women’s Trust and
School Focused Youth Service for Cyber Safety project
• Well Women’s Service – also working in rural settings and at
the Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative to increase
women’s access to screening
• Australian Women’s Health Network website maintenance and
advocacy with the Commonwealth Government about the
National Women’s Health Policy
• Advocacy for Abortion Law Reform
• Cyber safety project and partnership with the University
of Ballarat
• Continuation of the nomination process for Ballarat’s
Great Women
• Increased communication with members through the website
and newsletter
• Two conference presentations at the Australian Health
Promotion Association Conference in Perth, May 2009
• Wimmera Machinery Field Days 2009
• Deputy Convenor of the Wimmera Regional Youth
Affairs Network
• Representative on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Taskforce
• Part of The Courier’s publication I’m not
like Paris
• Launch of the Chlamydia campaign
Marianne Cullinan from
Ballarat Community
Health and Nikki
Greenway at Chlamydia
campaiging launch
The Department of Human Services released the Gender and
diversity lens for health and human services toolkit in 2008 which
provides a step by step guide to using a gender and diversity lens
in developing, implementing and evaluating programs.
Third year of the WHG Health Promotion Plan 2006–09
The third year of the 2006–09 Health Promotion Plan was
challenging, successful and productive. A large part of the work
this year has focused on the Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera
Women’s Health Action Plan, White Ribbon Day and associated
activities, Cyber bullying, the Well Women’s Service and advocacy
for increasing access to Pap testing for Koori and rural women.
We are currently planning our next three year health promotion
plan, however we will continue to set priorities focussed on
advocacy, sexual and reproductive health and violence against
women as we have in the previous plan because there is still much
Members of
Ballarat White Ribbon
Day Committee,
Michael Brandenburg,
Bridget McPhee
and Nikki Greenway
- Courtesy of the Courier
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horsham office
gp+wwhap - Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera Women’s Health Action Plan
The past 12 months in the Horsham office
has been a busy and positive time of
networking, collaboration and connecting
with women and other workers in the area
with some great projects planned and
implemented throughout the region. At the
beginning of March, WHG, along with a
number of other Wimmera Primary Care
Partnership (PCP) agencies, joined together
to profile our work at the Wimmera
Machinery Field Days. The theme ‘Good
Health…It’s not scary’ was developed and
resources produced, including scarecrows
and brochures, so that visitors would
recognise the participating services and be
encouraged to visit the stands. The
coordinated approach also increased media
coverage prior to the event and enabled us
to collaborate with a range of
organisations.
A large part of our work over the past year
has been the development of the
Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera
Women’s Health Action Plan. This plan
has been developed to increase our
capacity to work with the organisations
and systems currently supporting women
in this region. By strengthening these
relationships we aim to increase our
capacity to advocate for women and
strengthen the systems supporting women.
Another piece of work I would like to
highlight is the International Women’s
Day (IWD) Postcard Project which was a
joint effort between WHG and Wimmera
PCP. Postcards with information about IWD
and ideas of how to celebrate IWD were
sent to all primary schools in the Wimmera
for students to decorate and write a
message to give to an important woman in
their life. It was a great opportunity to raise
community awareness about IWD and to
provide local students with the chance to
acknowledge a woman in their life who
they felt was significant. We also celebrated
IWD with lunch, cupcakes, mocktails and
cups of tea in the gardens of Grampians
Community Health with community
members. A sunny day and friendly
conversations were enjoyed by all.
WHG have also recently become engaged
with the Wimmera Regional Youth
Affairs Network (RYAN) and also the
Grampians Pyrenees RYAN. I have taken on
the role of Deputy Convenor of the
Wimmera RYAN for an initial six months
which has provided me with the
opportunity to increase the organisations
understanding of issues for young people in
the area and what role WHG may have in
this, as well as enhancing my own skills.
Alongside these highlights has been plenty
of regular network meetings attended,
ongoing planning with the WHG team and
lots of opportunities to link with women in
the community. All of this work continues
to strengthen our capacity as an
organisation to effect positive change for
the women in our region and I look forward
to continuing this work in 2010.
Emily Delahunty
Health Promotion Worker
With the understanding that we first
needed to increase our knowledge of issues
for both women and organisations, we
began the process by meeting with service
providers in a series of focus groups around
the region. We held eight groups in the
Wimmera, two each in West Wimmera,
Hindmarsh, Yarriambiack and Horsham
Shires, and six groups in the Grampians
Pyrenees, two each in Northern Grampians,
Ararat and Pyrenees Shires. We had a total
of 74 participants from various professions
which was a fantastic and encouraging
response. At the conclusion of both sets of
focus groups, we held a forum to reconnect
with the attendees, feedback the
information and gathered suggestions
about how to address the issues raised.
Following the consultation process, we
workshopped the ideas and information to
develop our action plan. We highlighted
which issues would be further explored
through our Health Promotion Plan and also
through our Strategic Directions. WHG will
distribute the plan widely and we anticipate
that a range of organisations will also use
the information for their own planning.
It has been a very positive and valuable
process for WHG to go through and we
appreciate the time taken by those to
attend the consultations. We believe that
the information gathered and the
connections made and strengthened have
increased our knowledge and our
capacity to work with women in our region
and the organisations that support them.
Emily Delahunty
Health Promotion Worker
I have been working with Emily and Kim
on the Grampians Pyrenees and Wimmera
Women’s Health Action Plan as an external
consultant. The whole organisation has
been really committed to their work and
Kim and Emily have actively embraced the
Action Plan process. They have both grown in
their capacity to apply research methodologies
to a practical problem, and this places the
organisation well in its future work.
Watching this team and this project come
together has been a real pleasure.
Lynne Gleeson
Independent Consultant, Springtech Services
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australian women’s health network
The Australian Women's Health Network (AWHN) is the peak
organisation for women's health in Australia. AWHN is a not-forprofit network run primarily by volunteers to maintain and
advance a national voice on women's health through advocacy
and information sharing. AWHN is an umbrella organisation for
State and Territory Women’s Health Networks, and other national
organisations which embrace its objectives and philosophy.
The broad aims of AWHN are:
• To maintain and increase a national focus on women's health
issues.
• To be a national advocacy and information sharing
organisation.
• To be an umbrella organisation for State and Territory women's
health networks and for other national women's organisations
which embrace our objectives and philosophy.
The main objectives of the AWHN are as follows:
• To promote a social view of women's health.
• To lobby and advocate on issues affecting women's health.
• To provide support for women to participate in all decision
making which affects health and wellbeing.
• To promote fairness within the health system and equitable
access to services for all women, in particular those women
who are disadvantaged by race, class, education, age, poverty,
sexuality, disability, geographical location, cultural isolation
and language.
• To work towards securing women's control over and
responsibility for our own sexual health and reproduction.
• To promote a woman-centred analysis of all models of health
care and research.
• To provide a connection to support and foster the
strengthening of State and Territory women's health networks.
• To support and foster the development of women's health
services to provide a framework for consultations with women
on strategies for the formation and implementation of policy
on health issues.
Submission to the Commonwealth Government on the
New National Women’s Health Policy (NWHP)
AWHN’s submission to the Government on the NWHP is a
comprehensive, evidence based document that captures the broad
complexities around women’s health. It makes 24
recommendations and is a ‘must read’ document if you are
interested in women’s health. It can be found on the AWHN
website www.awhn.org.au and there is also a link on our website
to AWHN.
The 6th Australian Women’s Health Conference: the New
National Agenda, May 2010
Every five years, AWHN holds a national Women’s Health
Conference. It is ‘the’ conference to attend and next years’
conference boasts National and International speakers. It will be
held in picturesque Hobart and will be particularly important given
that 2010 will be the launch year for the NWHP and also an
election year for us here in Victoria. I am also really proud to
announce that WHG health promotion staff will present three oral
presentations at the conference. The presentations will be a
demonstration of the breadth and quality of our work, but also of
the strengths of our collaborative partnerships.
WHG role in AWHN
WHG views participation in AWHN as important strategically,
giving us capacity to influence Federal policy and keeping us
up to date with the latest information, but we also view it as part
of our responsibility to rural and regional women. It is vital to
WHG that the voices of rural and regional women are represented
at all levels of government and involvement with AWHN is a part
of our strategy to achieve this. To this end, I am supported by the
Board to be one of only two Victorian women on the Committee
of AWHN. WHG has also taken on responsibility for the
management of the AWHN website which is managed by health
promotion team member Nikki Greenway. This is an effective way
for us to contribute practically and shows organisational support
at all levels.
Patty Kinnersly
Victorian State
Representative
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gender based analysis and advocacy
Ballarat’s Great Women 2009
Following the success of the Women’s
Health Grampians publication, Amongst
Ballarat’s Finest, WHG once again asked the
Ballarat community to nominate Ballarat
women they believe should be recognised
for their contribution to the community for
Ballarat’s Great Women 2009.
WHG received seven nominations for
Ballarat’s Great Women 2009, six
women accepted their nomination.
Their contributions were celebrated at the
Zonta International Women’s Day dinner on
5 March 2009. All nominees were in
attendance or represented on the night.
The highlight of the WHG presentation
was the story told by Kylie Kennedy and her
nominator, Helen Carrucan. Kylie is
descended from the Wotjobaluk people
and has been, with her extended family,
reconstructing their traditional language
of Wergaia since 2006. Kylie’s story and
those of the 2009 nominees are on the
WHG website. Our WHG Board Chair,
Alex Tascas, joined the ranks of Ballarat’s
Great Women this year. Alex’s story has
been included in this report as the WHG
Board member profile.
This year there is a simplified nomination
process through an online nomination
form. However, we will continue to receive
handwritten or typed nominations as well.
Whilst there are no current plans to publish
a second book, WHG is committed to the
ongoing collection and celebration of
women’s stories.
Sexual & Reproductive Health Taskforce
The Department of Human Services (DHS)
has established the Sexual and Reproductive
Health (S&RH) Taskforce to provide a
platform for the sector’s input into strategic
policy and program development in
response to sexual health. The S&RH
Taskforce is one of three taskforces
established by DHS and it will meet both
jointly and separately every six months with
the Viral Hepatitis and HIV Taskforces.
The terms of reference for the S&RH
Taskforce include:
• To provide high level policy advice on
upstream prevention interventions and
identify opportunities for facilitating
systemic change in behaviour and
attitudes across the Victorian community
• To advise on systems change that will
contribute to optimal sexual and
reproductive health and prevention of
adverse outcomes including STIs,
infertility and unplanned pregnancy
• To identify effective ways to promote
sexual and reproductive health at a
population level throughout life-stages
and across diverse groups, taking into
consideration barriers to access to
health care.
• To develop advice in the context
of relevant national and state
strategies; and
• To consider and respond to specific
requests for advice from the Minister for
Health and/or the department
The three taskforces held their first joint
meeting on Thursday 19 March where
the Health Minister, the Honourable
Daniel Andrews was present and then
each individual taskforce divided to hold
their own meetings. In recent meetings,
the S&RH Taskforce has been responding
to the Minister’s request for advice and
recommendations regarding unintended
pregnancy.
The membership of the S&RH Taskforce
includes broad representation from across
the health system and I am privileged to
have been appointed as a member.
Sandy Anderson
Health Promotion Coordinator
Kim Boyd
Health Promotion Coordinator
Women’s Health Gramp
role in addressing the sa
community. Their comm
Campaign and the Com
ensures women’s voices
It is great to have WHG
highlighting the value a
Ballarat’s Great Women 2009:
Kylie Kennedy, Heather Thewlis, Zella Kelly, Sr Therese Lynch and Sr Barbara Lemke
representing Anne Lynch, Maree Corbett and Alexandra Tascas
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Michael Brandenburg
Manager Commonweal
Child and Family Service
violence against women
Being Savvy in Cyber Space
During 2008 WHG became interested in the relationship between
emerging technology and women’s health. While there are
many benefits of technology issues continued to arise about
cyber safety and cyber bullying and the unknown effects of this
type of violence.
For this project WHG partnered with the University of Ballarat and
Ballarat High School. With the support of the University WHG
conducted a literature review and discovered that there is limited
research available about cyber safety and cyber bullying. The
research that was available looked at the frequency and methods
of cyber bullying, however there was no literature about
prevention, intervention or health promotion strategies.
Towards the end of 2009 we will run The Being Savvy in Cyber
Space project as a joint initiative between WHG, Ballarat High
School and the University of Ballarat. The focus will be on creating
greater awareness amongst young women about the issues
involved with using emerging technologies (internet and mobile
phones) by developing a unique and engaging media health
promotion package that will deliver a range of informative
messages about safe usage to prevent or reduce their risk of being
cyber bullied.
Thank you to Andrew Cox from Ballarat High School and
Dr Charlynn Miller and the Information Technology &
Mathematical Sciences for their knowledge and support.
Nikki Greenway
Health Promotion Worker
pians continues to play a significant
afety of women and children in our
mitment to the White Ribbon
mmunity Safety Advisory Committee
s are represented in these meetings.
as a partner organisation,
nd importance of working together.
g
th & Family Violence Programs,
es Ballarat
White Ribbon Day
Statistics show that during a lifetime over a third of Australian
women will experience at least one incident of violence. It is
because of these statistics that WHG become involved with White
Ribbon Day (WRD) and the campaign to eliminate violence against
women in our society. WHG has been involved with the Ballarat
White Ribbon Day Committee (BWRDC) since 2006. BWRDC was
established in 2004 to join the international WRD campaign which
asks men within our society to stand up and say no to violence
against women.
The last 12 months has been an exciting time for the BWRDC with
huge amount growth and expansion of the project. 2008 saw the
induction of 10 senior ambassadors bringing the total to 30.
2008 saw the first ambassador’s education session took place
giving ambassadors the opportunity to increase their knowledge
and understanding of violence against women and to build their
capacity to take the WRD message back to their local community,
workplace or school.
2008 also saw the highly successful introduction of youth
ambassadors within secondary schools in the Central Highlands
region. Youth ambassadors aim to deliver the message to a
younger audience, not focussed on by the committee in previous
campaigns. The work achieved by the ambassadors within the
schools was inspiring and a positive step for the future.
A range of additional WRD activities were undertaken including
healthy relationship workshops at a local primary school, a
comprehensive WRD media campaign and a range of activities
initiated by ambassadors in their own communities including
schools and sporting clubs.
On 25 November, the BWRDC hosted the official WRD launch at
the Ballarat Mining Exchange. The launch surpassed expectation
and doubled attendance from 80 people in 2007 to 160 in 2008.
Guest speakers included the statewide WRD representative
Daniel Witthaus, Sergeant Joe Cahir from the Ballarat Family
Violence Police Division and family violence advocate Phil Cleary.
Following the success of the 2008 launch, WRD was included in
the City of Ballarat’s Community Safety Action Plan 2008–13,
we welcomed four new members to the committee and also
published a comprehensive report about the 2008 campaign.
This is a clear result of the strength of the partners working on
WRD and also the positive impact that the campaign is having
on the local community. WRD is an exciting and dynamic
community project which continues to go from strength to
strength each year.
References
1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006), Personal Safety Survey Australia. Canberra: Australian
Bureau of Statistics (Cat. 4906.0).
Nikki Greenway
Health Promotion Worker
All White Ribbon Day
ambassadors that were
in attendance at the
2008 official launch.
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sexual and reproductive health
Well Women’s Service – Working to
increase women’s access to screening
The Well Women’s Service has provided
services for 272 women across the region,
170 women accessed the service based
at the Ballarat office, 83 women accessed
the service from rural clinics and 19
women access the service through eight
clinics at the Ballarat and District Aboriginal
Cooperative.
The Well Women’s Service is staffed by
Sandy Anderson and Bernadette Cullinan
who are both credentialled nurse Pap test
providers and registered Victorian
preceptors.
Comments from women who attended
the service:
• Thanks for such a relaxed, friendly,
helpful consultation.
• Great service very informative. Relaxed
able to bring up any issue.
• It was wonderful to be able to talk freely
and not feel embarrassed.
The Well Women’s Service is committed to
maintaining a continuous quality
improvement approach and incorporates
women’s feedback to inform service
improvements.
Collaborative work with Ballarat and
District Aboriginal Cooperative
(BADAC)
WHG has continued to build its
collaborative partnership work with BADAC
over the year. The WHG Well Women’s
Service provides 25% of its clinical services
from BADAC to increase Koori women’s
access to services and screening.
The WWS is held at the Baarlinjan Clinic,
the general practice located at BADAC.
Through this partnership WHG Koori client
base has increased to 6.9% from 2% in the
previous year. Our ongoing relationship has
resulted in collaborative health promotion
activities. A successful women’s health day
was held in July 2008 at Kirrit Barreet and
an afternoon session at BreastScreen where
Koori women were supported to attend
mammogram screening.
The success of this partnership is a result of
the commitment by the staff, management
and boards of both agencies.
Coming Clean about Chlamydia
The Chlamydia project, Coming Clean
About Chlamydia, was officially launched on
the 11 July 2008. The successful
multifaceted campaign aimed to reach
young people and increase their awareness
of Chlamydia. We plan to share and
disseminate what we have learnt. We
continue to learn from the project and
develop new and exciting ways of informing
young people about Chlamydia.
Partnerships developed with Ballarat
Community Health during the campaign
continue to grow with the opportunity to
work together in the future.
The Coming Clean About Chlamydia
project was presented at the 2009
Australian Health Promotion Association
Conference in May 2009 in Perth.
Nikki Greenway
Health Promotion Worker
Sandy Anderson
Health Promotion Coordinator
and Well Women’s Service Coordinator
Sandy Anderson
Well Women’s Service Coordinator
WHG Health Promotion Worker Nikki Greenway
presenting at the Australian Health Promotion
Association Conference in Perth May 2009.
Sandy Anderson and Geoff Kervarec from
Ballan District Health and Care undertaking a
rural clinic.
Women’s Health Grampians has continued to work collaboratively
with BADAC during this year and through this work has increased
Koori women’s participation in women’s health screening services and
women’s specific health promotion activities. The working partnership
has grown over the last year and in recognition of the partnership
Katrina Hishon (BADAC) and Sandy Anderson (WHG) have had an oral
paper accepted to present this work at the 6th Australian Women’s
Health Conference in Hobart in 2010”.
Karen Heap
Chief Executive Officer Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative
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the board
30 June 2009
Alex Tascas, Chair, Lyndel Nash, Deputy Chair, Terri Dalgleish, Fayth
Andrews, Treasurer, Desley Beechey
Alex Tascas
Chair
Profile of
a board
member
Alexandra Tascas, Chair
Born April 4, 1951, in Geelong
Advocate for equality for women
Fayth Andrews
Secretary
Membership of the Board of WHG is a great
buzz for me. The humour, passion, commitment
and talents of Board members have been well utilised in reviewing
and setting the strategic directions for the organisation in the past
year. We have been alert to opportunities, and delighted that
WHG has a much stronger evidence base on which to build
further work. The public profile of WHG as an expert in the field
continues to grow. Congratulations to the staff, and to Patty
Kinnersly, CEO. Who wouldn’t want to be a Board member of
such a dynamic organisation?
Lyndel Nash
Deputy Chair
I am proud to be associated with WHG.
The opportunity to work in a collaborative
manner, to learn and grow with such an inspirational organisation
is a great privilege. In my time as a Board member I have come to
know WHG as an organisation that works with great focus,
passion and integrity with and for women in the Grampians
region and beyond. I want to congratulate the staff and
management on their continuing willingness to embrace new
opportunities and challenges with enthusiasm, skills, expertise and
knowledge! I want also to acknowledge my fellow Board
members who so generously share their wisdom and expertise to
benefit the organisation and Board.
Terri Dalgleish
Alex was the fourth child of Isabella and Dimitrios (Jim) Tascas, her
father was Macedonian Greek and her mother of Scots and
Cornish descent. This gave Alex the experience of two very
different worlds. Hard work and self-sufficiency were the norm at
the family home. Leaving school early due to a restless and
rebellious nature Alexandra joined the army in 1969 and chose
nursing as a career. Spending nine years with the army, Alex rose
to the rank of sergeant and spent her last years as a trainer at the
School of Army Health. Alex left in 1978 to pursue a civilian career
first in nursing and later in federal, local and state government.
A passion for equality for women in all their pursuits was honed
over these years. Alex stood for council in Port Fairy wanting to
serve the community and stand for a fair and unbiased local
government. Alex served as a volunteer in the State Emergency
Service in Port Fairy and was secretary of the local fishing club.
Moving to Ballarat in 1994, Alex has taken on various positions
with the Ballarat RSL as a committee member and as part of a
team working on accessible garden beds for veterans and their
families. She is currently Chair of the Board of Women’s Health
Grampians who advocate for women’s wellbeing in the
Grampians Region. She has been a host with Interchange, part of
PINARC Disability Services, for six years.
To relax, Alex likes to watch Collingwood win and smell the roses
on her two acre garden.
“Life has really been
good to me, I am so lucky to
have such a loving family and
fantastic fun loving friends “.
In her own words,
During my first 12 months on the board
I have become increasingly aware that WHG is
a committed, enthusiastic and professional team influencing the
health of women in the region. It was my privilege to be involved
with the working parties, groups and forums held in the
Wimmera, gathering significant data regarding the issues faced in
rural areas to influence strategic planning. The recent
development and growth of WHG augurs well for the future of
the organisation.
Desley Beechey
This is my first year on the Board and I have
been impressed with the professionalism,
enthusiasm and innovation of all the staff and the wide ranging
work undertaken by WHG in the Grampians region and beyond.
It is an exciting organisation and a privilege to be involved.
Resigned
Annie Matthews
Anita Koelle
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staff
Colleagues who left WHG in 2008–09
30 June 2009
Val Ryan
Data Input and Reception Worker
Patty Kinnersly
Chief Executive Officer
Sandy Anderson
Health Promotion Coordinator
and Women’s Health Nurse
Bernadette Cullinan
Women’s Health Nurse
Kate Staley
Office & IT Administrator
Val Ryan finished work at WHG on 11 July
2008 to take up a position at the
Wendouree UFS store. Val worked at WHG
for over five years providing administrative
support and data entry and was presented
with a Certificate of Appreciation for five
years of continuous employment at our
2008 AGM.
Not long after she started work at UFS
Val suffered a stroke and other health
complications which unfortunately forced
her not to be able to work for some time.
However, we have kept in close contact with
Val and are pleased to report that she is
now doing very well and she recently
provided some help in the office on a
voluntary basis and is planning a well
deserved holiday to Sydney.
Kelly Hobbs
Health Promotion Worker
Kim Boyd
Health Promotion Coordinator
Pat Loughnan
Finance Administrator
Nikki Greenway
Health Promotion Worker
Margaret Kertesz
NILS Loans Officer
Based in Horsham
Emily Delahunty
Health Promotion Worker
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Kelly left WHG in July 2009 and took up a
position in Horsham working with the
Wimmera Regional Sports Assembly. Kelly’s
role as the PICSAR (Participation in
Community Sport and Active Recreation)
Manager consisted of increasing the
physical activity levels of target groups
across the shires of the Wimmera
catchment. Kelly thoroughly enjoyed the
role, especially working closely with
enthusiastic facilitators and members of the
PICSAR supported projects and programs.
In June 2009, Kelly decided to move back to
her home town of Charlton to be closer to
her partner, family and friends. She is now
working full time outside of our sector while
actively seeking health promotion work that
is based close to home.
Colleagues who left WHG in 2008–09
Jo Labbett
Women’s Health Nurse
Jo worked on a casual basis in the Ballarat Well Women’s Clinic
until September 2008 and now works part time at the Ballarat
Community Health Doctor’s Clinic in Sebastopol. Jo keeps very
busy with family life. We thank Jo for all the work that she did and
wish her all the best for the future.
Robyn Coates
Volunteer
Robyn worked as a volunteer from August to November 2008
through Volunteer Connections and provided administrative
support for the Well Women’s Clinic and during staff leave.
Robyn had worked in administration some years ago and wanted
to re-familiarise herself with an office environment. Robyn keeps
very busy with her family and farm life. We thank Robyn for her
time and assistance in the office and wish her well.
Profile of
a staff
member
Kate Staley
Office & IT Administrator
Administration report
Administration is an integral part of any business and it is no
different at Women’s Health Grampians. Having worked for over
two years as the Office & IT Administrator, I see my role as
extremely important in the daily operation of the organisation. It is
my aim to support staff to contribute to a smooth and productive
workflow and achieve their outcomes.
I provide support to Patty Kinnersly, CEO on a range of activities
including preparation for Board and staff meetings.
I work closely with Pat Loughan our Finance Administrator to
review and improve administrative systems, such as updating
forms to help make processes easier and more logical.
A lot of my time is spent taking bookings for our Well Women’s
Service and ensuring that any cancellations are filled so that no
appointment goes to waste. The clinic is generally booked two
months in advance. I also provide support to the nurses who do
rural clinics.
Apart from the day to day reception and administration tasks for
both the Ballarat and Horsham offices, over the past year I have
worked on various projects. Last year I oversaw the running of the
2008 AGM.
I have created a contact database of anyone who WHG has
established relationships with, whether it be through membership,
networking or attendance at any WHG events. Monthly
newsletters are sent out regularly via email or by post to members
who do not have internet access.
I have spent a lot of time updating our library database once the
health workers culled a large volume of books. A current list of
books is now accessible on our website and I have set up a
computer in our library so that women can access health
information from the internet free of charge.
I have done a great deal of work on our Asset Register for the
Ballarat and Horsham offices. I am also responsible for ensuring
that all the IT systems are working efficiently.
So as you can see, I am kept very busy with all that goes on
at WHG.
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Income Statement for the year ended 30 June 2009
$ 2009
$ 2008
Government Grants
Non - Government Funding
Interest received
Sundry Income
Donations Received
Book Sales
Profit on sale of fixed assets
Loss Disposal of Assets
Sundry refunds
Rent received
490,874
17,167
2,152
1,319
1,214
538
0
(5,436)
0
0
477,142
39,638
4,615
1,542
1,844
7,759
1,369
0
689
1,733
Revenue from ordinary activities
507,828
536,331
Accountancy
Accreditation Expense
Advertising and promotion
Audit fees
Annual General Meeting Expenses
Book Publication
Bank Fees And Charges
Board of management expenses
Cleaning and gardening
Computer expenses
CEO expenses
Contractor
Freight Expense
Depreciation
Women's Health Promotion Expenses
Heat, light & power
Insurance - General
Interest Expense
Motor Vehicle - Fuel, oil & maintenance
Motor vehicle - Rego/Insurance
Newsletter
OHS expenses
Postage
Printing & stationery
Professional Development
Rates & taxes
Rent
Repairs & maintenance
Replacements
Salary packaging
Staff expenses
Staff amenities
Subscriptions & Newspapers
Sundry expenses
Superannuation
Telephone
Travel and accommodation - local
Wages
Workcover
29,976
2,191
543
3,150
3,172
0
714
1,817
1,647
4,142
738
10,129
0
17,944
2,981
3,418
2,045
13,139
6,939
2,259
5,766
919
949
4,807
10,751
378
8,494
1,088
0
68,723
2,713
2,329
4,778
0
27,348
7,136
6,001
238,707
4,093
28,894
4,959
873
3,000
4,833
14,531
975
10,040
1,520
10,873
784
3,820
1,157
19,320
15,296
2,648
2,566
17,344
6,560
1,743
0
720
1,599
6,491
17,923
533
6,715
1,875
710
51,377
4,073
3,006
3,052
6,588
26,135
8,264
4,393
260,185
5,519
Total expenditure
Revenue
Expenditure
501,924
560,894
Surplus/(Deficit) from ordinary activites
5,904
(24,563)
Total changes in equity of the association
5,904
(24,563)
411,266
435,829
5,904
(24,563)
417,170
411,266
Opening retained surplus b/fwd beginning of the year
Net Surplus/(Deficit)
Total Equity
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements
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Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2009
Note
$ 2009
$ 2008
2
3
120,541
0
107,838
1,150
120,541
108,988
Current Assets
Cash assets
Receivables
Total Current Assets
Non-Current Assets
544,206
543,696
Total Non-Current Assets
Property, plant and equipment
4
544,206
543,696
Total Assets
664,747
652,684
55,299
10,920
1,634
25,802
42,580
10,920
1,773
22,351
93,654
77,624
146,310
7,612
157,230
6,564
Current Liabilities
Payables
Interest - Bearing Liabilities
Current tax liabilities
Provisions
5
6
7
8
Total Current Liabilities
Non-Current Liabilities
Interest - Bearing Liabilities
Provisions
6
8
Total Non-Current Liabilities
153,922
163,794
Total Liabilities
247,577
241,418
Net Assets
417,170
411,266
Retained funds
417,170
411,266
Total Equity
417,170
411,266
$ 2009
Inflows (Outflows)
$ 2008
Inflows (Outflows)
530,627
(472,127)
2,152
(13,139)
515,664
(500,102)
1,733
4,615
(17,344)
47,513
4,566
(37,072)
13,182
(33,575)
22,727
(23,890)
(10,848)
(10,920)
(10,920)
(10,920)
(10,920)
12,703
107,838
(17,202)
125,040
120,541
107,838
Equity
Cash Flow Statement 30 June 2009
Note
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Receipts from Government & Community
Payments to Suppliers & Employees
Rental Received
Interest Received
Interest Paid
9(b)
Cash Flows from Investment Activities
Purchase of Fixed Assets
Proceeds from Sale of Fixed Assets
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Repayments of Borrowing
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash Held
Cash at Beginning of the Year
Cash at end of the Year
9(a)
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements
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Notes to and Forming part of the Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2009
Note 1: Statement of Accounting Policies
a) Basis of Accounting
This financial report is a special purpose financial report prepared in order to satisfy the financial reporting requirements
of the Associations Incorporations Act (Vic). The Board has determined that the association is a non-reporting entity.
The financial report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Associations Incorporation Act (Vic)
and the following accounting standards:
AASB 101:
AASB 107:
AASB 108:
AASB 110:
AASB 116:
AASB 1031:
Presentation of Financial Statements;
Cash Flow Statements;
Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors;
Events after the Balance Sheet Date;
Property, Plant and Equipment;
Materiality.
No other Australian Accounting Standards, Australian Accounting Interpretations or other authoritative pronouncements
of the Australian Accounting Standards Board have been applied.
The financial report has been prepared on an accrual basis and is based on historical costs and does not take
into account changing money values, or except where specifically stated, current valuations of non-current assets.
Cost is based on fair values of the consideration given in exchange for assets.
The accounting policies have been consistently applied, unless otherwise stated.
b) Employee Entitlements
Long Service Leave
Provision is made for long service leave arising from services rendered by employees who have attained 7 years
of service to balance date. Provision for long service leave is shown as a non-current liability. Entitlements are in
accordance with Women’s Health Grampians Incorporated Long Service Leave Policy.
Annual Leave
A provision for annual leave is made for all employees as at 30th June 2009. The provision is included as
a current liability. An allowance for annual leave loading of 17.5% is included within the provision.
c) Depreciation
Fixed assets, except for land and building, are depreciated over their estimated useful lives of the assets using straight
line method or diminishing valve method. The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are:
Class of Fixed Assets
Furniture and Fittings
Motor Vehicles
Library
Depreciation Rate
6.67% - 40%
18.75%
10%
d) Property, Plant and Equipment
Each class of property, plant and equipment are carried at cost or fair value, less where applicable,
any accumulated depreciate.
e) Income tax
The entity is exempt from paying tax on its income.
f) Capital and Specific Purpose Receipts
All capital and specific purpose receipts are brought to account as revenue when expended.
g) Grant Income in Advance
Grant income in advance represents grants received for which the programs have not commenced or have not been completed.
h) Comparatives
Comparatives figures have been adjusted where the Board of Management believes it will result in a better presentation.
i) Cash
For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash includes cash on hand and at bank.
j) Revenue
Interest revenue is recognised on a proportional basis taking into account the interest rates applicable to the financial assets.
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Notes to and Forming part of the Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2009
2009
2008
400
1,422
11,532
103,995
3,192
400
1,997
19,402
82,854
3,185
120,541
107,838
0
1,150
0
1,150
Note 2: Cash assets
Other cash items:
- Cash on hand
- Commonwealth Bank Acc No 1
- Commonwealth Bank Acc No 2
- Commonwealth Bank Acc No 3
- Commonwealth Bank Acc No 4
Note 3: Receivables
Current
Trade debtors
Note 4: Property, Plant and Equipment
Freehold land and building:
- At cost
Plant and equipment - Ballarat:
- At cost
- Less: Accumulated depreciation
Library:
- At cost
- Less: Accumulated amortisation
Plant and equipment - Region & Horsham:
- At cost
- Less: Accumulated depreciation
Motor vehicles:
- At cost
- Less: Accumulated depreciation
464,560
464,560
464,560
464,560
88,298
(61,490)
77,673
(56,195)
26,808
21,478
13,407
(9,519)
23,235
(17,447)
3,888
5,788
61,514
(54,717)
67,891
(58,120)
6,797
9,771
57,236
(15,083)
55,112
(13,013)
42,153
42,099
544,206
543,696
Note 5: Payables
Unsecured:
- Trade creditors and Income in advance
55,299
42,580
55,299
42,580
55,299
42,580
Note 6: Financial Liabilities
Current
Secured*:
- Bank loans
Non-Current
Secured*:
- Bank loans
* Loan secured over the 2 Drummond St South, Ballarat
Bank loans
10,920
10,920
10,920
10,920
10,920
10,920
146,310
157,230
146,310
157,230
146,310
157,230
157,230
168,150
157,230
168,150
8,458
(6,824)
4,287
(2,514)
1,634
1,773
Note 7: Tax Liabilities
Current
GST payable control account
Input tax credit control account
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Notes to and Forming part of the Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2009
$ 2009
$ 2008
Note 8: Provisions
Current
Provision for Annual Leave
Non Current
Provision for Long Service Leave
25,802
22,351
25,802
22,351
7,612
6,564
7,612
6,564
There were 9 employees at the end of the year
Notes to and forming part of the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2009
$ 2009
$ 2008
400
120,141
400
107,438
120,541
107,838
5,904
(24,563)
Depreciation
Increase/(Decrease) in Provisions for Staff Entitlements
Increase/(Decrease) in Creditors
Increase/(Decrease) in Income in Advance
Increase/(Decrease) in Debtors and Prepayments
(Profit)/loss on Sale of Assets
17,944
4,499
(5,785)
18,365
1,150
5,436
19,320
15,298
1,943
(11,823)
5,760
(1,369)
Cash flows from operations
47,513
4,566
Note 9: Cash Flow Information
(a)
Reconciliation of Cash
Cash at the end of the financial year as shown in the
Statement of Cash Flows is reconciled to the related
items in the statement of financial position as follows:
Cash on hand
Cash at bank
(b)
Reconciliation of operating deficit to net cash flows
from operations as follows:
Operating surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Adjustment for non-cash items:
Statement by Members of the Board of Management
The Board of Management have determined that the association is not a reporting entity.
The Board of Management have determined that this special purpose financial report should be prepared
in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in Note 1 to the financial statements.
In the opinion of the Board of Management the financial report as set out in the Income Statement, Balance
Sheet, Cash Flow Statement and the accompanying Notes:
i. Presents a true and fair view of the position of Women’s Health Grampians Inc. as at 30 June 2009
and its performance for the year ended on that date.
ii. At the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that Women’s Health Grampians Inc.
will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Management
and is signed for and on behalf of the board by:
Fayth Andrews
Signed at Ballarat this 24th day of September, 2009
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Alexandra Tascas
Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Women’s Health Grampians Inc.
Report on the Financial Report
We have audited the accompanying financial report, being a special purpose financial report, of Women’s Health Grampians Inc., which comprises the
balance sheet as at 30 June 2009, and the income statement and cash flow statement for the year then ended, a summary of significant accounting policies,
other explanatory notes and the statement by the Board of Management.
Board members’ responsibility for the financial report
The Board of the association is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report and have determined that the accounting policies
used and described in Note 1 to the financial statements, which form part of the financial report, are consistent with the financial reporting requirements of
the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 and are appropriate to meet the needs of the members. The Board members’ responsibilities also include establishing
and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due
to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an audit opinion on the financial report based on our audit. No opinion is expressed as to whether the accounting policies
used, as described in Note 1, are appropriate to meet the needs of the members. We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.
These Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report. The procedures selected depend
on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In making
those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in order to design
audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing and opinion on the effectiveness of accounting policies used
and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report.
The financial report has been prepared for distribution to members for the purpose of fulfilling the Board’s financial reporting under the Associations
Incorporations Act 1981. We disclaim any assumption of responsibility for any reliance on this report or on the financial report to which it relates to any
person other than the members, or for any purpose other than that for which it was prepared.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Independence
In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of Australian professional ethical pronouncements.
Auditor’s Opinion
In our opinion, the financial report of Women’s Health Grampian Inc. presents fairly, in all material respects the financial position of Women’s Health
Grampian Inc. as of 30 June 2009 and of its performance for the year ended in accordance with the accounting policies described in Note 1 to the
financial statements.
Date this 24th day of September, 2009
PROWSE, PERRIN & TWOMEY
(Certified Practising Accountants)
20 Lydiard Street South
Ballarat Vic. 3350
Tim S. Bunning
(Partner)
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