Notice of the 23rd Annual General Meeting

Date:        Thursday 25 September 2008
Time:        5:30pm for a 6:00pm start
Place:      Merthyr Uniting Church Hall, 52 Merthyr Road, New Farm

The Fellowship is delighted to announce that Mr. Ivan Frkovic, Director of Mental Health Branch, Disability Services Queensland, has agreed to be the guest speaker at the Annual General Meeting. Ivan has a wealth of experience in the mental health sector and knowledge of the various funding arrangements that are now being put together at the Commonwealth and State Government level. We thought it appropriate that we have a guest speaker who was able to provide an overview of all the funding and services that are being offered.

Business of the AGM

1. Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting
2. President's Report
3. Financial Report
4. Election of Executive Board:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Members
  

5. Appointment of Auditor


Election of Office Bearers

Completed Nomination Forms shall be lodged with the Secretary at least 14 days before the Annual General Meeting.
A list of candidates will be displayed at the Fellowship for at least 7 days preceding the Annual General Meeting.

Completed Nomination Forms shall be lodged with the Secretary by 5pm, 11 September 2008.

To download a Nomination Form click here.

 

Share Your Story 2009

“Everyone is different so it doesn’t matter how they are different.”
Paris Varnier

Tell us your story.

Stories help us define ourselves as individuals and as a community.  When we share our stories we help to create a more welcoming and inclusive community for everyone.

Disability Services Queensland invites Queenslanders with a disability and their families, carers and friends to share their views, ideas and reflections on the experience of disability.

Disability Services Queensland will select twelve stories to feature in the 2009 Share Your Story calendar and use other stories to promote a positive image of people with a disability through events, publications and the Disability Services Queensland website.

Entries close 22 September 2008.

For more information visit www.disability.qld.gov.au or phone 1800 177 120 or TTY 1800 010 222.

Activities during Disability Action Week and Mental Health Week 2008

 

 

Disability Action Week - 14 to 20 September 2008
DAW Footy Gala Day

Come along and join the Fellowship for a fun day of footy to celebrate Disability Action Week. This is a great opportunity to try a new sport, meet new people and have a day outdoors.


When: Wednesday, 17 September 2008

Where: C J Greenfield Complex, 10 Freeman Road, Inala

Time: Registration desk open from 9:00am. First game to be played at 10:00am.


For more information please phone the Fellowship on (07) 3358 4424.

This is a drug and alcohol free event.

Partners in hosting the DAW Footy Gala Day are RecLink and ARL Development.



Disability Action Week - 14 to 20 September 2008
Inaugural Art Awards 2008

Kith and Kin Association Limited’s ArtWorks! program is holding a Queensland-wide art competition for adults with a disability. The 2008 Inaugural Art Awards will run in conjunction with Disability Action Week in September. The official exhibition launch will be held at Umbrella studios Townsville this year on Sunday 14 September 2008.

Entry Criteria

Artists may enter four (4) works in total with a maximum of two (2) works in a section.

Sections

• Section 1 - My Queensland Life / work on canvas or paper
• Section 2 - Abstract / works on canvas
• Section 3 - 3D / any subject / any medium
• Section 4 - Photography / black and white / framed

All works on paper must be framed.
All entries must be received by the Kith and Kin Association Limited office no later than 4.00pm on Friday 15 August 2008. You will be contacted if your artwork is selected for the exhibition.

Conditions of entry and entry forms can be downloaded from our web site at www.kithandkin.com.au.

 

 

 

 

Mental Health Week - 5 to 11 October 2008
Short Story Competition - 'Be Mind Wise: Everybody's Life is a Hero's Journey'

This year’s Mental Health Association Queensland short story contest is on the theme ‘Be Mind Wise: Everybody’s Life is a Hero’s Journey’. We are looking for works of short fiction that explore this theme in interesting and creative ways.

The winning story will best capture the Mental Health Week theme while being interesting, entertaining, inspirational, and most importantly, a good story.

For an entry form or more information phone (07) 3271 5544 or log onto www.mentalhealth.org.au