Sponsorship & Marketing Workshop
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This informative and interactive workshop for sport and recreation clubs will cover the essentials of Sponsorship and Marketing including:

• Understanding how to promote your club
• The fundamentals of marketing
• The different marketing mediums
• The benefits of sponsorship to your club
• The key elements of successful sponsorships
• How to service a sponsor and what do they want

 
This workshop is essential for any club who wants to  start using these methods or would like to improve on their current sponsorship and marketing strategies. 
 
The workshop is taking place on:
Tuesday 28th March 2017, 6pm - 8pm, Manjimup Town Hall

Risk Management Workshops

Risk Management for your Club is not a difficult task when you understand the simple formula.
In this workshop you will discover how to look at each of elements of your Club, apply the formula, and create easy, practical actions that everyone will be able to follow. 
Having your Risk Management strategy in place assists with funding, grants applications and insurance. It is not an area you can afford to under-manage any longer.
​The workshop will be run by Merry Robertson, a master of sporting club management who is well known for her energetic and interactive workshops.
 
The workshops are taking place on:
 
Monday 13th March 2017, 6pm – 8.30pm
Walpole Sport & Rec Centre
 
Tuesday 14th March 2017, 6pm – 8.30pm
Pemberton Sports Club
 
Wednesday 15th March 2017, 6pm – 8.30pm
Manjimup Town Hall
 
Thursday 16th March 2017, 6pm – 8.30pm
Nannup Sport & Rec Centre

The Australian School of Management is currently offering a Rural Scholarship valued at $55,000 over three years to support a student from regional/rural Australia to study a Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Business in Hotel Management. The scholarship, offered through our Digital Campus, has been designed specifically to support students who wish to live and study in their rural community. 

For more information just click on the link below

The Manjimup Community Resource Centre is hosting an information session presented by a representative from the Australian Broadband Network. RSVP for the sessions will be appreciated  

Looking to volunteer in the Manjimup area?
Below we have four great opportunities for volunteers! 

​please come in and see Sonja or Rae and register to be a volunteer and we will happily refer you to the agency and position of your choice.

Raising teens can be challenging
 
Has family life become a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride since your child moved into adolescence?  Is your relationship with your teenager not how you’d like it to be?  Do you struggle to know how to respond when your teen is emotional, as your efforts to help them seem to lead to even more emotional volatility?
 
Raising Teens is a free six-week course that teaches parents a range of approaches and strategies to help build a strong relationship with their teen, respond better to daily challenges and increase family cooperation.  Raising teens is based on emotion coaching, a way of parenting that focuses on emotions.  Adolescence is a particularly emotional time and it is often emotion that is the driving force behind some of the more difficult, challenging and risky behaviours teenagers engage in.
 
Raising Teens is run by 4families (Relationships Australia), who have been operating in the Warren Blackwood area since October 2015.  As well as offering workshops such as Raising Teens, 4families also provides individual support to families where children or teens are struggling.  Parents can find out about individual family support by phoning 6164 0600.
 
In term one 4families will be running the workshop Raising Teens on Thursday evenings, 6.30pm  – 8.30pm, at the Pemberton District High School.  The course is free and runs for six weeks, starting on 2 March and running until the last week of term one.  4families will be running Raising Teens in Bridgetown in term two.  In order to get the most out of the course we ask that parents commit to attending all six sessions from the outset, and one or both parents are welcome to attend.   Please phone Melissa on 0438 520 733 for more information or to book your place as places are limited.
 

15 February 2017
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Minister for Justice Michael Keenan and Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett today announced disaster assistance in response to flooding that affected Western Australia in January and February 2017.

Minister Keenan said the assistance is being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA).

"The Australian and Western Australian governments recognise the need for effective action to help communities recover from the impacts of the recent rainfall and flooding," Mr Keenan said.

"We are saddened by the news that two men died in relation to the floods. Our thoughts are with their loved ones at this time."

Premier Barnett said there has been extensive flooding across much of the State since January and continuing into February. 

"This assistance we are announcing today will provide individuals, families and communities with a much needed helping hand," Mr Barnett said.

Assistance available under the NDRRA may include:

• personal hardship and distress assistance for families and individuals to help with emergency needs such as food, clothing and accommodation
• personal and financial counselling
• financial assistance for local and state government authorities to undertake counter-disaster operations and to restore damaged public infrastructure
• interest rate subsidies for small businesses and primary producers who have been directly impacted, and
• freight subsidies for primary producers.

Seven Regional Development Australia Regions (regions) consisting of 88 local government areas (LGAs) will receive NDRRA assistance as part of this announcement.

The Australian and Western Australian governments will continue to work together to ensure that communities have access to the assistance they need.

Information on disaster assistance available for this natural disaster can be found on the Australian Government's Disaster Assist website at www.disasterassist.gov.au and the Western Australian Office of Emergency Management website at www.oem.wa.gov.au.

Premier's office - 6552 5000


                                                                      Local Government areas receiving NDRRA assistance:


Swan    Narembeen    Jerramungup
Ashburton    Northampton    Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Broome    Nungarin    Katanning
Bruce Rock    Perenjori    Kent
Carnamah    Port Hedland    Kojonup
Chapman Valley    Quairading    Kondinin
Coorow    Sandstone    Kulin
Cue    Tammin    Lake Grace
Cunderdin    Three Springs    Laverton
Dalwallinu    Trayning    Leonora
Dandaragan    Victoria Plains    Menzies
Derby-West Kimberley    Westonia    Narrogin
Dowerin    Wiluna    Ngaanyatjarraku
East Pilbara    Wongan-Ballidu    Pingelly
Goomalling    Wyalkatchem    Plantagenet
Greater Geraldton    Wyndham East Kimberley    Ravensthorpe
Halls Creek    Yalgoo    Wagin
Irwin    Yilgarn    Wandering
Karratha    Albany    West Arthur
Kellerberrin    Brookton    Wickepin
Koorda    Broomehill-Tambellup    Williams
Meekatharra    Coolgardie    Woodanilling
Merredin    Corrigin    Beverley
Mingenew    Cranbrook    Chittering
Moora    Cuballing    Gingin
Morawa    Denmark    Northam
Mount Magnet    Dumbleyung    Toodyay
Mount Marshall    Dundas    York
Mukinbudin    Esperance
Murchison    Gnowangerup

WA’s top Aboriginal public school students for 2016
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• Rob Riley Memorial Prizes awarded to students from Comet Bay College and Perth Modern School
• Winners receive $5,000 towards further education and training 

The two top Aboriginal public school Year 12 students for 2016 have been named Rob Riley Memorial Prize winners at a ceremony today.

Education and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Peter Collier announced Perth Modern School graduate Patrick Olofsson as the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) prize winner, and Comet Bay College graduate Elli Swinson as winner of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) prize.

"Both students have big plans for the future and I am delighted to reward the hard work that sees them on the path to achieving their goals," Mr Collier said.

"Elli has always had an interest in aeroplanes and aviation and she used her certificate course in aviation studies to get closer to her dream of jet-setting around the world.

"She plans to put her academic achievements and flight simulation experiences to good use as she pursues a career as a flight attendant.

"Elli is a determined student who achieved not only her WACE and a Certificate III in Aviation (flight operations), but also a Certificate II in Community Services and a Certificate II in Retail Services."

From aeroplanes to aerodynamics and beyond, the Minister said that Patrick Olofsson from Perth Modern School would use his outstanding ATAR to fulfil a love of astrophysics.

"Patrick received an exceptional ATAR of 96.6 and will study a Bachelor of Science majoring in astrophysics at Curtin University this year," Mr Collier said.

"He excelled in physics, as well as chemistry, English, food science and technology, and specialist mathematics."

Fact File

• Rob Riley was an Aboriginal leader who made outstanding contributions in social justice, Aboriginal human rights and reconciliation
• The Rob Riley Memorial Prizes are awarded each year to the leading Aboriginal Year 12 WACE student and the leading Aboriginal VET student in public school