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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://redwatchrw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/spokesperson_redwatch_org_au/Documents/Redwatch%20Update%20240927.docx#_Toc178344988"><span class="MsoSmartlink"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Ending
Loneliness – REDWatch 6pm Thursday 3 October 2024</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://redwatchrw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/spokesperson_redwatch_org_au/Documents/Redwatch%20Update%20240927.docx#_Toc178344989"><span class="MsoSmartlink"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">More
new Social Housing sites announced.</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://redwatchrw-my.sharepoint.com/personal/spokesperson_redwatch_org_au/Documents/Redwatch%20Update%20240927.docx#_Toc178344990"><span class="MsoSmartlink"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please
provide Referral Feedback during September 2024.</span></span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Please note – this email contains hyperlinks. This means that if you see a blue underlined word or phrase that you can click
on it and go directly to a document or to get more information.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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<a name="_Toc176277686"></a><a name="_Toc178312555"></a><a name="_Toc178344988"></a><a name="_Toc174954294"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc178344988"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc178312555"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc176277686"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Ending
Loneliness – REDWatch 6pm Thursday 3 October </span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc178344988"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc178312555"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc176277686"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">2024</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The October REDWatch meeting will focus on loneliness and what can be done to help address it. Loneliness is a big challenge in our community.
As we reported in the last update, the survey of Waterloo tenants showed high levels of loneliness on Waterloo’s public housing estate - 28% of respondents reported feeling lonely often, and 36% felt lonely some of the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Join us and our guest speakers as we explore some of the resources and programs that can help tackle social isolation and understand how we can
be part of solutions to this challenge in our community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The REDWatch meeting is at Counterpoint’s Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan Street, Waterloo. It will also be possible to join online via Zoom
although material handed out at the meeting will not be available online. The Zoom link is
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2jXy00rj4ZTmS8E61qnfLi-wRpfLEZi1QxIj7mqxCB1vlCXv4lfh5n55M_aem_Mhg8NRatO8ipMKcT3ZfuAg" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This session might be of particular interest to the Waterloo Peer Navigators, NAB representatives and those working with service users. You can
spread the word about this meeting with the <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/eventnotice/241003redwp/view">
Creating Opportunities to end loneliness - Oct 3 2024 flyer</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In thinking about this issue, you might like to visit the
</span><a href="https://endingloneliness.com.au/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ending Loneliness Together</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> website. Helping address social isolation
is one of the aspects also covered by ASPIRE (</span><a href="https://www.creatingopportunitiestogether.com.au/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Australian Social Prescribing Institute of Research and Education</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">),
where prescribing social activity in areas of interest can help address many health issues, including loneliness. In our area the Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network (CESPHN) funds a
</span><a href="https://www.pccs.org.au/social-rx/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Social Rx</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> service run by Primary and Community Care Services that
can be accessed through your GP. They also fund the </span><a href="https://www.anglicare.org.au/community/mental-health-services/older-persons-wellbeing-network/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Older Persons' Wellbeing Network
(OPWN)</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> run by Anglicare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For older people there are services like Sydney Local Health District’s Older People’s Mental Health team. The City of Sydney has a Community
Services Worker who provides and facilitates a diverse range of recreational and social support services that promote health, wellbeing, social connection and resilience. More information about both these programmes will be available at the meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">So come along to the REDWatch meeting on Thursday to hear about what can be done to help tackle loneliness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:18.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc176277691"></a><a name="_Toc178312557"></a><a name="_Toc178344989"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc178312557"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc176277691"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">More
new Social Housing sites announced.</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Three sites across Woolloomooloo, Sydney Olympic Park and Hurstville will be transferred to Homes NSW to deliver nearly 600 homes, with more than
50 per cent anticipated to be social homes. The new sites are part of a second tranche of ten government-owned properties that have been confirmed to deliver almost 1,100 new homes as part of the government’s land audit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The aspiration that of half the housing to be delivered on the new Homes NSW sites will be social housing is welcomed as in the first tranche
the 50 per cent included both social and affordable housing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">You can read more in the media release
<a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/property-audit-delivers-more-sites-for-over-1100-new-homes">
Property audit delivers more sites for over 1,100 new homes</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:18.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc176277690"></a><a name="_Toc178312558"></a><a name="_Toc178344990"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc178312558"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc176277690"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Please
provide Referral Feedback during September 2024.</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A reminder from our last update. In September, the Waterloo Human Service Collaborative (WHSC) is asking agencies to focus on their referrals
and how they might be improved. As part of this the Collaborative is running two surveys to better understand referral practices for Waterloo clients and how referrals can be improved. One survey is aimed at service users, while the other focuses on agencies
and their staff who make and receive referrals. The survey links are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For agencies and agency workers:
</span></b><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F5JBNWH"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F5JBNWH</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For residents</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F5SJDVV"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F5SJDVV</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Collaborative wants agency workers to actively connect service users with the services they need. Getting feedback on referrals made and received
plays a pivotal role in making sure service users are linked to the correct services quickly, thus minimising the number of times they need to retell their story.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information see:
<a href="https://waterloo2017.com/2024/08/19/tell-us-about-your-experience-of-referrals-in-september/" title="Permalink to Tell us about your experience of referrals in September">
Tell us about your experience of referrals in September</a> on the Collaborative’s website
<a href="http://www.waterloo2017.com">www.waterloo2017.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">So if you have been referred by an agency to another agency or you are in an agency dealing with referrals then the Collaborative wants to hear
from you by completing the survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">To support this initiative, the Collaborative has produced
</span><a href="https://waterloo2017.com/service-access-copy/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">Service Access Resources</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> like the Active
Linking Model and Resources, the Waterloo Community Navigators Tool Kit, Service Directories and the
</span><a href="https://waterloo2017.com/customer-service-toolkit/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">Customer Service
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Toolkit, all are conveniently accessible at
</span><a href="http://www.waterloo2017.com"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">www.waterloo2017.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:navy;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Geoff</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Geoffrey Turnbull<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">REDWatch Co-Spokesperson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ph Wk: (02) 8004 1490 Mob: 0418 457 392</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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