Kwinana Club Development

It has come to the City's attention that there is a lack of smoking signage across some City facilities used for sport. Therefore the Healthy Lifestyles Team, are currently undertaking an Audit at all venues to determine whether new signage needs to be installed. Whilst this is rolling out over the next month, we have designated portable metal A-frame signs for each club to use as they see fit. The signage could be put between dug outs or interchange benches, or places that don't necessarily have hard infrastructure to bolt a sign too. The A-frame sign will be lent to your club for the season and it will be your responsibility to store when not in use. Please contact Jessie.Burke@kwinana.wa.gov.au to organize the pick up of your sign from the City's admin building.

To those that are new here - WELCOME, our Club Development page is now LIVE!

Thank you to all that have registered so far! I am very excited that we now have our own dedicated space to communicate together.

Our first five clubs to register for lovemykwinana have scored their club $1000 worth of Club Development support:

Darling Range Pony Club (Magenup Equestrian Group)

Kwinana Swimming Club

Kwinana Hockey Club

Kwinana Junior Knights Football Club

Kwinana Titans Rugby League Club

Our runners up, eligible for $500 worth of support are:

Kwinana Cricket Club

Kwinana Wolves Rugby Union Club

The support is to be used towards professional development for players, coaches, or volunteers etc. to be used by 22nd June 2022.

If you are listed above and have not already come to me with your idea for professional development, please do so ASAP!

Each club must de-activate their alarm upon arrival to their facility. This should be number one priority BEFORE unlocking other doors or storage spaces. From when you enter the building you have 60 seconds to de-activate the alarm, and if the alarm goes off you have a further 30 seconds to deactivate before a notification will be sent to security. Unnecessary security call outs can incur a $105 club charge, so please ensure your club people are familiar with the arm code and procedure at your facility. Same goes with locking up your facility at the end of use, please ensure all doors are closed/locked and lights are off. If you share the facility, ensure you communicate with the other club/users that you are leaving.

The 2022 LyriK Awards nominations close in one week – Thursday 12 May. If you know a young club member aged 10 – 18 years old who lives or goes to school in Kwinana and deserves to be recognised in one of the six award categories – Achievement, Inspiration, Leadership, Respect, Teamwork and Wellbeing (previously called the Mateship award) – then please submit an online nomination form at www.kwinana.wa.gov.au/lyrik. Every winner receives a $250 cash prize and a $50 donation to the charity of their choice.

If you'd like some information about the awards or criteria please look in the 'relevant documents' tab or contact 08 9236 4561 Gemma.McDonald@kwinana.wa.gov.au

The Kwinana Youth Volunteering Program, a collaboration between the Zone Youth Space, Kwinana Recquatic and the Kwinana Public Library which offers specific volunteer roles to young people aged 16 – 24 years who live, or go to school, in the City of Kwinana. A number of volunteer roles are available:

Kwinana Recquatic

• Gym Instructor Assistant
• Lifeguard Assistant
• Swimming School Instructor Assistant
• Team Sports Assistant
• Kids Sports Assistant

Kwinana Public Library

• Technology Assistant
• Device Advice Assistant (Customer Enquiries)
• Device Advice Assistant (Surveys)
• Device Advice Assistant (Research)

Zone Youth Space

• Kitchen Assistant
• Zone Program Assistant

Eligibility

To participate in the Kwinana Youth Volunteering Program you must be:

• Aged 16 – 24 years
• Live, or go to school, in the City of Kwinana
• Willing to sign up as a City of Kwinana volunteer
• Willing to obtain a Working With Children Card and apply for a National Police Check if required (18 years or older)

Commitment

Volunteers will be asked to do 2 – 3 hours per week for at least 6 months in the role of their choice.

How To Get Involved

If you, or a young person you know, want to get involved in the Kwinana Youth Volunteering Program please contact me by responding to this email or call me on 9236 4561. Or if you have any questions please get in touch. For more information about duties, hours and other requirements please visit www.kwinana.wa.gov.au/kyvp

After a heavy workload and much internal advocacy, Jessie now takes on a slight role change. Her new title better defines her responsibilities as Recreation & Health rather then Recreation & Inclusion. This role change comes with the development of a new full-time 3 year contract role - Healthy and Active Lifestyles Project Officer. Nikita Bhavsar has been appointed in this role to further action components of the 2019-2023 Public Health Plan and Health Promotion Portfolio. The addition of this new role enables Jessie to focus further on Club Development outcomes, and instead of lead, she will assist and advise where need on the health portfolio.

I'm absolutely delighted to let you know Jessie Burke has been awarded the 2021 City of Kwinana Employee of the Year. A pretty incredible achievement having been at the City less than a year.

For those of you that have worked directly with Jessie you know this is well-deserved recognition. In addition to the work she does supporting the activities and development of your clubs Jessie is also an incredible advocate for you all internally at the City. There's a lot of work she does you don't get to see but Jessie's always looking to make sure we're improving how we support you, building relationships with other officers and departments, and pushing for better outcomes for all our clubs.

Congratulations Jessie!

Callum Prior
Coordinator Community Development and Place

All seasonal tenancy bookings need to be added to the City's new online booking system: SpacetoCo. The system is live so any casual hirer or community member can book in to your home facility or oval, therefore it is very important that each club has their future seasonal bookings correct in the system to avoid disappointment. We allow each club to book in up to 3 years in advance. For more details visit SpacetoCo.com or email bookings@kwinana.wa.gov.au