Club News
We are pleased to announce Michael Hearn as our new president for the 2025/2026 year.
Monthly meetings are at the Clyde Hotel on the first Tuesday of each month (except January).
Next General Meeting
Our next General Meeting is Tuesday April 1, 2025 at the Clyde Hotel at 10AM. See details under the Calendar and Activities tab. Look forward to seeing you there.
AVOIDING SCAMS
Probus South Pacific is conducting a webinar later in August on this topic, to help members.
Click on the link below to register.
Probus - Can you spot a scam? (probussouthpacific.org)
Melbourne City Council Grants.
To all our wonderful members.
It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Carlton Gardens Probus Club has received funding from the Melbourne City Council for the following 2 years - 2024 and 2025.
This funding is-
Community Meals Subsidy ; $2,843.00 p.a.
Operational Support Grant ; $1,821.00 p.a.
This is wonderful news, allowing the Club to plan ahead with confidence.
Special thanks go to Lynton Doyle for the time and effort he has put in to ensure our success.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year, and we’ll see you all in 2024
A MELBOURNE CITY EVENTS PROMO
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Out & About info
Good afternoon members
Lynton has discovered this link to a MCC Out and About magazine
melbourne.vic.gov.au/olderpeople
He highly recommends it as being an informative read for all members.
Best regards
Neil
Volunteering
Good morning members
I forward the email below in case you are interested in it. Do not reply to me.
Best regards
Neil
From: Meg Vincent
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2022 9:24 AM
To: Neil Ray
Subject: RE: Volunteering Opportunity for Probus Members
Good morning Neil,
I hope you had a great weekend. Please find information below for distribution amongst your members:
Are you friendly and enjoy having a chat? We need you!
As a volunteer, your role is to have a friendly chat with people who make contact on the telephone, talking about everyday topics. Loneliness has been linked to a range of physical and mental health concerns. Just talking to our wonderful volunteers for a short time helps our callers feel less lonely and makes it easier for them to cope. Note: this is not a crisis intervention or counselling service.
Volunteers will be provided support and training.
You will answer incoming calls via a computer in one of our offices and have a friendly chat with people as well as completing simple data entry tasks online during your shift.
Some of the skills and qualities we are looking for:
* Excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence
* Previous volunteer experience is desirable but not necessary
* Experience or willingness to learn about community organisations
* Basic IT proficiency
* National Police record check (to be completed through Friends for Good)
* Adhere to and promote the values and mission of Friends for Good
* Commitment to volunteering
NOTE: This role requires a commitment of one shift (2-3 hours) per week for at least six months, please do not apply for the role if you cannot commit to this, as we use considerable resources to recruit and train volunteers.
To apply, please follow this link: http://bttr.im/gzmei
More information about Friends for Good can be found here: Friends for Good | Not-for-profit organisation and Australian loneliness charity | Coordinating FriendLine, Research Reports and National Conferences | Donate today | Home | Friends For Good
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Kind regards,
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Meg Vincent (she/her) Volunteer Coordinator Part-Time |
Salvation Army Volunteering
Dear Members
I forward the email below in case you are interested. Remember to reply to the author of the email and not use your reply button otherwise it will come back to me.
Neil
Sent from Mail for Windows
From: Liz Round
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2022 3:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Making contact
Hello,
I’m Liz, Community Development Coordinator at Brunswick Salvos (the old Citadel in Albert St), where we provide support, connection and belonging for vulnerable community members.
We are on the look-out for a couple of volunteers with great people skills and administration skills to help on our Reception desk.
I’m getting in touch to ask if there is an opportunity to promote this to your members. We felt Probus members would be the sort of people with the rights skills and experience as well as values that would be perfect for this role.
Is it possible to place a call-out in your newsletter, or via email/social media to see whether any members may be interested?
If so, please let me know and I will send you more details about the volunteer role 😊
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Community Development Coordinator |
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Brunswick & Richmond Vic |
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The Salvation Army Australia Territory |
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Email: [email protected] |
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Internet Security
Probus South Pacific have provided a guide to help members use the Internet securely. Click this link to see the document: Internet Security
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