November 15, 2021
News
WRAD patrons Uncle Archie Roach and Paul Jennings will deliver messages of hope at this year’s annual general meeting on Monday, November 22.
Mr Roach will provide a video message to the AGM and one of his songs will be played, while Mr Jennings will read one of the winning entries in this year’s WRAD short story competition.
The AGM will be livestreamed from 5.30pm on www.wrad.org.au and YouTube at https://youtu.be/Kio4tZk8cGs.
Mr Jennings and Mr Roach were earlier this year announced as WRAD’s first patrons.
WRAD Director Geoff Soma said the patrons were helping to promote the organisation’s good work in the community.
“The AGM will celebrate a good year for WRAD across service delivery, quality improvement, partnerships and client engagements and outcomes,” Mr Soma said.
“Our staff continue to support the local community and clients and families with alcohol and other drug issues and those endeavours have been reinforced with the addition of our new patrons who will contribute to the AGM and share their messages of hope.”
Paul Jennings, AM, is a celebrated author who has written more than 100 stories and sold more than 10 million books. He was awarded a Life Time Achievement Award from the Children’s Book Council of Australia.
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WRAD HEALTH seeks to provide comprehensive, holistic support and treatment to individuals and others affected by addictive behaviors and associated issues.
The philosophy of harm minimisation underpins the delivery of all programs offered by WRAD HEALTH. This principle recognises that people in our society use both licit and illicit drugs, and that drugs can be used in ways that are more or less harmful to individuals, families and society. Harm minimisation offers a number of options designed to reduce the harm of drug use to the user and society.
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