‘A
community service provided by Rotary Club of Bunbury
Leschenault’
STATUS REPORT – DECEMBER
2010
During 2010 we have undertaken 44 (2009 – 64)
assignments for 26 organisations in the SW. We believe we have
provided a useful service which has been well received by the
relevant organisations; we have not encountered any criticism of
our services. 17 of the assignments were for ‘new clients’,
indicating that our publicity is having some success, and also that
we have several ‘regular clients’ who clearly feel it is worthwhile
and helpful to use our service; three of these clients are
important groups which are significant community service providers
in the Bunbury area; we have also assisted 3 of the former
‘telecentres’ in the SW during the year.
In
the last eighteen months we have had support from Rotary Club of
Margaret River who have provided two Counsellors to supplement five
Counsellors from Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault. As yet, there
has been little enquiry from the Margaret River area.
The most frequent areas of advice are finance and constitutional.
It is fair to say that our Counsellors with financial experience
have been quite active, whereas other Counsellors have tended to be
under-utilised. In any event, we certainly have the capacity to
handle more enquiries.
Club Doctors has been operating for 4 years, and 2010 was the
first year we have administered the service ourselves – we
previously had professional administrators, the most recent
being Volunteer SW. We think it is coincidental that there has been
a drop in enquiries in 2010; it could even be thought that we are
working ourselves out of a job – but experience with community
groups tells us that this is unlikely! Enquiries are still received
over a mobile phone with a recorded message when the call cannot be
taken, or at our email address.
Our marketing has been similar to prior years, ie brochures in
libraries and sports centres, and monthly notices in Community
columns of local papers throughout the SW. To boost our publicity
in 2011 we will arrange for quarterly bulletins through the SWAP
network; also we hope to have more publicity in the Bunbury Mail,
including a ‘5 years celebration’ feature
article.
The annual cost of running Club Doctors is approximately $1000,
comprising telephone, website and business name costs. These costs
are funded by a $1000pa grant from SWDC, for which we are most
grateful. We also appreciate support from City of Bunbury who print
our brochures as required and Bunbury Mail who place an
advertisement for us each fortnight.
STEPHEN FOSTER –
Coordinator
January 2011
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