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Ocean Grove Community Association

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24.01.2022 The Bellarine Community Support Register (BCSR) is a not-for- profit organisation run by volunteers to enhance the security and safety of residents of the Bellarine Peninsula. They provide a confidential register of registrants’ emergency contact and medical details which are accessible by the police in the case of an emergency. The personal information is voluntarily provided by, or on behalf of, residents/registrants on the Bellarine Peninsula. The information collected fro...m BCSR registrants is checked and stored on a secure Registrant Data Base and can be accessed only by the police during emergencies such as medical, accident or fires. The majority of registrants are 60 years or older but younger people and those with a disability are also welcome. The register is FREE and services the Bellarine Police District. How to Register Residents of the Bellarine Peninsula, people with disabilities and those who would like additional community support are invited to become registrants either on-line at www.bellarineregister.org.au, by telephoning 0480 228 674 (9.30-12.00, Monday to Friday) or by completing Registration Forms which are available, together with BCSR Brochures, at several outlets across the Bellarine including pharmacies and health clinics. Once registration is completed, registrants receive a letter of confirmation, a business-size ID card, a window sticker and quarterly newsletters. The Role of Volunteers The register relies on dedicated volunteers to carry out the day-to-day functions and to promote BCSR throughout the Bellarine. All volunteers must have a valid police check, undergo training and are involved with making Care Calls (as requested by registrants), Data Entry and/or Committee membership. Very often calls made to registrants are the only calls they receive. The BCSR office is normally located at the Ocean Grove Police Station and is staffed by Volunteers from 9.30AM - 12 noon, Monday to Friday, throughout the year, apart from gazetted public holidays and the period between Christmas & the New Year. However, during restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Volunteers are working from their homes; the service has now become even more important given that we are all undertaking social isolation or living alone. We don’t offer counselling but if we are concerned about a registrant we can get assistance form the Police for a welfare check and we can make referrals to support agencies. Access to Registrant data is available to the police 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

24.01.2022 OG Community Assn has been asked to help identify mobile phone coverage blackspots on the Bellarine with a view to seeking solutions through government channels. Of course telcos say "everything is ok". If you know of mobile phone coverage blackspots on the Bellarine please tell us where with a bit of detail & if you want to your provider. eg "southern end of Thacker St - Optus"... Thank you.

20.01.2022 Missed the BELLARINE CANDIDATES COMMUNITY WEBINARS? The link to the recording of Webinar #1 is below. The recording of Webinar #2 held on Thursday 8 Oct will be posted on Sunday.... Bellarine Candidates Community Webinar #1 held on 5 Oct 2020 https://youtu.be/8q__CsGnYNk

19.01.2022 Barwon Water will revegetate and rehabilitate their disused Bellarine Basin https://www.barwonwater.vic.gov.au//bellarine-basin-to-be-

16.01.2022 The Ocean Grove Community Assn will hold its Annual General Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday 2 Sep starting at 7pm. The guest speaker will be Gary McPike the CEO of Barwon Coast. If you want to join the meeting please email us at: [email protected] and we will send you the log in details. ... We expect the whole meeting to take no more than 60 minutes. All welcome.

15.01.2022 Would you like to attend the Community Forum Zoom Webinars to hear from Candidates for Bellaine Ward or for the Borough of Queenscliffe? Webinars will be open from 6:30 pm and will start at 7pm. Pre-registration is not required.... Northern Bellarine Webinar 7pm Monday 5th October Attendee Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83714487592 Southern Bellarine Webinar 7pm Thursday 8th October Attendee Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89036270252 Borough of Queenscliff Webinar 7pm Monday 12th October Attendee Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82079169892

14.01.2022 Geelong Community Survey A group of Geelong and Bellarine residents has created a short survey to hear your feedback about the progress of the City of Greater Geelong across a range of issues, especially in relation to Council's Clever and Creative Vision. The aim of the survey is to gather and present the community’s priorities and concerns to all candidates nominating for the upcoming Council elections in October. Results of the survey will be shared with everyone who compl...etes the survey and then, in October, a scorecard of all election candidates assessed against the community’s priorities as identified by the survey will be sent to you as well. Please have your say. This is a great way for your views to be shared with current Councillors and election candidates to show them what the community wants them to focus on. And it will be an important means to help assess which candidates will act on the community's top priorities. Just click this link to complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TBL6F3Y For further information about this survey go to www.geelongcommunitysurvey.org. Please feel free to share this survey with your friends.

09.01.2022 The Bellarine Distinctive Areas & Landscapes (DAL) Project being undertaken by the Dept of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DELWP) is in the second stage of consultation. DELWP are seeking your input. The final outcome of the DAL Project will be a Statement of Planning Policy (SPP) expected in about Oct 2020. This policy will be critical to protecting and managing the Bellarine for the next 50 years.... DELWP have published a Discussion Paper and are seeking community input through two online surveys. The link to the DELWP surveys is: https://engage.vic.gov.au/distinctive-a/bellarine-peninsula The consultation seeks responses to two surveys: the first related to just the vision statement (page 11 of the DELWP Discussion Paper) and the second survey to the strategic policy statements in each of the six policy domains (page 14-29 of the DELWP Discussion Paper). The consultation and surveys close on 31 May 2020. The OGCA strongly urges you to participate in the surveys or make your own submission before 31 May 2020. For your information the OGCA working draft response and some expert advice documents can be found on the OGCA website http://www.ogca.com.au at the "Documents" tab in the "BELLARINE Distinctive Areas and Landscapes" folder. For your convenience a copy of the DELWP Discussion Paper is also available under the Documents tab. Please feel free to share this information with your friends and colleagues across the Bellarine and encourage them to participate.

09.01.2022 A f2f opportunity to ask questions and put forward ideas to our Bellarine Ward Councillors. This Saturday 15th May, Mayor Steph Asher, Deputy Mayor Trent Sullivan & Councillor Jim Mason will be in The Terrace outside Coles Ocean Grove from 9am to 10am. This is part of CoGG "Listening Post" being conducted across all CoGG Wards. For more info see the link below.... https://geelongaustralia.com.au/n/item/8d90fac98abfce8.aspx

09.01.2022 YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAFELY MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR THE COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2020 VIA COMMUNITY WEBINARS DON’T LET COVID-19 LIMIT YOUR DECISION The Combined Bellarine Community Associations (CBCA) will be hosting a series of community webinars to give people across the Bellarine an opportunity to listen to and ask questions of all candidates for the Bellarine Ward and all candidates for the Borough of Queenscliffe in the lead up to the council elections in October. ... Chairperson of the CBCA (and OGCA) Phil Edwards said: This initiative, during the Covid-19 pandemic, is funded by the CBCA in the interest of people across the Bellarine. Due to the size of the Bellarine two community webinars will be held for the Bellarine Ward. The first at 7pm on Monday 5 October will be predominately for the ‘northern Bellarine (generally north of the Bellarine Highway) and the second at 7pm on Thursday 8 October for the southern Bellarine (generally south of the Bellarine Highway). A community webinar for the Borough of Queenscliffe will commence at 7pm on Monday 12 October. All three webinars will be recorded and made available on line a day or two after each webinar. All candidates will be invited by the CBCA to participate in the webinars and will be given the opportunity to have their say followed by a moderated Q&A session. People are asked to indicate their interest in joining in one of webinars by emailing the CBCA [email protected] and indicating which webinar they would like to join. The CBCA will email you the webinar link closer to the webinar date. Do you have a question for the candidates? You can email the CBCA your questions in advance and we will send them to all candidates before the webinars. Please include your post code with your question to help us manage grouping of any common questions or themes.

08.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/576685076048466/posts/1161625510887750/

07.01.2022 Have your say on Blue Waters Lake in Ocean Grove. Council Masterplan for this great Ocean Grove feature is now available for comment now. https://yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/bluewaters-lake-mas

05.01.2022 Geelong Community Solar Program For those who missed OGCA's community solar bulk buy, Geelong Sustainability has just launched a similar opportunity: the biggest ever community solar program. This is your chance to reduce your power bills while helping create a clean energy future. Designed by Geelong Sustainability to increase renewable energy in our region, this program leverages the buying power of the community to provide quality, affordable solar and battery storage for ...homes and businesses. GS offers leading product warranties and quality components in a system specifically tailored to you. Using the best local installers, it will also make a positive impact on the local economy. Every installation helps our community For every home or business that takes part, a solar panel will be donated to a non-profit community project! Interested in finding out more? Local information sessions will be held soon, where you can ask questions and learn about the program, the brands, technology and costs involved. Click below to find the session closest to you. https://www.geelongcommunitysolar.com.au/events

04.01.2022 A community member found a silver bracelet just dropped it at the police station.

02.01.2022 Bellarine Community Health (BCH) is inviting families on the Bellarine to have their say on the future of healthcare and the development of the BCH 2022-2025 Strategic Plan. The new Strategic Plan will set out the goals and priorities for BCH for the next few years. BCH want to partner with the community to develop Strategy 2022 and we want to hear the valued voices of our communities, especially families and young people. ... BCH would greatly appreciate it if you could complete this survey so that they can consider your future needs and aspirations as we build a stronger and responsive organisation. This survey should only take between 5 - 10 minutes. Please click the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Strategy2022

01.01.2022 Orton St/Presidents Ave. Regional Roads Victoria (RRV) have recently advised that works will now commence in August. This is due to the need for Powercor to relocate some underground power lines before RRV work can start.... RRV anticipate all works will be complete by the end of 2020.

01.01.2022 Bellarine Community Health (BCH) has secured funding for a Health and Wellbeing Hub accommodating headspace Youth services and a range of other services across all ages in Ocean Grove. This is a great outcome for health and community services on the Bellarine. BCH currently operates from a shared space which limits our service delivery and a new facility will enable BCH to meet the future health needs of the community. BCH are interested in hearing from you, our community, ab...out the sort of services and support you would like BCH to consider as part of the project. BCH are particularly interested to hear from families that support children (0 12) and adolescents (12-25) and from young people themselves, due to the growing number of residents in the area. Your input will assist BCH to develop the scope of the design and enable the architects to put together concept plans. It will also assist BCH to determine the size of the land required to accommodate the types of services the community need now and into the future. Please complete the survey, which will only take about 5 minutes, by going to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OGHWHUB2 The survey closes on Monday 19th October and the survey results will be published on the BCH website by mid November at https://www.bch.org.au/projects/oceangrove Further information will be available shortly so keep an eye out on the BCH website or follow BCH on Facebook for more updates on the progression of the project. BCH greatly appreciate and value your input. Regards Caroline Jordan BCH Community Engagement & Development Manager