June 2021

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Exciting times!

Young Voices, Belrose Kitchen Table Conversations & Mackellar Matters.....

Join our Young Voices - 24 June 6.30pm

                 Patti Burton                                          Claudia Newman

Are you a young person living in the Mackellar electorate who's passionate about the issues that are important to you?

 

Would you like to discuss these issues and tell us what you think should be done about them?

 

Come along to the Newport Bowling Club Thursday 24th June 6.30-8pm where our Young Voices founders, Patti Burton and Claudia Newman, will be hosting a casual event to meet like minded people in the area, and talk about the issues young people care about!

 

Lucy Murray who founded the local environmental group The Green Team which hosts events, beach clean ups and promotes an eco friendly lifestyle will share her story with us. Lisa has also contributed to conversations about climate, sustainability and environmental issues across the Northern Beaches.

 

Pizza will be provided, and drinks will be available at the bar. There will also be lucky door prizes and other speakers will be announced soon! 

 

Register your interest on our Facebook event here

 

If you're not young but know someone who is and think they might be interested please forward this newsletter to them 

" Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead, Cultural Anthropologist

Belrose Kitchen Table Conversations

Meet our new representatives in the French's Forest area - Sarah Baker and Phil Quirk - who are growing our network of Voices in the Forest. If you see them say hello. They're always happy to have a conversation.

 

Upcoming scheduled KTCS:

 

Belrose Hotel      Wednesday 23rd June 7:00pm

                            Wednesday 30th June 7:00pm

                            Wednesday 7th July    7:00pm

 

Send us an email if you'd like to join one of these groups.

If the above are not convenient but you would like to participate,

please contact us as we hope to add other dates/locations very soon.

Alternatively you are welcome to host a KTC in your home and a couple of members of our team will come to help facilitate the conversation.

Join a Conversation

Save the date 15th July 6.30pm

Newport Bowling Club

Mackellar Matters Report Release

We're excited! 

Our Mackellar Matters Report is currently being written by our team of experienced data analysts and we're finalising arrangements with an intriguing mystery speaker who has been working on their own democracy project.

 

Believe us - you will not want to miss this event where we reveal the results of our Kitchen Table Conversations and will be joined by our very knowledgeable and entertaining mystery guest. Details and registration to be announced very soon.

 

Save the Date - Thursday 15th July 6:30pm Newport Bowling Club

Voices of Mackellar

Let's do politics differently, together!

The Biggest Survey

Have you completed the Biggest Survey sent recently by our MP Jason Falinski?

It's a quite different approach to our Kitchen Table Conversations.

Nonetheless, Voices of Mackellar encourages you to complete and return it.

As you know, expressing your views and concerns to your MP is part of the process of 'being heard’.

 

We've heard back from some of our supporters that they added additional comments where the answer options did not fit with their desired response. This is a great idea! And don't feel obliged to answer any question that may convey personal information that you feel uncomfortable to share.

 

We understand that one survey has been sent to every household in Mackellar so if you want more surveys sent for other members of your household, please call Jason’s office on 8484 0300.

 

We will be interested to see the results of this survey and hope that our MP shares the findings publicly.

Donations

Voices of Mackellar is run by volunteers and 100%funded by community donations.  We are a Not for Profit Incorporated Association. If you would like to support our work you are now able to donate directly on our website. We appreciate your generosity and could not do this work without your support.

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