Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Mordialloc Neighbourhood House

Mr RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (19:01): (6347) My adjournment this evening is for the Minister for Child Protection and Family Services and Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers, and the action I seek is for the minister to join me on a visit to Mordialloc Neighbourhood House and have a tour of their facilities and learn a little bit more about the fantastic programs they offer in our local community. Mordialloc Neighbourhood House has been a treasured community service for many years, and it is fitting as part of Neighbourhood House Week that we give them a shout-out and recognise the range of services and work that they do. It is the minister for family services I reckon in that space, Minister.

Mr Wynne: Family services?

Mr RICHARDSON: Family services—let us go after that one.

I wanted to place on record my deep appreciation for Samantha and the team, who do an extraordinary amount of work, whether it is the mental health first-aid training and first-aid training that they do, the barista and hospitality training for our young people in our community, the occasional care and childcare services that they provide, the men’s sheds out the back as well, or the range of classes and services they provide.

Of course the theme of Neighbourhood House Week is ‘Building resilience by bringing people together’, and that truly is the heart and soul and ethos of the Mordialloc Neighbourhood House. Each and every action that they take, each and every initiative that they do and all the volunteers that underpin their work and care and support of our local community are about bringing people together. And over the last two years that has never been more important—to bring people together and to support them into the future. I wanted to place on record my deep appreciation for the work that they do. To Samantha and her team, we would love to join with the minister for family services and connect onsite to hear about your programs and future initiatives that might be available. We appreciate all the work that you do.