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Tanya White is the Morwell social support group’s new coordinator. The mother of two has spent seven years working in the aged care industry and has experience in pathology and medical reception. She says she is excited for her new role. “I’m looking forward to making new friendships and having a lot of fun,” Tanya said. …
Christmas office closure The Headway office will be closed for Christmas from Thursday 24 December at 4pm. It will reopen on Monday 4 January at 9am. Social support groups Social support groups have now finished for 2020. The groups will start up again in 2021 on the following dates: Warragul – Friday 8 January Trafalgar …
Morwell musician Ned Branchi remembers 8000 people chanting ‘Oils, Oils…’ while hurling cups and spare change at the stage of a packed gig in the mid-1980s. His band The Horla were opening for Midnight Oil and among them was Branchi as frontman and Nick Seymour on bass, who later joined Crowded House. Branchi said his …
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Glenn finishes up at Morwell group Much-loved Headway employee Glenn Kimm is retiring after more than 20 years as a social support group coordinator. In 1999, Glenn started at the Drouin group before moving across to Morwell where he has remained as coordinator until his retirement in December 2020. His last day was Wednesday …
A Warragul local who lives with an acquired brain injury, Keryn Smith, is gaining significant strength by the week. Keryn, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, has hopes to compete in wheelchair weightlifting. But most significantly, Keryn says bodybuilding is helping her walk again. Twenty-six years ago, Keryn aged 24 caught a flu that attacked …
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Headway’s Anne Simmons visited South Coaster Sarah Waardenburg only days before she was planning to head off on a trip into the Aussie bush. Sarah Waardenburg’s easel standing in the middle of her South Gippsland home was about to be a key possession packed into her caravan for a long journey ahead. “A lot of …