Check-in over coffee, cake

Sarah Due (NEMA), Graham Stark (Clinical Nurse Consultant -Mental Health Regional Adversity Clinician) and Linda O’May (Disaster Resilience Officer – South Burnett Regional Council). PICTURE: SBRC

Coffee, cake and a good old chat was recently enjoyed at Nanango’s Ringsfield House.

South Burnett Regional Council’s Mayor Brett Otto shared that the 29 March event was highly successful.

The guest speaker Graham Stark is a Mental Health Regional Advisory Clinician from Darling Downs and shared about ‘understanding the signs and taking care of your health and wellbeing’.

Graham encouraged the community to look for the signs; if you are feeling anxious, unhappy and have had any changes in behaviour, you should seek assistance, whether that be a friend, a professional or in the event of an emergency ring 000.

Mayor Otto expressed his thanks to Graham, the QCWA ladies for catering and a special thanks to the Federal and State funding bodies which made the event possible.

“There will be other events like this one right across the region and I encourage our community members to attend and let’s start the conversation,” Mayor Otto said.

This event is supported by assistance provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.