In this episode, we’re going to take stock of some of the key challenges all Community Leaders face, and some of the unique ways rural Community Leaders respond to them. It's about Filling the Gaps, and embracing the spirit of doing the best you can with what you have. You’ll meetthree local Community Leaders: Anna Lindstrand from Potoroo Palace, Jacqui Filby who works with Police citizens Youth Clubs NSW, and Angela George from the Eden Killer Whale Museum. Anna, Jacqui and Angela outline short-term responses but also, at times, the need to look at the bigger picture. They detail the different types of organisational and community trouble-shooting they encounter, and how they grow, learn, harnes the wisdome of others, and in the process build community and strengthen people's individual skills. Anna, Jacqui and Angela reflect on Leadership, what that word means to them; what leadership means to people in rural and regional areas; and of what community leadership in regional places like the Bega Valley can teach us all, no matter where we live, about community leadership as a whole. Series links: Bega Valley Shire Council Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal Investing in Rural Community Futures Program Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Interviewees: Ep 1: Eden Visitor Centre Palliative Care Australia Bega Valley Business Forum Ep 2: Eden Killer Whale Museum Potoroo Palace Police Citizens and Youth Club (Far South Coast) Ep 3: Eden Community Access Centre Kate Liston-Mills (author and community advocate) Cobargo Community Access Centre (closed), redirect to Cobargo Community Development Corporation Limited Ep 4: Cobargo & District Energy Transition (Renewable Cobargo) Grow the Future (Bega) IRCF Program South Coast (FRRR) Quality Matters Consulting Episode Image by Hannah Busing on
In this episode, you’ll hear three local Community Leaders reflect on Leadership, what that word means to them; what leadership means to people in rural and regional areas; and of what community leadership in regional places like the Bega Valley can teach us all, no matter where we live, about community leadership as a whole You’ll meet Clair Mudaliar from the Eden Visitor Information Centre, Ian Campbell who works with Palliative Care Australia, and Nigel Ayling from the Bega Valley Business Forum. Clair and Ian set the scene about the specific nature of what community leaders face in the Bega Valley (this gives a taste of what we’ll explore throughout this podcast), and for context Nigel outlines the textured and layered economic and business environments of the Bega Valley. Series links: Bega Valley Shire Council Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal Investing in Rural Community Futures Program Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Interviewees: Ep 1: Eden Visitor Centre Palliative Care Australia Bega Valley Business Forum Ep 2: Eden Killer Whale Museum Potoroo Palace Police Citizens and Youth Club (Far South Coast) Ep 3: Eden Community Access Centre Kate Liston-Mills (author and community advocate) Cobargo Community Access Centre (closed), redirect to Cobargo Community Development Corporation Limited Ep 4: Cobargo & District Energy Transition (Renewable Cobargo) Grow the Future (Bega) IRCF Program South Coast (FRRR) Quality Matters Consulting Episode Image by Hannah Busing on Unsplash