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12402 - SUNFLOWER CENTRE

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Local Government, Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)

Will the Minister investigate how the Government can provide assistance to the Sunflower Centre, part of the Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW, to enable the centre to remain open?
Answer -

I am advised:

The Sunflower Centre plays a valuable role in providing support, information and education on mental illness in the Lower Hunter.

I'm pleased to advise that after discussion with Minister for the Hunter, the Hon. Jodi McKay and a number of local MPs in the Hunter region, the NSW Government has been able to secure $30,000 in additional funding for the Sunflower Centre.

In addition to this funding, Dr Nigel Lyons, Chief Executive of Hunter New England Area Health Service has advised that the Area Health Service will work with the Sunflower Centre to provide support and ensure a structured evaluation is completed, which will help establish a more sustainable service model.

The Schizophrenia Fellowship - Hunter New England has also received NGO grant funding totalling $382,000 since 2003⁄04 (through to 2011-12) from the NSW Government to assist with the employment of a part-time Community Development Officer at the Sunflower Centre.

Question asked on 10 November 2010 (session 54-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 236
Answer received on 10 December 2010 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 247 (Prorogued Ed)

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