These are the speeches that were delivered by the Hon Ian Hunter (Labor), Steven Marshall MP (Liberal) and Mark Parnell MLC (The Greens SA) on our opening day event earlier today....Ken doing his usual job of great hosting....
A blog about the refurbishing and opening of a 12 step residential addiction treatment facility in Adelaide, South Australia...from the start to the finish. Go to www.visiblerecovery.com.au to view our company website.
3 December 2013
Fantastic Opening Day
What a morning that was. I am just so happy with the way the day panned out for us all at Visible Recovery. Sadly, the news crews obviously didn't want to get a good news story, but there you go. It was well received, and we have formed some new and positive relationships with some key Government officials from all parties today. The multi-party support that was shown by Labor, The Liberals and The Greens was fantastic today, and they need to be commended for showing this in the true spirit of bi-partisanship. That in itself is worth it on its own.
From L to R:- Dr Roly Vinci (Medical Director), Hon John Dawkins MLC (Liberal Party Whip), Hon Ian Hunter (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs), Ken Lodge ( Director), Simon Bowen (Managing Director) Duncan McFetridge MP (Shadow Health Minister), Steven Marshall MP (Leader of The Liberal Party and Shadow Aboriginal Affairs Minister), Hon Mark Parnell MLC (Leader of the Greens SA)
1 December 2013
Our "Official" Opening this week
Well I am looking forward to this. I don't quite know how we managed to pull it all of in such a short time, but we did. We have several key politicians attending this event, and it is one where the Labor Party, Liberal Party and the Greens Party jointly open the facility, which is a real result for multi-party support for our venture.
Joining Ken and I on the day, are the ASG (Aboriginal Sobriety Group), The ALT (Aboriginal Lands Trust), The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the Hon Ian Hunter, The Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and the Leader of the Liberal Party, Steven Marshall MP, and the Leader of the Greens Party, Mark Parnell MLC, have all confirmed their attendance and will deliver a short opening speech on the day. They will be joined by Hon John Dawkins MLC, Rachel Sanderson MP and Duncan McFetridge MP, as well as some key personnel from DASSA (Drug and Alcohol Services SA), SA Mental Health, SANDAS (South Australian Network of Drug and Alcohol Services), DEEWR (Department of Employment, Education and Work Relations), and other industry invited guests.
We have informed all of the media, and Channel 7 have already said they would do a story, with Channel 2 sounding very interested as well. The print media have also been invited along, so I am confident that one of them at least will get there with a camera to publicise this much needed service in South Australia.
29 November 2013
8,000 views and counting
Honestly!!! 8,000 plus views??!!! Thank you all for your incredible support regards the blog, and our company, Visible Recovery Pty Ltd. The promotion of this blog and the company by all of you has been fantastic. Make sure you get to see The Anonymous People. It is such a great movie. Tickets are available from us via the link on my last post.
The Anonymous People Tickets
Tickets are now available for The Anonymous People screening at Cinema 3, The Piccadilly Cinema on Wednesday December 11 at 7:15 pm. Tickets are only available from Visible Recovery, via this link. This is on a first come first serve basis, with only 180 tickets available. A second screening may happen in January 2014 if there is enough demand. Please go to the following link to request your tickets, and a PayPal invoice will be sent to your provided email address for payment within 24 hours. Thanks.
27 November 2013
A First in Australia - The Anonymous People Screening
Visible Recovery are pleased to announce the first official screening in Australia of the new documentary movie, The Antonymous People. It is a story of the incredibly large recovery movement in America, and describes accurately why we need to make recovery visible everywhere before the stigma and shame associated with addiction can change. It showcases some incredible statistics, as well as some incredible people and their commitment to speaking out about recovery. I would urge you all to see this movie. Visible Recovery have planned for one screening only at The Piccadilly Cinema in North Adelaide on Wednesday the 11th December at 7:15 pm. There are only 180 tickets available, and they are only available from us. Please do not call the cinema for tickets as they have none available. I will be setting up a web link for those of you that would like to come along that will enable you to register for tickets that you require. We will then send you out a PayPal invoice for payment. The tickets will be sold for $10.00 each. This link will be up on this blog, and on our Facebook page on Friday night. Once we hit 180 people, if there are enough people interested in seeing it for a second screening, this will be arranged for January 2014. So...bring your friends!
23 November 2013
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