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Welcome to

MACHS

Men Accessing Community & Health Services

Update: News News News: Men's Journey Vol. 2 No 2 is out!! Take a look!

The primary focus of this group is to work towards the improvement of men and boys' health and well being in the southern region of Adelaide, South Australia.

 

 

 

The conference was a huge success!

Take a look at the Common Ground Page

Report from the planning meeting on
June 1, 2001

Current MACHS Activities include:

 

 

The Common Ground Conference organising team

Double click on the links to get to the pages you want to see.

This page contains our aims, how you can get involved and what we are all about.

Enjoy our Men's Journeys Publications: Vol.1 No 1; Vol 2 No 1; Vol. 2 No 2

Look at the outcomes of our Common Ground Conference

Discuss any ideas you may have about our Men's Place Project, take a look at the concept

And tap into our Health and Wellbeing Resource page, where you can find links and contacts to existing men's support groups and other web site touching on men's issues.

 

MACHS PO Box 769 Noarlunga Centre SA 5168 Australia.

Email: machsmen@senet.com.au

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Phone:

Jules Van Kekem:    61+ (08) 8325-8100
David Kelly               61+ (08) 8384-0634
Vicky Rowland:        61+ (08) 8329-1700
Philip Crouch:          61+ (08) 8381-9408
Gaynor Hallows:      61+ (08) 8329-1700
Andrew McCrae       61+ (08) 8329-0800

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MACHS Background Information

 

Men's
Health and Wellbeing

means taking care of

physical,
emotional,
mental,
spiritual and
social needs of men.

 

 

 

 

 

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Written correspondence to:

MACHS PO Box 769,

Noarlunga Centre SA 5169, Australia.

Overview

Men Accessing Community & Health Services, MACHS, was formed early in 1999 as a response to community consultations.

The group operates under the auspice of Healthy Cities Noarlunga Inc, and is supported by Noarlunga Health Services, City of Onkaparinga, Adelaide Central Mission and interested members of the public.

Core membership consists of community workers from various agencies and interested men & women from the wider community. The primary focus of this group is to work towards the improvement of men & boys general health & well being in the southern region of Adelaide.

Current Projects

  • Common Ground Male Singers
  • Common Ground Theatre Production
  • Men's Journeys Group
  • Establishing 'The Men's Place' contact & resource centre
  • Evaluation of the Common Ground Conference recommendations
  • Developing a draft constitution for incorporation of MACHS, August 2001

Read our report from the planning day following the conference!

Aims of MACHS
In consultation with the community this group aims to:

  • Increase men's access to, and use of, community and health related services in the southern area of Adelaide SA,
  • Identify preferred means of accessing these services,
  • Identifying strategies for disseminating information to men on
    services available,
  • Identify gaps in services to men,
  • Advocate / lobby / advise existing services on strategies for delivering services to men,
  • Support community based initiatives that encourage men to participate in the life of the community,
  • Seek funding to achieve these aims,
  • Establish and support a network of community & agency representatives to work towards the achievement of these aims,

How you can become involved

MACHS meets fortnightly at the
Adelaide Central Mission, 111 Beach Road ,
 Christies Beach, South Australia
on Fridays from 12 - 3 pm
 The group welcomes community & government agency representatives and interested members of the community to participate in their activities.

Sponsorship & support is also being sought amongst the business, government, community sector, service organisations or individual members from the wider community who can provide the necessary energy, financial, in-kind support, or volunteer commitment to this important project are welcomed to contact:

Please make initial enquiries to any of the following:

Jules Van Kekem, Social Worker - Noarlunga Health Services
61+ (08) 8325-8100, jules.vankekem@dhs.sa.gov.au


Vicky Rowland, Community Development Worker - Adelaide Central Mission
61 + (08) 8329-1700


David Kelly, Team Leader, Community Development - City of Onkaparinga
61+ (08) 8384-0634, davkel@onkaparinga.sa.gov.au


Philip Crouch, Community Volunteer - Men's Health & Well Being,
61+ (08) 8381-9408, philip.crouch@senet.com.au


Andrew McCrae, Family Worker - Anglicare SA
61+ (08) 8329-0800, amcrae@anglicare-sa.org.au
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