• 2015 News,  Mentors

    Road Safety Strategy “Towards Zero”

    Last year 249 people died on Victorian roads last year and more than 5,000 were seriously injured – some of these people will never make a full recovery. All of these people have family and friends whose lives have been affected by their crash. Despite improvements in the way roads and cars are built to make them safer, and improved driver education and behaviour, the number of people killed and seriously injured on Victorian roads has been similar for the last few years. The new Road Safety Strategy aims to include actions that will see death and trauma on our roads decline Towards Zero. Anyone can participate through this online…

  • 2015 News,  Mentors

    Mentor Gathering 24 May 2015

    Mentor Gathering 24 May 2015 1. Beth’s Speech Hello and welcome all, Thank you for coming tonight. I think it’s important to get together and share stories and hear about the experiences of being part of Baw Baw L2P. We’ve been in existence since October 2008. The first group of 14 volunteers completed their training in July 2009. There are some folk here tonight from that original group…and still mentoring…..amazing! We have had a range of funding sponsorship & in-kind support from: *VicRoads / TAC   * Andrews Foundation  *Trafalgar, Neerim & Drouin Community Bank Branches   *Federal Labour Govt Volunteer Grant   *Barry Bourke Warragul *Baw Baw Shire Council (twice)  *Viva Easy…