Show your commitment
We urge you to sign this commitment to better plan to support older people. You can join us as an individual and as an organisation.
I will play my part in making our region an age-friendly community with a view to joining the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities.
Friends of the Alliance
Following organisations and individuals are showing their support for Hunter Ageing Alliance.
Organisations
Yakuway Indigenous Corporation
Twentyman Horticultural Consultants
Lake Macquarie Geriatrics
Rotary Club of Waratah Inc
Individuals
Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes, City of Newcastle
Shaun McCarthy, Director, University of Newcastle Legal Centre
Kathryn Saint, Manager, Hunter Women’s Centre
Chris Parish, Adult Student Support Officer, Atwea College
Ruth Boydell, Individual Sole Trader, LifeTimes end of life support
Annette Gebhardt, CEO, Hunter Multicultural Communities Inc.
Karen Varnum, Community Engagement Officer, Hunter Multicultural Communities Inc.
Sarah Gamble, Communications Co-ordinator, Maroba Aged Care
Janelle Kirk, Senior Financial Adviser, Newcastle Financial Planning Group
Jennie Lyons
Nicola Rosenthal
Roslyn Barker, Aged Care Emergency (ACE), Hunter New England Local Health District
Linda Winn, Director of Care, Maroba Aged Care
Catherine Munro, Hunter New England Local Health District
Tracey O’Grady
Mirjana Chatziconstantinos
Judy Boorer
Barbara Carol Heaton
Jeff Smith
Bernie Coulter
Kathy Tetu
Nada Widdowson
Chelsea Robinson
Alicia Birch
Dr Roshan Gunathilake, Specialist in Geriatric Medicine & General Medicine
Carol and Doug Twentyman
Bronwyn Ambrogetti
Karen Kelly, Executive Director Greater Metropolitan Health Services
Michael DiRienzo, CEO Hunter New England Health
Louise Lazic, A/General Manager, Community & Aged Care Services – Greater Newcastle Sector
Janette Robinson
Scott Lynch
Sue Brownlowe
John McInerney
Mary Therese Carey
Katrina Crump
Chris McNaughton
Isabel Higgins
Christine Davis
Graham Clothier
Mark Cleary
Ruth Cotton
Jordan Burdon
Karen De Wit
Anne Gleeson
Greg Millan
Malcolm Smith, Chair of Yakuway
Edward Smith, Member of Board for Yakuway
Alexandra Joy, Secretary of Board for Yakuway
Lorna Matters
Margaret Watson
Helen Birt
Margaret de Plater
Mandy Barton, Financial Information Service Officer with Centrelink
Helen Macdonald
Craig Eardley
Zeljka Prentice
Natalie Spence
Terry Lovat, Emeritus Professor – The University of Newcastle, Australia
Judy Hart
Vicki Woods, Director, EAAA (Elder Abuse Action Australia)
Laraine Dunn
Karl Versteeg, Certified Strength Coach, Groundwork Fitness
Stephen Ballinger, Director, Ballingers Financial Planning
Tracey Furner
John Biswas
Emma Smart, Community Dementia Nurse
Mandy Harden, CNC Aged Care | Aged Care Services
Nola M Ries, Professor, Law | Health | Justice Research Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Clarice Hamling
Amanda Roach
Steve Sutton
Glen Spicer
Les McCarthy
Sue Outram
Madeleine Atkins
Briony Johnston
Kayla Checkley, Electorate Officer
Julie Moore
Chad Griffith
Sonia Hornery MP, State Member for Wallsend
Helen Griffin
Professor Frini Karayanidis, Director, Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory
Deputy Head of School, Outreach and Engagement, School of Psychology
Convenor, Psychological Processes, Priority Research Centre for Stroke & Brain Injury
The University of Newcastle
Penelope Warrall
Jacqueline Kay Hornery
Mary O’Leary, CEO Mayfield Aged Care
Cherie Howarth
Sharon Claydon MP, Federal Member for Newcastle
Leanne Beckhouse
Mary Gissing, Outreach Services Specialist, Newcastle Libraries
Deborah Holt
John Thacker
Michael B. Grant
Dr Tracy Brown
Kate Walker
Philippa Whalley
Carolyn Leishman
Michelle Hessing, Project Coordinator, S.O.N.A – Savvy Over 90 Association
Michelle Kelly
Chris Giles
Jenny Williams
Kevin Fell
Jade Murray
Glenda Kociszewski
Samantha Farham, Community Engagement Manager | Home Instead – Newcastle, Lake Macquarie & Central Coast
Michelle Dains
Amee Dawson
Helga Smit
Dr Meredith Tavener
Maree Gallop
Mariko Carey
Geoffrey Rich
Ruth Cameron
Rebekah Baas
Hunter Ageing Alliance 