News: February 2022
The Many Benefits of Bee Keeping
* 25 February 2022 * Simon McEvedy, a resident at Vasey RSL Care’s Ivanhoe Ex-Service Accommodation, attended the Introduction to Urban Bee Keeping nearly a year ago. Organised by Box Hill RSL through RSL Active, the course promoted bee-keeping to veterans. Ben from Ben’s Bees in Blackburn presented the session. Simon (pictured ) tells us:...
Saluting Excellence Conference Held and Awards Presented, despite COVID-19
* 25 February 2022 * In December, our Saluting Excellence Staff Conference and Awards Presentation went ahead, thanks once again to the generosity of our sponsors and a short window between COVID-19 waves. Many of our staff spend much of their lives in uniform, so the annual conference is not just a day to recognise...
Continuing the Mission: Veteran Accommodation Research – What You Told Us
* 24 February 2022 * During 2021, we reached out to the ex-service community in Victoria to find out about their current and future housing needs and preferences. The ‘Continuing the Mission’ research project sought to help us define best practice living solutions for the Victorian veteran community. The research comprised the following components: A...