LETTER FROM THE CHAIRDear Members, Allies, and Friends! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH (A short message from me this month as I really want you to explore our Pride Events). As if by coincidence, Pride Month and Seniors Week coincide, which has given us here at GRAI more than one reason to celebrate. This year we will be utilising the space (kindly … Read More
GRAI Matters October Newsletter
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Happy October, Members, Allys and Friends! First of all, a big congratulations to the team who launched GRAI’s intergenerational playgroup on September 29th. It’s a really exciting step for us. Thanks to those who attended the first session and we look forward to seeing more of you at the next session in October. This month will … Read More
GRAI Matters Newsletter September
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Dear Members, Community Members, and Ally’s, Welcome to September’s newsletter. Thank you for getting behind the Annual Perth City Barn Dance. This year we were joined by Minister Stephen Dawson, the Government’s hardest working minister (who has to the unenviable job of sorting out all the challenging departments as needed!). We were also fortunate to be … Read More
GRAI Matters August 2022 Newsletter
Dear Members, Community, and Allies, Welcome to August and I hope you have your flannel dusted off and ready for BARN DANCE! This year’s event is already sold out, however, we are still looking for volunteers. Please email me at chair@grai.org.au if you want to be involved – particularly if you have an RSA license. Xmas in July winners were … Read More
GRAI eNewsletter July #21
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR There is no letter from the Chair this month due to illness. Get well soon Michael! POSITIVE AGEING EXPO(Fremantle Town Hall). Despite a wet and cold day, the Positive Ageing expo with over 50 stalls was well attended. GRAI was there to promote the Befriender program and the games afternoons. We are exploring the possibility of … Read More
GRAI eNewsletter May #19
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Dear Members, Community and Allies, Happy May! I’m going to start with the election, then give you two remedies to smile about, and then finish with an opportunity to get involved. The Federal election is coming up on the 21st of May. Many of our elders and community members have been triggered by the political rhetoric … Read More
GRAI Matters: April Newsletter
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Dear Members, Community and Allies, Welcome to April! It was wonderful to be invited to the Hollywood Tuesday Morning Show on the 29th of March to speak about GRAI and our hopes for our LGBTI Village Hub. For those of you who are free on a Tuesday morning, the Hollywood Morning Show (and spaces go quickly during these … Read More
GRAI Matters March 2022
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Dear Members, Community and Ally’s, Welcome to March, welcome to open borders. The next few months will be an interesting period. For most of the world, there is ‘COVID-fatigue’. However, due to 2 years of shut borders, the anticipation about what may happen now becomes real for WA. There is no algorithm that we can give you, other … Read More
GRAI Matters Newsletter Feb 2022
February 2022 | E-NEWSLETTER #16 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Dear Members, Community and Ally’s. Welcome to February, I’m opening up this month with a bit of an advert. I’ve just finished reading the Jeremy Atherton Lin book “Gay Bar: Why We Went Out” and it brought out some of my own reflections of “going out” in a world before iPhones. In … Read More
Living Well In Covid Times Newsletter #2
LIVING WELL IN COVID TIMES28 April 2020 by June Lowe Dear friends For several weeks now, GRAI and Prime Timers volunteers have been phoning around our friends, elders in the LGBTI community. We have learned we are a philosophical bunch, generally optimistic, and hopeful that our crisis-heightened social awareness and neighbourliness will continue post-lockdown. Many of you have reported an … Read More
GRAI Covid-19 Response
The GRAI mission is to be responsive and inclusive whilst promoting and supporting quality life for older people of diverse sexualities and gender identities This information is to provide LGBTI elders with some useful resources to help with day to day challenges in the coming weeks due to COVID-19. Central Patient COVID-19 Triage Hotline –1800 020 080 The national 24/7 … Read More