{"id":79287,"date":"2023-12-14T11:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=79287"},"modified":"2023-12-14T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:01:44","slug":"villages-name-honours-deborah-cheetham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/villages-name-honours-deborah-cheetham\/","title":{"rendered":"Village&#8217;s name honours Deborah Cheetham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YORTA Yorta soprano, composer, and educator Deborah Cheetham has been honoured with the naming of a retirement village now open in Ocean Grove.<\/p>\n<p>Ryman Healthcar&#8217;s latest retirement village is named after the world-renowned opera singer and Indigenous rights advocate.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Cheetham, who has been an influential advocate for First Nations people and a powerful public voice in the fight against all forms of discrimination, and accepted the honour on her birthday in late November.<\/p>\n<p>The design of the new village is inspired by Deborah&#8217;s vision to represent the facility&#8217;s connection to First Nations country and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Sarrita King, contemporary Australian Indigenous artist, was commissioned to design Various artworks throughout the village and a hand tufted rug greeting people in the village&#8217;s reception area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79290\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79290 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/GeelongMayorTrentSu_14598.jpg?_t=1702511877\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/GeelongMayorTrentSu_14598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/GeelongMayorTrentSu_14598-300x200.jpg 300w, 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nothing but collaborative and supportive, and I applaud the brand&#8217;s genuine commitment to understanding and celebrating First Nations people and culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The village includes villas, assisted living in serviced apartments and an aged care centre as well as amenities including a gym, a bowling green, a hair and beauty salon, a chapel, a cinema, a bar, a cafe, and an indoor swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>The opening of the Deborah Cheetham Retirement Village has created more than 50 new jobs within the community, with Ryman saying locals were attracted by the prospect of working for a values-based organisation with a positive purpose.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79289\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79289 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/DeborahCheethamwith_83921.jpg?_t=1702511877\" alt=\"\" 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the pantheon of great Australians the company had named its villages after.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Deborah is a voice of honesty, a builder of bridges, and an irreplaceable leader in the Indigenous community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She took a leap of faith when she agreed to lend her name to this village, but what&#8217;s grown from there has been an authentic, collaborative partnership that&#8217;s created a village community that will serve Ocean Grove for decades to come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every older Australia deserves the opportunity to live their life to the fullest, and have care and support easily accessible if they need it down the track. 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