{"id":305,"date":"2017-02-14T04:04:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T04:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=305"},"modified":"2024-02-02T03:29:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T16:29:54","slug":"register-and-stay-in-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/register-and-stay-in-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Register and stay in touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>By Jessica Howard<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Moorabool residents continue to feel safe thanks to their local community register, some areas of the shire are still under-represented.<\/p>\n<p>The Moorabool Community Register is a free service that provides at risk and remote-living residents with regular phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>The program was established in 2010, however according to organisers, the number of people living in Ballan and Gordon that are registered to the service is still low.<\/p>\n<p>Ballan Police Sergeant Michael Kearnes said the community register provided the elderly, sick and frail an opportunity to receive a weekly phone call in order for registered volunteers to check on their welfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolunteers make these calls and engage with our community members. They also provide advice and act as a conduit for services provided by council and other organisations to the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is about checking on their welfare and making their life easier through connecting clients to services and assistance of which they may be unaware\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If registered, residents will be entered into a confidential computer database at the Police Station and will be issued with an identity card.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of an emergency that occurs when a person is away from home, the identity card is to advice emergency persons that all personal details are held at the Bacchus Marsh Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>The Moorabool Community Register is free of charge and anyone living within Moorabool Shire. 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