Clare Valley Podcast

Do you want to be up-to-date with the latest news in your council area? This monthly podcast brings you the latest news, upcoming projects and issues facing the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council area. You’ll also hear about events and meet people who do a lot their community. The Clare Valley Podcast aims to be informative, relevant and entertaining, by interviewing not just Council representatives but members of the entire community. The podcast is hosted and produced by Annabelle Homer, a former ABC broadcast journalist and a Clare Valley local. The theme music has been produced by Solo Practice and local rural GP, Gerry Considine.

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Clare Valley Podcast - Meet Interim Council CEO Andrew Aitken; Pat Casey's open garden for Mercy Ships

October 28, 2024 • Season 1 • Episode 35

This podcast is supported by the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council.

In this episode, you'll meet Interim Council CEO Andrew Aitken. He's in the role for a few months until the new CEO is appointed. The former Adelaide Hill's Council CEO details his experience in local government and what he wants to achieve while in the Clare and Gilbert Valley. He briefly discusses some of the topics at October's Council meetings including:

Community requests to build infrastructure on council land
Representation Review

Open Garden Event to raise money for the Mercy Ships

Pat Casey has spent the last 50 years of her life on a sheep property outside Peterborough with her husband John, raising 4 children. She moved to Clare full- time a couple of years ago.

I recently met her at SACWA event and heard about her upcoming open garden which she is pulling together to help raise money for the mercy ships. Since meeting Pat, I have asked a lot of people whether they know about the mercy ships? Most people don’t. I didn’t. It’s fascinating. Enjoy her story.

Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council October Agenda:
https://www.claregilbertvalleys.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/1692322/16-October-2024-PUBLIC-Ordinary-Council-Agenda4.pdf

Mercy Ships:
https://mercyships.org.au/who-we-are/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuvjAz-6viQMVl8w8Ah24XwobEAAYASAAEgLa7PD_BwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2qZu6zE5s