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Speaker 1: Real change of pace right now because we know that

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Speaker 1: doing it tough during the Red Shield Appeal. Now, the

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Speaker 1: Salvation Army, as we know, provide a range of support

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Speaker 1: and financial assistance to people experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, drug

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Speaker 1: tell us a little bit more about the Red Shield

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Speaker 1: Appeal is the Salvation Army's Sally Courtney. Good morning to you, Sally.

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Speaker 2: Oh, good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the show this morning. Now

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Speaker 1: tell me what exactly is the Red Shield Appeal for

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Speaker 1: anybody out there listening who doesn't know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sure, So. The Red Shield Appeal is a national fundraiser.

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Speaker 2: We run it in every single state, but it's our

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Speaker 2: major campaign or fundraising efforts that we hold every year

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Speaker 2: in May. We generally run it right through May and

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Speaker 2: this is our chance basically to see donations from the

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Speaker 2: public and the business sector who would like to support

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Speaker 2: if they can, a number of the services that we

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Speaker 2: actually provide to communities in the ant but Australia wide.

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Speaker 1: Look, it is such a good cause and one which

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Speaker 1: is well worth getting behind. How much you're hoping to

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Speaker 1: raise this year.

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Speaker 2: This year in the Northern Territory, we would really we're

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Speaker 2: really aiming for at least one hundred thousand if we can.

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Speaker 2: That is obviously our efforts in Alison, Catherine as well

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Speaker 2: and Darwin, so we do really reach out a lot

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Speaker 2: to the to the business community as well as you know,

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Speaker 2: the community itself. On a national level, our target is

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Speaker 2: thirty eight million, So that's that's certainly.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of money, isn't it. But it's so

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Speaker 1: well needed, I guess you know. That's the That's the

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Speaker 1: big thing worth pointing out is that the funds go

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Speaker 1: towards really very important programs, particularly here in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: Just talk us through some of those programs that it

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Speaker 1: does help to fund.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Katie. In the Northern Territory particularly, we provide

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Speaker 2: a lot to people are homelessness, homeless sorry or at

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Speaker 2: the risk of being homeless. So people who are really

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Speaker 2: for public or social housing and they just cannot get it.

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Speaker 2: They're in and out of home, they are on the move,

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Speaker 2: and it is extremely difficult when you've got bills coming

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Speaker 2: offer a lot of support to people that needs that

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Speaker 2: sort of thing. We offer emergency relief. That really is

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Speaker 2: to anyone who needs that relief. We all know, everyone

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Speaker 2: is aware that times are tough and they have been

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Speaker 2: when we see the interest rates maybe potentially come down

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Speaker 2: not going to change really in the interim. So we

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Speaker 2: can provide emergency release through our community centers. They are

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Speaker 2: set up in Catherine and Alison Darwin where people can

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Speaker 2: need that they that they have, so we can help

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Speaker 2: in terms of sometimes it's supporting paying a power bill.

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Speaker 2: It can be helping if you know. We do give

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Speaker 2: food vouchers, and there's lots of other areas I guess

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Speaker 2: that we can help in. It's probably worth noting the

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Speaker 2: Salvation Army both in the NTY but nationally too. I

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Speaker 2: guess we can respond to the need. We have that

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Speaker 2: we can respond to that, which is fabulous.

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Speaker 1: Now in terms of you know, the volunteers and people

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Speaker 1: support the Red Shield appeld, have you got a lot

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Great questions, Katie, and thanks for asking that. As

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Speaker 2: you know, there's so many wonderful charities in the NT

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Speaker 2: sort of really donate their time. Now, we don't have

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Speaker 2: yes this week. The volunteers we have tend to be

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Speaker 2: their time, Red Shield really is the time to do it.

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Speaker 2: And then leading into Christmas when we run our Christmas

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Speaker 2: when we're managing toys and various things. But at the moment, absolutely,

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Speaker 2: if you did want to volunteer for the Salvos Center

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Speaker 2: that's based out in and Aller is always chasing well,

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Speaker 2: we're chasing volunteers all around to be a customer analysis, Well,

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Speaker 2: you can just get in touch with the Salvos and

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Speaker 2: what actually looks like would be during the months of May,

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Speaker 2: we are present in a lot of shopping centers and

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Speaker 2: Bunnings and that's where we are simply present that the

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Speaker 2: public have the opportunity then to donate. So we actually

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Speaker 2: need people that are happy to represent the Salvation Army

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Speaker 2: and sit there maybe for two or three hours on

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Speaker 2: I've seen for a few years now, it's not there

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Speaker 2: is no you just have a presence and talk to people.

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Speaker 2: But from what I've seen, people just come to these

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Speaker 2: and we just need someone present there to beyond so

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Speaker 2: we can have more site. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Now can you just tell me as well, Sally,

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Speaker 1: but for us in the end to has it had

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, we were sort of unfortunately in the same

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Speaker 2: haven't actually seen before, that are coming to look for

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Speaker 2: a little bit of help where it comes to groceries,

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Speaker 2: maybe power bills that they're falling behind, or rent So

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Speaker 2: it's a bigger reach of people I guess that are

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Speaker 2: coming to us. So we've certainly found that. Yeah, Katie, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: It has been a well, I know, it's tough going

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Speaker 1: for a lot of people, there's no doubt about that, Sally.

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Speaker 1: If anybody's listening this morning and they're thinking, do you

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Speaker 1: know what I'd like to donate? Where can they head to?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely are Salvots thoughts are a really easy any way.

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Speaker 2: You can actually donate over the counter through them. We

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Speaker 2: have got people manning sites in Catherine and dal and

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Speaker 2: I've got a barbecue, rud and rifle down there this Saturday.

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Speaker 2: So there's a lot of different position sites around town

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Speaker 2: that you can donate. You can also donate online, but

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Speaker 2: if you actually want to talk to someone the Salvation Army,

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Speaker 2: keep an eye out for them. Like I said, Friday, Saturday,

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Speaker 2: Sunday at Bunnings. This week we will have people manning sites. Well.

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Speaker 1: Sally Courtney, it is good to speak with you this morning.

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Speaker 1: Really appreciate your time. All the best to you and

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Speaker 1: to everybody at the Salvation Army in terms of the

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Speaker 1: Red Shield appeal and do let us know how you going.

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Speaker 2: Oh fantastic, thanks to you, Tom Caddie.

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Speaker 1: No worries at all, thank you