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Speaker 1: We know that that Amber and which provides local families

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Speaker 1: coming weeks. When our last caught up with the not

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Speaker 1: the community to help stay afloat. Now joining us on

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Speaker 1: the line is Taylor Peters, who is indeed the Amber

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Speaker 1: and chair. Good morning, Taylor, let me try that again.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully I've got our good morning again Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Katie, how are you going?

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Speaker 1: You're really good. Thank you so much for your time

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Speaker 1: this morning. Now, firstly, Taylor, tell us how many referrals

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Speaker 1: has Amber and te received four support so far this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've received a huge amount of referrals. I think

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Speaker 2: we worked out that since January this year, we've had

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Speaker 2: thirty four new referrals, which is almost two referrals a

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Speaker 2: week in the last few months. And of that that

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Speaker 2: equals about forty five different individuals from families that are

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean they are large numbers and it just

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Speaker 1: goes to show you how important the work is that

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Speaker 1: Amberente does to anybody out there listening that hasn't needed

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Speaker 1: the support of Amberente talk us through how it works.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So it's a free service for anybody in the

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory, so that can be across Darwin, Catherine, Alice

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Speaker 2: by the loss of a child. So we support parents, sibling,

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Speaker 2: they can receive individual grief and bereavement support. We also

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Speaker 2: have a lot of reflection events that we hold as

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Speaker 2: a way for the community to come together and remember

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Speaker 2: their loved ones, and we also do regular coffee and

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Speaker 2: chats and things like that. So it's really about providing

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Speaker 2: support in as many ways as possible when someone is

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Speaker 1: Now, when you talked about the referrals that you've received

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Speaker 1: so far this year, how does that compare to previous years.

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Speaker 2: We've seen a really steady increase in the last few years.

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Speaker 2: So we were looking at in twenty twenty one around

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Speaker 2: forty seven referrals for the entire year, and last year

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Speaker 2: we counted one hundred and seventy one referrals. Coming through.

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Speaker 2: So those numbers are doubly over the last years, and

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Speaker 2: we can see that just this year alone, with the

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Speaker 2: thirty four new referrals already, that's putting us on track

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Speaker 2: to have another really massive year of support.

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Speaker 1: Now, remind us the types of support that are available

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so that support looks like lots of different things.

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Speaker 2: We have a wonderful team of social workers, both with

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Speaker 2: text message support if that suits them the most. We

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Speaker 2: can visit people up at the hospital when they're going

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Speaker 2: through you know that post lost journey. We also have

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Speaker 2: the loss of a child and those few months following,

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Speaker 2: it's really hard to even leave the home sometimes, so

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Speaker 2: we want to make sure that we can offer all

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Speaker 1: Now, last time you and I spoke, the group was

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Speaker 1: under immense financial pressure. Where are things at at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you so much for having us on last time, Katie.

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Speaker 2: It was really helpful and I know that the Department

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Speaker 2: same situation, which is why we've ramped up our end

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Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit about some of the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm so excited. Our next big one is the

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Speaker 2: have some raffles and some time to connect, and the

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Speaker 2: And I also thought that they've got some live good

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Speaker 1: And SdiA have any idea at this point in time

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Speaker 2: Not really, We're really just encouraging people to turn up

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Speaker 2: But yeah, hoping to get a really good turnout because

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Speaker 2: like I said, it's about honoring our precious ones that

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Speaker 2: so that we can make sure no territory in faces

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Now, in terms of first off, the memorial car drive,

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Speaker 1: do a bit of a search on Facebook or where

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, so, if you visit amber NT on Facebook, we

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Speaker 2: they can give Amberante a call if Facebook's not really

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Speaker 1: Now I know it's not the only fundraiser that you've

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Speaker 1: can continue delivering the wonderful service that you provide. What

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Speaker 1: how can the community really get behind Amberrente.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So our next big one after the memorial car

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Speaker 2: drive is the deck Chess and I'm a fundraiser. So

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Speaker 2: on Sunday, the sixth of July, we are sponsored to

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Speaker 2: watch How to Train Your Dragon, which is really exciting,

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Speaker 2: and that will be food by Yoji's Way, Desserts, Ruffles

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Speaker 2: just really encouraging people. I know it's such a tough

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Speaker 2: time with donations at the moment, but we're really open

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Speaker 2: the organization that might be looking at partnering with us

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Speaker 2: and also putting us in the right direction for funding.

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Speaker 2: So we're really pushing all different avenues to stay open.

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Speaker 2: And it's something that our team is so passionate about

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Speaker 1: Taylor Peters, the chair of amber nt I always appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time. Please keep in contact with us, let us

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Speaker 1: know how things are tracking. And just a reminder to

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Speaker 1: anybody listening this morning, if they're after any further detail,

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Speaker 1: get in contact with you. If they're thinking that they'd

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Speaker 1: like to support in some way, certainly encourage them to

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and we look forward to anyone that comes down

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Speaker 2: to the memorial car drive on Sunday. Thanks so much,

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Speaker 1: No worries at all, Thank you, thanks for your time

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Speaker 1: this morning,