Award Winners - 2005
Award nominations are taken from volunteers and people working in either public service or community sector organisations.
Inspirational Leadership in the Field
Winner: Awarded to Margaret Chipperfield, Anglicare Victoria
Making a difference with Children, Young People and Families
Winners: Awarded jointly to Veronica Hunt and Peter Locke, Department of Human Services, and Mark Watt, Whitelion Incorporated.
Highly Commended ¿ Pat Clinton, Berry Street Victoria and Kylie Lonergan, Department of Human Services.
Profile of Recipients:
Winners: For Inspirational Leadership in the Field
Margaret Chipperfield
Margaret Chipperfield with Former Minister Garbutt |
Margaret's career has spanned more than two decades in child and family services in Victoria and has led to significant service development and organisational change. In the 1980s, she developed foster care programs at Kids in Care then moved to the Department of Human Services as a key manager in Child Protection.
Margaret managed services in the Yarra Valley for the Mission of St James and St John before joining Anglicare Victoria. Her inspirational, collaborative management style has been described as 'best practice.' |
Winner: For Making a difference with Children, Young People and Families
Peter Locke, Veronica Hunt, and Mark Watt
 Peter Locke, Veronica Hunt and Mark Watt with the Former Minister |
Veronica, Peter and Mark collectively planned, designed, secured funding for, and built an Indigenous garden at the Parkville Youth Residential Centre (PYRC). The garden reflects the trio's commitment to addressing the specific needs of Aboriginal children and young people, who are over represented in the Victorian juvenile justice population. The garden, named Ngarra-Jarra (to heal) by the Wurundjeri people on whose country PYRC is located, supports a growing number of onsite programs for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal residents. |
Highly Commended: For Making a difference with Children, Young People and Families
Pat Clinton
 Pat Clinton with the Former Minister |
In 1991 Pat became supervisor of the only residential unit operated by Berry Street. Since then as Accommodation Services Manager, she has provided residential care to many young people in the Southern Region. |
Kylie Lonergan
 Kylie Lonergan with the Former Minister |
For the past five years Kylie has worked as a counsellor for the Department providing support to former wards of the State. Kylie has built strong relationships with many former wards - helping them to access formal records and locate surviving family members. |