LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICES

Boulia Shire Council

Burke Shire Council

Cloncurry Justice Association Inc.

CLONCURRY JUSTICE ASSOCIATION INC.

The Cloncurry Justice Association Inc works to develop and implement local strategies for addressing underlying issues related to offending, including alcohol & drug abuse, family violence, substance abuse, educational & recreational opportunities.

Cloncurry PCYC Youth Centre

We offer internet, pool tables, x-box, computers, cafe, movie viewing (free), children's birthday parties and hall hire.

We also offer judo, boxing, futsal, kindy gym, PCYC Discos, volleyball, netball at our activities hall in Daintree Street.

Cloncurry Shire Council

Diamantina Shire Council - Bedourie Office

Diamantina Shire Council - Birdsville Office

Flinders Shire Council

isaSKILLS Job Futures - Employment Services

isaEmployment specialists providing assistance with:

• Employment
• General Vacancies
• Job Search Training & Support
• Assistance for people with barriers to employment (disabilities

isaSKILLS Job Futures - Training Services

Conducting training courses for employment entry level skills and training in computers, business courses, forklift & construction mining.

Co-ordinating Community Work Projects and the Work for the Dole Program.

isaSKILLS Job Futures - Youth Services

Working with the youth sector to help young people with life skills, personal development, career guidance, job search, returning into education and employment support.

Jobfind

Laura Johnson Op Shop

Lifeline, Family & Community Services

Lila's Community Focus Consultancy

Locally owned and operated

Delivering the following services:

• Providing management support to establish and maintain internal administration and financial business processes
• Providing staff training (Certificate IV Workplace Assessor & Trainer qualified)
• Providing secretarial support for community or group meetings
• Providing bookkeeping services

McKinlay Shire Council

Mount Isa Alanon/Alateen

Mount Isa City Council (MICC)

MOUNT ISA CITY COUNCIL SERVICES

DOG & CAT POUND

Phone: 07 4747 3390
Hours Mon-Fri 9.00am-10.00am (excluding Public Holidays)
21 Richardson Road Animal Control Officer - 07 4747 3200 (BH) 0407 373 643 (AH)

AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES - 07 4747 3200

SPLASHEZ AQUATIC CENTRE - 07 4743 2137

LIBRARY

Phone: 07 4747 3350
Hours: Mon - Thrus 10.00am - 6.00pm
Fri 9.00am - 5.00pm
Sat 10.00am - 1.00pm

TOY LIBRARY

HOURS Tue 10.00am - 12 noon
Thur 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Sat 10.00am - 12.30pm

CIVIC CENTRE

Phone: 07 4747 3300
Fax: 07 4747 3309
HOURS Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm
The Civic Centre suits all functions, weddings, parties, expos. Linensed function room, and full catering facilities.

IMMUNISATION CLINIC

Phone: 07 4743 2168
Hours Mon -Tue 8.30am - 4.30pm
Hours Thur 9.00am - 5.30pm
No clinic Wednesday or Friday Immunisation is Free - Protect your Family

CAMWOOWEAL AGENT FOR THE MOUNT ISA CITY COUNCIL

Phone: 07 4748 2110
Fax: 07 4748 2164
Hours - Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm

OUTBACK @ ISA EXPLORERS PARK & TOURIST INFORMATION

Phone: 07 4749 1555
Fax: 07 4743 6296

COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTRE

Phone: 07 4747 3286
Fax: 07 4747 3209

COUNCILLORS

Cr. John Molony
Cr. Les Bunn
Cr. Gary Asmus
Cr. Duncan Cunningham
Cr. Jean Ferris
Cr.  Robbie Katter
Cr.  Lauren Merrick

Mount Isa City Library

This is the Library service for Mount Isa and District.

Library Hours:

Mon-Thursday 10.00am-6.00pm, Friday 10.00am-5.00pm, Saturday 9.00am-4.00pm.

Our collection includes books, magazines, cassettes, CD's videos, pamphlets, hear a book, foreign language books, newspapers, CD Rom's and toys.

Four Internet Access PC's with word processing capabilities for public use (bookings essential).

On line Public Access Catalogues: for public use.
A Reference Service: the primary function is to assist people of all ages in the retrieval of information from a variety of library sources - be it for scholastic or personal interests.

Home Delivery Service: available free to housebound people as well as to the Laura Johnson Home. This service is dependent on volunteers.

Storytelling and other childrens activities may be held throughout the year. Children's Book Week, Christmas, Easter etc. this service is dependent on staff commitments and volunteer participation.

North-West Regional Toy Library for Special Needs and Adults: A collection of toys, games and equipment is provided for borrowing by:
children and adults with special needs; professionals working with children and adults with special needs; playgroups and early childhood education centres.
This service operates 18 hours per week - contact at the Library Rachel McGarvey on 07 4747 33151 for more information).

Toy Library Hours: Tuesday 10.30am-12noon, Wednesday-2.30pm-5.00pm, Thursday- 10.30am-12.00noon

Mount Isa Civic Centre

The Perfect Venue for All Occasions

No event is too large. We have the facilities to seat up to 1000 people. We can also give your gathering the intimate surrounding it deserves.

The Function Centre

Weddings, Parties...Anything!!

With a number of different areas to choose from, our three licensed bars, and our commitment to quality service, we can help create the perfect atmosphere for your special occasion.

The Conference Centre

The perfect venue for Expositions, Trade Displays, Semiars, Conferences, Home and Leisure Shows and Fairs.

We offer the best technically - equipped conferencing venue in the North West region, with state of the art video conferencing facilities.

Mount Isa Committee on the Ageing Inc.

Mount Isa Community Adult Literacy Group - MICAL

Part of the Mount Isa Community Development Association (MICDA)

Free community service for adults who have difficulties with reading, writing, spelling or listening in relation to the English language.

Trained volunteer tutors are available and students can set their own aims and learn at their own pace and time, as well as in a place mutually convenient to the student and tutor.

Mount Isa Community Development Association Inc. (MICDA)

Services and Schemes Provided by MICDA

MICDA Inc. is a non-profit community managed organisation which encourages active participation by community and clients with a commitment to the development of sustainable communities in North West Queensland.

Community Rent Scheme (CRS)

Assists eligible individuals and families on low incomes, registered twith the Qld Department of Housing with short term affordable accommodation. Funded by Queensland Department of Housing.
Phone: 07 4743 9058 Email: crs@micda.org.au

Isa Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service (ITAAS)

Assists individuals and families with tenancy and accommodation information, advice and advocacy, assistance in tenancy dispute resolution and community education. Funded by Queensland Department of Housing.
Phone: 07 4743 9659; Fax: 07 4749 2659; Email: itaas@micda.org.au

Turn Up or Not

To conduct research into why older persons use services or not in Cloncurry, Julia Creek and Mount Isa. Funded by PHCRED grant from Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health.
Phone: 07 4743 6541

Migrant Support

Assists migrants and families in their first five years of settlement with information and referral to services. Co-ordinates cross-cultural training and volunteer support. Interpreters and translators available. Funded by the Department of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs.
Phone: 07 4749 1404 Email: migrants@micda.org.au

Community Housing (CH)

Provides appropriate, affordable long-term accommodation for eligible individuals and families with low incomes. Community managed properties provided by Queensland Department of Housing.
Phone: 07 4749 2888 Email: commhouse@micda.org.au

North West QLD Home Assist Secure (HAS) & HACC Home Maintenance

Assists with over 60s and people with disabilities who live in their own home or rent privately, to maintain and secure their homes. For frail older people and poeple of any age with a disability. Subsidies available to eligible clients. Funded by Queensland Department of Housing and joint funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing and Queensland Health.
Phone: 07 4749 0036 or 1800 640 932. Email: has@micda.org.au

Home Maker Project

To assist low income individuals & families to sustain their tenancies by providing training in general housekeeping appropriate to maintain a clean environment. In partnership with Xstrata Mount Isa Mines.
Phone: 07 4743 0688

Living Equipment & Medical Aides Providers (LEAP)

Community Development Programs

Community access for identified clients. Buckles Exhibition. Computers in the community. Mental illness de-stigmatisation forum. Phone: 07 4743 6541. Email: manager@micda.org.au

The Mount Isa Community Development Association Inc. partly funded by the Mount Isa City Council invites people who have a genuine interest in the Mount Isa community to volunteer and join us in committees and projects that are addressing community needs. The association already auspices programs that are utilised by many members of the community.

Mount Isa Sexual Assault Service

A comprehensive service offering a rance of options to women who have experienced past or recent sexual assault.

Office hours are 8.00am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

Based in the Mount Isa Hospital, the Mount Isa Sexual Assault Service is a free, confidential service for women, provided by professionally trained staff, including social workers, doctors and nurses, experienced in working with issues of sexual assault.

Services on offer are:

• Counselling for victims of sexual assault (in particular assaults that occurred within the last 12 months);
• Counselling / Support for the partners and families of survivors of sexual assault;
• Support;
• Medical Care;
• Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections;
• Emergency Contraception;
• Forensic examinations;
• Information and Referral;
• Assistance in contacting the Police;
• Confidentiality;
• Access to interpreters available.

For counselling of Childhood Sexual Abuse survivors, please contact the Statewide Sexual Assault Helpline on 1800 010 120 for referral to an appropriate service.

Phone 1800 010 120 or TTY 1800 003 989 available 24 Hours Every Day.

For all Queensland women who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives.

Mount Isa Volunteers Resources - MIVR

Distributors of the Welcome to Mount Isa Information Packs

Co-ordinators of the Community Volunteer Workers

MIVR Committee 2006/07:

• President - Sue Wicks
• Vice President - Bruce Maher
• Secretary - Betty Regeling
• Treasurer - Michael Murphy
• Committee members - Brian Atherinos, Jason Laffin, Dee Wilburn, Julie Griffiths
• Patron - Sandra McGrady

Richmond Shire Council

RICHMOND SHIRE COUNCIL

Airport PH: 07 4741 3142

Caravan Park PH: 07 4741 3772

Library PH: 07 4741 3077

State Emergency Services (SES) PH: 07 4741 3277 & 07 4741 3141 After Hours

Swimming Pool PH: 07 4741 3396

The Respite Day Centre PH: 07 4741 3327

Stock Routes Supervisor/ Pound Keeper Residence PH: 0429 680 229

Tourist Information Centre & Kronosaurus Korner PH: 07 4741 3429

Splashez Aquatic Centre - Community Swimming Pool

Swimming, Recreation, Competitive, Learn to Swim and Water Polo.

Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service Mount Isa