Kia Ora and G’day members. Last month, I had the pleasure in representing ARTA and its members at the New Zealand Society of Diversional and Recreational Therapy Conference in Wellington. While I spent a week driving from Auckland to Wellington (my first trip to Aotearoa and a solo overseas trip) I was able to experience …
What a busy time of the year July has been and in a few more weeks we will be at the end of August. There are currently alarm bells ringing on a few different issues that I would like to be frank with you, our members about. Firstly: membership renewals.I know this becomes a yearly …
More than halfway through the year, who can believe it? This brings the association to a new position that we have not been at before. With our membership renewals being due at the end of the financial year, you should have by now uploaded your professional development for the last twelve months and completed your …
Hello members, Another busy month has arrived and I can’t believe that we are halfway through 2023 – where has this time gone? Many things to report on this month. I would like to thank all those who attended ARTA’s two town hall meetings last month. There was a huge amount of discussion, feedback, and …
Dear Members, How are we in May already? So much has been happening over these last few weeks. Firstly I want to acknowledge the ARTA Board is very aware of what is occurring in the aged care sector, with many of our members losing jobs or being asked to re-train, homes closing with residents being …
As the weather begins to change again, so many things have been occurring and continue to move forward with Australian Recreational Therapy Australia. Firstly, I wanted to acknowledge the passing in February of Takako Serizawa’s husband. I had passed on ARTA, the board, and its members condolences, however, also wanted to give space before providing …
All of a sudden, we find ourselves in Autumn. Where has this year gone already? I was heartened to meet with many of our members at the two Town Hall sessions ARTA ran during RT week, and to hear how you all are lifting our profiles within your workplaces – congratulations. We will be hosting …
December has quickly sprung upon us and this time of year I know is a busy time with Christmas functions (mainly for those we support).It leaves us with little energy by the time the day comes about where you get to (hopefully) spend time with those you love. Over the last few weeks, I have …
Firstly, I would like to reiterate my thanks to the outgoing board members for their passion and dedication to our profession, and to Charlise for leading us to where we are today. This marks my first newsletter as President of the Australian Recreational Therapy Association, which I am extremely humbled and proud to undertake. As …
Welcome to the first Australian Recreational Therapy Association (ARTA) newsletter. On Tuesday the 6th of September the membership voted for adopting a new constitution and a new title for our profession. We are working to have everything in place including changes to the website by the end of the year. During this transition we will …
September will be the most important month for our profession. As a member of this association, each one of us will make a collective choice about two things on September 6th. One choice will be about how this association will run. The changes include having open board positions that are no longer linked to state …
The board have been very busy. We have been meeting fortnightly over the last couple of months to fine tune the new constitution, develop a new strategic plan, and to realign how we manage this in a cohesive and meaningful way. We are now in the process of finalising the new constitution and this will …
