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How Can I Help?
Volunteering:
SPOT is always looking for people to volunteer their time and present for SPOT.
To join the SPOT team contact your nearest Regional Coordinator

Word of Mouth:
Tell your local school about SPOT and ask them to book a visit or direct them to our website.
Fast Facts:
  • SPOT visited 79,015 students in 2008
  • Since 17th January 2007 SPOT has visited 173,883 students
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Welcome
Top row:Jim Redrup (Company Secretary, AVA), Bernie Murphy (CEO, RSPCA), Dr Mark Lawrie (Senior Veterinarian, RSPCA), Dr John Cornwall (General Manager, Delta Society Australia), Dr Kersti Seksel (President of ACAC, Chair of the SPOT committee and National President AVA), Sue Chaseling (Secretary ACAC) Bottom row:Michelle Squire (Director Relationship Management, NSW Department of Local Government ), Garry Payne AM (Director-General, NSW Department of Local Government), Maryann Dalton (CEO, AWL), Dr Joanne Righetti (Chair, Delta Society Australia)
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Meet the SPOT team.

The SPOT program has been developed under the umbrella of the Australian Companion Animal Council by the Animal Welfare League, the Australian Veterinary Association, Delta Society Australia and the RSPCA.

Funded for the three years 2007 through 2009 by the NSW Department of Local Government, SPOT (Safe Pets Out There), is a unique schools program about pet care and kindness and respect for all animals. It also incorporates a specific module about safe behaviour to reduce the incidence of serious dog bites in children.

The SPOT program is now being offered to all schools in NSW. The presentations are run by accredited volunteers including representatives from the partner organisations and local councils. SPOT includes 3 modules:
Dog Safety, Pet Care, and Kindness and Welfare

SPOT has visited 173,883 children in NSW schools and been very well received. The Minister for Local Government celebrated SPOT's first birthday at Menai Primary School on Wednesday 25 July 2007.
Left to right: Dr Bruce Cartmill (AVA), Mr Bernie Murphy (CEO - RSPCA NSW), The Hon Paul Lynch MP, Minister for Local Government, Ms Alison Megarrity MP, Member for Menai, SPOT, Dr Kersti Seksel (President of ACAC, Chair of the SPOT Committee and Immediate Past National President AVA), Mr Andrew Moody (Animal Welfare League NSW), Dr Joanne Righetti (Chair, Delta Society)
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SPOT News
New Volunteers
SPOT welcomes 28 new volunteers to the team. All of whom attended the February training weekend in Sydney.
SPOT urgently needs volunteers that can travel to the following areas:
Bondi, Liverpool, Mount Druitt, Parramatta, Campbelltown, Granville, Baulkham Hills, Northern Beaches, Lower North Shore, Goulburn, Wollongong, Inverell, Tenterfield, Lismore, Narrabri, Gloucester, Raymond Terrace, Tweed Heads
Minister Visits SPOT
The Minister for Local Government The Hon. Barbara Perry actively demonstrated her support for SPOT on the 5th November 2008 when she visited a presentation SPOT was giving to the Kindergarten class at Alexandria Public School



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