Clermont gets $435,000 boost for medical services
Media statement
The Clermont community is set to benefit from a $435,000 boost to medical services thanks to Glencore’s Clermont4Doctors initiative.
The five-year program, which launches this July, aims to help address the township’s chronic lack of medical practitioners by assisting new doctors, and their families, to settle in the area.
Clermont4Doctors Project Coordinator, Sandy Frost, said the program would help to provide better access to services and improve community health and wellbeing as a result.
“Clermont4Doctors is a way for the community to come together to attract and retain doctors, not only with financial incentives but by really making them feel a part of what makes Clermont so special,” Sandy said.
“Glencore has provided the funding for packages of social and other support services designed to assist new doctors to more easily make the move to Clermont.”
The program draws on a successful pilot in the New South Wales regional town of Mudgee, the main township associated with Glencore’s Ulan Coal complex.
In partnership with the community and local medical centres, Glencore put together a five-year program that successfully brought 11 new doctors to the town.
“Like Mudgee, there is a real need to boost Clermont’s existing medical services and provide better access to healthcare for our community,” Clermont’s Operations Manager, Mick Charles, said.
“We’ve committed $435,000 to support Clermont4Doctors and we are proud to be launching the program this month.”
Clermont4Doctors will officially launch on Saturday 18 July at an event held at Theresa Creek Dam.
A prelaunch competition launched on Monday 6 July. Community members are asked to find Dr Gerome, the roaming gnome, and take a selfie with him for the chance to win $200 worth of vouchers from local businesses. The gnome will be hidden at seven different locations around Clermont.
For further information, please contact:
Allyn Hamonet
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Elise Pfeiffer
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Notes for editors
About Clermont4Doctors
Clermont4Doctors aims to attract and retain a number of doctors within 5 years. Glencore has committed a total of $435,000 to the project, which will help to support doctors and their families before, during and after their transition to Clermont.
The project is managed by the Belyando Enterprise Network Inc (BENI), a not-for-profit community group based in Clermont organised by volunteers.
About Glencore
Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. The Group's operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites and oil production assets.
With a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, Glencore's industrial activities are supported by its global marketing network.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore's companies employ around 160,000 people, including contractors.
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