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Territorians Benefiting Territorians’ Al Fanning says their upcoming lunch aims to raise funds for domestic violence crisis support service Dawn House · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now joining me in the studio right now is Al Fanning.
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  Speaker 1: Al good morning to.
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  Speaker 2: You, Good morning Katie, and happy International Women's Data all
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  Speaker 2: those weeks out.
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  Speaker 1: There, so many great women out here in the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you very much. And look, you're part of Territorians
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  Speaker 1: Benefiting Territorians. It's not for profit association. It was started
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  Speaker 1: by a few like minded Darwin locals.
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  Speaker 2: A few years back.
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  Speaker 1: And you sort of raise money for different charities and
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  Speaker 1: different junior sporting groups and things like that, don't you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So we've started this a couple of years ago,
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  Speaker 2: did a couple of little Pink Jacket days where we've
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  Speaker 2: got some women down played golf and raised a few
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  Speaker 2: money for some women who needed a little helping hand.
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  Speaker 2: Then that moved on to junior girls' sport. We've done
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  Speaker 2: that the last couple of years at Pee Wee's with
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  Speaker 2: the lunch we've been doing and this year obviously we're
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  Speaker 2: doing it for Dawn House. We try to get this
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  Speaker 2: going before COVID happened, and obviously now COVID is out
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  Speaker 2: of the way, we're doing it now for Dornus. That's
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  Speaker 2: better late than never.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon. That's awesome. It's a fantastic, fantastic initiative and
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  Speaker 1: a fantastic thing that you guys do. Now tell me
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  Speaker 1: when exactly is the lunch.
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  Speaker 2: Happening on the thirty first of March. It's a Friday
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  Speaker 2: afternoon at twelve thirty. As you all know, Pewe's doesn't
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  Speaker 2: open for lunch very often, so it's a special chance
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  Speaker 2: to go there and have lunch and enjoy the views
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  Speaker 2: and talk to a like minded people and hopefully raise
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  Speaker 2: a few dollars for a good cause and a service
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  Speaker 2: that is provided in the Northern Chair that Dawn House does.
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  Speaker 2: And a lot of people don't sort of probably understand
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  Speaker 2: their capabilities and what they do do and how much
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  Speaker 2: they do.
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  Speaker 1: So they are obviously a women's shelter. They provide safe
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  Speaker 1: and secure crisis accommodation for women with accompanying children, and
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  Speaker 1: it does mean that people are able to escape domestic
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  Speaker 1: violence in their homes or their community. It is incredibly
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  Speaker 1: important work that they do, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: It's very important And I don't think there's any one
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  Speaker 2: person who hasn't or doesn't know somebody who's actually suffered
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  Speaker 2: from domestic violence or is currently going through the amount
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  Speaker 2: of it you see in the Northern Territory is very
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  Speaker 2: unfortunate unfortunately. Yeah, this is what we're trying to just
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  Speaker 2: do a little bit to help and see where we
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  Speaker 2: can help them out and hopefully make a little difference
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  Speaker 2: to somebody's life. You just never know what it can do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you spot on, and I think any money that
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  Speaker 1: you can raise at an event like this is obviously
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  Speaker 1: a really good thing for the likes of Dawnhouse and
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  Speaker 1: to be able to help them, to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: they have got some additional funding or able to help
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  Speaker 1: a family out that might be in need. Mate, So
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  Speaker 1: talk us through what's going to happen at the lunch.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously going to have spectacular food because Peewee's never disappoints
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  Speaker 1: when it's the food front, do they know, They.
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  Speaker 2: Never disappoint there and pull the chef head chef no
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  Speaker 2: matter what, miror you get to get it the same
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  Speaker 2: way any time, and it's always qualities. And Lily and
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  Speaker 2: Simon have been very what do you call it like,
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  Speaker 2: they're very helpful with having the lunch there that charges,
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  Speaker 2: so we have it at the Pee Wee, so so'mon
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  Speaker 2: nearly that's there that they do, so thank you for that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and like I said, we want as many people as
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  Speaker 2: we can to get along and support. Obviously, we'll have
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  Speaker 2: people talking, we'll have some auction items, we'll have a
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  Speaker 2: couple of raffles. We're hoping to have a lady come
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  Speaker 2: and speak about her journey yep, so that will probably
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  Speaker 2: know it's going to be a bit raw, but you
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  Speaker 2: know what, sometimes we've got to have these difficult discussions
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  Speaker 2: just so people, yeah, understand, I.
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  Speaker 1: Agree what exactly the issue is, but also to be
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  Speaker 1: able to get a bit of an understanding of what
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  Speaker 1: they're raising money for as well, Like I reckon, it's
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  Speaker 1: really important. Al So, it's Friday, the thirty first of March,
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  Speaker 1: so they've got a bit of time to get organized.
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  Speaker 1: Where can they go to if they're keen to buy tickets?
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  Speaker 2: Yep, So Pee Wee's have got on their Facebook, They've
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  Speaker 2: got a link there. Territorians Benefit Territorians have a link
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  Speaker 2: on their Facebook page as well, or you can just
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  Speaker 2: contact Pee Wee's directly and they'll put you in the
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  Speaker 2: right way there.
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  Speaker 1: So ol, you must have a good committee for your
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  Speaker 1: Territorians Benefiting Territorians as well, do you, mate?
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  Speaker 2: I do. I'm very fortunate to have four and now
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  Speaker 2: five lovely women who help me out. So I'm yemis
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  Speaker 2: So they keep me in a straight and narrow and
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  Speaker 2: just make sure I'm doing the right thing.
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  Speaker 1: Is that a big job for them?
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  Speaker 2: No? No, I try to make it well. They all
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  Speaker 2: bang up me, so they make it pretty easy. I'll
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  Speaker 2: tell you what I need to do.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon this is such a good initiative, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to actually just help different groups or different charities. And
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  Speaker 1: I loved it. You know, it's a group of you.
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  Speaker 1: Are you doing this off your own back? You're not
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  Speaker 1: doing it for any sort of benefit of your own.
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  Speaker 1: It is just to help other Territorians, which I reckon
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  Speaker 1: is incredible.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. Hundred percent of our time is volunteered. There's no admin,
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  Speaker 2: there's no nothing. It's just us doing it after our
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  Speaker 2: work day and making sure that we put some money
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  Speaker 2: into someone's that allows them to have a better life. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, good on you. Al well. I really appreciate you
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  Speaker 1: coming in this morning and having a chat with us,
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  Speaker 1: and just a remind it to everybody out there listening.
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  Speaker 1: If you do want some further detail about this lunch,
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  Speaker 1: then is going to be happening. A long lunch at
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  Speaker 1: Peeweez sounds fantastic, doesn't It sounds like something that everybody
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  Speaker 1: wants to do on a fridayfo Surely you can head
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  Speaker 1: to the pee Wee's Facebook page, or you can jump
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  Speaker 1: on Facebook and find Territorians Benefiting Territorians. Al fannin good
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  Speaker 1: to speak to you this morning, mate, Thanks for coming on.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Katie, thank you, thank you,