As we look back over this challenging year, we can at least be grateful that our Memorial Ceremony was able to go ahead in November and that the sun shone on everyone present.
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Salisbury Council supports the Asbestos Victims Association Memorial Ceremony
AVA was invited to speak on PBA FM 89.7 about the impact of asbestos and to promote the Memorial Ceremony to be held at Pitman Park on 26 November 2021 from 10.30 am to 11.30 am.
Salisbury Library display for National Asbestos Week
National Asbestos Awareness week runs from 23 to 27 November this year.
ASBESTOS VICTIMS MEMORIAL
AVA will hold it’s annual Asbestos Victims Memorial Service on Friday 29 November 2019 at 10.30 am at Pitman Park, Salisbury.
Live on Air at Radio PBA-FM 89.7
AVA received a warm welcome from the lovely people at Radio PBA-FM 89.7 when we joined Salisbury Mayor Gillian Aldridge and Deputy Mayor Julie Woodman to speak about our upcoming Memorial Day.
We appreciate the support we get from Salisbury Council to make this an inclusive event. Of course, we also took the opportunity to spread the word about asbestos; to talk to listeners about where it can be found in a home and what action to take.
Asbestos Memorial Day ceremony will be held at Pitman Park Salisbury on Friday 29 November from 10.30 to 11.30 am. All are welcome to attend.
2018 Asbestos Memorial City of Salisbury
The Asbestos Victims Association annual Memorial Service to remember or reflect on the needless loss suffered by many because of asbestos. The YouTube video below is the recording of the full 2018 service.
THANK YOU!
Thanks in particular go to Salisbury Council which has allocated us an area in Pitman Park for the service. Tony Zappia MP originally initiated this and Mayor Gillian Aldridge continues the tradition. There is a rock bearing a plaque in memory of all asbestos victims – this year there is an additional plaque to commemorate Terry Miller OAM, who died on 31 May. Council staff set up the marquee and seating and MC the proceedings.
ASBESTOS VICTIMS MEMORIAL SERVICE
The Asbestos Victims Association held its annual Memorial Service on Friday 30 November. It was attended by South Australian politicians, both State and Federal, local council representatives, unions and of course the many people who have lost a loved one to the scourge of asbestos disease.