Local Connect – Glen Innes News

Jul

07

2025

A Warm Welcome for Essential Workers

Local NewsLocal Connect, Pagan Kelly, The Welcome Experience

Pagan Kelly is the dynamic Community Connector at Local Connect Glen Innes, which delivers The Welcome Experience - a service designed to attract and retain essential workers in regional NSW. It is a simple proposition, as Pagan puts it “Success to me looks like people coming and staying in our community”. However this is not without its challenges. By way of background, The Welcome Experience is a NSW Government funded initiative which is delivered to 55 Local Government Areas. The Local Connect team for the Northern New England Region comprises Executive Manager, Margot Davis and Community Connectors Pagan Kelly in…

Glen Innes Welcomes New Doctor

Local NewsAMH Medical Centre, Dr Danyal Tarachi, Dr Peter Annetts, Local Connect, Margot Davis

AMH Medical Centre has welcomed a new addition to its team, with Dr Danyal Tarachi joining the practice in Glen Innes. Dr Tarachi, 28, hails from Bartella in Northern Iraq and brings with him a broad skill set, along with an accomplished background in community, arts and culture. Raised in a close-knit Orthodox Christian family, Dr Tarachi has been immersed in music, theatre and poetry from an early age. He became a professional pianist by the age of 12, performing entirely from memory. His medical journey began in 2014 when he entered medical school and quickly rose to the top…

Local Connect To Deliver The Welcome Experience

Local NewsAttract Connect Stay, Local Connect, Margot Davis, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Local Connect (formerly Attract, Connect, Stay – Glen Innes Inc) has launched a new program called The Welcome Experience. The program is a concierge service that helps settle and connect Essential Service Workers into the Glen Innes and Inverell communities. The program supports eligible new-to-area workers in government and non-government organisations positions in healthcare, education, communities and justice, police, fire and rescue and ambulance. Local Connect has adopted its Sustainable Business Plan, funded by the Whiterock Community Grant, and is now focused on developing a whole-of-community approach to workforce attraction and retention. This is an important development for the organisation…