What seemed like a minor component of the initial DHS brief to The Bouverie Centre, ‘A mechanism for knowledge sharing between regions and the development of relevant resources’, became a significant publication of the State-Funded Drought Counsellors. The newsletter, (called No Bull as a play on No Bullshit Therapy, and in keeping with early accounts of rural clients’ suspicion of counselling) seemed to act as a connection between the drought counsellors, a symbol of the legitimacy for their work, a vehicle for documenting the knowledge gradually gained by the project and a communication channel for resources and ideas about the drought.
No Bull, which was published every three months during the course of the project, became a means of documenting the developmental phases of the project and the research findings.
No Bull was an ideal way to document the wisdom of drought counsellors across the state. Together with the casual format, editorial support allowed a wider range of drought counsellors, including those who were not confident writers, to have their ideas published. In this way, No Bull added to the professionalisation of drought counselling and allowed the sharing of drought counselling wisdoms during the project, rather than only at the conclusion – when they would not have been relevant. Given the lack of ‘service memory’ associated with drought, it is hoped that the publications may be of use to future drought counselling services.
All editions of No Bull are available for download as PDFs below:
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