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July Pre-accredited courses at Werribee Community and Education Centre

Posted Tue, 13/07/2010 - 12:34 by thinkwest

July Pre-accredited courses at Werribee Community and Education Centre

There are many English classes starting in July which will help with job skills:

Werribee Community Centre - Diploma of Children’s Services (Early Childhood Education & Care)

Posted Tue, 13/07/2010 - 12:27 by thinkwest

Diploma of Children’s Services (Early Childhood Education & Care) CHC50908(Werribee Community Centre)

This accredited qualification would suit:

• People who have Certificate III in Children’s Services or equivalent

• Child care workers who want to advance their career

• Those wanting a combination of classroom study and work placement

Starts August 2010

Finishes December 2011

Young Women’s Leadership Project

Posted Fri, 21/05/2010 - 14:03 by thinkwest

The ‘Young Women…Shaping Our Future’ project will be a two day training course offered for Brimbank young women (15-30 years old). The aim of this course is for participants to learn leadership skills, share ideas and establish networks. The course will cover six different leadership modules including:

• what is good leadership,
• goal setting,
• communication and influencing skills,
• dealing with conflict,
• building trust
• facilitating decision making

Biggest Morning Tea

Posted Fri, 21/05/2010 - 14:02 by thinkwest

Duke Street Community House, together with the Community Kitchen Café volunteers, is holding an event as part of the Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser. Many of us know someone who has been affected by cancer and perhaps you would like to participate in this event with others from the community to raise awareness and much needed funds for further cancer research.

Mapping the Community Project

Posted Fri, 21/05/2010 - 14:01 by thinkwest

Duke Street Community House has embarked on an exciting new project to map our community needs and look at what are the gaps in community service provision. To do this we have employed two consultants who will conduct a number of focus groups, survey our local community leaders and report back to the committee with recommendations about our future directions.

The project will conduct a needs analysis that will:

New Resources for ESL learners

Posted Fri, 21/05/2010 - 13:54 by thinkwest

Angliss Neighbourhood House and Yarraville Community Centre have developed some interesting and useful resources for ESL learners.

Looking outside the Square provides a huge list of available resources, as well as numerous of activities, units of work, games and information on a PD session run for teachers. The resources were developed in response to feedback from teachers who indicated that there was a scarcity of relevant and affordable learning materials and resources for pre-literate students.

Nutrition-Food access and Well-being

Angliss Neighbourhood House Receives Investing in Community Education and Training Funding

Posted Thu, 15/10/2009 - 23:00 by thinkwest

Angliss Neighbourhood House was successful in their application to the Investing in Community Education and Training (ICET) funding deed under the Teaching and Learning Capital Fund (TLCF) for Vocational Education and Training (VET).

The Angliss Neighbourhood House is located in a public housing estate situated in Footscray within the City of Maribyrnong.The estate has few services and a high level of socio-economic disadvantage as indicated by the socio-economic disadvantage index of 827.

A welcome addition to the Yarraville Community Centre refurbishment program

Posted Wed, 14/10/2009 - 23:00 by thinkwest

The Yarraville Community Centre building fund has now been expanded with the announcement of $838,000 funding as part of the Investing in Community Education and Training program.

The funding will enable Yarraville Community Centre to fully complete the restoration and refurbishment program, and involves training rooms, Information Technology, kitchen fit-outs, disability access, installation of solar panels, double glazing, signage and recognition ceremony.

Brimbank Volunteer Conference

Posted Thu, 01/10/2009 - 00:00 by thinkwest

As Neighbourhood Houses in Brimbank we acknowledge that volunteers are the backbone of our vibrant community. The Brimbank Volunteer conference is therefore an opportunity to thank you all our quiet achievers who generously donate their time to make Brimbank a better place to live, work and play.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Looking for Mentors

Posted Wed, 17/06/2009 - 13:44 by thinkwest

I am a Mentoring Coordinator with Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne which is a youth mentoring not-for-profit agency. Myself and two of my colleagues who work in the Western region of Melbourne are currently undertaking a recruitment drive for volunteer mentors. for more information please download the information sheet attached.

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