Info Update
Andrew Cummings
The training materials are based on the unit of competency in the Community Services Training Package CHCYTH001: Engage respectfully with young people, which has been customised to focus on young people from refugee backgrounds. The package consists of a Trainers Guide, Participants Handbook and Assessment Guide.
A consortium of agencies (MYAN Australia, Navitas English, Margaret Piper and Associates, MDA Ltd. and AMES) worked in partnership to develop the materials. You can download the new materials at http://www.myan.org.au/national-training-package
STARTTS Community Evening Presentation
Theme: Playing with refugee young people: sport as social development
Date: 18 March 2015
Time: 6 – 8pm
Guest Presenter: Dr Anne Bunde-Birouste - Founder and CEO of Football United
Venue: STARTTS - 152-168 The Horsley Drive, Carramar NSW
Register: www.startts.org.au (go to CD evenings page) or phone: (02) 9794 1900 (enquiries only)
Migration Council Harmony Day Dinner
Amnesty International NSW’s 2015 Youth Conference
The aim of the conference is to inspire the youth audience to transform their interest in international human rights issues into action. By showcasing some of the country's most inspirational youth activists who use a variety of mediums to inspire change, they want to encourage attendees to use their own passions and talents in their own activism endeavours.
The conference is to be held on Saturday the 7th March from 9.30am - 4pm at a central location in Sydney on Pitt Street. Morning tea and lunch will be provided.
Tickets are currently priced at $15, but organisations who share similar goals and missions as Amnesty can provide their young members, volunteers and interns with free tickets to the conference.
To redeem the free tickets visit this webpage:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/nsw-youth-conference-2015-tickets-15391021961 and enter the promotional code: amnesty2015free
For more details contact Surabi at nswy...@amnesty.org.au
PILCH Advocacy Training
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre have two advocacy workshops scheduled for March 11 & 12. For more information go to http://www.piac.asn.au/course/advocacy-strategies
or email Sarah at slud...@piac.asn.au
Funding Grants
WentWest would like to invite you to apply for The Western Sydney Partners In Recovery Flexible Funding Grants Program 2015.
Funding grants of between $20,000 to $100,000 will be made available to community groups, organisations and services for projects that focus on system improvement and integration, strengthening collaborative partnerships and incorporating a recovery approach for people with severe and persistent mental illness in the Western Sydney region, resulting in a long term legacy.
Applications open on Wednesday 25th February 2015 and close on Monday 13th April 2015, 5.00pm.
WentWest will be hosting an information session and workshop on Monday 9th March 2015, to guide you with your application. For more information contact WSML HELP DESK: (02) 8811 7117 or sup...@wentwest.com.au
2 other grants currently available which you may be interested to consider or collaborate on are:
http://www.westpac.com.au/about-westpac/westpac-foundation/grants/grant-guide/
http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2015/02/auspost-grants-program-launched
National Youth Week Forum - Young People Needed!
The NSW Office of Communities is currently seeking nominations from young people for the CONNECTING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY – NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK IN NSW FORUM.
Youth Week in NSW works closely with Government agencies to raise issues of importance to young people, and provide information and support to address these issues.
This year, Youth Week in NSW is partnering with Multicultural NSW to focus on strategies to address and overcome the barriers to community engagement and participation encountered by young people generally, and by young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in particular.
The Connecting Culture and Community - It Starts With Us! Forum is an opportunity for young people to network with a range of policy makers and service providers, and to participate in activities, discussions and workshops that build their knowledge, skills and confidence to meaningfully participate in their communities.
NOMINATIONS CLOSE MONDAY 9 MARCH 2015.
Places at the Connecting Culture and Community - It Starts With Us! Forum are limited. Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be advised via email by Friday 13 March 2015.
The NSW Department of Education and Communities will coordinate and meet the costs of travel arrangements for young people who live outside the greater Sydney metropolitan area.
APPLY AT: https://nswcommunities.smartygrants.com.au/YouthWeekForum2015
For more information, please contact me on (02) 9561 8443 or at yout...@det.nsw.edu.au
Youth Homelessness Matters Day in Granville
This year’s Youth Homeless Matters Day (#YHMD 2015) is on Wednesday, 15 April 2015 and we are taking #YHMD2015 from the Streets to the Basketball Courts! We are bringing awareness of Youth Homelessness to the community by holding an event at the Granville Youth and Community Recreation Centre from 10am to 2pm.
The day will be jam packed with activities and information including a basketball skills and drills workshop, Streetball 3 on 3 comp on our newly surfaced courts, a free lunch from the Rapid Relief Team and some mad prize giveaways and performances. The event is open to the whole community and we are inviting community organisations to get on board and hold an information stall about their services with the community. We will send through promotional material within the next week if you could help us promote the event.
If you are interested in hosting a stall, please let us know as we have limited stalls available for this event.
We are really excited to be hosting this very special event and bringing awareness of Youth Homelessness to the community and would be really excited to have you join us!
If you require any further information, please give Moana a call on 9897 9741
Homelessness Sector Survey
With your help, the Industry Partnership, made up of the three homelessness peaks, has been developing a three year Homelessness Sector Industry Strategy, which includes a Workforce Plan.
A number of workers in the sector have told us about actions that should be prioritised and now we need your feedback on what you think needs to happen in this sector. We also want to find out more about workers in the sector, especially since the Going Home Staying Home reforms.
To complete the survey, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s HomelessnessSectorFeedback
For more information call Chela or Jennie on 9331 3006
Condom Credit Card – free condoms for Young People in your area
The Condom Credit Card Project is a friendly, confidential way for young people to get free condoms. Family Planning NSW are inviting you to become a partner in this highly successful project. At no cost to you they will train staff in your organisation to implement the CCC at your service. This includes learning how to engage young people when talking about reproductive and sexual health, conduct a condom demonstration and provide information about sexually transmissible infections and contraception. All training and ongoing condoms are provided for free.
So what’s in it for you?
* The CCC will provide an additional recognised service that your organisation can provide to its young people.
* The CCC allows for condoms to be given out in a structured, uniformed way.
* The CCC builds the capacity of young people and provides them with basic sexual health education that may otherwise be missed.
* The CCC utilises the existing relationship workers have with young people, meaning discussing condom use and sexual health may not be as daunting as doing so with a less familiar adult.
* The CCC training will build the capacity of workers and increases their confidence in discussing reproductive and sexual health topics with young people.
* Your service will become part of a network of CCC providers enabling ongoing support and information sharing.
* Your services contact details will be placed on the Family Planning NSW website, increasing the service wider promotion to young people.
To register your interest in becoming a Condom Credit Card provider or to ask any questions visit www.fpnsw.org.au/ccc or contact Ben Davis at Family Planning NSW at be...@fpnsw.org.au or call 02 4749 0515.
For any other questions regarding Youth Week and sexual health please contact Gemma at the NSW STI Programs Unit at gemma.h...@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au or call 02 9382 7528
Developing and Implementing Programs Workshop - Bankstown
Vaughn Bowie is offering 2 for the price of 1 at his upcoming training event:
When: Wednesday 11 March 2015 from 9.30am till 4.30pm.
Location: Bankstown Area Multicultural Network (BAMN). Level 5 The Compass Centre 85 North Terrace, Bankstown
To register visit http://groupworksolutions.com.au/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=177666 or find out more at www.VaughanBowie.com
Sexual Health Training
YFoundations and NBM LHD are offering free 'Sticky Stuff' sexual health training for youth workers on Monday March 9. Contact Colin at YFoundations for more information or to register - co...@yfoundations.org.au
Street University - FREE English Classes
The Street University have been running FREE English classes every Wednesday from 5.30pm for the young people and the wider community for about a month now. Please feel free to refer your young people, the classes are also open to the wider community. For more information contact iva...@noffs.org.au
Employment Rights: Legal Solutions to Common Problems at Work
Do you know how to spot your clients' employment issues?
Do you know where to refer them for:
* Underpayments: Checking if someone is underpaid... and what to do about it
* Checking workplace entitlements
* Bullying at work: What is it, and what to do about it
* Unfair dismissal: How to identify that someone has been unfairly dismissed and what to do about it.
This community workers' webinar will give you the knowledge you need to help your clients to get a better deal at work.
10.00am - 11.00am
Thursday 12 March 2015
Venue: online.
Participate at work, at home, or even at your favourite coffee shop with wi-fi!. Webinars (online training seminars) are accessible across NSW - a bit like Skype, except you see us, but we don't see you! It's easy on your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android phone or tablet.
Book online now at www.rlc.org.au/community-workers/legal-training-resources
Social Media Campaign
#IAmSydneysWest is a social media campaign created by a group of young people, with the aim of highlighting the positive attributes, contributions and aspirations of young people living in Western Sydney. Young people residing in Western Sydney will be encouraged to enter the accompanying competition which asks each person to upload a photo of themselves holding a sign (example below) with three positive statements about themselves, each beginning with “I AM”;
• · I AM (something about themselves)
• · I AM (something they do, passion, talent, job etc)
• · I AM (A goal they want to achieve)
• · #IAmSydneysWest
For more information contact BYSA at prog...@bysa.org.au