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Children & Families
Community issues
The Saver Plus program, a joint program of the ANZ Bank and the Brotherhood was announced a Gold winner in the Best Socially Responsible Product category, in Money Magazine's Best of the Best 2008 Awards. Saver Plus was developed by ANZ and the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 2003. In 2007 it was being delivered in 19 areas across Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland through a partnership with Berry Street, The Smith Family, The Benevolent Society and the Victorian Government. Saver Plus had been previously recognised for its contribution to financial literacy and inclusion, through the 2006 and the 2007 Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships. (ANZ BANK 2007).
The Executive Director, Tony Nicholson, was invited by the Victorian Government to be part of the Stronger Community Organisations Project (SCOP) within A Fairer Victoria to work with VCOSS, other community sector, philanthropic and business leaders to develop a strategic approach to improving the capacity of the community sector and plan for the key challenges for not-for-profit sector sustainability and growth over the next 10 years. The focus was on social innovation, strong governance, local collaborations and workforce development, to report back by October 2007.
A Symposium Low Paid Work in Australia: Realities and responses was organised by the Centre for Public Policy (University of Melbourne) in association with the Brotherhood of St Laurence (17 October). The launch of the BSL’s Working Years Social Barometer took place at the end of this event.
Boots for All campaign was launched by the partnership of Essendon Football Club, the Brotherhood of St Laurence and Boots For All to collect and re-distribute football boots and equipment to disadvantaged teams across Australia.
Employment & Training
The Phoenix Fridge refrigerator refurbishment program was relaunched with the opening of the purpose-designed workshop and warehouse in April (Media release 26/04/2007).
Fundraising & resources
The Lanier Golf Classic in aid of the BSL held at the picturesque Waterford Valley golf course, raising $3,700 for the provision of meals and for social engagement opportunities (November)
The pre-Christmas Festival of Lights in Frankston again donated the proceeds to the BSL (November)
Launch of Giving Tree gift donation campaign partnership with ABC Local Radio 774 (November)
ABC Local Radio 774's Day of Love arranged for radio personality Red Symonds to donate his fridge to the BSL's Phoenix Fridge program (November)
AXA sponsored the BSL’s Annual General Meeting (November)
Older People
Paul Brophy from Sambell Lodge received the 2007 federal Minister’s Award for Excellence in Aged Care in the ‘Residential Care Lifestyle’ category (BSL Annual Report 2007, p.17).
Organisational aspects (BSL)
The BSL's People, Work & Culture Department launched a booklet and guides (for managers and for staff) to Work & Life Balance within the Brotherhood, recognising the pressures of balancing work and family life and aiming to promote a more flexible attitude and approach to flexible work options. The Booklet, for all staff, contains a summary of all the flexible work options currently available at the BSL as well as other useful information. It is also provided to new staff on commencement and is proving to be a useful recruitment tool. The Manager and Staff Guides sought to assist Managers to handle requests for flexible work options, and Staff to know how to go about appropriately requesting flexible work options. (Personal Communication November 2007).
Presentations & Publications
The 26th Sambell Oration: Social policy in a 'fully employed' economy, delivered by Saul Eslake was presented within the BSL Conference The economic and social imperative: Tapping the potential of disadvantaged Australians (September) Economic_&_Social_Imperative_Conf_2007-9-27.pdf
Publications & media included:
- Social exclusion in Boroondara. Stage Two: identifying the issues for children who experience social exclusion in Boroondara, Janet Stanley, Chi Wai Ng, Kemran Mestan
- Tackle child neglect at the roots Tony Nicholson Op-ed on Quarantining of welfare payments The Australian 19 July 2007
- Unemployment rate: invest in disadvantaged to bring them into job market (Media release)
- Understanding our work - Indigenous Partnerships (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders)
- Poor Australians struggle to find affordable homes Tony Nicholson The Age 18 May 2007
- Investing in people: intermediate labour markets as pathways to employment Kemran Mestan, Rosanna Scutella and Allen Consulting Group
- Creating Early Childhood Partnerships in the Diocese of Melbourne, a report for Anglicare Victoria and the BSL by Rika Mason
- The inclusive role of playgroups in Greater Dandenong, by Nicole Oke, Janet Stanley, Jacqui Theobald, 2007
- Making it work, Promoting participation of job seekers with multiple barriers through the Personal Support Programme, by Daniel Perkins, December 2007
- The Brotherhood's Social Barometer, The working years, October 2007
- Ethical threads: corporate social responsibility in the Australian garment industry, by Emer Diviney and Serena Lillywhite, 2007
- Rebuilding connections, Creating opportunities for socially isolated older Australians, Evaluation of the Brotherhood of St Laurence Community Care Socialisation Program, by Michael Hillier, Brotherhood Community Care, July 2007
- Outcomes for older people with chronic and complex needs, A longitudinal examination of the use of community services following an aged care assessment in Victoria, a study conducted by Australian Institute for Primary Care at La Trobe University, Brotherhood of St Laurence and St George's and North West Aged Care assessment Services, by Karen Teshuva, Lucy Nelms, Victoria Johnson, Peter Foremen and Janet Stanley, June 2007
- Equity in Response to Climate Change Roundtable, Melbourne, 26/03/2007, This publication brings together papers and presentations from a roundtable, ‘Equity in Response to Climate Change’, convened by two welfare and two environmental non-government organisations: the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the National Welfare Rights Network, the Australian Conservation Foundation and The Climate Institute
- The Community Enterprise Development Initiative, Learnings from work with twelve disadvantaged neighbours in 2005 -06, by Lois Bedson, supported by the Victorian Government, April 2007
The Victorian Government released the Work and Family Balance Manual - Better Practices for Better Business, which contained a number of references to and examples of BSL practices (November)
Release of final report Towards New Indicators Of Disadvantage: Deprivation And Social Exclusion In Australia, an ARC joint project led by Peter Saunders with contribution from BSL and other partners Mission Australia, ACOSS and Anglicare Sydney.
Videorecordings:
- Blurring the boundaries: quality relationships bring good care
- HIPPY: Home Interaction Program for Parents & Youngsters
- Given the chance: supporting refugees through work experience - a breakout story, ANZ Bank, Melbourne. Interviews with Ahmad Raza, Siobhan McHale, Head of Breakout and Cultural Transformation, ANZ ; Danielle Curry, Head of Telesales ; Tony Nicholson, Brotherhood of St Laurence ; Jenny Fagg, Managing Director Consumer Finance, ANZ and Shane Freeman, Group General Manager, People, Capital and Breakout , ANZ.
- Investing in people: the road to employment. Interviews with Mark Daniels, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Karen Janiszewski from Lend Lease as well as employees who tell of their experiences in gaining employment.
Young people
Unsung Heroes - a second program of the 'digital storytelling for social justice project' took place involving Melbourne Grammar students and elders from the Coolibah Centre
Monash University and its community partners (including BSL) were awarded the Best Education & Training Collaboration Award at the Business & Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) for the Community Partnerships program which had 2nd year medical students on placement in a range of BSL services as a requirement of their studies (November).
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