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2011

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Children & families

The construction of the Atherton Gardens Children and Families Hub commenced. A product of a long-term partnership between the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Uniting Care and the City of Yarra, supported by the Victorian and Australian Governments. The hub will bring together elements of the Brotherhood's early years programs and our financial inclusion programs, integrated with maternal and children health services, child care, kindergarten and playgroups, as well as family support services (BSL Annual Report 2011).

 

 

Employment and training

Planning under way to build a new Caroline Springs Youth Community Centre.


Youth Employment Project funded through the Victorian Government's New Workforce Partnerships from June 2010 to December 2011. Worked with schools  and employers, (including Delfin Lend Lease, Alex Fraser Recycling, Melton Shire and Naturform). The project was aimed to link disengaged young people directly with employers for short-term work experience placements which might lead to ongoing jobs or training for the young people while at the same time responding to local labour needs and skill shortages. For more information see the BSL evaluation: Pathways that work: lessons from the Youth Employment Project in Caroline Springs.

 

Official opening of new training centre at 95-97 Brunswick St, Fitzroy by Senator Gavin Marshall on the 29th of August 2011. See media release.

 

Closure of Goodbye Graffiti on 30 September 2011 (Internal Comms,. 2011.) (This was a program for employment and training of teams of unemployed residents in Melbourne to remove highly visible graffiti scrawl along agreed metropolitan rail and road corridors).

 

Equity and Climate Change

Launched a campaign for a National Energy Saving Initiative, working with partner organisations including CLimateWorks, the Climate Institute and the Australian Council of Social Service (BSL Annual Report 2011). See media releases: 02/03/2011, 13/04/2011, 25/05/2011,  11/07/2011, 


Fundraising & resources

Dr Hollingworth accepted the role of Brotherhood Ambassador, to speak about the importance of bequest giving (Building Better Lives, June 2011, issue 43).

 

Older People

Well for Life project. Established with the support of the Victorian Department of Health, it has led to the establishment of an edible community garden; the garden provides fresh produce for our community kitchen where Coolibah members come together each week to socialise and cook affordable and nutritious meals. Members designed and developed the garden, supported by our staff and the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES) (BSL 2011 Annual Report).

 

Organisational aspects

Brotherhood Library launched its Brotherhood Current Awareness Portal BroCAP (social policy current awareness service) (Brotherhood Comment April 2011 p.15.) 


Brotherhood Research and Policy Centre and the University of Melbourne form a partnership (Brotherhood Comment August 2011 p.3).


Brotherhood Library formed a partnership with Melbourne University Library and the Melbourne University Digitisation Centre to digitise the historic BSL newsletters. Students from the University's Student Ambassador Leadership program assisted with the project (Brotherhood Comment August 2011 p.16).


Launch of the Social Inclusion Monitor. The social exclusion monitor is a new approach to measuring social exclusion in Australia. It was developed by the Brotherhood of St Laurence Research and Policy Centre and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). It uses the annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey of 13,000 people (Brotherhood Comment November 2011 p.3).


May 2011 Brotherhood's Research and Policy Centre starts an enews letter: brotherhood update. It contains updates about recent reports, working papers, submissions, research events and other news (brotherhood update newsletter May 2011).  

 

Refugees and Settlement

Piloted a Refugee Youth Employment Preparation Program for young women, which produced a cookbook and coordinated music and dance performances (BSL Annual Report 2011).

 

Brotherhood enterprises

ModStyle sold (BSL Annual Report 2011).

Closure of Second Edition cafe bookshop in Malvern December 2011 (In The Hood January 2012).

 

Young People

Chaplaincy started a Schools Engagement Program. They run Urban Camps, where we host Year 10 students for an intensive three day program. By participating in the Brotherhood’s work, the students see and experience different areas of disadvantage to inform their world view. See brochure (BSL Annual Report 2011).


Launch of the Brotherhood workbook as an educational resource designed to be used in conjunction with Brotherhood Stories of Courage and Resilience. Written for Year 9 and 10 students (media release 2011). 

 

Homework centre celebrates its 21 years of operation. Media Release 07/11/2011

 

Publications and Events

Sambell oration Shared prosperity by Jennifer Westacott

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