Neighbourhood Houses & Learning Centres
September 4, 2007
I went on a Shopping with a Conscience supermarket tour last Friday night and I do confess the complexity is ALMOST overwhelming. This is just what Supermarket Buying Guide and the campaign Your dollar is your vote – who did […]
July 14, 2007
‘Community engagement’ and ‘deliberative democracy’ are becoming common phrases in planning and community development. WA seems to be leading the charge – paying more than lip service (? one hopes!) to ‘sustainable development being about assisting communities to control their […]
July 12, 2007
Think Global, Map Local! The Warrandyte Neighbourhood House (WNH) recognises how strongly local people feel about their beautiful natural environment in one of Melbourne’s ‘green wedges’ – the last council election was pretty much fought on the preservation of the […]
July 2, 2007
It’s interesting to hear the rumblings of deliberative democracy here – particularly in WA – where Dr Mark Brophy, 2006 Fulbright Professional Award recipient, presented a Study Circle Workshop at the Adult Community Ed. Conference at Central TAFE, Perth, in […]
June 16, 2007
The number of advertisements for Community Engagement Officers grows but does anyone KNOW what this entails? How do government officers or department heads in large organisations go about engaging ‘their particular community’? Recently I found an article about the ‘Melbourne […]
June 4, 2007
Evelyn and the staff at the Shepparton Adult Community Education (ACE) Centre in northern Vic. haven’t been winning too much in the way of grants etc and are just delighted to be the winners of the PWF coffee comp…They all […]
May 21, 2007
PWF writes regularly about the achievements of Neighbourhood/Community Houses/Learning Centres but until a discussion with Dr Helen Sheil recently we hadn’t realised that ‘lifelong learning’ is education’s ‘poor cousin’ and there is no career pathway for those who teach adult […]
April 22, 2007
Seeing the breadth and passion of grassroots action groups in North America, the UK, Ireland and a few here in Oz – all working towards a sustainable future – I am amazed there has been NO news coverage of their […]
April 22, 2007
A community concept unites a drought stricken Victorian district Camperdown’s Community Garden idea has evolved as a means to enhancing the skills of local ‘Work for the Dole’ participants and Cooinda clients – mentally inhibited adults over eighteen. But essentially […]
April 19, 2007
While the new Graduate (subclass 485) Skilled Temporary Visa may have a ‘knock on effect’ on the wages of locals, such as hospitality workers and taxi drivers, the tourism and hospitality industry is desperate to find and keep staff – […]
April 9, 2007
Deductible Gift Recipient status: part of the battle for realistic funding Given the contribution by volunteers, the dedication of Coordinators and the wonderful community outcomes from the Neighbourhood House & Learning Centre Sector, it beggars belief Houses & Centres can’t […]
April 5, 2007
Thriving neighborhood backyard bike club- much like a neighborhood house or a men’s shed- a place for locals to meet and fix bikes The Forbes St Nunnery Community Bike Workshop (it’s not really a nunnery, just a place where some […]