Neighbourhood Houses & Learning Centres
October 29, 2010
VicHealth is reporting that the 5000 strong Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative in Geelong, working with Victoria University (VU) has returned to traditional hunter-gatherer methods to solve food shortages and improve healthy eating. Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show the average […]
September 21, 2010
Sugata Mitra is an Indian education researcher. His ‘Hole in the Wall’ experiments have shown that, if motivated by curiosity and peer interest, children can teach themselves and each other without formal supervision. He says in every country there are […]
August 29, 2010
PWF has found the TRI Community Exchange (TRI) on Twitter. TRI is a NSW community info exchange that has been in operation since 1992. They’re dealing with: Suicide & Self Harm Prevention– TRI has just launched a national suicide/self harm […]
August 10, 2010
CERES, Melbourne’s award-winning Community Environment Park in Brunswick is running a new series of Sustainable Home Workshops Saturday afternoons 1.30pm-3.30pm. They will focus on reducing our environmental impact at home, for example: Insulation and Glazing Green Cleaning Buying Green Living […]
July 14, 2010
A reader has highly recommended the Developmental Assets program. He was present as a very committed teacher at Good Shepherd College in Hamilton, country Victoria, introduced this support for teenagers – in tears as he showed a 60 minutes clip […]
July 4, 2010
With Dick Smith donating $1 million to buy three houses in regional NSW to help the Salvos help the homeless, ProBono Australia reports that “The Salvation Army has recorded a massive 65% increase in the number of people across NSW […]
June 9, 2010
There will be rallies in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin and many regional areas to protest women in full time paid work still earning 18 per cent less on average than men, which equates to $1 million less […]
May 19, 2010
I recently visited several Indigenous communities in WA’s remote Fitzroy Valley and was impressed by a new network’s comprehensive understanding, sensitivity and sheer determination to create a better ‘now’ for First Australians. With the ongoing stories of schools right around […]
May 17, 2010
After writing about weasel words, engagement, collaboration etc as well as how governments get feedback from rate/taxpayers I see there is to be a workshop in Results-Based Accountability (RBA), run here in Vic by Community Indicators Victoria. We are told […]
May 2, 2010
In his latest Circular Mark Brophy from Dialogue To Change passed on this gem from Craig Thomler, who writes up his eGovernment and Government 2.0 thoughts online. Where’s The Payoff? Convincing Citizens To Engage With Government “Governments regularly hold consultations […]
April 30, 2010
After a lot of interest in recent PWF articles about food swaps and community supported agriculture here in Melbourne, here’s info about fresh organics, live art and live music at this month’s Fitzroy Market. Fitzroy Community Market Partners The Market, […]
April 30, 2010
ProBono Australia, summarising the new Forester’s research, Financing Social Enterprise: Understanding Needs And Realities , reports that social enterprises should not rely on grant funding and should adopt sustainable business operations. The report that finds: “Social enterprise is not a […]