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www.ourcommunity.com.au Page 2 February 2003 1. Welcome from Rhonda Galbally AO, CEO of ourcommunity.com.au. Welcome back to Our Community Matters for 2003. It is a very exciting year and we are glad to start 2003 by announcing the line-up of our Communities in Control conference which will be held in Melbourne on April 7-8.In the first half of this newsletter we will
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? Highest number of apprentices of any State ... ? Students leaving school before Year 12 have much h igher rate of unemployment Proportion unemployed 0 5 10 15 20 25 ... days from school and providing jobs for local residents including vocational training qualifications.
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About: Walk Safely to School Day aims to encourage parents and carers to walk to school with primary school-aged children to instil healthy lifestyle habits at a young age. National/State: National Contact - Phone: (02) 9968 4544
The number of Australian community sector organisations was most recently estimated at around 600,000 (Productivity Commission, Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector (2010)). Some 440,000 are smaller unincorporated organisations. In 2007, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) classified 177,109 organisations as not-for-profits.
Substance abuse in aboriginal youth is frightening. There are currently about 35,000 CEP (working for the dole) recipients with the average adult male only working 2 days per week. These communities are disadvantaged socially, culturally and economically right across the country.
You can stand above the day-to-day hassle and look into the future to see how to make the school the best school it can be. ? You have time to give. Don?t think it?s just a couple of evening meetings ? we?re talking days, not hours, and possibly weeks. ? You want to make a difference. Effective councils add value to education and
The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games is a great opportunity to celebrate with school friends, sporting partners, community groups and your local social club in what will be the event of a lifetime. Australians love to attend sporting events with friends, and in large numbers.
The two renowned researchers Emeritus Professor Len Syme from the School of Public Health at University of California, Berkeley and Professor Lisa Berkman from Harvard University's Department of Health and Social Behaviour and epidemiology will be in Australia for a special three-day community conference in Melbourne.
Think about these concepts in context of the current relationships, partnerships or sponsorships your school has with business. This presentation will touch on all of concepts and look at their importance in terms of your school forming healthy mutually beneficial partnerships with business.
youth homelessness, while boosting school retention rates. Youth homelessness has plummeted by 40 per cent in just three years thanks to The Geelong Project, as it?s been dubbed. The number of early school leavers at the three pilot schools dropped 20 per cent, and disengagement levels by those most at-risk kids dropped by 50 per cent.
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