Over the last year Network West has been a partner in an exciting project funded by ACFE to assist training providers to strengthen themselves in the lead up to the Skills Victoria reforms.

Network West partnered with five Neighbourhood Houses in Moonee Valley and Melbourne on a Shared Services Project.

Thanks to Michael Burville (project worker working with some of the Neighbourhood Houses in Cities of Moonee Valley and Melbourne) for this great tool.

 
A recent survey showed that Western Suburbs Neighbourhood Houses receive an average of over 650 visitors in any week and over 30 000 people are expected to visit this week and participate in their local community.
 
Neighbourhood Houses and Community Centres also provide hundreds of hours of activities and learning in any given week, but this week is special.
 
May 10-16 is Neighbourhood House Week and the 45 centres in the western suburbs are hosting a cavalcade of exciting activities to celebrate.

One of my interests in having a flexible website is to try to showcase what is possible for 'non-techies' to do.

There have been massive advances in the last few years in ease of use of many programs on computers.

Today is an important day in the history of Women's rights and Pay Equity.
 
Our Union has today launch a campaign to raise awareness of the massive gap between our wages and those of our male counterparts.
 
This campaign is the national one to go alongside our own Victorian Respect Campaign
Pay Up - No More Lipservice to Equal Pay.

 

The uni has been trialling running careers counselling sessions at outreach locations and they are even looking at a Mobile option (a truck that comes to you)!
 
They are reaching out to local community organisations to:
1) provide them with brochures/information on their courses to be able to refer people to our centres and
 
2) to have our centres host the truck for 1/2 - 1 day sometime over the next few months.
 

See attached for a E-sheet on information and coordination sharing tools.

See attachment for information sheet on Twitter and how it could be a useful tool.

Neighbourhood Houses are only as good as the people in them: lets improve the NEW collective agreement
By Matilda Langley, Networker Network West and Australian Services Union Member
 
Despite the global financial crisis and rising unemployment, community sector organisations (and especially Neighbourhood Houses) are still having trouble recruiting and keeping accomplished workers and staff.