This City of Port Phillip Council (CoPP) Community Sector News has some wonderful capacity building resources and training for your community group or oganisation to take advantage of.
The City of Port Phillip Council is very proud to support, fund and facilitate the Community Training Calendar so make sure you book into any training early as it books out quickly.
Training and Professional Development
SEMINAR | Becoming a Carer Friendly Place | Thursday 9 March 2023 | 9.30–11am
This information and training session is for Community Groups and Community Centres such as Neighbourhood Houses to learn how to become a Carer Friendly Place.
Partnering with Neighbourhood Houses Victoria, Municipal Association Victoria and local councils, Carers Victoria is extending support to carers by providing opportunities to connect and engage in carer friendly communities in local, easily accessible spaces.
Neighbourhood houses and local councils undertake specific training to develop greater awareness of the varied needs of carers, how they can better support carers, offer specific carer activities and provide pathways to carer supports and programs. On completion they become designated Carer Friendly places, easily identifiable by the Carer Friendly logo.
In Carer Friendly places carers can:
- Meet in welcoming and warm spaces;
- Find information about supports and services that exist for carers;
- Connect with other people in their local community;
- Participate in local programs and activities;
- Enjoy spaces for support group meetings;
- Connect to programs and pathways specifically for carers.
This training is funded by the City of Port Phillip Community Training Calender
- Where: Training Room - St Kilda Town Hall - entrance Carlisle Street, 99A Carlisle Street, St Kilda Victoria 3182
- Cost: Free.
- Bookings: essential, online through Trybooking
SEMINAR | Running a successful community group | Thursday 27 April 2023 | 9.30am–12.30pm
Are you a new community group, or been around for a while and are wanting tips for how you can improve your committee’s effectiveness? For a committee to be successful they need to function cohesively, be accountable for their direction, the way they function, and for achieving their short and long-term goals.
Topics include:
- Understanding the role of the committee
- What good governance means for a community group
- Identifying the entity’s legal structure and the implications for this
- Appreciating what makes a committee and meetings effective (including a meeting template)
- Knowing what specific skill sets and attributes are required for each committee role
- A checklist for good governance
- The committee’s role in planning and keeping an eye on the future.
This session will help community groups to understand the role of a committee, their responsibilities, and what structures they need to have in place that provides the foundations for a successful community group.
- Where: Council Chamber - St Kilda Town Hall - entrance Carlisle Street, 99A Carlisle Street, St Kilda Victoria 3182
- Cost: Free (This training is funded by the City of Port Phillip Community Training Calender).
- Bookings: essential, online through Trybooking
TRAINING | Suicide Intervention for all people | Saturday–Sunday | 8.30am–4.30pm
Griefline has recently become a provider of the LivingWorks Applied Suicide Skills Intervention Training (ASIST). ASIST is the most widely used suicide intervention model in the world, and we have scheduled three new workshops to deliver the training in the first half of 2023.
Any adult can attend and there are no prerequisites. ASIST is founded on the principle that everyone can make a difference in preventing suicide.
This highly-sought after training will be delivered at Griefline's head office in St Kilda, Victoria on the weekends of the:
- 18–19 March 2023
- 15–16 April 2023
- 20–21 May 2023
ASIST workshops teach participants to recognise when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.
- Where: Griefline, 181 St Kilda Road, St Kilda Victoria 3182
- Cost: $544.71
- Bookings: For more information or book online through Griefline
Grants and Funding
Linden New Art | OFFERING | Juncture Art Prize | entries close 3 March 2023
JUNCTURE will support two mid-career artists with a cash prize of $20,000 each to help them realise exciting new directions in their practices, culminating in an exhibition of new work in 2024.
The selection framework for JUNCTURE is defined by a demonstrated history of success, and the potential for future outcomes. It is designed to support radical thinking, conversations, and change, for both Artist and Audience.
Events
STKILDA | Pathways for Carers - Monthly walk, talk and morning tea | 4th Tuesday of every month | 9.45am for a 10am start
Are you a Carer needing peer support and gentle exercise?
Join us on a monthly walk on the 4th Tuesday of every month around the nature and beach paths of St Kilda. Every month there will be a guest speaker providing information and resources. Morning tea is included.
Meeting place/Morning tea venue: Victorian Pride Centre, 79-81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
Dates:
- Tues 28 February
- Tues 28 March
- Tues 25 April
- Tues 23 May
- Tues 27 June
Time: 9.45 am for a 10 am start. Morning tea from 10.45am for those unable to participate in walk.
Contact person: Simone - Simone.Jamieson@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Download the flyer for your community notice board
MIDDLE PARK | Heritage Talk: Albert Park: Gardens to the Sea | Tuesday 28 February 2023 | 6.30–8pm
Join us for a discussion on Middle Park History Group’s most recent publication, Albert Park: Gardens to the Sea.
Editor Gary Poore’s talk will concentrate on the pre-European environment and touch on how the area has changed, exploring the environment and Aboriginal inhabitants before European settlement.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
- Where: Emerald Hill Library & Port Phillip Heritage Centre, 195 Bank Street, South Melbourne Victoria 3205
- Cost: Free
- Bookings: essential, online through Trybooking
Other Programs
HEARING | Your Say: Positive ageing in the City of Port Phillip | submissions close midnight Monday 20 March 2023
Council has developed a Draft Positive Ageing Policy which will guide future decisions about how it can respond to the needs and aspirations of people aged 60 years and older.
Council is now seeking feedback on the draft Positive Ageing Policy.
It is anticipated that a summary of community feedback and any revisions to the policy will be presented for Council consideration in May 2023.
Community Profile
Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation (PPCfR)
Today we dive a bit deeper into learning about this local community group by talking with their co-Chair Rosemary Rule.
What is the name of your group and when did it start?
Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation (PPCfR) established in 1997.
What is your group’s elevator pitch?
To promote reconciliation and raise awareness of issues relating to First Nations people and the wider the community.
How many active members do you currently have?
Currently around 30-50 active members, along with 300 others on our database.
How can someone become a member?
Anyone interested is most welcome to join PPCfR. Details are on our website.
What was the group’s proudest achievement in 2022?
Two if allowed! First, a public forum on the Referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, St Kilda Town Hall, 3 November; 2nd, our annual community lunch to comemorate National Sorry Day, 26 May following a two-year hiatus due to Covid.
What project or activity is coming up that you want everyone to know about?
Lunch for National Sorry Day to be held 25 May and potential forums to promote the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Can you tell us one thing that works really well in your group and why it works well?
A committed Committee and core group of members who work brilliantly together as a team, have links with organisations and schools throughout the community and whose enthusiasm inspires and encourages newcomers.
For more information visit PPCfR website or follow them on Facebook.
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City of Port Phillip (CoPP)Address: 99a Carlisle Street, St Kilda, VIC 3182
Email: news@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Website: www.portphillip.vic.gov.au