Claim the Date for the 2011 Sustaining Rural Communities Conference.
22nd and 23rd March 2011 at the Crossing Theatre, Narrabri
Further information will be available shortly.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The Sustainability of Australia's Country Towns
The Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities is holding their conference in Bendigo on the 30th September and 1st October. You might like to read more about it by clicking on the link above.
SEGRA Sustainable Economic Growth For Regional Australia
This years conference is to be held in Townsville. There are some good speakers. You can read more about the conference by clicking the link above.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Training for Specific Needs
State, territory, and Australian governments offer assistance to help all Australians access vocational education and training (VET).
These include programs to support:
people with a disability
mature-aged learners
people from rural communities
Indigenous people
people from non-english speaking backgrounds.
Programs and assistance vary from state to state. To find out more about the funding and support programs described below, contact the training authority in your state or territory.
This site might be of interest to emplyees and employers in rural communities as to what incentives are available for them on both sides of the aprenticeships and traineeships.
These include programs to support:
people with a disability
mature-aged learners
people from rural communities
Indigenous people
people from non-english speaking backgrounds.
Programs and assistance vary from state to state. To find out more about the funding and support programs described below, contact the training authority in your state or territory.
This site might be of interest to emplyees and employers in rural communities as to what incentives are available for them on both sides of the aprenticeships and traineeships.
Inspiring Communities Website
Although this site is based in New Zealand you may like to take a look, it has some items we discussed at the conference on it.
"Inspiring Communities supports communities of place to achieve their vision and goals by:
* Promoting the power of working together across sectorsalt
* Supporting leadership and learning for community-led development
* Linking people, projects and places
* Developing and sharing resources, tools and new knowledge
* Being a catalyst for change in communities of place"
Click on the above link and see what you can find.
"Inspiring Communities supports communities of place to achieve their vision and goals by:
* Promoting the power of working together across sectorsalt
* Supporting leadership and learning for community-led development
* Linking people, projects and places
* Developing and sharing resources, tools and new knowledge
* Being a catalyst for change in communities of place"
Click on the above link and see what you can find.
How to get your community walking
This is a website to get Victoria Walking. Some great ideas on it. It reads
"Encouraging walking is a great way to change your neighbourhood for the better. When you walk, you meet your neighbours, get healthy, save money and save the planet. We've found the best, most practical tools to help promote walking so take a stroll around the site."
"Victoria Walks has all the tools, information and support you need to make your neighbourhood safer and more walk-friendly."
Click on the link above to get some ideas for your community.
"Encouraging walking is a great way to change your neighbourhood for the better. When you walk, you meet your neighbours, get healthy, save money and save the planet. We've found the best, most practical tools to help promote walking so take a stroll around the site."
"Victoria Walks has all the tools, information and support you need to make your neighbourhood safer and more walk-friendly."
Click on the link above to get some ideas for your community.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Order SRC Conference Audio on Line
Click on the title to order a Computer /MP3 car stereo compatible CD of the Sustaining Rural Communities Conference. (no charge)
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