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LEFT AND RIGHT?

"The Left and Right have been as bad as each other. The Left has allowed its distrust of markets and endless faith in government to obscure the importance of civil society. The Right has been so focused on replacing the state with markets that it has forgotten how to cultivate a trusting society.

This is the politics of the absurd. The Left identifies with the good society but rarely talks about the mutualism and trust between people. The Right recognises the importance of moral obligation but gives the impression of trusting market transactions more than civil society.

Few things seem to happen anymore without a government law or market transaction to guide them. This is how record levels of GDP in Australia now sit alongside record levels of crime, social stress and family  breakdown. The political balance needs to swing back towards civil society.

This task, in fact, requires a new type of politics."
Mark Latham, Mutualism: A Third Way for Australia," 1999.
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STREET BY STREET
SUBURB BY SUBURB

COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Angliss Conference Centre
Melbourne
21-22 April 2010
 

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PROGRAM


Day One: Wednesday 21 April

8.30    Registration

9.15    Welcome and opening remarks
          Vern Hughes  Centre for Civil Society

9.30    Introduction to the conference agenda

          Introduction to key initiatives
          Steering Group processes

9.45    Setting the Scene: Four snapshots

           Doris Sant  North West Area Mental Health VIC

           Jayne Barrett  Circles Initiative SA

           Robyn Massey  Community Living WA

           Ann van Leedam  Collingwood Livewires Program VIC

11.00  Morning Tea

11.30  Foundations: Concurrent Sessions

          Session 1A: Locality, Neighbourhood, Community

Heather Chaffey South West Sydney NSW
 Kathleen Gooch Regional Queensland QLD
Ann van Leedam Inner City Melbourne VIC

          Session 1B: Circles of Support

Jayne Barrett Circles Initiative SA
            Caroline Campbell Circles in NZ, Paradigm NZ
            Josie Costanzo Circles of Lived Experience, The Compassionate
            Friends VIC

          Session 1C: Neighbourhood-based Environmental Action

Emily Ballantyne-Brodie Urban Reforestation Project, Docklands VIC
            Madeleine Ellis Newport Organic Collective VIC
            Katherine Barling  Montmorency Transition Town VIC      

12.45  Lunch

1.30    Insights from Case Studies: Concurrent Sessions     

          Session 2A: Neighbourhood Models

Rana Qummouh  The Hub, South West Sydney NSW
Stephen Whately and Michael Green  The Sharehood, Northcote VIC
Leonie Deacon  Welcoming Bayswater VIC

           Session 2B: Disability and Neighbourhood

Scottie Maguiness, Joel Hunter  The Boat Club VIC
 Rebecca and Chris Wood  Palmerston North NZ
Jo Mason Community Connections NZ

           Session 2C: Community Building Processes

            Alex Smith  Campbelltown Communities for Children NSW
            Mark Silver  Uniting Aged Care VIC
            Pat Hall Liverpool Districts Neighbourhood Association NSW

2.45    Afternoon tea

3.15    Plenary Community Building National Network

          Goals, Targets, Processes, Merchandise
                             
3.45    Insights from Case Studies: Concurrent Workshops

          Session 3A: Workshop - Mental Health and Neighbourhood

           Facilitators:
           Doris Sant  North West Area Mental Health
           Lynn Waters  Moreland City Council 

          Session 3B: Workshop - Assessing Locationally Disadvantaged
          Community Capacity Building Programs       

           a. Men’s shed – social inclusion for marginalised men in a
               disadvantaged community
           b. Holy-istic health – community development and health promotion with
               Pacific Islander communities and churches
           c. Physical activity in CALD communities – social capital and health
               promotion with Khmer, Assyrian and Vietnamese communities
           d. Building Bubs – social inclusion and access to services for mothers
               and children in a disadvantaged community

Facilitator:
Vanessa Rose  Project Manager, Disadvantaged Communities and Populations, UNSW and South West Area Health Service NSW

          Session 3C: Workshop - The Sharehood
         
           Facilitator:
           Stephen Whately and Michael Green The Sharehood VIC

5.00     Close

7.30    Informal Dinner: Harbourside Esplanade, Docklands
 

Day Two: Thursday 22 April

9.00    Registration

9.15    Plenary Strategic Initiatives and Implementation
         
          Panel of participants on issues arising from day one

          Nadine Thomas  SunCare Community Services, Maroochydore QLD
          Tess White  Midnight Basketball Australia, Sydney NSW
          Glen McKinnon City of Wodonga, VIC
          Glennis Ford  Longreach QLD   

9.45    Plenary Initiatives: Street by Street

           Facilitator: Vern Hughes
           Street by Street National Steering Group

           Initiatives: Circles of Support

Facilitator: Vern Hughes
 Circles of Support National Steering Group

11.00   Morning Tea

11.30   Concurrent Workshops

            Session 4A: Nuts and Bolts - Operational Issues

            Facilitator:
            Robyn Massey Community Living WA          

            Session 4B: Midnight Basketball Association

            Facilitator: Tess White
            Midnight Basketball Australia, Sydney NSW

Session 4C: Neighbourhood Supported Living Networks

            Facilitator: Vern Hughes
            Supported Living Networks National Steering Group

12.45  Lunch

1.30   Plenary Initiatives: Community Building National Network

         Goals, Targets, Processes, Merchandise
        
         Facilitator: Vern Hughes

         Other initiatives
        
2.00   Initiatives: Concurrent Workshops 

          Session 5A: Residents, Volunteers, Workers: Overcoming the Divide

          Facilitator: Ann van Leerdam
          Concern Australia LiveWires Program, Collingwood VIC

          Session 5B: Community Transport Options

          Facilitator: Ron Lambert
          Baw Baw Shire Council VIC

          Session 5C: Community Building National Network

          Facilitator: Vern Hughes
          Network National Coordinating Group

3.00    Final Plenary and Close

3.30    Afternoon tea


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TRANSFORMING OUR SCHOOLS

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PARENTS FAMILIES AND CARERS

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MAKING IT PERSONAL

Charlie Leadbeater, Jamie Bartlett and Niamh Gallagher have authored this highly influential Demos Report on Self-Directed Services and Personal Budgets.
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Mutualism, Third Way Thinking
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