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We bring people
together in each federal electorate (150 electorates around
Australia) to work locally in engaging our communities and our
representatives in an agenda of empowerment of ordinary people
and strengthening of civil society.
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SELF-DIRECTED
SERVICES AND PERSONAL BUDGETS
You can take charge of your social support, education and health
care through a personal budget.
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AGM SEASON
Making a difference in our not-for-profits.
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for further information. |
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STREET BY STREET
Linking
up people who live in the same
street or nearby to build community through practical helping
tasks - on a national scale.
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for further information. |
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COMMUNITY BUILDING
NATIONAL NETWORK
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to participate in the
Network. |
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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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community building
information workshops
Street by street
Circles of Support
NATIONAL
SERIES OF WORKSHOPS
Brisbane:
Wednesday 1 September
Sydney:
Friday 3rd September
Melbourne:
Friday 10th September |
Register Here
This series of Information
Workshops is for people interested in participating in two of the projects of
the Community Building National Network:
Street
by Street
Circles of Support
Street by Street
Brisbane:
Wednesday 1 September 12noon - 4pm
Sydney:
Friday 3rd September 9.00 - 1pm
Melbourne:
Friday 10th September
9.00 - 1pm
In every street
and neighbourhood, there is an isolated elderly person, and a person living with
a disability, and a new settler wanting to communicate and develop connections
with locals.
And in every
street and neighbourhood, there are people wanting to make
connections with others and offer support in simple and
practical ways.
Street by Street
aims to foster the development of
caring
communities by linking up people who live in the same street
or nearby. The
focus is on practical helping tasks which can relieve
isolation and make the
difference between someone remaining in their own home or
needing to move
into more supportive accommodation, such as:
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Taking the bin in
and out
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Hanging washing
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Getting a few items
from the shops
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Getting mail from
the letter box
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Looking after pets during absences or illness
Where two or more residents in a street are known
to be in need of regular practical support from neighbours, an auspicing group
will distribute a flyer in that street, inviting neighbours who wish to lend a
hand to make contact, attend an information session, and begin connecting up.
Our goal is 100 auspiced
Street by Street
groups by the end of 2010. And 1000 by 2011.
Community centres, service clubs, neighbourhood
houses, community health centres, scout and guide groups, and voluntary
associations are some of the organisations participating in auspicing a local
Street by Street
initiative.
These Information Workshops will examine the
operational and organisational issues, and how you may participate.
Dates and times for the
Street by Street
Workshops are:
Brisbane:
Wednesday 1 September 12noon - 4pm
Sydney:
Friday 3rd September 9.00 - 1pm
Melbourne:
Friday 10th September
9.00 - 1pm
Register Here
Program
Venues
Brisbane New
Farm Neighbourhood Centre
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
Melbourne Angliss Conference Centre
Circles of Support
Sydney:
Friday 3rd September 1.30pm - 5pm
Melbourne:
Friday 10th September
1.30pm -
5pm
Circles of Support are
a key strategy to make social inclusion work for people with disabilities,
people with mental illnesses, vulnerable children and families, young
people in foster care, single young parents, and others struggling with
social isolation. By building an intentional circle of support around a
person, comprising friends, neighbours, family, shopkeepers, drivers
and support workers, real connections and communities can be built.
We would like to hear from individuals and organisations around the country interested in
developing Circles of Support in their community.
Our goal is
100 Circles of Support by the end of 2010. And 300 by 2011.
These Information Workshops will examine the
operational and organisational issues, and how you may participate.
Dates and times for the
Circles of Support Workshops are:
Sydney:
Friday 3rd September 1.30pm - 5pm
Melbourne:
Friday 10th September
1.30pm -
5pm
Register Here
Program
Venues
Brisbane New
Farm Neighbourhood Centre
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
Melbourne Angliss Conference Centre
Workshop Venues
The
Angliss Conference Centre is located in Melbourne's CBD, opposite
Flagstaff Gardens, at 555 Latrobe St (cnr King St). The venue is easily
accessible by train and tram. It is 200 meters from Flagstaff Railway
Station, and three blocks from Southern Cross Railway Station.
Community Building
National Network
CLICK HERE for information on the
Community Building National Network.
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Centre for Civil Society 2010 |
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TRANSFORMING OUR
SCHOOLS
CLICK HERE for
details of our campaign for a Real Education Revolution.
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PARENTS FAMILIES AND
CARERS
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for
info on the National
Federation of 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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to read
Making It Personal. |
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THIRD WAY FORUM
Communitarianism,
Mutualism, Third Way Thinking
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to find out more. |
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Family Carers
There are
2.7million family carers of people with a disability, a chronic
or mental illness, or aged frailty in Australia. They are
invisible to politicians and policy makers.
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