TABLE OF CONTENTS

DATES TO NOTE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

BATFORCE NEWS ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

AUGUST MEETING .................................................................................................................................................................. 2

COMMUNITY SECTOR BRIEFING + STATE BUDGET SUBMISSION CONSULTATION – GEELONG ............................................. 3

SCHOOL FOCUSED YOUTH SERVICE FUNDING ROUND ........................................................................................................... 4

WHAT'S YOUR 'APP' IDEA FOR GEELONG? .............................................................................................................................. 4

YOUTH VOICES 2015 ............................................................................................................................................................... 5

SECTOR NEWS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

SPREADING THE MESSAGE ...................................................................................................................................................... 7

AWARDS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY AWARDS ......................................................................................................... 9

EMPLOYMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

CITY OF GREATER GEELONG ................................................................................................................................................. 12

TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

THE HEARING VOICES APPROACH & VOICE PROFILING ........................................................................................................ 13

YOUTH JUSTICE REINVESTMENT CONVERSATION ................................................................................................................ 14

BARWON CASA TRAINING – JULY RELATIONAL TRAUMA AND AUGUST THE PORN FACTOR .............................................. 15

DRUMBEAT – WARRNAMBOOL ............................................................................................................................................ 16

RESOURCES........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

OUR COMMUNITY ................................................................................................................................................................. 17

GRANTS ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18

CHILDREN'S WEEK 2015 ........................................................................................................................................................ 18

FOR SCHOOLS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 18

YOU THE MAN ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18

WEB SITES .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

SCAM WATCH ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21

FOR YOUTH ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 23

3219 SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................... 23

SOUTH GEELONG SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM ................................................................................................................... 24

MUSICIANS WANTED ............................................................................................................................................................ 25

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM IN THE NORTH ...................................................................................................................... 26

GOLDEN PLAINS SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM ..................................................................................................................... 29

BATDROPPINGS ISSUE NO. 22 E-BULLETIN JUNE 22th, 2015

DATES TO NOTE

June 22nd & 23rd Preventing Violence Against Women

June 24th Rural Law Forum

June 24th Rural Youth Justice Conversation

June 26th – 28th African Dads and Kids Camp

July 8th Spreading the Message launch

July 17TH Relational Trauma Training

July 21st VCOSS Geelong consultation

July 29th The Hearing Voices Approach

Aug 6th BATForce Network Meeting – we are looking for a host

Aug 5th The Porn Factor Training

Aug 19th & 20th Youth Conference 2015 Deakin University

Sept 3rd BATForce Annual General Meeting –subject to confirmation

Sept 9th Combined Geelong Education Network Meeting for Schools and Agencies

Sept 10th Youth Voices

Sept 11th Reach Finding Heroes Introduction Workshop

Oct 8th Reach Finding Heroes Graduate Workshop

Oct 23rd Supporting LBGTQ students

Oct 24th Start of Children’s Week

BATFORCE NEWS

AUGUST MEETING

Our host for August has had to withdraw from being able to host the next meeting. Is your organisation able to host our next meeting Thursday August 6th from 10 am until 12 noon. Refreshments (morning tea or light lunch would be great) but are not essential. You will need a room for up to 20 attendees. Contact Elvira if you are able to assist. Many members would not be familiar with the new Northern Hub so if your agency has a link to this new facility perhaps you would consider hosting our next meeting.

COMMUNITY SECTOR BRIEFING + STATE BUDGET SUBMISSION CONSULTATION –

GEELONG

Please find information below regarding upcoming VCOSS policy consultations. We are travelling to areas in regional

Victoria to ensure that the voices of regional and rural community service organisations are captured in our submission

for the next state budget, the shaping the education state review, the Bracks review, the portable long service leave

review and the review into abuse and neglect in disability services.

We hope you will be able to come along and share your concerns and priorities.

July 21 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm First Session is open to non members Every year, VCOSS produces an extensive submission to inform the development of the Victorian Government’s State Budget. The Submission documents a wide array of expenditure and policy directions for the Victorian Government, and form an important foundation of our advocacy work throughout the year. VCOSS welcomes members input and advice on the strategic priorities for our State Budget Submission for the 2016-17 financial year. In 2015, VCOSS is bringing budget consultation to regional Victoria. The regional forums will also include an update on community sector issues. The first half of each regional forum is open to anyone interested in the community sector environment, and will provide participants with a briefing about and opportunity to discuss current issues including:

The state and federal budget

Community organisations in a climate of change: key sector challenges, opportunities and trends

Fairer funding and service agreement for the community sector

This session will run from 11am – 12.30pm and be followed by lunch. This session is open to all community sector organisations. The second half of the forum is a VCOSS member only session, to provide input to the VCOSS State Budget Submission 2016-17 and other policy consultation processes, including:

Shaping the Education State and the Bracks education funding review The Victorian Government is conducting a number of reviews of its education policies and direction. Two significant investigations are Help shape the Education State and the Bracks Review of Education Funding. Help shape the Education State is a wide-ranging consultation process that will examine the future aspiration and direction of Victoria’s education system. The Brack’s Review will more closely examine the calculation, allocation, distribution and transparency of school funding in Victoria. VCOSS is planning to make submissions to both these inquiries, and would welcome member’s contributions and expertise on the issues.

Portable long service leave The Victorian Parliament’s Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills Committee is conducting an inquiry into employer schemes for portable long service leave, with a particular focus on the community sector. VCOSS is planning to make a submission to this inquiry, and would welcome member’s advice and input into our submission.

Abuse and neglect in disability services There are currently several inquiries into abuse and neglect in disability services, including by the Victorian Ombudsman, the Victorian Parliament’s Family and Community Development Committee, and the Senate Community Affairs Committee. VCOSS is intending to make a submission to the Victorian inquiry, and seeks information and advice from member organisations about the cause and extent of abuse and neglect, and potential actions to prevent future abuses.

This session will run from 12.30pm – 3pm and is for VCOSS members only. Previous VCOSS State Budget Submissions are available to download on our website, as are other VCOSS submissions and reports.

To book and for more information go to:

http://vcosslink.vcoss.org.au/event/community-sector-briefing-state-budget-submission-consultation-geelong/

SCHOOL FOCUSED YOUTH SERVICE FUNDING ROUND

Funds are available for schools and agencies in the North Geelong (Northforce) and South Geelong

(Southforce) clusters. Details are being sent out this week. The process will be:

Applications to be received by Friday 24th of July

All applications to be processed by Advisory Groups in the week starting the 27th of July and signed off by

SFYS Exec

Recommendations to be signed off by BATForce Exec

Applicants notified and funds released week commencing August 17th

If your school is in the north or south cluster and you have not received an invitation to apply for funding by

9 am on Thursday June 25th please email Elvira (admin@batforce.org.au) so that you can obtain the

information and application form prior to the end of term.

This information will be available in the members area of the BATForce website.

WHAT'S YOUR 'APP' IDEA FOR GEELONG?

GOVHACK IS COMING TO GEELONG The upcoming GovHack competition encourages the creation of innovative apps using government data to help our community in a variety of ways. The City of Greater Geelong wants to know what type of app or information you would like to see developed at the GovHack Geelong event this July. Click here to Have Your Say

Win great prizes and help Geelong become a smart city this July!

FOR COMPETING IN THE EVENT

YOU CAN WIN A SHARE OF OVER $300,000

UP FOR GRABS NATIONALLY Find out more details

Checkout the official GovHack Geelong website for details Be part of the competition!

For anyone who enjoys creating videos/writing code/interface design. Register to be part of the event now

Let's build apps to help Geelong! A 'hackathon' event is coming this July GovHack Geelong is a competition held nationally and uses datasets that are provided by the City and other government agencies such as Barwon Health and Deakin to create amazing apps, mash ups and visualizations to help Geelong. The best outcomes can win some amazing prizes. The event is to be held on Friday 3 - Sunday 5 July @ Deakin Waterfront.

YOUTH VOICES 2015

IT IS TIME TO TURN THE TABLES – Youth Voices 2015

BATForce is proud to partner with GPAC Ed. and Headspace for this year’s Youth Voices event. Youth Voices gives

young people the opportunity to ‘turn the tables’ on how the media, general public, teachers and adults often

view and judge the choices they make and the things they do. It is about young people being the experts and

educating the adults, parents and educators on topics such as: social media, safe partying, family violence, sexual

identity, bullying, healthy relationships and more.

This year will see the addition of an evening performance open to parents, carers and the public. For additional information or to register a group of young people please see the forms below.

YOUTH VOICES 2015 A collaboration between gpac:ed, headspace Geelong & Barwon Adolescent Task Force

and supported by Cyber Cats

IT IS TIME TO TURN THE TABLES Youth Voices gives young people the opportunity to turn the tables on how the media, general public, teachers and adults often view and judge the choices they make and the things they do. It is about young people being the experts and educating the adults, parents and educators on topics such as: social media, safe partying, family violence, sexual identity, bullying, healthy relationships and more. Any young person group or individual between the ages of 12-25 can participate in Youth Voices using any of the following mediums to express their views: acting, dancing, music, singing, poetry, filmmaking, photography, a speech or PowerPoint etc. The young person does not necessarily have to appear on stage or perform, as they can represent their ideas through mediums such as film or photostory. The other option is for them to display any visual arts work, such as painting or photography, in the GPAC foyer. Any young person group or individual may enter up to 2 x 10 minute presentations.

Program Structure: When: Thursday 10

th September 2015 to celebrate RUOK day.

Day performance: 12.30 – 3.00 Young people will come together to share work; express their views, ideas and opinions as they rotate from presenting to watching the presentations. Evening performance: 7.00 – 9.30 Adults, parents and educators are invited to come along to support and encourage the young people as they present their views, opinions and ideas across a range of creative mediums. Cost: There is no cost for a young person to participate in this event.

Adult tickets for the evening presentation are $5.00.

Once the registration form is received more information will be sent. For further information and to book contact:

Kelly Clifford - Youth and Education, GPAC

PO Box 991 Geelong VIC 3220 P- 03 5225 1207 F- 03 5225 1229 E- kelly@gpac.org.au

SECTOR NEWS

SPREADING THE MESSAGE

Dear Community Members

Please find attached an invitation to the “Spreading the Message Resource Kit” launch.

The launch will be held in NAIDOC week, on Wednesday 8th July at 11.00 am.

Spreading the Message has been a successful and innovative project designed to strengthen

relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community members.

Due to the success of the Project, a “How To Guide” has been developed to support other organisations

/ services who may be interested to undertake a similar Project and spread the message in their own

communities.

The “Spreading the Message Kit” will be offered to those attending the launch, at no cost.

The Kit includes:

A DVD, showcasing the Northern Bay College Project

Spreading the Message Booklet, produced by Kids Own Publishing

A “How to Guide”, outlining Project Process Steps and Session Plans

Spreading the Message is a Project which can be adapted to suit a range of services, in a range of

settings.

The only thing needed is genuine commitment to strengthen relationships between Aboriginal and non-

Aboriginal community members.

Please come and help us celebrate with Project Leaders, Corrina O’Toole and Nathan Patterson, to

launch the Kit.

Yours sincerely,

Elaine Carbines

Chief Executive Officer

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G21 - Geelong Region Alliance

AWARDS

REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMUNITY AWARDS

EMPLOYMENT

CITY OF GREATER GEELONG

Early Childhood Educator (Diploma - Leopold)

Permanent Full Time

$57,832, plus super

Applications close: 03 July 2015, 05:00PM

Apply for this position

Early Childhood Educator (Diploma - Leopold)

Permanent Part Time

$57,832 (pro rata), plus super

Applications close: 03 July 2015, 05:00PM

Apply for this position

Early Childhood Educators (Certificate III - Leopold)

Permanent Full Time

$53,525, plus super

Applications close: 03 July 2015, 05:00PM

Apply for this position

Early Childhood Educator (Certificate III - Ocean Grove)

Temporary Part Time

$53,525 (pro-rata), plus super

Applications close: 03 July 2015, 05:00PM

Apply for this position

TRAINING

THE HEARING VOICES APPROACH & VOICE PROFILING

YOUTH JUSTICE REINVESTMENT CONVERSATION

We still have space available for the Youth Justice Reinvestment forum running next week Wednesday 24 June. You can

register for free to attend the closest location or dial in via Lync. CPD points may apply.

Register by opening the attachment and clicking on the link.

The forum addresses youth Justice Reinvestment. Justice Reinvestment aims to break the cycle of recidivism, reduce

prison expenditure and make communities safer.

Date: 24 June, 2015 Time: 10:30 – 12:30 Questions can be submitted by email prior to the event to

crrlj@deakin.edu.au

BARWON CASA TRAINING – JULY RELATIONAL TRAUMA AND AUGUST THE PORN

FACTOR

DRUMBEAT – WARRNAMBOOL

Click here to go to the BATForce website for more information and registration form

RESOURCES

OUR COMMUNITY

SHOP FOR BUNDLES HERE

SHOP FOR BOOKS HERE

GRANTS

CHILDREN'S WEEK 2015

Children's Week in Geelong represents one of the largest community celebrations focusing on young children.

This year, Children’s Week will take place from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November 2015.

Children’s Week is an international event designated by the United Nations, and celebrated annually in the fourth

week of October.

The week is designed to celebrate and promote the unique contributions that young children make to our

community, and focus community attention on the needs and issues associated with early childhood.

Grant Applications

Applications for the 2015 Children’s Week Council Grants are now open. View the Application guidelines to make

a submission.

For further information please contact:

Nikki Welsh

Acting Early Childhood Development Officer

Phone: 03 5272 4987 or nwelsh@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

FOR SCHOOLS

YOU THE MAN

Since 2013, Deakin’s School of Health and Social Development has run the program “You the Man” – a play that

addresses the issue of violence against women, and the role of friends and bystanders in its prevention. The

program has been shown to great success in schools, universities, sporting clubs and workplaces across the state

of Victoria.

”You the Man” program can form an important component of a local strategy for violence prevention by

focussing on bystander engagement and violence prevention. The program consists of a 30-35 minute play about

dating violence and sexual assault plus a moderated post-performance panel discussion.

This performance is unique in that it has no set performance dates – the audience sets them! You choose from a

range of available dates, and book one in. The performance will also come to you, in your local setting. And while

the script of the play remains the same, the post-performance discussion is also tailored to suit each individual

community – the local setting, circumstances and other violence prevention activities and support services are all

incorporated.

An outline of the program is attached. For more details, and information about available dates, go to our website

http://www.deakin.edu.au/health-social-development/chase/you-the-man.

WEB SITES

SCAM WATCH

Although the “week” is over this information may be useful.

FOR YOUTH

3219 SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

SOUTH GEELONG SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

MUSICIANS WANTED

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM IN THE NORTH

Check it out….. For ages 12 – 25, and ALL FREE! Like usual, all excursions off site require permission forms and booking, but for all activities based at the fOrT and at Corio Library young people can just turn up. For those interested in the High Tea Baking sessions, registrations can be made via email to me or via my mobile 0457 790 085. Spread the word!

Thanks, Jane. Jane Ruge Youth Activities Officer - fOrT & Lara, Youth Development

GOLDEN PLAINS SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM