Welcome to the Working Communities web. Each of our working community groups will be developing their own page to include information about each of the participating community groups.
Watch out for network e-newsletters, information about current research projects in Regional Community Development and links to a range of other related sites.
We are particularly grateful to our founding partner, the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund, for their support. Email us if you have useful links or information that you would like to see on our web.
Read about our current plans: Working Communities New Project: Engaging Youth (pdf)
Some photos of the Forum held on April 26 2007at Kojonup, where participants discussed Rural Community Trends, facilitated by futurist Ann Macbeth:
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Kojonup
Kojonup Working
The Kojonup Working vision is to be part of an economically prosperous and socially vibrant community welcoming people to settle in Kojonup. A range of social, creative, economic and learning activities that reflect the community values will be nurtured.
Kojonup Working aims to increase employment, learning, creativity and enterprise in rural and remote areas by working together to create our preferred future by:
- Monitoring trends impacting on rural and remote communities.
- Planning preferred future scenarios.
- Assisting rural and remote people with career development and enterprise growth.
- Maintaining a collaborative approach to partnerships.
- Developing and implementing community projects that are economically and socially sustainable.
- Investigating sustainability strategies.
For information about Kojonup Working, click here or contact Kojonup Working
Kent 2010
Kent 2010 aims to work together to create a welcoming, growing, highly skilled and prosperous community.
Gnowangerup Family Support Association - Fostering and promoting the wellbeing, welfare and care of multicultural families in Gnowangerup and the surrounding district. For more information about the Gnowangerup Family Support Association contact the manager.
The Katanning Cultural Collaboration
"Art of the Great Southern"
"Building community, across the cultures, through the arts'"
The Katanning Cultural Collaboration aims to use the expressive arts as a means to empower ordinary people to make sense of their world. Our group is proud of the artistic and multicultural community in which we are based. We will promote harmony between all artists regardless of background, qualifications, commercial success or experience. We shall aim to seize every opportunity to enhance our endeavours through the richness of our cultural and linguistic diversity.
Southern Agcare Inc.
Southern Agcare is a not for profit organisation dedicated to the well being of rural individuals and families experiencing financial and/or personal stress, by means of counselling, information, emergency relief, education and advocacy and by providing opportunities for personal growth. Southern Agcare operates in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia. For more information contact the Southern Agcare secretary.
The Beverly Youth Support Group vision is:
Beverley developing and growing together as a whole community and building citizenship and mentoring in unity.
We have the following Values:
We are Inclusive and Welcoming
We advocate a Whole of Community Approach in rural areas
We form Partnerships and collaborate with others with similar values
We use Mentoring and citizenship building in our activities
We listen to youth for Forward Thinking and Fresh Ideas
We believe a coordinated approach will enhance our potential.
For more information contact the Beverley Youth Support Group secretary
Newman
Newman Employment Task Force Inc. (NETFI)
The Newman Employment Task Force Inc. (NETFI) was incorporated on the 4th September 1986. The organisations aim was to provide a job matching service for local jobseekers and employers as part of the State Employment Assistance Strategy (SEAS) under the Joblink umbrella. NETFI is a non-profit community organisation and has Public Benevolent Institute (PBI) status.
NETFI's objective is to provide services to residents of Newman and surrounding areas with emphasis on employability skills or other priority areas as identified by the Department of Education and Training.
For
more information contact the Newman
Employment Directions Network manager.
The Yalgoo Healthier Communities project aims to build healthier community attitudes, behaviours, local capacity and opportunities within the Yalgoo Townsite.
The Yalgoo train station, which is a heritage listed building, is currently being renovated to become a community centre. When complete the centre will contain meeting rooms, training and office facilities as well as tourist information and an internet cafe.
Denmark
Denmark Healthy Community 'Building Unity in Community - Many People One Place.'
For information about the Denmark Healthy Community Project, click here or contact the convener.
