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Community Forum Leaders

Community Groups

The Sustainable Homes & Communities Program is very keen to work with community groups in both Darebin and Banyule municipalities.

Read on to find out how our Program can support your community group.

Program Goal

To provide residents of Banyule and Darebin municipalities with the inspiration and skills to increase sustainable behaviour at home and in the community.

How we can work with community groups?

Directly
More hands-on/engaged
Minimum of 2 groups per year (1/municipality)

Indirectly
Offering more general resources
Can offer to many groups

General Examples of Support/Resources

  • Contacts and networks eg. local gardening groups or transition groups.
  • Information resources
  • Interpreters
  • Brochure translations
  • Financial support to run your own workshops
  • Excursions/transport
  • Training (as part of a group session) for grant application writing or advocacy
  • Information sessions
  • Workshops
  • Speakers on a variety of topics – see key themes above
  • Skill building sessions eg. leadership training or keeping chickens
  • Story boards for diverse languages – pictoral A3 boards and movies on the key themes above
  • Sustainability retrofit items eg. light globes, shower heads etc.

What we cannot offer as support

  • Plots of land
  • Financial aid for building projects
  • High cost items eg. solar panels
  • Staff support
  • Grant application writing

Groups we have been working with

Since the Program has relaunched in 2011, we have been working with various community groups/organisations and in various capacities - including directly or indirectly:

- Jika Jika Community House in Westgarth
- The North Eastern Chinese Community
- The Somali Womens Group in West Heidelberg
- The Arabic Baptist Church in Preston
- The Green Renters
- The Sharehood
- Transition Darebin
- Transition 3081
- Transition Banyule
- Monty Community Group
- Deep Green Permaculture
- Environment Victoria
- Planet Savers
- CERES

And the list goes on and on...

The Community Group Leaders Forum - 21 June 2011

This event was an opportunity for Community Group Leaders from both Darebin and Banyule municipalities to hear more about the Sustainable Homes and Communities Program, and how the Program can help support their community groups. All community group leaders were welcome eg. leaders from: faith groups, sports groups, environment groups, multicultural groups, etc.

Approximately 13 groups attended the forum and there were great discussions around projects that community groups would like to run and what resources they would need, along with the general types of resources that are useful for community groups.

For Further Information

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