Community News

OC Connections

It is fabulous to welcome back our friends from OC Connections to the Cheltenham Secondary College community. On a weekly basis, we will have Harry, Tika, David and David with their Towards Employment Facilitator Hannah, doing work experience in the office.

Inclusivity and diversity are highly regarded at the college and the smiles on the client’s faces show how excited they are to be back.

Le Page Park Draft Masterplan

The City of Kingston is seeking feedback from the Cheltenham Secondary College community on their Le Page Park Draft Masterplan.

Annual Victoria Police Community Sentiment Survey

Victoria Police are seeking diverse community feedback as part of our commitment to Neighbourhood Policing.  Victoria Police are seeking information about the community’s safety concerns, engagement preferences, and experiences of police in local areas.

Celebrating Local Women

Cheltenham Secondary College students proudly performed at Kingston’s International Women’s Day 2022 event organised by City of Kingston on Friday 11 March. In the upcoming newsletters, we will introduce you to the nominees and winners’ of Kingston Woman of the Year Award 2022.

Bronwyn Currie and Paula Westhead are the joint winners of the Kingston Woman of the Year Award 2022.

Bronwyn Currie has been a passionate advocate for animal protection and social justice for many years. She is the Director of the National Board and Convenor of the Animal Justice Party in Victoria. As president of Chelsea Heights community centre, Kingston Residents Association committee member and mentor for Kingston’s Young Women’s Mentoring Program, Bronwyn contributes valuable knowledge and resources to our community especially for young women to succeed and for the community to come together during challenging times. Bronwyn is a founding member and organiser of the Melbourne Women’s March4Justice.

Paula Westhead is the Executive Officer of Emerge Women & Children’s Support Network and has over 25 years experience in the Child and Family services sector. She is passionate about supporting women and children and is constantly seeking innovative ways to assist family violence victim-survivors and the family violence sector. She is part of the Safe and Equal Implementation Champions Group, the Specialist Family Violence Services Leadership Group, Chair of the Bayside Peninsula Integrated Family Violence Partnership and a member of the Kingston Council Family Violence Working Group, amongst other things.

Please contact Nishtha Goel, Community Projects Officer at City of Kingston – Nishtha.goel@kingston.vic.gov.au or 9581 4648 for any questions or expressions of interest to nominate a deserving woman for the Kingston Woman of the Year Award.

Youth Strategy

Kingston Youth Services is reaching out to young people, parents and carers and those that work with young people, to help us to shape our direction and priorities for youth service delivery. So we are updating our Youth Strategy for 2022-2026.

We want to know your thoughts, experiences and ideas. We will use this feedback to input to ensure our strategy meets the priorities and needs of young people in the City of Kingston.

Our aim is to hear from 1000 young people who have a connection with the City of Kingston via the following links:

YOUTH

https://www.yourkingstonyoursay.com.au/2022-2026-kingston-youth-strategy

PARENTS/CARERS:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parentcarer2022

EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE PROVIDERS:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/educatorsandservices2022

For more background information visit: https://www.yourkingstonyoursay.com.au/2022-2026-kingston-youth-strategy

For any questions, please contact the Kingston Youth Services Youth Participation and Development Officer Zorica Djuric at zorica.djuric@kingston.vic.gov.au or call 1300 369 436.

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