classes, with funding to be made available through Community Hubs Australia. Formal training courses conducted included Food Handling, Barista Training, Certificate III in Children’s Services, Education Support courses and First Aid, Skills First English as an additional language (EAL) and Cook for Work. Informal training courses were also held including cooking, cake workshops, healthy meal workshops for parents and volunteers, sewing and floristry. Since 1 July 2017 there were 1,027 volunteering sessions held at hubs, playgroups, events and parent engagement and community gardens. Over 50 people volunteered in Hub programs since 2015, including the Healthy Start Breakfast program, with 15 volunteers gaining employment. In March 2018, an event to thank volunteers and the program sponsors of the Healthy Start Breakfast program was held. Child minding funds were made available for Hume Hubs through Community Hubs Australia to support participants in English language learning or skill development. COMMUNITY EXPECTATION (from Hume Horizons 2040) Council’s Role Advocate, Facilitator, Young children are developed into confident learners from birth and have access to high-quality education Service Provider Action Division Progress Description of Progress Participate in the National Governance Structure and provide Community Completed Council participation and representation in 2017/18 included: local representation. Services Attendance at the National Community Hubs conference and delivery of four presentations. Participation in the National Community Hubs Demographic Census. This was held in November 2017 and surveyed all people in hub programs and activities. The results for the Hume Community Hubs will be available in 2018/19.
classes, with funding to be made available through Community Hubs Australia. Formal training courses conducted included Food Handling, Barista Training, Certificate III in Children’s Services, Education Support courses and First Aid, Skills First English as an additional language (EAL) and Cook for Work. Informal training courses were also held including cooking, cake workshops, healthy meal workshops for parents and volunteers, sewing and floristry. Since 1 July 2017 there were 1,027 volunteering sessions held at hubs, playgroups, events and parent engagement and community gardens. Over 50 people volunteered in Hub programs since 2015, including the Healthy Start Breakfast program, with 15 volunteers gaining employment. In March 2018, an event to thank volunteers and the program sponsors of the Healthy Start Breakfast program was held. Child minding funds were made available for Hume Hubs through Community Hubs Australia to support participants in English language learning or skill development. COMMUNITY EXPECTATION (from Hume Horizons 2040) Council’s Role Young children are developed into confident learners from birth and have access to high-quality education Advocate, Facilitator, Service Provider Action Division Progress Description of Progress Participate in the National Governance Structure and provide local representation. Community Services Completed Council participation and representation in 2017/18 included: Attendance at the National Community Hubs conference and delivery of four presentations. Participation in the National Community Hubs Demographic Census. This was held in November 2017 and surveyed all people in hub programs and activities. The results for the Hume Community Hubs will be available in 2018/19.
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