Community Awareness and Support Programs Description Council Action Timeframe Community Awareness and Support Programs Dare To Connect North Dare To Connect North West is a free 10 week Council promoted the next Dare To October 2015. West program that aims to offer regular gamblers Connect program in September to local Ongoing recreational and educational alternatives to at residents through Council website, and risk gambling. The program consists of community information points including entertaining weekly activities supported by libraries and community centres and also trained volunteers. The program is funded to local community groups. through a Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Preventing Harm Grant. Dare to Connect completed the October training session with 14 participants from Maribyrnong City Council is a partner in the across the north west region of Dare to Connect North West program along Melbourne. with four other northwest region Councils; Moreland, Moonee Valley, Brimbank and Hume Dare To Connect is planning further City Council. Other project partners include training sessions in 2016. However, it will North West Area Mental Health Service, no longer be funded through a Victorian Lentara Uniting Care Financial Counselling, Responsible Gambling Foundation Gamblers Help Western and City and Mental Preventing Harm Grant. The program will Health Practitioners Network (MHPN). now be funded by a private benefactor. Council will scope options to continue to To date, Dare To Connect has had three support the program. Council will work successful programs, with residents from with Dare To Connect to determine how Footscray participating in the program. it can support the program in the next phase.
Community Awareness and Support Programs Community Awareness and Support Programs Description Council Action Timeframe Dare To Connect North West Dare To Connect North West is a free 10 week program that aims to offer regular gamblers recreational and educational alternatives to at risk gambling. The program consists of entertaining weekly activities supported by trained volunteers. The program is funded through a Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Preventing Harm Grant. Maribyrnong City Council is a partner in the Dare to Connect North West program along with four other northwest region Councils; Moreland, Moonee Valley, Brimbank and Hume City Council. Other project partners include North West Area Mental Health Service, Lentara Uniting Care Financial Counselling, Gamblers Help Western and City and Mental Health Practitioners Network (MHPN). To date, Dare To Connect has had three successful programs, with residents from Footscray participating in the program. Council promoted the next Dare To Connect program in September to local residents through Council website, and community information points including libraries and community centres and also to local community groups. Dare to Connect completed the October training session with 14 participants from across the north west region of Melbourne. Dare To Connect is planning further training sessions in 2016. However, it will no longer be funded through a Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Preventing Harm Grant. The program will now be funded by a private benefactor. Council will scope options to continue to support the program. Council will work with Dare To Connect to determine how it can support the program in the next phase. October 2015. Ongoing
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