Community Sector News

Allambee Counselling Inc.

Allambee Counselling Inc. is a free counselling service for adults, young people and children who’ve experienced sexual abuse, a sexual assault, or family domestic violence.

Allambee has serviced the Peel Region for 18 years and funding comes from the Health Department, the Department for Child Protection, GPs Down South, and the Pat Thomas Memorial Community House.

People can contact the service directly without a referral. Additionally, they offer workshops to schools and community groups on protective behaviours and respectful relationships for parents, children and young people.

Allambee is open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm excluding public holidays. Allambee is centrally located at Lotteries House, opposite Mandurah Centro Shopping Centre on Pinjarra Road and has an outreach service to Pinjarra.

Visit Allambee website. http://www.allambee.org.au/

Bunbury Community Legal Centre

The Bunbury Community Legal Centre is a not for profit organisation which provides free legal advice, assistance, and referrals to financially and socially disadvantaged people living in rural communities within the South West region of WA. The four part-time solicitors employed by the Centre not only provide advice in the Bunbury office but also provide regular Outreach services in Narrogin, Manjimup, Bridgetown, Harvey, Collie, Busselton and Margaret River.

The Centre is also happy to present community legal education sessions to members of those communities. Typical education sessions are in the areas of Family Law, Wills & Estates, and Powers of Attorney and Guardianship.

The Community Mediation Service is part of the Bunbury Community Legal Centre. The Service employs three qualified mediators who provide accredited mediation in family, workplace, neighbourhood and other disputes. As parties involved in family law disputes are generally required to attempt mediation prior to the Family Court accepting an Application for parenting or property Orders, the Service can assist those parties to mediate. Mediation will often result in the parties coming to an agreement without them having to resort to Court action which can be expensive, stressful and time-consuming.

For additional information please contact:

The Bunbury Community Legal Centre / The Community Mediation Service
1st Floor Lotteries House
101 Victoria Street
Bunbury WA 6230
Telephone: (08) 9791 3206
Freecall: 1800 999 727
Fax: (08) 9791 8162
Website: http://www.bunburyclc.com.au/

Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Centre Inc.

Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Centre Inc. (Ishar) is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation. It provides health and well-being services for women, particularly those from culturally diverse backgrounds, using a ‘Social Model of Health’. This means that the presenting ‘medical’ condition is not separated from the interconnections of personal, social, economic, cultural, age and gender related problems. Women are provided with information, advice, counselling, training, advocacy and/or support so they are empowered to deal with their own problems.

Because of its focus on the broader issues of ‘health and wellbeing’, the programs offered by Ishar cover a wide range of areas including therapeutic and preventative physical and mental health; carer support; exercise and nutrition; peri-natal support; education and training; parenting skills and social inclusion, all of which are developed to accommodate the special needs of women, including refugee women, from CaLD backgrounds.

For further information and/or appointments call 08 9345 5335 or Email: info@ishar.org.au

Alternatively visit their Website: http://www.ishar.org.au/

LifelineWA Events

Fundraise for Lifeline WA in the 2012 HBF Run for a Reason and WIN!

Sign up to participate in the HBF Run for a Reason and then set up a fundraising page for Lifeline WA and you would win a range of prizes including an Apple iPad, 1 of 5 iPhone 4 handsets, a $200 voucher to The Athletes Foot, 1 of 3 BoB2 network packages and much more.

All funds raised in the HBF Run for Lifeline WA will go towards supporting their core services in suicide prevention and crisis support, namely training counsellors for the 24/7 telephone crisis support service 13 11 14.

Black Diamond with a Difference

This year Lifeline WA invites you to step into the Roaring Twenties, Great Gatsby style, for the Black Diamond Supper Club! Dine with a difference as your champagne saucer is filled and the chefs overflow your tables with an abundance of mouth-watering fare. Be seduced onto the dance floor with live jazz sensations reminiscent of supper clubs’ enigmatic beginnings. End the evening in the Diamond Cocktail Lounge, sipping on a 1920s ‘Sidecar’.

Saturday August 25 2012 | Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre | Tickets $225, Diamond Package $3750

Head to http://www.blackdiamondsupperclub.com.au/ for further details

Linkwest

Hacker promotes a fresh new look for Linkwest’s website

On 1st January 2011, Learning Centre Link – the State Association for Community, Neighbourhood and Learning Centres in WA—officially became Linkwest. The name change was the first step in a rebranding process, which included every aspect of the organisation’s external profile: logo, stationery, forms and templates, brochures, training materials…the list goes on.

Revamping the organisation’s tired-looking website had long been on the rebranding to-do list, but it wasn’t until the actions of a malicious hacker rendered the site unusable that ‘later’ became ‘now’ and the project became a top priority. That was mid-2011, and now, over seven months on, Linkwest has a fresh new online presence.

“Our priority was to have highly functional, easy-to-navigate site that would enable our members – and anyone interested in the Neighbourhood and Learning Centre movement – to find the information they require quickly.” says Linkwest Executive Manager, Jane Chilcott. “We believe our website now fulfils this role, and our soon to be released secure login area and forum will provide our members with another opportunity to network, exchange ideas and information, and download any of our range of resources.”

The Linkwest website is also a great place to start for anyone looking for a Community, Neighbourhood and Learning Centre in their area. The site includes a searchable database of their member Centres and a brief overview of the programs and services they offer. Online forms enable users to communicate with these Centres directly.

You can visit the Linkwest at http://www.linkwest.asn.au/

Midland Women’s Health Care Place

MWHCP aims to provide a diverse range of health services that promote the total health and wellbeing of women and their families in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of WA in a safe, comfortable, and caring environment.

Its PND Therapy group consists of nine weekly sessions which address a range of issues associated with anxiety, stress and depression during pregnancy and after the birth of a baby. A free crèche is available onsite. Three optional partner’s evenings are included during the nine weeks. A PND Assessment with one of our counsellors is initially required to determine suitability for the PND Therapy group. The therapy groups are run from Midland on Tuesday mornings and Ellenbrook on Wednesday mornings.

Midland Women’s Health Care Place is pleased to host a presentation by the Thyroid WA Support Group Inc. to help increase awareness of thyroid conditions. Click here for more information about this event.

Click here to see timetable for term 2 activities or contact us to find out more information about our services.

Phone: 9250-2221
Email: info@mwhcp.org.au
Website: http://www.mwhcp.org.au/

Ruah

Free resource guides available for people facing disadvantage

Ruah Community Services has released its free 2012 resource guides to assist people with access to community opportunities and service agencies in and around the Perth metro area.

With an aim to support quality of life for people facing disadvantage, the annual guides, Getting By Getting Ahead and the Perth Aboriginal Resources Directory , were developed over a number of years in consultation with the community.

The guides, which have doubled in size over the last two years, list a comprehensive range of services and opportunities throughout Perth and continue to be an invaluable source of information for the community.

The Parent Drug Information Service (PDIS)

The Parent Drug Information Service (PDIS) offers a state wide telephone information, counselling and referral service for parents and family members affected by alcohol and other drug use.

PDIS is currently seeking new parent volunteers who have experienced problems with a son or daughter’s drug use. Parent volunteers are provided comprehensive training and on-going regular support.

The core service that PDIS volunteers provide is telephone support to parents. Parent volunteers support other parents by listening to their concerns, sharing their own experiences and discussing practical strategies. Parent volunteers are asked to commit to one 6 hrs telephone shift once a week from home.

PDIS also offers bi-monthly peer support groups in the Mount Lawley area. These are facilitated by parent volunteers. Specific training in group facilitation skills are provided to those interested in becoming peer group facilitator.

If you would like an application pack or wish to discuss the position further, please call 094710456 and ask to speak to Charlotte or Patti. If you would like to speak to a PDIS counsellor or parent volunteer please call 9442 5050.