Planning is well underway for the Centrelink Jobs and Skills Expo to be held in Gympie on Wednesday 24 November 2010. The planning committee is meeting regularly and it’s a real joint effort to make this event bigger and better than the last. The feedback from exhibitors at the last event was extremely positive.  CTC will again be providing a a bus service for jobseekers from teh South Burnett to attend this event. For more information contact CTC Employment Services. 

Partners in Foster Care is starting a recruitment drive. Three months ago our Partners Team were so happy to be able to say that the Service had doubled the amount of foster carers available to children in the South Burnett. Today we are struggling to find placements for children coming into care and respite options for those already in care.

So in an effort to recruit carers we are spreading the word. CLICK HERE to download a Partners flyer and we hope you will take the challenge to read this brochure yourself of pass it onto someone YOU think would be interested in fostering.

If you would like more information please CLICK HERE to get the Partners in Foster Care contact details.

Applying for specialist diability support in Queensland has just become much easier with the introduction of the new, shorter Request for Assistance form introduced on 6 September 2010.

The current single Application for Support form - introduced as part of the Growing Stronger reforms - was the first step in simplifying the application process. This form allows people with a disability, their family or carer to apply for support via a single consolidated form. People no longer need to work out which programs to apply for, or complete multiple applications.

Requesting help with the Request for Assistance Form
The Request for Assistance Form - is available for download by CLICKING HERE.

The Department can also collect this information over the phone, so calling - on 1800 177 120 - may be more convenient and easier.

CTC Chief Executive Nina Temperton has extended her heartfelt congratulations on behalf of the Board and all staff to Katina Leedie who has been selected as one of twelve participants from Australia to attend the Oxfam International Youth Partnership Conference in India later this year.

Mrs. Temperton said ‘Katina works as the Office Manager of the CTC Connections and Safe Haven site in Murgon and this is an honour not just for our organisation but the whole region. To assist Katina in her fund raising efforts and to ensure she can participate fully in this exciting opportunity the CTC Board has approved a sizable donation and are further encouraging of staff and community members to also contribute.’

The Oxfam International Youth Partnerships (OIYP) is an initiative of Oxfam International and originally started as the International Youth Parliament. The OIYP supports youth led initiatives, facilitates skills/capacity building programs and supports young people to advocate for their rights and freedoms and those of their respective communities. The 2010 program is an eight day Youth Conference that will take place in New Delhi, India with a total of 300 young leaders from 127 different countries from around the world in November.

At this event, Katina will get the opportunity to meet other action partners and Oxfam staff, discuss issues affecting our communities, build skills, share ideas and experiences, celebrate and plan future action in our communities.

Some of the sessions that will run over the eight days:
• Gender Issues
• Introduction to Advocacy & Campaigning
• Project Management
• Setting up an Non Government Organisation
• Human Rights
• Education
• Indigenous Rights and issues
• Drug and Alcohol
• Healing Methods
• Youth employment

For more information on this program please visit www.oiyp.oxfam.org.au and if anybody else would like to assist Katina with her fund raising you can contact her on 4169 5940.

Free!! Blackbutt and Proston Lighten Up Programs

If you are looking to improve your health, eat better, become more active then Lighten Up to a Healthy Lifestyle is the program for you.

To download a Program Flyer please CLICK HERE

Proston
Every Tuesday from 12th October to 16th November
10.00am – 12.00am
Community Hall, Proston

Blackbutt
Fortnightly Thursday from 23rd September to 2nd
 December 
10.00am – 12.00am
Community Hall, Proston

Facilitated by Community Health Nurses Anne Daveron (Nanango) Kathy Crane (Proston), this program is FREE of charge and has eight sessions designed to help you improve your health, level of physical activity, current diet, self esteem and learn how to read food labels.

All are welcome to attend, RSVP is encouraged. To register please contact:
Blackbutt program:
Anne Davoren or Annette Lumley at Nanango Community Health on phone: 4171-6750 or email:  Annette_Lumley@health.qld.gov.au
Proston Program:
Kathy Crane at Proston Community Health on Phone: 4168-9288 or Brett Parker at RHealth phone: 4162-5230