Share YOUR community service Story
The Cumberland Zone is conducting a project to increase the connections between congregations and increase people’s knowledge of community services.
Aim of the Project
The aim of the project is to celebrate your achievements, build your connections, be inspired, be equipped and increase your knowledge of community services. Community Services are being defined in a broad term as any activity that aims to increase the quality of life. They can be on the formal side of the spectrum such as a UnitingCareAged Care facility or they can be on the informal side such as a community morning tea with a guest speaker.
If you have a community service story to tell we encourage you to complete this expression of interest.
Story tellers would be asked to:
- Tell your story in 3mins for a DVD or website clip
- Write a summary of your story for the story book
- Tell your story to a story telling day (Friday 27th July)
The stories are to answer the following questions:
- How and who benefits from being involved in your community service project?
- How does the project impact on people’s quality of life?
- How does your project connect with the community?
- What advice would you give to others who want to do a similar project?
Expression of Interest – Return by Friday 30th March 2012
The expressions of interest (EOI) forms are to be submitted to the working party. Due to time constraints in producing a DVD and the time for the Stories Telling Day, the working party will review the EOI and choose a diversity of stories.
Questions / Enquires
If you have any questions please contact
Mr Chris McAlpine Community Development Strategist by phone on (02) 9688 3074 (Presbytery office), Mobile: 0448 640 050 or email
Name(title and full name) / Jan Williams, Julie Bullen & Louise Maitland
Congregation
/Organisation / West Epping Uniting Church
Position or role in the project (story teller) / Group Facilitators
Email address
(postal address if no email) / / Phone number
(landline and mobile) / N / A
Name of the project / Aspergers Carers Support Group
Description of the project
(please constrain information to boxes provided) / Parents and carers of children from the community, who have Aspergers, meet once a month at night to support each other and share ideas and strategies in living with a child who has Aspergers. Occasionally, a guest speaker will join us to give ideas or inform the group of community services that may be helpful to the carers and/or children. This group is a response to a huge need expressed by people who came to a public meeting we held on “Understanding Aspergers”
How and who benefits from being involved in your community service project? / Parents and carers of children who have Aspergers.
Return to
Lois Rees
By Friday 30th March 2012
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