Creating life, learning and workplace choices through sustainable community partnerships October 2014 Newsletter Tradewomen’s Guild (TWG) A bright future for SCWL The TWG is a new project from SCWL that works with volunteer female and male mentors to provide support, guidance and practical advice for young women who are seeking or already employed as an apprentice or trainee in a male dominated trade. So far this financial year, SCWL has lodged funding applications with the NSW and Commonwealth Governments for projects with a combined value in excess of $1 million. Funded by the NSW Government, our mission is to encourage, support and inspire young women to enter and succeed in a non-traditional trade with a skill shortage. The TWG will utilise traditional mentoring practices that focus on developing the abilities of apprentices and trainees by pairing them with an experienced mentor. In addition, SCWL has expanded the format to include ementoring and the delivery of inspirational school and industry based seminars. Potential mentors will be screened for suitability and provided with non-accredited training prior to joining the Guild. You can be assured that our TWG mentors will offer young women valuable life experience, knowledge, skills and insights through respectful communication and collaborative learning. Please telephone or visit our website if you would like to learn more about the Tradewomen’s Guild Eurobodalla and Bega Valley. Pictured is Amy Kovacs, the SCWL Project Officer for the Tradewomen’s Guild. In keeping with our Mission to create life, learning and workplace choices, SCWL has collaborated with a range of stakeholders to develop these proposals that will deliver outcomes with the expertise we have acquired over ten years and the lessons learned from partnerships including Work Inspiration, PACTS and Girls in Trades. Government decisions on these tenders are expected in the December – January period. To help prepare for future operations, SCWL is conducting a business survey with our strategic or business partners to investigate the viability of a commercial arm of our organisation. If the survey results are favourable, the next phase of the business model will seek further input with a view to forming a ‘Specialist Co-op’. This will see SCWL acting as a hub for practitioners to work in coordinated teams and utilise new technologies to deliver high quality services and projects to governments, NGOs, community organisations and businesses in a timely manner. Please contact me on 4474 5134 if you’ve not heard from us and you’d like to be involved in the business survey or the Specialist Co-op. Cheers Steve Picton 1 SCWL Newsletter – W: scwl.org.au – T: 4474 5134 or 6494 7961 Creating life, learning and workplace choices through sustainable community partnerships October 2014 Newsletter Partnership News Work Inspiration (WI) The photographs on this page show students undertaking recently completed WI programs with Harris Scarfe in Moruya and Woolworths in Bega. As a result of these WI programs over 50% of the participants have gained employment. Up coming partnership events Indigenous Business Breakfast 13 November 7.30am – 9am @ Club Bega The Indigenous Business Breakfast will highlight to business owners, the benefits of employing Indigenous young people. Presenters include Steve Mitchell from UoW AIME Program, Paul Morris School Education Director, Alan Young Brookfield Multiplex and Alan Bunker from REAL Communities. A Q&A session with past students and their employers will follow along with a delicious breakfast. Day one activities include:  Patrol vessel tour Twofold Bay  Fishing and aquaculture industry walk and talk Snug Cove  Fisheries Officer equipment and surveillance insight on 'Eagles Claw' Sounds like fun doesn’t it? Well it will be! But wait, that’s not all, on day two Fisheries NSW Eden have second day full of excitement planned with the following activities.  Quantify and measure marine animals and crustaceans  Examine commercial netting activities  Undertake surveillance whilst taking notes and photographs Other WI programs scheduled for the remainder of 2014 include Bega Valley Shire Council in November and BUPA Aged Care Eden in December. If you would like to know more about our WI events or the Indigenous Business Breakfast, please call Rachel Jones on 0429 910 317 Moruya High students complete WI Program with Harris Scarfe Work Inspiration (WI) Fisheries NSW at Snug Cove Eden – 28 and 29 November A fun action packed two day event where students will have the opportunity to find out what NSW Fisheries Officers really do! Students from various Bega Valley schools participated in the WI Program with Woolworths in Bega 2 SCWL Newsletter – W: scwl.org.au – T: 4474 5134 or 6494 7961