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MSIT Mount Gravatt campus seeking volunteer tutors

May 13, 2011 in Education & learning by admin | 2 comments

If you have a passion for helping others and making a difference, Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE (MSIT) invites you to become a volunteer tutor and help change the lives of adult learners and trainees.

A volunteer tutor course will commence at the MSIT Mt Gravatt campus (1030 Cavendish Road, Mt Gravatt) on Monday 1 August 2011. Tutors will attend eight three-hour classes on a Monday from 9am to 12pm. They work with adult literacy and English as a Second Language (ESL) students from MSIT to support them with reading, writing, speaking, language and numeracy. Read the rest of this entry »

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Alison Dower – YMCA QLD Youth Parliament Representative for Greenslopes

March 30, 2011 in Uncategorized by admin | No comments

Note from the editor: The YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament is a Queensland Studies Authority accredited education program for young Queenslanders. The members of the 2011 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament will officially be sworn in on Saturday 16th April during the weekend-long Forum in Brisbane.  We’ve been asking the local representatives to tell you a bit about themselves via a guest post here.

Guest Post by Alison Dower

Who am I?

My name is Alison Dower, I am 23 years old and I live in the Greenslopes Electorate in the awesome suburb of Coorparoo. I have been selected as the Youth Member for Greenslopes for the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament this year. In my role I hope to take the issues that affect young people and the community to the Youth Parliament and spend time discussing all the opportunities that we can think of to improve upon everyones experience of life in our community. The opportunity that I have been given in attending Queensland Youth Parliament is one that I am incredibly grateful for and will be utilising to its fullest capacity.

What do I do for fun?

I like being busy and packing as much into my week as I possibly can, presently I work full time as a Program Officer with Lifestream Foundation in East Brisbane supporting adults with intellectual disabilities. I am also learning AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) at TAFE and completing my Bachelor of Social Work at QUT. I am also currently volunteering with YANQ (Youth Affair Network of Queensland). In my spare time I do rockclimbing, boxing and fitness and I practice my fire twirling skills. Studying, reading and sleeping do fit in there somewhere too. Over the years I have volunteered with the State Emergency Service and Lifestream Foundation and participated in tennis, touch footy, swimming and indoor and outdoor rockclimbing and hiking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Introducing Vanja Stace – new guest blogger

March 11, 2011 in Shopping by Genevieve Robey | No comments

We’re very happy to introduce a new guest blogger who will be gracing the pages of Carindale Connect throughout this year. Vanja Stace is a local and a friend with a very strong sense of community.

Vanja Stace and Emma Stevenson
Above: Vanja Stace and Emma Stevenson at Kennards Storage. January 2011.
Image source: facebook.com/QLDfloods2011

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Clean Up Australia Day – local pics, tweets and notes

March 6, 2011 in Environment by admin | No comments

clean up australia dayWe’ve listed some of the tweets and pics from Clean Up Australia Day today.

Email your pics to info@carindaleconnect.com.au for publishing here (we’ll continue to update this page).

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Open Day: Southside Sustainability Centre

February 1, 2011 in Environment, events by Genevieve Robey | No comments

Bulimba Creek

Image source: Bulimba Creek Catchment Committee

Our region has some beautiful green areas, but how much time do we spend in them and how much do we understand about them? There’s a great opportunity for us to learn about and participate in our local natural environment through the Southside Sustainability Centre.

The Sustainability Centre is a project of the not-for-profit Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C). There’s a nursery, community gardens, native revegetation areas and plenty more.  And this weekend they are inviting you to their first open-day of 2011.

When: Feb 5, 2011 9:00am – midday.
Where: Southside Sustainability Centre, Cnr Old Cleveland Rd & Wright St, Carindale
Contact: Ph 3420 4800 / email b4c@bulimbacreek.org.au.

People of all ages and experience levels are welcome to come and see how the centre has survived the summer and recent conditions. You can also purchase seedlings and join in the volunteering activities.

I caught up with the Secretary of the Bulimba Creek Catchment Committee, Heather Barns.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Database design needed for flood relief volunteers

January 18, 2011 in Uncategorized by admin | No comments

East Brisbane Community Centre requires a database to help with the volunteers for the flood relief.   They require a way to collate all the details they get on the forms volunteers fill out when the first come into the centre.  This way when they need a certain skill or time available they can filter results to find the applicable volunteers.  Below is a list of the fields the database would need. Read the rest of this entry »

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