LEAD Learning Circle: Naming the Pattern – Coercive Control in Children & Family Service Practice (Cumberland & Parramatta):
LEAD Professional Development Learning Circle is an opportunity for community sector peers to come together in a facilitated conversation about the sector’s experiences with the new Coercive Control legislation. Participants should come prepared to discuss examples of how the legislation has impacted the communities with whom they work and how local agencies can work together to wrap services around the individuals and families they support.
Wednesday, 5 August, 10.30am-12.30pm
Location to be advised
Registration
Contact: 9620 6172 or info@leadpda.org.au
Community
Victims Services Training for Community Workers
Community Legal Centres NSW training presented by Western Sydney Community Legal Centre, to equip participants with the knowledge and resources to complete Victims Services application forms accurately and to provide appropriate supporting evidence to clients and community legal centres making applications.
The training is designed for community workers who work with victim-survivors of domestic, family and sexual violence who are potentially eligible for compensation under the Victims Services NSW Scheme.
Thursday, 27 August, 9.30am-4.30pm
Novotel Sydney Parramatta, 350 Church St, Parramatta
Community Engagement & Embedding Lived Experience in Governance Tool
Western Sydney Community Forum (WSCF) resource designed to support the integration of lived experience into the community services sector, highlighting practice examples of how community engagement and embedding lived experience have already been implemented in the Western Sydney context.
Download resource
Telopea Community Garden Working Bees
Dundas Area Neighbourhood Centre – Telopea Community Garden Working Bees are monthly events to complete larger tasks at the Garden.
Saturdays, 15 August, 26 September, 24 October, 21 November & 5 December
Telopea Community Garden, 12 Shortland St, Telopea
Flyer
Contact: Minal, 9684 4250
City of Parramatta Council Mobile Customer Service Pop-Up
Residents can get help with rates, permits, and general enquiries. No bookings required.
Wednesday, 19 August, 2.30pm-6.30pm
Constitution Hill Library, 20 Hollis St, Constitution Hill
Website
Parramatta Pitch Night
Hosted by Launch Pad Western Sydney University, a pitch night for people who have a startup idea, side hustle, or big concept they’ve been working on, to give a 3-minute pitch, get live feedback from the crowd, and make meaningful founder connections.
Thursday, 20 August, 5pm-7.30pm
Parramatta Library, 5 Parramatta Sq, Parramatta
Registration
Ageing
Senior Driver Workshop
City of Parramatta Council – Local Government Road Safety Program workshop for seniors will cover low risk driving strategies, new vehicle technology, misunderstood road rules, and renewing a Class C licence in NSW.
Wednesday, 12 August, 10am-1.20pm
PHIVE, 5 Parramatta Sq, Parramatta
Registration: by Tuesday, 11 August, online
Culturally & Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
Transport Survey
Western Sydney University – Centre for Western Sydney is seeking the perspectives and experiences of migrant, refugee, and asylum seeker communities on transport across the Greater Sydney area. The findings will help inform recommendations to organisations and government to improve public transport in Western Sydney.
Flyer
Complete survey
Disability
Workshop: Community – Where Belonging Begins with Cormac Russell
Family Advocacy – Resourcing Inclusive Communities workshop with community development leader Cormac Russell. Participants will learn how to see beyond the obvious, identify local opportunities for connection, and practice practical community discovery techniques that they can take home and use in their own neighbourhood.
Friday, 14 August, 9am-5.30pm
PHIVE, Parramatta Sq, Parramatta
Flyer
Registration
LGBTQIA+
Stalls Registration: Parramatta Pride Picnic
ACON’s Parramatta Pride Picnic, 10 October in Parramatta, is seeking community and commercial stalls. The picnic will feature entertainment, food, activities, and meaningful connections for the LGBTI+ community, their families, friends and community allies.
Stalls registration form
Young People
Online Workshop: Teaching a Learner Driver
City of Parramatta Council workshop to assist parents and supervisors of learner drivers. Topics include:
- Understanding the current laws for learner and provisional licence holders
- How to correctly complete the learner driver log book
- Techniques in supervising learner drivers
- Understanding the benefits of receiving supervised on-road driving experience
- Practical advice on how supervisors of learner drivers can help learners become safe drivers
Monday, 17 August, 6pm-7.15pm
GWS (Greater Western Sydney) Young Voices Survey
Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue survey aiming to extract the values, passions and frustrations of young people to build a real, honest picture of what it means to grow up, live, study, or work in GWS. Closes Wednesday, 12 August, 5pm
Flyer
Complete survey
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