There are over 1 million solar power systems installed throughout Australia and your community centre may be in an ideal position to take advantage of the power that solar generates. Generating your own renewable electricity with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on your roof may seem like a big outlay, but if designed and sized correctly […]
Did you know employers typically spend at least 50-100 hours a year sorting out super contribution issues? Many employers are still paying their super funds by cheque. The federal government has introduced new requirements for superannuation lodgement as of 1 July 2015. SuperStream is a new way of making super contributions electronically with the aim […]
Skills for Sustainability – demand and supply. What the Gen Green 4 Australia study tells us. In this webinar, Dr Fabian Sack, one of the authors of the Gen Green 4 Australia study, will share its findings. Gen Green 4 Australia is a recently completed national study of over 1,000 apprentices, trainees and their teachers, […]
Partnering is essential to the sustainability and growth of not for profit ACE organisations. However, partnerships can be enormously time consuming and need to be entered into strategically. This workshop with Rosemary Sharman will take you through a strategic analysis of your partnerships to make sure you are putting your energies into partnership activities that […]
The introduction of the Foundation Skills Training Package (FSK) has provided practitioners with a framework of units of competency to support and complement a variety of training programs. This webinar is for foundation skills practitioners to come together as a group to validate your assessment strategies to the FSK. The structure for this webinar involves […]
New developments in research in Vocational Education and Training A free research-based event in Ballarat Keynote speakers Robin Shreeve: The ‘Further Education’ role of VET and new forms of delivery Robin Shreeve is former CEO of the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Hugh Guthrie: The effects of the funding cuts in […]
Our new research paper Rethinking Community Based Learning suggests that the informal and non-formal learning that occurs in and through Adult and Community Education in Australia has been enormously beneficial but has largely gone unheralded. Also, that an increased focus from government could result in even stronger outcomes, particularly for socially and economically marginalised groups including in rural and regional […]
Staff involved in adult learning can be a mix of people who volunteer their time and those who are paid. Here’s our tips for managing paid staff well. Being a supportive manager pays off. Staff are more likely to enjoy their work and your agency is more likely to achieve its goals. But managing your […]
If you really want to make some energy savings, you need to know how to read your energy bill. OK, so this is not the most sexy topic in the world but it’s an important one. At our next session, Heather Coleman from Heyfield Community Resource Centre will share with us how it’s done. She […]
In an era of tightening government budgets, many community- based organisations are looking at ways to develop independent revenue streams to support their other work. However, the social enterprise path is littered with examples of poorly planned business ideas that end up costing community organisations money instead of making them money. In this workshop you […]
For some people studying for their learner’s permit can be a major challenge. An Adelaide course is proving highly successful at getting new learner drivers out on the road. It’s not often you get a group of students aged 17 to 70 in the same classroom. But a course at Adelaide’s Bagster Road Community Centre […]
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A Greenhouse Around the Corner is an initiative designed to provide energy efficiency information to the adult and community education sector. This project, managed by Adult Learning Australia, includes a website that is jam packed with useful resources for community education providers who want to learn more about energy efficiency. Another feature of this project […]
Managing Volunteers with Disability This podcast has been created from a webinar delivered for ALA in late 2013, drawing on Judy and Olympia’s experience with disability and volunteer management. People with disability want to be included in our community in a variety of ways. A growing area of interest for them is in becoming volunteers. […]
