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About 50 families attended the Brotherhood’s first ParentsNext community barbeque in Craigieburn this week. Parents and children came along from all three areas where we operate the project in Melbourne’s outer north – Craigieburn, Broadmeadows and Sunbury.
Read articleThe Brotherhood of St Laurence has launched an intern program with South East Water in Frankston, and we are urging other businesses in the Frankston-Mornington Peninsula area on Melbourne’s outskirts to get on board to tackle high rates of youth unemployment.
Read articleBelal el-Baba, 21, spoke at a Brotherhood of St Laurence youth employment forum earlier this year. In our new short video, Belal makes some pressing points about a rapidly changing jobs market.
Read articleThe cards we’ve made this year are best yet I reckon,’ says Pat, a member of our Coolibah day centre for seniors.
Read articleCongratulations to our Frankston High St Centre team for two accolades at the recent Corrections Victoria Community Work Partnership Awards for the best program in Victoria’s south east.
Read articleAs we move to a knowledge and service-based economy, employers demand more education and skills from all workers, and low-skilled entry-level opportunities for young people are declining in numbers.
Read articleIn her book Migration, settlement and the concepts of house and home, Brotherhood senior researcher Dr Iris Levin examines different groups of migrants who have settled in two major metropolitan cities, at two distinct periods, and their experience of building a home.
Read articleThis footage was too much for the Victorian premier, in the 1940s. Our new, remastered film shows how Brotherhood founder, Father Gerard Tucker, used film to change the course of Melbourne and rid the inner city of its slums.
Read articleKirsty Biswas is making a splash in her new job, overcoming long term unemployment through a program that’s helped more than 160 young people like her in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston and adjacent Mornington Peninsula since it started a year ago.
Read articleAfter years struggling to find work, Pakistani migrant, Muhammad Khan, is thrilled with his new job as a security officer with Wilson Security, while Hayden Anderson is saving up for his first overseas trip after starting work with Unified Security Group.
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