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Counselling sessions were Czesc • Hola • Annyeonghaseyo Youth Team event • 105 Young People were provided with case arranged with Luke and they took Harmony Day Mini Olympics management and counselling support. place at his school. Additionally, Settlement Symposium through collaborative co-case • Shalom • Sawasdee Krab The Youth Service has had an exciting year in 2015/16 which included MULTICULTURAL YOUTH SUPPORT management with the school, changes in the Upfront Homelessness program. With the recent the Department of Juvenile • Slamalikum • Zdravo • min- organisational restructure, the year also saw three organisations that PROJECT Justice and Mission Australia, were previously part of a consortium, with a long history of delivering we were able to explore and • Sawasdee Ka • Merhaba • youth homeless programs across south west Sydney, amalgamate to This project supports young people 12-18 years old address Luke’s holistic needs. from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds that reside He began to attend school every day, participated actively in Marhaba • Hujambo • Olá • A PLACE FOR ALL Language, culture and community are provided around individual casework support, Our Service offers several programs for young people in the local area Across South West Sydney, including our centres in Cabramatta, Faireld, Mt Pritchard, Canley programs and fostered healthier ga-la-ba •Heights and Miller, we prov ide activitieHejs that bring people together and help them learn and explore • Hallo • Bula Staff Christmas Party new and interesting things. This reduces social isolation, promotes healthy lifestyles and builds stronger communities. People who are socially isolated or disadvantaged in other ways, as well as between the ages of 12 and 25 years. These programs range from supporting recreational opportunities and educational group work older people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are among those who relationships with both family benet from our community engagement services. Biggest Morning Tea young people from refugee backgrounds with casework support, to providing sessions covering issues such as anxiety, mental health, and friends. He even stopped Creating Connections Employment Expo Bring It On Festival ssalam ū ‘lekum • Shl’am lak • drug and alcohol awareness education to schools and the local community.Mothers day in bodynew playgrounD image, self esteem and anger managementRefugee and Week using cannabis altogether! Preschool personal hygiene. More importantly though, he The Service has undergone various changes over the years with different has a clear career ambition of youth programs being withdrawn or introduced based on the changing needs This project has achieved the following: Sh’lam lek • Parev • nômoshkar becoming a chef. Luke plans to • Terve • namaWith its hugest multicultural mix, many residents of South eactivities, campaigns and liaise with other• workers in Sillaw • West Sydney want to connect with people from their own the community to provide clients with education and Domestic and Family Violence Conference language and cultural background. information sessions. of the community and of course funding availability. The current changes Thi Lanh Vuong has been a Cabramatta resident for over Kim invited Lanh to join in the local Moon festival complete school while gaining ten years. Five years ago Lanh retired from her position activities as a volunteer demonstrating origami. Since as a shop assistant where she had worked for more than then Lanh has participated in many group activities at our Cabramatta and Canley Heights centres. • 326 Young People participated with School Holiday volunteer work and join some new activities. She came has seen the Youth and Homelessness service providing a broader range of Last year Lanh joined the crotchet and knitting group and to see Kim Hong, CORE’s Vietnamese worker in the industry experience in Retail and is now sharing the skills she has learnt and is teaching Multicultural Outreach Service (MOS). Art and craft is a popular activity for many seniors has participated in many of our classes, numerous bus crotchet to Vietnamese speakers at Cabramatta. This has attending our community centres; it brings people trips and other events. That makes her one of our long- The MOS program provides casework and referral given Lanh more condence; she enjoys helping people Program activities. together and provides a creative outlet. standing clients, with many others like Thelma returning assistance to people who are disadvantaged by language and connecting with other members of her community. programs and support to young people which include a brokerage program year after year to take part in group activities. Hospitality. Thelma Peacock is a long term Smitheld resident, having and cultural barriers, specically Vietnamese, Arabic, • Slamalikum • Zdravo • min- Thelma nds painting relaxes her and gives her a sense of Assyrian, Farcy and Chinese. MOS also has a community as a packer at Helena Rubenstein cosmetics, Thelma was achievement; over the years she has accomplished many development component, in which workers participate in looking to get involved in activities, gain some new skills the running of support groups, get involved in community for young people in case management, two crisis refuges, access to driving • 500 Young People from Cabramatta High School and connect to her community. ora and fauna. Thelma is currently painting place mats to give away as gifts to family and friends. A friend who was attending classes at the community lesson programs, vocational training programs in partnership with local participated with the White Ribbon Day Ceremony centre introduced Thelma to the decorative painting and Domestic Violence awareness workshops in Merheba • Hawn • Kia ora • ga-la-ba • Hej • Hallo • Bula 32 CORE Community Services 33 November 2015, in partnership with the CHILD, Following on are summaries of the various programs the Youth Service team YOUTH and FAMILIES Project and the RefugeeNSW Police. Week Preschool • 150 Young People participated with the “It Starts with • Terve • namaste • Sillaw • Refugee Us”Week Youth Week Event in April 2016 to celebrate the start of Youth Week in partnershipChinese with Delegation the CHILD, visit Flower arrangement class doroodchào bạn • Malō • Kon •’ nichiwaZdravo • • Is Haai ka YOUTH and FAMILIES Project. Merheba • Hawn • Kia ora • • 40 Male Young People in Years 7-10 from local support services to children, young people, their families and communitiesCORE Community Servicesschools were supported with their transition2015-16 into highAnnual Report PAGE | 34 CORE Community Services 2015-16 Annual Report PAGE | 35 July 2016 school. following pages includes summaries of the positive outcomes across the Chinese Delegation visit Flower arrangement class • 10 Young People with backgrounds as refugees from dorood • Malō • Zdravo • Is ka different programs delivered by the Generalist Youth Services Team in 2015- • Marḥaban • Ní hǎo • néih Syria andCORE CommunityIraq participated Services in an interactive 2015-16 sessions Annual Report PAGE | 34 CORE Community Services 2015-16warran Annual Report PAGE | •35 Habari • Sawubona about Aboriginal Culture and history with the Koori Kinnections Aboriginal Education Program during the warran • Habari • Sawubona July 2016 school holiday period. PAGE | 26 CORE CommunityPirate Services Day 2015-16 Annual Report PAGE | 27 Harmony Dayhóu • nóng hō • Hello • Salut Seniors Art Exhibition • Hola • Hallo • Ciao • Ahoj HighlightsPreschool Day out 2016Annual Report 2016/17 - 2017Page: 21 JuneJune 2017 2017 • Ya su • Bok • Hallo • Hej • PCYC - Neighbourhood Watch Women in Harmony Czesc • Hola • Annyeonghaseyo police engagement Day Employment Expo May Self-care Event Harmony Day Mini Olympics • Shalom • Sawasdee Krab Moon Festival Settlement Symposium • Sawasdee Ka • Merhaba • Zest Awards Marhaba • Hujambo • Olá • YEARS OFStaff Christmas PartyCOMMUNITY SERVICE Employment Expo Bring It On Festival ssalam ū ‘lekum • Shl’am lak • Domestic and Family Violence Conference Sh’lam lek • Parev • nômoshPAGE 1 kar A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO As a community organisation, our focus has Reaching 40 years is a milestone in our development, however compared to others such as always been to service the needs of the local nation-wide groups who have been around for over a hundred years, we are still quite young. CORE must look forward to its 50th anniversary and then a century of service. community. However, when we look at what we do, where we’ve come from and who we I expect the next decade will see our organisation continue to cement its place in the service, a larger pictured is formed. community, and to keep building on partnerships and collaboration with others to deliver services whatever the needs of our clients. Some needs won’t change with new influxes of Our service area of South West Sydney is one of the refugees who will still require support with housing and employment, but in other areas such most culturally diverse in Australia, and proudly so. as aged care and Australia’s aging population, we will need to respond and expand those Our roots are fed by years of immigration and taking services. in communities of people who have been forced to re-establish themselves far beyond their homelands. In CORE is responding to the challenges of disability support, employment, homelessness, this way, our existence is very much influenced by world domestic and family violence and greater demand