MENTAL HEALTH WEEK PROMOTION

What Is It?

Mental Health Week NSW is part of a national mental health promotion campaign held in early October each year. The week is funded by NSW Health.

Its main aim is to promote social and emotional wellbeing to the population in this state - encouraging people to maximise their health potential, enhancing the coping capacity of communities, families, individuals, and increasing mental health literacy.

Mental Health Week 2009 marks the second stage in the Mental Health Association's three year mental health promotion campaign "Building Resilience".

2009 "Sign up, Link in, Get involved"

This year, our focus is on "Sign up, Link in, Get involved" - promoting the importance of getting involved and interacting with other members of our community, as well as local clubs, organisations and services. Creating and strengthening these links, such as joining a men's shed or a sporting club, can be a useful resource to draw on during both the good and the tough times. Getting involved is another way we can build our resilience and create a richer, more connected and meaningful life.

Head Office would like to congratulate the offices to the FANTASTIC job and effort put in from each office. It was an ABSOLUTE pleasure to attend the offices and see the information and energy put in by all staff to assist in Awareness of Mental Health.

MAMRE SUDANESE REFUGEE COALITION WORKING GROUP

Global Skills is the JSA representative for the Mamre Sudanese Refugee Coalition Working Group in Outer Western Sydney comprising a wide variety of community stakeholders.

The purpose of the project is to assist harmonious resettlement of refugees by connecting services to the Southern Sudanese local community.

The Coalition works collaboratively to address issues arising from resettlement and to ensure effective, coordinated service delivery between key stakeholders.

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY LINKS PROJECT

Global Skills and our clients proudly participated within the "Strengthening Community Links Project" currently being run by the Penrith Disabilities Resource Centre.

"Strengthening Community Links" focuses on issues that are relevant to people with disabilities, their carers and also their service providers who live in, or provide services to, any of the three local government areas of Penrith, Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury.

The project looks at three major areas:

• The coordination of service delivery for people with disabilities and how can be improved
• Ways to improve service access for isolated communities i.e. those in outlying areas or those who may have difficulty accessing services for cultural reasons
• Supporting existing disability services who are interested in building onto existing services and/or develop new networks.

WORKPLACE READY PROGRAM - COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

Global Skills is a proud sponsor of the Workplace Ready Program (delivered through the Workplace Training Advisory of Australia (WTAA). Through this program businesses can provide invaluable support to young Australians in the final years of their schooling. Students are provided with the interpersonal skills and motivation necessary to enter the workforce. The Program has a specific focus on disadvantaged and marginalised students. Global Skills has sponsored to 2 local schools (Arthur Phillip High School in Parramatta and Doonside High School) which enables 15-20 students the opportunity to participate in the full program including an inspirational day for students to visit Global Skills workplace to meet staff and management.

PATHWAYS TO PRIMARY INDUSTRY (PPI)

Global Skills is a member of the PPI initiative which is a partnership with Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Centrelink, Department of primary Industry, Hawkesbury Harvest and a range of Outer Western Sydney community organisations.

The initiative coordinates training, work experience and employment opportunities in farming for a range of refugees across Western Sydney.

CARBON EMISSIONS FOOTPRINT

Global Skills had engaged Optimal Business Solutions Consulting Pty Ltd in partnership with Greenice Pty Ltd to complete a full life cycles analysis of its carbon emissions footprint. The analysis represents the first stage of Global Skills commitment to embrace sustainable and environmentally responsible business practices.

The analysis will identify the sources of its embedded carbon emissions within its operations and across its entire supply chain. The robustness of the methodology, the framework, which complies with the Greenhouse Friendly™ program, will enable Global Skills to embark on a targeted and managed process of reducing its carbon footprint.

Global Skills is playing a leading role within the employment services industry to adopt a broader base of socially responsible programs of which managing its carbon footprint is one key element.

OZWAC - AUSTRALIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION CHARITY

OZWAC is a Medical Research Foundation based in Western Sydney. OZWAC was established to provide for medical research into the health of women and children, which draws upon community support to raise funds and also raise community awareness of important health issues. The Foundation, since its inception has supported research at Nepean and Westmead Hospitals and other research centres in New South Wales.

"Global Skills has been an outstanding supporter of OZWAC - The Australian Women & Children's Research Foundation for over 10 years. The support of organisations such as Global Skills is critical to the ongoing success of OZWAC which undertakes ground breaking research to improve the health of mothers and babies in our community. This vital work can only be undertaken as a result of community support"
Bruce Williams, Chairman

Click here to find out more about OZWAC

"Global Skills assisted me in finding great staff to meet my needs. They were a joy to deal with at all times" - Employer (Penrith)

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