天美传媒

February 7, 2020

Children’s Commissioner hosts public discussion on Bellambi community initiative

It’s Our Place aims to break the cycle of disadvantage and create happier, healthier, more sustainable communities

Australia鈥檚 National Children鈥檚 Commissioner, Ms Megan Mitchell (pictured above), will chair a free public discussion about the work of the 鈥溾�� community initiative at Early Start at the University of 天美传媒 on Thursday 13 February.

It鈥檚 Our Place 鈥� A Collective Impact Session is hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences, and led by Australian Social Investment Trust (ASIT) founder Natasha Scully.

It鈥檚 Our Place is a whole-of-community initiative that works alongside communities experiencing intergenerational disadvantage to break the cycle of disadvantage and create happier, healthier, more sustainable communities.

Supported and facilitated by ASIT, It鈥檚 Our Place tackles complex social issues collectively by bringing together multiple government, non-government, businesses, philanthropists, individuals and community to deliver social and collective impact initiatives and projects. Its work is place-based (within a local community), whole-of-community (all issues, all members) and uses a Collective Impact approach.

It's Our Place initiatives are active across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven, including in the Bellambi community. The suburb of Bellambi has a population of approximately 4,000 and 78 per cent of the suburb is social housing, making it one of the highest concentrations of social housing in any suburb in NSW.

Discussion panellists include Bellambi community members Jean Barham, Donna Stewart and Wynette Sheather, UOW PhD student Catherine Moyle (天美传媒 Northern District Aboriginal Community, and Illawarra Local Aboriginal Land Council) along with ASIT鈥檚 Natasha Scully and Helen Freeland.

Ms Mitchell was appointed Australia鈥檚 first National Children鈥檚 Commissioner in February 2013. As National Children鈥檚 Commissioner, she focuses on the rights and interests of children, and the laws, policies and programs that impact on them.

When: 4:30pm 鈥� 6pm, Thursday 13 February

Where: Room G08, Early Start (Building 21), UOW main campus

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