Australian study takes top award
A ground breaking Australian study, supported by Gandel Foundation through Crohn’s & Colitis Australia (CCA), took out top honours at the world’s premier inflammatory bowel disease organisation congress, held in Copenhagen in February 2014.
Homeless service for Frankston
The RDNS Homeless Persons’ Program (HPP) – a dedicated service where specialist community nurses provide health care and support to people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness throughout Melbourne – is commencing a three-year trial of the service for the Frankston region.
“Action Adventure” program by Epilepsy Action Australia
Epilepsy Action Australia ran the “Action Adventure” program for young Victorians with epilepsy in late 2013 at Portsea. “Action Adventure” was a three-day residential program that consisted of challenging outdoor activities based on the cutting-edge “Adventure Therapy”, a “Ted-E-Bear Connection” segment and specialist epilepsy education.
A Bright Start to the Year
New materials, developed by the Centre for Community Child Health at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and supported by Gandel Foundation, will help health professionals and educators cope with common childhood problems such as sleep, language development, resilience, oral health, and movement and exercise.
ACO Performs at the magnificent Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
On 25 February 2014, the Australian Chamber Orchestra will bring its stirring interpretations of some of the most memorable works in the string repertoire to the splendid Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in South Yarra.
Life Education New Mobile Learning Centre
Life Education Victoria is the largest non-government provider of drug and health education programs to children, families and communities in Australia. Life Education Victoria utilises 18 mobile learning centres, with 27 trained educators, to work with 155,000 children in 650 primary school across Australia.
The Song Room – Supporting Primary School Children in Dandenong
The Song Room provides learning opportunities for disadvantaged children in up to 200 schools through free arts programs, that are proven through research, to lift their academic performance, attendance and well-being.
Jewish Aid Australia helps young kids to “Stand Up” And Be Counted
Jewish Aid Australia (JAA) is dedicated to pursuing social justice for disadvantaged communities in Australia and overseas. Through their education programs in the Jewish community, they enable participants to realise and practice core Jewish values.
University of Melbourne to house Germaine Greer archive
The University of Melbourne will become home to the significant lifetime archive of one of the country’s leading thinkers, Germaine Greer. Comprised of items filling