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Hope Community Services

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9497 9498

Address: Unit 2, 2 Edward Street 6000 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.hopecommunityservices.org.au

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25.01.2022 Tomorrow is Wear it Purple Day! Wear it Purple Day strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people. THE FOUR KEY FOCUS AREAS... Awareness To provide support and resources for Schools, Universities, Gender & Sexuality Alliances (GSA’s) and Youth Organisations to assist them in creating inclusive experiences for rainbow young people. To act as a source of resources to support the effective delivery of Wear It Purple Day in Schools, Universities, Workplaces and the broader community. Opportunity - To provide meaningful opportunities for rainbow young people to develop their skills, expand their network and contribute to the inclusivity of their communities. Environment To provide supportive & safe spaces (digital and physical) and contribute to a world where young rainbow people feel proud of who they are. Collaboration To collaborate and unite with other organisations to further the inclusion of rainbow young people. Through partnerships, we support the effective delivery of Wear It Purple Day in Schools, Universities, Workplaces and the broader community. To find out more please visit:- https://www.wearitpurple.org/

25.01.2022 Job Alert! We have a newly created position for a 'Senior Youth Counsellor' to join the headspace team in Esperance. Please click on the link below to view the job details, share with others and to apply

23.01.2022 A great time was had in Leonora yesterday! Many thanks to everyone who took part.

23.01.2022 Happy birthday to the Elders! There was an amazing Gathering on Friday from 8am to 2pm at the old Roebourne Reserve on the outskirts of Roebourne. The crowd sang happy birthday to all the Elders present and shared large cakes along with tasty bush food (Dampa, Kangaroo Stew, Kangaroo Tail, Turtle, and Dugong curry).... Gifts were given to all the Elders who were present to mark their collective July 1st birthday. Our thanks to everyone who attended!

23.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day please get involved! R U OK?Day is Thursday 10 September 2020. It’s our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? if someone in your world is struggling with life’s ups and downs. The message for R U OK?Day is There’s more to say after R U OK?... 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone and circumstances have made it even more important for us all to stay connected and, for those who are able, be willing to support those around us. In the lead-up to R U OK?Day we’ll help Australians know what to say when someone says they’re not OK and guide them through how they can continue a conversation that could change a life. You don’t have to be an expert to keep the conversation going when someone says they’re not OK. By knowing what to say you can help someone feel supported and access appropriate help long before they’re in crisis, which can make a really positive difference to their life. To find out more please visit - https://www.ruok.org.au

22.01.2022 Our thanks go to everyone who participated in the Kalgoorlie/Boulder Community Alcohol and Drug Perception Survey 2020. The Kalgoorlie-Boulder Local Drug Action Group (KBLDAG) has now completed its third Community Alcohol and Drug Perception Survey for Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Coolgardie and Kambalda. This survey was open to all residents over the age of 16 and helps to guide the activities of KBLDAG with a clearer understanding of what our local community members see as the iss...ues around alcohol and other drugs in our communities. Completing the survey gives everyone the opportunity to enter a draw for one of the following three prizes and our congratulations go to Sachin who received third prize from Hope Community Services. Our thanks go to everybody who took part!

22.01.2022 Many thanks to everyone who attended the official opening of headspace Esperance yesterday - it was a great success!

22.01.2022 Our Family and Domestic Violence Hub in Kalgoorlie are looking for a Trainee Receptionist. Please visit our advert on Seek to apply

20.01.2022 4th August is National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s day What is Children’s Day? ________________________________________ National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day (Children’s Day) is our national day dedicated to celebrating our children. Children’s Day is celebrated across the country each year on 4 August.... Children’s Day is a time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities and all Australians, celebrate the strengths and culture of children. It is an opportunity for us to show our support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. As well as learn about the crucial impact on culture, family and community play in the life of every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. ________________________________________ Children’s Day has been run annually since 1988 and is the initiative of SNAICC National Voice for our Children. To find out more please visit the link below. https://aboriginalchildrensday.com.au/

19.01.2022 Hi All, We have recently advertised for a headspace Youth Counsellor in Kalgoorlie. Please click on our careers page link below to direct you to advertisement to review and apply

18.01.2022 NAIDOC Week celebrations start Saturday 8th November and run until the 15th November please get involved! This year’s theme is - Always Was, Always Will Be. Always Was, Always Will Be recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years and that First Nations people are spiritually and culturally connected to this country.... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists. Australia has the world’s oldest oral stories. The First Peoples engraved the world’s first maps, made the earliest paintings of ceremony and invented unique technologies. They built and engineered structures - structures on Earth - predating well-known sites such as the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge. The adaptation and intimate knowledge of Country enabled them to endure climate change, catastrophic droughts and rising sea levels. NAIDOC Week 2020 acknowledges and celebrates that our nation’s story didn’t begin with documented European contact whether in 1770 or 1606 - with the arrival of the Dutch on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula. NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. It’s about seeing, hearing and learning the First Nations’ 65,000+ year history of this country - which is Australian history. We want all Australians to celebrate that we have the oldest continuing cultures on the planet and to recognise that our sovereignty was never ceded. Always Was, Always Will Be. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

18.01.2022 Today marks the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples We need indigenous communities for a better world There are an estimated 476 million indigenous peoples in the world living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5 per cent of the world's population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures. Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practit...ioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live. Despite their cultural differences, indigenous peoples from around the world share common problems related to the protection of their rights as distinct peoples. Indigenous peoples have sought recognition of their identities, their way of life and their right to traditional lands, territories and natural resources for years. Yet, throughout history, their rights have been violated. Indigenous peoples today, are arguably among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of people in the world. The international community now recognizes that special measures are required to protect their rights and maintain their distinct cultures and way of life. In order to raise awareness of the needs of these population groups, every 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, chosen in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982. https://www.un.org/en/observances/indigenous-day See more

17.01.2022 Our thanks go to Esperance Senior High School! Many thanks to those who gave us some lovely Winter woollies and blankets to pass on to those in need in Esperance. Below is a picture of Mrs Blair handing the many warm items over to Roslyn Rivers, Hope Community Services ITC Outreach Officer.

16.01.2022 Many thanks to everyone at HOPE who participated in our RUOK Day? morning tea today. It's great to see everybody joining in!

16.01.2022 There's a lot going on during NAIDOC Week in Leonora! Please get involved. To find out more about NAIDOC Week please visit the link here : -https://www.naidoc.org.au/

15.01.2022 HOPE is delighted to be expanding its Laverton service to two days a week. Please come and see us every Tuesday and Thursday in the town.

14.01.2022 HOPE Midwest is delighted to announce that we have donated our HOPE van to a worthy local not-for-profit. Yesterday Fleur and Lisa delivered the van to Northampton Old School Inc. It was received by one of the members of our Aboriginal Elders reference group, Colleen Drage. The Community will use it to transport local people to a range of commitments and will use it to take young people out to country.... We are all really happy that the van will be used to help other people!

13.01.2022 Come along and have a chat and a BBQ on us!

12.01.2022 Our thanks to Roebourne Police Station HOPE staff were invited by Senior Sergeant Mark Barratt, Officer in Charge of Roebourne Police Station, to commemorate the first raising of the Aboriginal Flag at the Roebourne Police Station In a step towards reconciliation, the Aboriginal Flag will now be flown side-by-side the Australia and Western Australia flags at Roebourne Police Station.... Our thanks go to everyone who attended!

12.01.2022 We're pleased to launch our new metro services services and contact brochure. Many thanks to everyone for their input - it looks terriffic!

12.01.2022 Our thanks and congratulations go to our Kununurra team! Six of our staff completed a two-day Bronze Medallion course this week as part of an ongoing staff upskills and professional training program. The course was held in Kununurra Pool presented by Royal Life Saving WA.... To find out more about life saving please visit: - https://www.royallifesaving.com.au/

12.01.2022 2020 NAIDOC Week poster - "The Shape of Land" available for download! This year’s 2020 National NAIDOC Poster, Shape of Land, was designed by Tyrown Waigana, a Noongar and Saibai Islander man. Tyrown’s artwork tells the story of how the Rainbow Serpent came out of the Dreamtime to create this land. It is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to ...display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land. To find out more about the artist and the poster please visit: - https://www.naidoc.org.au//waigana-wins-coveted-naidoc-202 To download the poster please visit the link below- https://www.naidoc.org.au/resources/get-your-poster

11.01.2022 Liam Sorrell our Executive Regional Manager Pilbara/Kimberley was interviewed by the Pilbara Health Professional network recently. You can read the interview below. What are your professional interests/specialities?... I love creating connections that make a positive difference to someone’s life or improves the community. I thrive on leadership with integrity. Being in management roles for over a decade has proven to be a joy and a privilege. Tell us, where are you from and how did you get to be a health professional in the Pilbara? I’m from Melbourne originally but have called Karratha home for the last 10 years. I started working in the oil and gas sector and then created the Australian Dads Network at this time, as a gap I found in the Pilbara was men’s/dads support groups. Learning the importance of connection and conversation in a safe place has so much importance in men’s mental health inspires me to continue this work and we now have almost 1700 members. The Australian Dads network is also what my employer, HOPE Community services, saw as an important factor to me becoming an employee of theirs. HOPE do so much good work in the health and community services sector and I am grateful for the opportunity to work for them and over the Pilbara and Kimberley managing our programs and finding ways, via conversation, that we can help the community. What do you love about the Pilbara? The Pilbara has a great atmosphere and attitude to life. The camping and weather is awesome for most of the year, still not a great fan of the summer months. Our family loves camping and being outdoors. The Pilbara is great for that and for raising kids. Did you always want to work in the health space? I didn’t know it was possible to work in this space until employed by HOPE. I am stoked that I stumbled across it because I don’t see myself working in any other sector. What is your passion? Creating community through connections. I love connecting people to others that will help someone. We all have a need to be connected in community and it has so many positive benefits to our mental and emotional health. When you aren’t working, where will we find you? With my family. Either at home relaxing or out camping somewhere in the region.

10.01.2022 We are seeking a part time Residential Support Worker in Broome for a fixed term contract. Please visit our website or apply via Seek

09.01.2022 We are currently seeking a Manager for our headspace service in Kalgoorlie. Please visit our website or apply via Seek (link below)

08.01.2022 This week is Transgender awareness week! WHAT IS TRANSGENDER AWARENESS WEEK? Transgender Awareness Week runs between the 13-19 November. This week is an important time in the LGBTIQ+ calendar because it raises the visibility of trans people around the world. ... During this time, allies and organisations around the country, and the world, participate in Transgender Awareness Week (also called Trans Awareness Week) to help raise awareness by amplifying the voices and experiences of transgender people to the wider community. The week is about bringing attention to issues of prejudice, discrimination and violence that affect trans and gender diverse people. More importantly it is also about celebrating the trans community, sharing their stories and taking action to educate everyone about who transgender people are. The week culminates with Trans Day of Remembrance on 20 November. WHAT IS TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE (TDOR)? Trans Day of Remembrance is an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the trans lives lost to acts of transphobia and discrimination. TDOR was founded by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honour her memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. TDOR is a day of gathering, togetherness, and community solidarity. We remember those we've lost, celebrate our strength in the face of adversity, and commit to fighting transphobia to create a safe and inclusive world for everyone. To find out more, please visit the link below. https://www.theequalityproject.org.au//trans-awareness-wee

07.01.2022 NAIDOC Week is coming! We hope to see you on Friday 13th at Riverlinks Park in Clarkson.

06.01.2022 We are recruiting for Safety Advocates for our Family and Domestic Violence Hub in Kalgoorlie. Both roles are 50D positions. Please apply via seek.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to Tyrown Waigana, a Perth based artist and designer. Tyrown has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition. Unfortunately NAIDOC Week has been re-scheduled to run between the 8th and 15th November this year as a result of Covid-19.... His winning entry - Shape of Land - was judged by the National NAIDOC Committee to have best illustrated the 2020 NAIDOC theme: Always Was Always Will Be. Waigana, a proud Noongar and Saibai Islander, has previously been named as one of WA’s best new and emerging Indigenous artists. According to the 23-year-old, his winning entry depicts the Rainbow Serpent coming out of the Dreamtime to create this country and how we are strongly connected to it. The Rainbow Serpent is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - always was, and always will be Aboriginal land, Mr Waigana added. Committee Co-Chairs Pat Anderson and John Paul Janke congratulated Mr Waigana on his winning entry and thanked all of the talented artists who submitted their artwork in this year’s competition. This year’s competition attracted a staggering 270 entries nationally who responded to the 2020 NAIDOC theme. It was a challenging task for the Committee to choose a single winner from such a huge range of remarkable entries and we thank everyone who submitted an entry Mr Waigana - who has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in graphic design, advertising and illustration and photography - runs his own brand and business Crawlin Crocodile. My passion for art and design comes from an early age and my goal is to make a living of being an artist and take on exciting new creative projects. I love to learn new techniques and platforms I can create on, he said. As the winner, Ms Waigana will have his artwork displayed on the 2020 National NAIDOC Poster and receives a $10,000 cash prize. With over 100,000 posters printed, the National NAIDOC posters are distributed across the country from schools, kindergartens and universities to Government Departments, organisations and shopping centres. Last year there were some 48,000 digital downloads of the 2019 NAIDOC Week poster. The iconic NAIDOC poster has been celebrating and promoting NAIDOC Week since the late 1960s and rose to national prominence in the 1970s with the establishment of the Indigenous rights movement.

04.01.2022 Today marks the relaunch of White Ribbon Australia. On Wednesday 24 June, Communicare will relaunch White Ribbon Australia. White Ribbon Australia is part of a global social movement working to eliminate gendered violence. Violence against women occurs across cultures and communities. It takes many forms, including physical, sexual, social, emotional, cultural, spiritual and financial abuse, and a wide range of controlling, coercive and intimidating behaviour. Regardless of t...he form it takes, it is understood to be most often used by men and its impact is to limit and control women’s independence. Here are some of the statistics on gendered violence:- On average, the cost of leaving a violent relationship is about 141 hours and $18,000 Police respond to 650 domestic violence incidents every day. That’s one every two minutes. Yet over 80% of women who experienced violence have never contacted the police. Over 100,000 people a year report to homelessness services that they are fleeing domestic violence. 94% of them are women and children. Australia’s full-time gender pay gap is 14%, with women earning on average $241.50 per week less than men. To find out more please visit (www.whiteribbon.org.au

04.01.2022 Wednesday 2 September 2020 is Indigenous Literacy Day! Indigenous Literacy Day is a national celebration of Indigenous culture, stories, language and literacy. Through activities on the day, we focus our attention on the disadvantages experienced in remote communities and encourage the rest of Australia to raise funds and advocate for more equal access to literacy resources for remote communities. To find out more please visit: - https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/indigenous-

03.01.2022 Congratulations to Sam Doran for being a winner of the Australian Health Care Worker of the Year award. Sam works for HOPE and is based in Leonora and was interviewed on Sunrise by Sam Mac - interview below. Many thanks to Sam's nominator - as you can see from the video she made, Sam has made a positive impact on the local community! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQYgCVexe10

03.01.2022 Today is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, also known as 'World Drug Day', is celebrated annually on 26th June. The theme of World Drug Day 2020 is "Better Knowledge for Better Care." Supported each year by individuals, communities, and various organizations all over the world, this global observance aims to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society.... Recently, the field of addressing the world drug problem has been 'plagued' by misinformation of many kinds. The theme for the 2020 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Better Knowledge for Better Care emphasizes the need to improve the understanding of the world drug problem and how in turn, better knowledge will foster greater international cooperation for countering its impact on health, governance and security. To find out more please visit: - https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-drug-abuse-day

02.01.2022 The Karratha team attended the NAIDOC flag raising ceremony this morning, followed by a morning tea.

02.01.2022 New roles advertised in Kalgoorlie. Please apply https://hopecommunityservices.org.au/join/careers/