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... a parent mentor and will assist in promoting bonding and attachment, positive behaviour guidance, language and literacy development, and a general healthy lifestyle. The first group of volunteers will ...
Friday, 09 September 2011
... new arrivals to Australia are often challenged by language barriers, lack of experience in motorised society and not having had a licence previously,” said Ms Cockfield. “Ignition will help both this ...
Friday, 02 September 2011
3. LLNP changing lives on the Mid-North Coast
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... numeracy skills. The Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLNP) program provides up to 800 hours of language, literacy and numeracy training. Courses are provided in 200 hour modules, with minimum attendance ...
Thursday, 01 September 2011
A Mission Australia-run program in Taree and Forster-Tuncurry, New South Wales, is having great success helping adults improve their reading, writing, speaking and numeracy skills. The Literacy, Language ...
Thursday, 01 September 2011
... skills are one of the many barriers to job seekers in finding long-term employment,” Mr Wassman said. Mission Australia operates the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) in Katherine, in the ...
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
During National Literacy and Numeracy Week, we’d like to highlight Mission Australia's Literacy, Language and Numeracy program, which is helping to break down barriers to employment and community participation. ...
Monday, 29 August 2011
... ending, but thousands of people remain locked out of employment and community life because of poor literacy skills. To help, Mission Australia runs a Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) in ...
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
... to care for them. The adults learnt basic dog training techniques – including how to interpret dogs’ body language and recognize emotions,” she said. “The RSPCA animals had plenty of fun themselves – ...
Thursday, 14 July 2011
9. Communities for Children - Mt Druitt (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)
... primary schools Hook’d Up – a learning enrichment program for children aged six to 12 First Connections (promoting speech and language development) Child-Friendly Communities Project Mt Druitt ...
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
A group of high school students in Wilcannia, NSW, is helping to keep a local language alive for a new generation with the help of Mission Australia’s Creative Youth Initiatives (CYI). Thirty children ...
Thursday, 07 July 2011
... a new life, she spent her first years in Australia improving her English language skills. “I remember how hard it was for me and my family to live in Australia because we did not know English and e...Refugee ...
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
... because of cultural and language differences, poverty, unemployment, dislocation, violence, illness or disability and this can impact on their child’s transition to school. “For families with complex ...
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
... ancestry, languages spoken at home and level of English proficiency.* The MMHA report shows that existing homelessness data does not meet this benchmark because country‐of‐birth is likely to be the only ...
Tuesday, 07 June 2011
... The new centre offers a variety of community programs including Family Support, Disability Support, Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programs, Integrated Family Support Services, Gateway Services and Local ...
Thursday, 05 May 2011
15. A chance to assist migrants
(News/Media Releases Archive)
...  "Not knowing our national language can be a huge barrier in settling into Australian life," she said. "Imagine not being able to make a doctor's appointment for a sick child or buy a train ticket." ...
Monday, 18 April 2011
16. Literacy courses ‘a lifesaver’
(News/Media Releases Archive)
Media coverage - The Border Mail, 14 April 2011  Lacey Seears says Mission Australia’s language, literacy and numeracy courses turned her life around.  The Albury resident, 26, says she went from being ...
Thursday, 14 April 2011
17. The heart of real fairness
(Daily News/Blog)
... themselves on giving everyone a fair go. I’m told that some languages don’t even have a word for ‘fair’ – but for us, fairness is bottom-line morality. Most would say fairness is about everyone being ...
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
MA Media Release, 29 March 2011  Mission Australia's Home Tutor Service (HTS) in Parramatta is crying out for volunteers to teach newly arrived refugees and migrants English language skills to help them ...
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
19. Geraldton and Meekatharra / Mid West Gascoyne Region (WA)
(Community Services/Community Services)
Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) This service supports jobseekers within the Midwest WA Gascoyne region to improve in competency with language, literacy and/or numeracy to enable them ...
Monday, 28 March 2011
20. National Survey of Young Australians
(Research/Research and Social Policy)
... Islander identification, location, languages spoken at home, if the participant had a disability, education and employment as well as living arrangements. This year we adjusted a question to link sources ...
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
... 13th) day of the month? It’s a reminder of how complex and rich the English language is – and just how difficult it must be for non-native speakers to master. Through its Language, Literacy and Numeracy ...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
... was started 14 years ago by Rhonda Brain, a teacher from Parkes, New South Wales, who realised a growing number of children were entering kindergarten with delayed language development. “R... Rooby ...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
... what young people have to say through their language of music.” The performers were welcomed to the stage by Mission Australia’s Director Community Services NSW/ACT Leonie Green. Later in the day Sounds ...
Thursday, 17 February 2011
... – whatever their background, culture, language and stage of homelessness. Traditionally, homeless services – including those for young people – have offered ‘one size fits all’ support that struggled ...
Friday, 04 February 2011
...  Retail and youth work  English language and adult literacy. For more information about the courses we offer please call Mission Australia’s RTO Manager on (07) 3847 8411. The training.gov.au ...
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
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