Yarra Settlement Forum

Yarra Settlement Forum Blog

The Yarra Settlement Forum (YSF) was established in or around 1999 as a sub-committee of the The Yarra Ethnic Communities' Council (YECC). With the folding of the YECC in 2003 the YSF has continued as a network providing a forum for settlement providers in the CoY. Since 2001, through the Refugee and Asylum Seeker project, which was funded by CoY, the YSF has been under the shared leadership of North Yarra Community Health (NYCH) and CoY.

Purpose of the blog:

The Yarra Settlement Forum blog is intended to be the means by which members of the Yarra Settlement Forum communicate electronically, in addition to email. Anything that is related to the YSF or which members would like to inform others about, is material that is relevant to the blog.

However, it some main purposes including:

Building relationships between YSF members through enabling more frequent communication.

Notifying and keeping members informed of what is happening in the community, practically when it comes to settlement related issues.

Being a means to reflect and react about the effectiveness of the Yarra Settlement Forum, and allowing members to report back to the Forum about changes they would like to see to the YSF to make it more effective.

Minimum commitment expected:

Posting on the blog does not require a significant time commitment. However, as the blog is intended to be a collection of consistent and useful information, it is important that members see their participation in the blog as a part of their commitments to the Yarra Settlement Forum. It is expected that if members have any information that they would like to share with other members of the YSF, they do so via the blog.

It is also expected that members make every effort to make sure they are able to use the blog including liaising with their employer about the need to access the blog site, and undoing training on how to blog.

Code of Conduct:

To maintain trust and ensure the blog is used in an appropriate manner, it is important to:

Respect individuals, community members and/or service providers.

Never identify individuals, community members or services in a defamatory manner.

Make it clear in opinion pieces that the views expressed are yours alone and do not necessarily represent the views of your employer or the rest of the YSF.

Keep private issues and topics private, since discussing private issues can jeopardize personal and work relationships.

Disclose conflicts of interest.

Acknowledge and correct mistakes promptly.

Reply to emails and comments when appropriate, and do so promptly.

Consequences if policy is breached:

If you have any questions about what is appropriate to include in your blog it is important that you ask the administrator – Melinie Ridge, co-facilitator of the Yarra Settlement Forum as any breach of the policy will result in your blog being deleted an/or your membership to the blog being revoked.

How to post to the Yarra Settlement Forum Blog
Step 1:
Open internet browser and go to: www.yarrasettlementforum.blogspot.com
Step 2:
Right click on the sign in link (top right hand corner) and click open in a new window.
Step 3:
Sign in using your newly created Google account (unfortunately this is necessary).
Step 4:
Once you've logged into Blogger you'll see your Dashboard, showing your list of blogs. Click the blue “new post” icon to create a new post.
Step 5:
Next, you’ll see the page for creating a new post. Start by giving your post a title (optional), then enter the post itself
Step 6:
When you're done, click the "Preview" link to make sure it's ready to go
Step 7:
Once you're satisfied with your post, click the "Publish" button. This will publish your new post

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

African Women's Group

Term 1

2008

This is a program for African women and their children within the City of Yarra.
While the women’s program is running there will be free activities for the children

The program aims to:
Reduce isolation by providing links into the local community and access to services such as North Yarra Community Health & City of Yarra and Family Services, Neighbourhood House, Fitzroy Learning Network;
Provide information sessions with guest speakers on health & nutrition, sexual health, asthma, outings and a BBQ;
Provide structured play, art and music activities for the children

Venue: Yarra Youth Centre
156 Napier Street, Fitzroy

When: Tuesday from 12.30pm till 2.30pm
Starting from 5 February till 18 March 2008

For further information and bookings, please call

Robyn Fletcher 9411 4333
Hong Vo 9205 5484

This is a joint project run by North Yarra Community Health and City of Yarra.

2 comments:

Warren Crosbie 3ZZZ 92.3 FM Wednesday 7-8am said...: This is a good story for community radio. Is there a spokeperson who would like to be interviewed about the Women's Group on 3ZZZ 92.3FM?
Programs to consider:
- Starting Out Wednesday 7-8am
- Harari – Tuesdays 3-4pm & Wednesdays 9-10am
- Somali – Friday 10-11 pm
- Sudanese-Arabic – Friday 12-1pm
- Oromo – Sunday 2-3 pm
email wcrosbie@yahoo.com.au; February 6, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Maggie Abdelmalak said...: Hi Warren. Good idea. I will pass this on to the group facilitators, Hong and Robyn.
Maggie; February 6, 2008 at 4:04 PM

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