Cringila Women’s Futures

Overview 
Participation in Term 3 in the Women’s Futures Group varies between 4 and 9 participants.  There is a mix of new and continuing participants from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds including those born in Australia and representing:  Croatia, Italy, Libya, Iraq, Albania, Peru, Macedonia.
In the first week the group worked on -
Group Rules
1.                  Being cooperative
2.                  [...]

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Come aboard the futures train
 
 
The journey has begun
 
 
You’re gonna get some learning and it’s going to be fun
 
 
Come aboard the futures train

Destination’s up to you
 
 
You may need some links to learning or just get that interview
 
 
We’ll build you up with confidence and set your feet upon the ground
 
 
Come and find your pathway
 
 
Let your [...]

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Thankyou to our Guest Speakers on Monday 5 June 2006 for an inspiring and empowering talk – Luz Guevara, Assistant Youth Worker, Cringila Community Co-operative and Blanca Azabal, Multicultural Health Worker & TAFE Teacher.  Luz is originally from El Salvador and Blanca is originally from Spain.
Participants asked a series of open questions that had previously been [...]

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Five participants are researching opportunities for further learning at TAFE NSW or other Registered Training Organizations next semester.  Potential pathways include -
 *** Community Services
*** Business Administration
*** Hairdressing
*** Nursing
*** Workplace Training
Quotes of the day -
“You have to have something to believe in – if you can’t believe in something….you will accept anything.” 
“A Goal is like a vision and a [...]

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The goal setting workshop enabled participants to be proactive and focus on how they are going to achieve their goals.  Participants developed the beginning of their Career Action Plans.  This included their ‘most important goal’ and activities to support the Goal using a SMART framework. Goals must be -
Simple
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Targetted
 

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Congratulations to the three ladies who have completed and submitted job applications in the past week.
 Areas of work interest include -
* Aged Care
* Traineeship – Business Administration
 * Call Centre
It will be interesting to see what other job opportunities present themselves in the next few weeks.
 

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On Monday 23 May 2006 the Group worked on creating a personal vision.  The activity commenced with a meditation focussing on the breath and then focussing on an image, place or memory that had a special meaning.  Then participants were encouraged to focus on an image or place in the future. 

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 The Women’s Futures Project is a Project of the Cringila Community Cooperative in partnership with The Wollongong Outreach Unit of TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute.
The Project is for women who  aim to gain skills to make choices about their future education, training or work options.

Computer Training & the Women’s Futures Group are being held at Cringila Primary School [...]

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1.                 One person speaks at a time
2.                  Mobile phones turned on for child minding purposes
3.                  Listen to one another
4.                  Be prepared to participate
5.                  Respect each other

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