Following
is a reference guide to information resources available for those
organisations who are involved in the Victorian Emergency
Relief Sector.
Emergency
Relief - A Guide for Small Community Groups- This unique easy-to-read
book provides basic practical advice on more than 60 topics
relating to emergency relief. It aims to assist committees,employed
staff and volunteers of small community groups to plan and operate
their emergency relief services well. The book has a strong
emphasis on providing people with a hand up as well as a handout.
This means providing support to people in a range of ways including
working with other service providers to ensure that clients have
access to adequate income, education, employment, housing, health
and welfare services, as well as other opportunities offered to
their communities. The authors, Vicki Martin and Dr John Murphy,
have more than 40 years of experience between them as volunteers
and workers in the emergency relief field.
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'Counting the Homeless
2006' - a report by the
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare into the state of
homelessness in Australia: based on the 2006 Census.
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'Under Pressure'- a groundbreaking report
published by ER Victoria, VCOSS, Good Shepherd Youth and
Family Service and RMIT University which explores the deprivation
of basic needs among Victorians living in social
hardship.
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Pandemic
Influenza Workbook: This workbook has been
developed by FaHCSIA to assist community organisations to prepare
for a potential human influenza pandemic. It provides some
practical tools, templates and information to assist organisations
in thinking about and developing a business continuity
plan.
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Managing health
impacts of the heatwave: an information bulletin
issued by DHS offering advice on how to manage vulnerable people in
heatwave conditions
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Averting the
Social Impact of the Global Financial Crisis: a recommendations report made to the Deputy Prime
Minister, Julia Gillard by representatives of Anglicare Australia,
Catholic Social Services Australia, the Salvation Army and
UnitingCare Australia, following their meeting with Julia Gillard
on January 27, 2009.
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Education
Costs Kit - Second Edition - January 2009:A valuable resource for
community agencies working with people on low incomes.
Translations
for Part 1 of the kit are available in the following
languages: Arabic, Dari, Sudanese Arabic, Cambodian, Vietnamese and
Mandarin.
For further information,
contact Kate Wheller (03) 9546
5255 or
Kathy Landvogt (03) 9418 3012
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The Impact
of the Global Financial Crisis on Social Services in
Australia:
an issues paper prepared
by Access Economics for Anglicare Australia, Catholic
Social Services Australia, The Salvation Army and UnitingCare
Australia.
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Pushing
the Boundaries of Hunger in Victoria: a report prepared by
VicRelief Foodbank on the growing demand for emergency food relief
among vulnerable and marginalised Victorians.
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The Value
of Volunteering:A discussion paper on
volunteering in the community and welfare sector. Released in
September 2008 by the the House of Representatives Standing
Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth. Please note
before printing this is a large file document - 56
pages/734kb.
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Breakfast
Programs Information Booklet -A recent publication
produced by the Vic. Department of Education and Early Childhood
Development to celebrate school breakfast programs and
thevolunteers who run
them.
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The
Challenges and Triumphs of Volunteering in Emergency
Relief: Published proceedings from
the Emergency Relief Victoria Volunteer Forum held in August
2007.
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Changing
Lives - A Guide to creating a successful Community
Project-Produced by the City of
Wodonga this guide draws on local initiatives to reveal ideas,
strategies and tools in creating community solutions to meet
community needs.
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History of
Victorian Relief Committee - Dr Shirley Martin, Chair of VicRelief Foodbank
has written a concise history of an the Victorian Relief Committee.
Deeply researched and lovingly crafted, it tells the story of an
organisation which has helped to care for those in crisis over many
years.
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More
Information ....
Food
Security Network: What it is. How to Join
TheFood
Security Network is supported by funding from VicHealth and is
auspiced by the Victorian Local Government Association. It forms
part of the VicHealth initiative 'Food for All: Improving access to
food for healthy eating'.
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Food
Donations: Guide for ER Agencies
Released
by the Victorian Government this is a guide for welfare agencies on
basic precautions to ensure any food donations are safe and free of
risk.
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