A free community picnic and concert to mark the 175th anniversary of South Australia is being held on the grounds of Government House on Sunday 13th November 2011.
Even though this is a free event tickets are still required. Tickets are available at www.governor.sa.gov.au.
Master of Ceremonies and Narrated by Mr Keith Conlon OAM.
With Special Guest – Ms Verity Hunt-Ballard (currently starring in the national production of Mary Poppins).
New content is being created for the sa.gov.au website and volunteers are sought to be part of a reference group to evaluate the new content:
Seeking parent, carer and guardians to participate in a reference group and to provide feedback about education and early childhood
The sa.gov.au website is a whole-of-government initiative to create a single website for the public to access government information and services. The main objective of the website is to give the public accurate, up to date, easy to find and easy to understand information.
New web pages are being developed for parents, carers and guardians to provide information about:
- Early childhood services (child care, playgroups, etc)
- Preschools and kindergartens
- Schools (junior primary, primary, secondary/high)
- Skills based training / vocational education and training (eg. TAFE)
- University
- Community education
To assist the team in developing a ‘user friendly’ website, I am looking for a group of parents to ‘road test’ the structure of the website and provide feedback on the new web content.
Each of our major topics (listed above) will have its own reference group of 8-12 people. We are asking for volunteers. This may involve providing feedback via the web, email, over the phone or in person. Ideally members of the reference group will not work in education as they may have prior knowledge that may not be representative of the general public.
We expect that the majority of activities will be web based and will take between 5 and 15 minutes. There may be some face-to-face meetings, however, we recognise that some people may not be able to travel into Adelaide. If this is the case we will look at alternatives such as telephone or web conferences.
If you would like to provide feedback and have an influence on the new information that will replace the existing Education, skills and learning content on the sa.gov.au website, please complete the form at http://bit.ly/refgroup. Alternatively, you can contact myself or Kristen Morgan on telephone 8204 1438 or email sagovau@sa.gov.au.
Please feel free to share this request with your friends and relatives.
Regards,
Christine Irmler
FRANCHISE MANAGER, LEARNING FRANCHISE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES
sa.gov.au
A PDF of the above content is also available.
d4d are holding a word and visual arts competition with $2000 in prizes!
Entrants to the competition will need to express what their perfect South Australia for people with disabilities is.
Entries can be in one of the following categories:
The competition is open to everyone. Individuals with disabilities, carers, support workers and interested people as well as groups (classrooms, families, day options groups, organisations etc) are all invited and encouraged to enter.
Entries close 20 February 2011.
For more information, including instructions on how to enter, download this information sheet from d4d.
In 2006, the Government of South Australia introduced the Ruby awards to recognise creative achievement, innovation and excellence. They are named after the late Dame Ruby Litchfield in honour of her remarkable legacy to arts and culture in South Australia.
Who can be nominated? South Australian artists (all artforms), creatives, arts companies, facilitators, volunteers, community arts workers, philanthropists, community participants, private enterprise, not-for-profit organisations, local and State Government and regional organisations.
Nominations close 5pm Friday 25th June, 2010.
Australia is switching over to digital TV. Digital TV offers better picture and sound, and more channels to choose from. Many other countries have already switched to digital TV. Switching to digital TV also makes more efficient use of the broadcast spectrum and will enable the delivery of new communications services, such as high speed broadband.
Regional South Australia will switchover to digital only TV from 15 December 2010. This includes households in the Spencer Gulf, Riverland, Mt Gambier and South East television licence areas. The Adelaide metropolitan area will switchover in the second half of 2013.
For most people, switching to digital TV will be a relatively straightforward and inexpensive task. It can be achieved by adding a digital set top box or digital recorder to an analog television set, or purchasing a TV with a built-in digital tuner. 61 per cent of Australian households had converted to digital TV by the end of 2009.
The Australian Government understands that some in our community will need practical help to get ready for digital TV. The Household Assistance Scheme has been introduced to provide this help to eligible households. It includes the supply and installation of a high definition set top box, instructions on how to use it, and any necessary upgrades to cabling and antenna systems.
The Household Assistance Scheme is provided to households that do not have access to TV, and where one person in the household is in receipt of the maximum rate of the Age Pension, Disability Support Pension, Carer Payment, Department of Veterans’ Affairs Service Pension, or Department of Veterans’ Affairs Income Support Supplement.
The Household Assistance Scheme is only made available when a region is switching to digital TV. Approximately six months before the switchover date, eligible households will be contacted directly by Centrelink inviting them to participate in the scheme. An appointment will be made with the installer contracted by the Australian Government to visit the household for the installation of the set top box. Householders can request a password for their appointment so they are satisfied the installer visiting their home has made the appointment as part of the Household Assistance Scheme.
During the month of July eligible households in the Spencer Gulf, Mount Gambier and the Riverland can expect to receive letters from Centrelink.
More than 1500 households have already been helped to switch to digital TV through the scheme in Mildura Sunraysia which is the first region in Australia to switchover to digital TV.
More information on the switch to digital TV is available from the Digital ready Information Line which is run by the Australian Government on 1800 20 10 13, or from the website at www.digitalready.gov.au. Dates for the switchover to digital tv in South Australia can be found here.
Find out how people with a disability were treated in South Australia during the nineteenth century.
Morning tea will be provided. Parking available off street.
Monday 24th May, 10.30am – 12.00 noon.
Disability Information and Resource Centre
195 Gilles St, Adelaide
Bookings are required for this event. To book or for further enquiries please contact DIRC on (08) 8236 0555. You can also book via the form below.
The South Australian Council on Intellectual Disability Inc (SACID) have released a document outlining their priorities for the 2010 SA state election.
You can read it here.
Carers SA have released their SA Northern Country Newsletter for March 2010 which you can view here.
Carers SA are also running a service provider workshop on the 15th of March in Whyalla for which seats are still available. This workshop is at no cost and is to help carers develop a greater understanding of their caring role.
More information can be found in the flyer.
Please RSVP by Wednesday 3rd March.
The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation (C7CRF) is inviting researchers in South Australia and the Northern Territory to apply for grants to help find the answers to serious conditions that affect children, such as cerebral palsy, asthma and muscular dystrophy.
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to successful applicants for research projects to be undertaken in 2011.
Applications opened on 4 February 2010 and close on 29 April 2010.
For more information please see the C7CRF Media Release or the C7CRF Web Site.
SACommunity (formerly Infosearch) is South Australia’s community information resource. Its purpose is to enable you to
The February 2010 SACommunity newsletter contains news and information on organisations in the SA community sector and can be viewed here.
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