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For Travel and Accommodation Assistance

Contact the following DEEWR Contact officers:

Casino NSW

1 September

 DIANNE HARRINGTON Phone:(02) 6626 0821

Email dianne.harrington@deewr.gov.au

Fax: (02) 6123 5692

Kempsey NSW

2 September

 ROB MUMBLER Phone: (02) 6562 0901

Email robert.mumbler@deewr.gov.au  

Fax: (02) 6123 6210

Great Lakes NSW  

3 September

 RON POWELL Phone: (02) 4940 1792

Email ronald.powell@deewr.gov

Fax: (02) 6123 6351

 PLEASE NOTE: Applications are to be sourced from, discussed with and received by the Deadly Days Festivals DEEWR Contact Officers.

You will only be required to submit one application for funding for attendance at both the Skills Day and Deadly Days Festival Day.

Applications are to be received by COB Friday 16 July 2010Travel & accommodation assistance

  

‘Deadly Days’

Community Festivals for Aboriginal Education Engagement 2010

 The ‘Deadly Days’ Festivals are part of the Australian Government’s Community Festivals for Education Engagement initiative and will be hosted by North Coast Aboriginal Learning Partnerships of North Coast TAFE.  The Festivals aim to increase education, employment and training opportunities for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and also promote positive and healthy lifestyles. 

Specifically, the Deadly Days Festivals seek to increase the capacity of local communities to plan and implement festivals that meet the following objectives:

communicate positive engagement with education including promoting literacy and positive self-esteem
showcase employment, training and vocational pathways via information resources and role models
encourage positive engagement with healthy lifestyles and reduced crime and drug abuse
promote contemporary and traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
include arts, music, performance and sport activities
improve school attendance and retention

In 2010, three Festivals will be held across the North Coast:

Casino TAFE Campus:                    Wednesday 1 September 2010

Kempsey TAFE Campus:                Thursday 2 September 2010

Great Lakes TAFE Campus:            Friday 3 September 2010

 NCALP North Coast TAFE was one of 5 successful applicants nation-wide to obtain funding through the DEEWR – Community Festivals for Education Engagement Project. 

This funding will provide for delivery of TAFE-Schools programs leading up to and including the events and performances and also provide opportunities for members of the Aboriginal community – young and old – to engage in and showcase outcomes of learning programs and identify further training opportunities within North Coast TAFE. 

Aboriginal School students and their families are invited to experience:

 1. Expos/ Stalls:

  • Education and Training (North Coast TAFE)
  • Education and Employment/ Careers (External providers)
  • Aboriginal organisations
  • Health organisations

 2. Activities:

  • Hands-on TAFE Taster and Try-A-Trade workshops in Industry areas
  • Sponsored sport, health and culture activities – including health and fitness activities; cultural workshops and activities; music and art workshops and activities  
  • Cultural mentors and role models in ‘yarn up’ circles

3. Performances:

  • Headline acts
  • Roving performers
  • School dance and music acts 

   …..and much much more