Chair Forum

This month we are having our Chair Forum as an in-person event, with lunch provided and a guest speaker. It will be an opportunity for you and other members of your committee/board to meet other neighbourhood house chairs and committee/board members, talk about the challenges and opportunities in your neighbourhood house, and develop networks and supports at a local level.

Some things to keep in mind:

• We understand that the cost of travel can be a barrier to you attending, so we will pay a travel subsidy of $100 per neighbourhood house for anyone travelling further than 20km
• For this event to be meaningful we need at least 10 participants. The event will not go ahead with less than 10
• There is a maximum of 2 participants per neighbourhood house committee/board (Chair + one other)
• Lunch will be provided

The draft agenda is:

11.30 Start

Introductions - getting to know each other

Keir Patterson – NHVic CEO. Topics covered will include:

• NHVic advocacy eg food relief, the role of neighbourhood houses in building community resilience
• Collective Agreement - progress and status of the newly developed employment agreement
• Neighbourhood House Coordination Program guideline update
• Strategic direction of food security in relation to neighbourhood houses
• Financial challenges in the neighbourhood house sector
• Q&A

Cecily Fletcher and Lana Young, Managers of DFFH Community Partnerships, Ovens Murray and Goulburn Areas. Topics covered will include:

• The DFFH structure
• Community Partnerships - what they do and how it intersects with the work of your neighbourhood house
• Challenges and opportunities for neighbourhood houses

There will also be time for general discussion.

2.30pm  Close