WOCS Partnership Project
CHILD Australia and the Wheatbelt Organisation for Children’s Services (WOCS) have recently completed a project to support volunteers operating community childcare services in the Wheatbelt. This Lotterywest funded project was developed in response to concerns regarding the sustainability of rural childcare services and the issues and barriers encountered by volunteers in establishing and operating services. The project was completed in October 2009.
The supports developed included forums, the WOCS’ Website: www.wocs.com.au and the release of the Wheatbelt Childcare Resource Manual. The manual is being distributed to all Wheatbelt Childcare services and is also available for download from the WOCS website. During the course of the project, needs were identified which were outside the scope of the Lotterywest funding. Subsequently, additional funding has been sourced through the Wheatbelt Development Commission to address some of these needs.
The Wheatbelt Regional Childcare Support project commenced on the 1st November 2009 .
About the Wheatbelt Regional Childcare Support Project
The Wheatbelt Regional Childcare Support Project aims to design and implement useable tools to enable communities to determine current and future childcare needs in both the local and wider community.
The tools will encourage planning and assessment of the community capacity including physical infrastructure, population and skill, to establish and operate a service.
The Wheatbelt Regional Childcare Support Project has been funded through the Royalties for Regions - Regional Grants Scheme for a 12 month period - 1st November 2009 through 31st October 2010 - enabling a focus to achieve the following outcomes:
- Developing a toolkit to facilitate analysis of the local care needs and service viability.
- Project /strategic planning, templates, resources, information and training on regional models of sustainable childcare.
- Developing and providing resources and support prior to childcare operation or while transitioning to alternative childcare models.
- Coordinating / facilitating a “Wheatbelt Roadshow” involving key stakeholders and agencies presenting up to date information with particular reference to the national early years learning framework.
Contact Details
For further information contact the WOCS Project Officer.
WOCS Project Officer - Nola Poland
Phone: +61 8 9883 6561
Email: NolaP@childaustralia.org.au |