Do you want to help local people feel that where they live is;
- safe, friendly and supportive
- a place which puts people at the centre of everything
- where everybody knows each other
- where people have a voice in Werribee’s future;
- where you and other neighbours know of each other’s gifts and
- where new community possibilities emerge.
Wyndham’s Building Blocks Community Leadership Program that explores what it means to be an effective leader. Drawing on your personal experiences, a range of dynamic guest speakers and a diverse group of peers in the room, you will examine the essentials of community leadership including values and motivation, change, strategy and communication, and the power of networking. The program that makes best use of what everyone in the community can do and provides a place for individuals, groups, organisations, institutions and local government to make a contribution for a better Werribee.
Paramount to the Program is the importance of communities taking responsibility for their own development by Discussing; Learning; Partnering; Up-skilling; Influencing; Facilitating; Uniting; Connecting; Making change and so much more.
By participating in this FREE Nationally Accredited** program, you will connect with Council and the wider Wyndham community to make change and help grow our high functioning, dynamic and sustainable communities.
“By recognising people’s gifts, capacities and skills, the neighbourhood that you live, work or play is a treasure chest of opportunity. By putting the gifts together in many different ways, we open the chest and use its riches.”*
Applications Close: Midnight Sunday 25 June 2017 via www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/buildingblocks
For further information, or if you require assistance completing this form, please contact Sharon Brown, Senior Community Leadership & Governance Officer Wyndham City, 45 Princes Hwy (PO Box 197) Werribee 3030 on (03) 9742 0812 or sharon.brown@wyndham.vic.gov.au.