I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the Doing School Differently Conference on the Gold Coast last month. I wasn’t just lucky to be escaping the Melbourne winter, I was in for a real treat as an attendee as...
Sometimes when working with our young people it isn’t always easy to have the information to know where we can refer them when they need just that little bit of extra support. We are very lucky in the Bayside, Glen Eira and Kingston...
We were extremely fortunate to have Drew Corby, Strategy Lead from Purposeful - Ethical Consultants present at our 2018 Annual General Meeting. Drew has a background in front-line leadership and is an expert in helping organisations create the types of lasting cultural changes that...
Last Tuesday, BGKLLEN’s own Laura won Kingston City Council’s Young Citizen of the Year Award. Kathy and Brendan nominated Laura for her work and advocacy on youth unemployment and for positively representing young people to Government. She has really grown the BGKLLEN SWL...
Last Friday (Feb 23), the BGKLLEN stood alongside the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA), the Minister for Education & Emergency Services and the Victorian Applied Learning Association and proudly launched the New Work Order Toolkit. Designed to support educators in facilitating immersive, meaningful...
“Equal education & employment outcomes for all young people” is a great vision. It took us some wordsmithing, slashing and simplifying to get it so sleek. It wasn’t easy. Our next task though, will be even more difficult but incredibly important. We...
It has been another busy and exciting year for the team here at the BGKLLEN. Some of our highlights have included: Working with the Foundation for Young Australians to create the 'New Work Order in the VCAL Teacher Toolkit'. This helps teachers equip young...
If you don't know FYA (Foundation for Young Australians) then stop reading this and google them or go here first: https://www.fya.org.au/. I first came across them 5 years ago when we were looking for a leadership program for some young up-and-coming Koorie...
Whitelion - Stride, Rotary Bentleigh Moorabbin and BGKLLEN again partnered this year to bring the Applied Learning Awards to the Bayside, Glen Eira and Kingston region. There was over 100 applications and the judges had a very tough time picking winners. We know...
At the October Beachside Wellbeing Network meeting, Steffi who is completing her Masters of Counselling degree placement at Sandringham Senior Secondary College presented the LGBTQIA+ Tip Sheet. As part of a course requirement, Steffi set out to facilitate a 6 week project (now...