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...
I first came across Purposeful a few months ago when Laura, a star member of our team noticed an awesome event that Purposeful ran on how to attract, engage and retain millennials and youth for workplaces. Purposeful are an ethical consultancy and B...
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...
After being approached by Parkdale Secondary College for assistance with hosting an information session, for both parents and career practitioners supporting young people with additional needs, our Education Engagement Coordinator (Samantha) jumped at the chance to help and coordinate, what turned out...
The question about whether education is preparing young people adequately for the workforce is one that is being raised often in the education sector. We have reviews being undertaken by Government about career curriculum, VET, School Based Apprenticeships at the same time some...