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BESTCDG Pty Ltd
BESTCDG is a new, purpose driven for-profit organisation that is owned by Careers Development Group (CDG), a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom and BEST Community Development.
CDG is a dynamic charity that seeks to help those who are unemployed find and sustain meaningful employment. With nearly thirty years delivering employment and community outcomes, CDG is now one of the leading third sector organisations in the United Kingdom, with some 300 staff working with over 33,000 customers per year.
BESTCDG will provide employment and other services in Australia and internationally with profit being disbursed to both organisations to continue their community work.
Wesley Mission Victoria
BEST Community Development, as the Australian Government's Innovation Fund Panel Provider, is partnering with Wesley Mission Victoria to support their newly established Social Enterprises Hub that will help Victoria’s most disadvantaged job seekers find and retain long term employment.
The Catering for All Abilities Project under the Innovation Fund will allow The Last Cuppa, a social enterprise of Wesley in partnership with BEST Community Development, to provide opportunities for up to 60 unemployed people with a disability and/or mental illness living in the co-located Yarra Community Housing complex at 660 Elizabeth Street, and in the broader Yarra Employment Service Area. Wesley and Green Collect share the social enterprise hub.
The project will offer paid work placements, accredited training options and unpaid work experience, to help disadvantaged job seekers prepare for entry into the hospitality industry.
Participants will also have access to a range of support services including mentoring, vocational rehabilitation, social networks and activities, and community resources.
The project will provide participants with professional skills, a robust connection to the community, and the opportunity to work in a dignified and supportive work environment.
The Innovation Fund supports projects which foster innovative solutions to overcoming barriers to employment.
L to R: Philip Murphy BEST Community Development, Parliamentary Secretary for Schools, Education and Workplace Relations Jacinta Collins, Pablo Gimenz Wesley Social Enterprises and Sally Quinn Green Collect
Outside the Square Solutions
BEST Community Development and Tasmanian business, Outside the Square Solutions, are working together to provide a range of training programs to the community. As part of this relationship BEST Community Development and Outside the Square Solutions tailor a variety of programs to suit the needs of its Tasmanian clientele. These programs include a range of training options including hospitality programs targeted to assist people to enter the hospitality industry. Other programs are based around not-for-profit ventures such as healthy lifestyle programs, employability programs and disengaged youth programs.
The Employability Program on the northwest coast of Tasmania aims to provide Job Services Australia and Disability Employment clients, who are registered job seekers, with a service designed to assist them to enter or re-enter the workforce.
Commencing 16 February 2012 and running for four weeks, the Employability Program will focus on time management, budgeting, personal presentation, appropriate workplace behaviours, interview techniques, health and nutrition information, OH&S, and working with colleagues and customers. The Employability Program came to fruition after the above areas were identified by Outside the Square Solutions and BEST Community Development as being real issues impacting upon job seekers' abilities to secure employment.
To find out more about the Employability Program or any other initiatives please visit www.outsidethesquaresolutions.net.au
Newforce Recruitment
As most BEST Community Development staff would be aware, we have a very close and important working relationship with Newforce Recruitment and Training located in Footscray, Melbourne. Newforce is a recruitment and training provider whose clients are varied, but most are migrants now living in Melbourne and surrounding suburbs. They provide a service to communities in the Western suburbs, Dandenong and Melbourne CBD.
On Thursday 10 November, BEST Community Development was honoured to be invited to the graduation of 29 students in Certificate III in Children’s Services from Newforce Recruitment. The graduation took place at the Australian Light Foundation Centre in Tottenham and was attended by the students, families and staff of Newforce as well as representatives from cultural groups and leaders in the African community.
The afternoon had lots of laughing, smiles, cheering and a great selection of traditional food that was enjoyed by all.
Philip Murphy and Daryl Smith were asked to speak on behalf of BEST and present the students and staff with certificates of completion and recognition awards.
Our relationship with Newforce is very important to us all here at BEST as it reinforces our mission of “enhancing individuals, enriching the community”.
We look forward to the ongoing relationship with Newforce and the satisfaction that it brings tall parties involved.
Wesley Mission Victoria
BEST Community Development, as the Australian Government's Innovation Fund Panel Provider, is partnering with Wesley Mission Victoria to support their newly established Social Enterprises Hub that will help Victoria’s most disadvantaged job seekers find and retain long term employment.The Catering for All Abilities Project under the Innovation Fund will allow The Last Cuppa, a social enterprise of Wesley in partnership with BEST Community Development, to provide opportunities for up to 60 unemployed people with a disability and/or mental illness living in the co-located Yarra Community Housing complex at 660 Elizabeth Street, and in the broader Yarra Employment Service Area. Wesley and Green Collect share the social enterprise hub.
The project will offer paid work placements, accredited training options and unpaid work experience, to help disadvantaged job seekers prepare for entry into the hospitality industry.
Participants will also have access to a range of support services including mentoring, vocational rehabilitation, social networks and activities, and community resources.
The project will provide participants with professional skills, a robust connection to the community, and the opportunity to work in a dignified and supportive work environment.
The Innovation Fund supports projects which foster innovative solutions to overcoming barriers to employment.
L to R: Philip Murphy BEST Community Development, Parliamentary Secretary for Schools, Education and Workplace Relations Jacinta Collins, Pablo Gimenz Wesley Social Enterprises and Sally Quinn Green Collect
Outside the Square Solutions
BEST Community Development and Tasmanian business, Outside the Square Solutions, are working together to provide a range of training programs to the community. As part of this relationship BEST Community Development and Outside the Square Solutions tailor a variety of programs to suit the needs of its Tasmanian clientele. These programs include a range of training options including hospitality programs targeted to assist people to enter the hospitality industry. Other programs are based around not-for-profit ventures such as healthy lifestyle programs, employability programs and disengaged youth programs.The Employability Program on the northwest coast of Tasmania aims to provide Job Services Australia and Disability Employment clients, who are registered job seekers, with a service designed to assist them to enter or re-enter the workforce.
Commencing 16 February 2012 and running for four weeks, the Employability Program will focus on time management, budgeting, personal presentation, appropriate workplace behaviours, interview techniques, health and nutrition information, OH&S, and working with colleagues and customers. The Employability Program came to fruition after the above areas were identified by Outside the Square Solutions and BEST Community Development as being real issues impacting upon job seekers' abilities to secure employment.
To find out more about the Employability Program or any other initiatives please visit www.outsidethesquaresolutions.net.au
Newforce Recruitment
As most BEST Community Development staff would be aware, we have a very close and important working relationship with Newforce Recruitment and Training located in Footscray, Melbourne. Newforce is a recruitment and training provider whose clients are varied, but most are migrants now living in Melbourne and surrounding suburbs. They provide a service to communities in the Western suburbs, Dandenong and Melbourne CBD.On Thursday 10 November, BEST Community Development was honoured to be invited to the graduation of 29 students in Certificate III in Children’s Services from Newforce Recruitment. The graduation took place at the Australian Light Foundation Centre in Tottenham and was attended by the students, families and staff of Newforce as well as representatives from cultural groups and leaders in the African community.
The afternoon had lots of laughing, smiles, cheering and a great selection of traditional food that was enjoyed by all.
Philip Murphy and Daryl Smith were asked to speak on behalf of BEST and present the students and staff with certificates of completion and recognition awards.
Our relationship with Newforce is very important to us all here at BEST as it reinforces our mission of “enhancing individuals, enriching the community”.
We look forward to the ongoing relationship with Newforce and the satisfaction that it brings tall parties involved.
Pictured: Graduating students from Certificate III in Children's Services with staff from Newforce Recruitment and BEST Community Development.