Amos was referred to the Australian Institute of Social Relations to get the skills and knowledge he needed to gain employment as a lived experience peer worker in the community services sector. Read More “Amos has direction and purpose”

Artlife, a program at Footscray Community Arts Centre, seeks to engage artists with a disability in collaborations with professional artist facilitators. Teagan initially connected with Artlife to develop her visual art and illustration, but soon expanded her practice when she discovered her passion for writing. In participating in Artlife workshops, Teagan gained the space and support to start writing short stories. Read More “Teagan is honing her craft”

Kylie certainly knew it was her time to gain employment skills, when she walked through the Inverell Community College Campus doors. The Inverell Campus Coordinator first met Kylie as a shy, unconfident woman enquiring about courses for employment. After discussion and lot of encouragement Kylie was ready to take the next step of study. Read More “Kylie knew it was her time”

Anita joined The Deaf Society under the SLES (School Leaver Program) through NDIS funding where she was mentored for employment support and to assist with building her confidence in the community and workplace. Anita joined many different courses through The Deaf Society such as AUSLAN (sign language) and took an interest in this along with joining the Healthy Living Skills course, Driving Skills Course for Deaf and Hard of Hearing to empower and give her independence. Read More “The world is Anita’s oyster”

Kari was a stay-at-home mother of two and domestic carer with Japanese being the predominant language spoken at home. She knew some English having lived in USA for a short while but in her words, ‘American’s didn’t understand my English, and ever since then I avoid English speakers’. Read More “Kari pushes beyond the comfort zone”

Rachelle connected with the Libraries Tasmania Adult Literacy program in 2017. She wanted to work in childcare but wasn’t confident enough to do the study required. She worried that she wouldn’t be able to keep up with the literacy demands of the course, and would struggle to manage her time (she’s a young mum) and complete assignments without help. Read More “Rachelle’s abilities have skyrocketed”

Krithika, her husband, and her young son, migrated to Australia from India nine years ago. She is a permanent resident of Australia and she completed her AMEP Certificates 1 and 2 when she first arrived. She contacted Read Write Now because she wanted to improve her spoken and written English with the aim of finding volunteer or paid work. Read More “Krithika is open to learning”

Fabien was born in Congo, and lived in a refugee camp in Rwanda for 22 years. Always determined to get an education, he knew it was key to a better life. He walked ten hours to high school carrying enough food and water for his week of schooling. As the oldest of nine siblings, he was not only motivated to improve his own life, he was driven to financially support his entire family. Read More “Fabien has a bright future”

After leaving school in Year 10, Hayley joined the Skills for Education and Employment program at TAFE Mooloolaba. During childhood and through adolescence, Hayley experienced trauma, poverty, violence and homelessness. Due to the complex social and emotional issues that Hayley experienced, she found it very stressful to attend school and difficult to be an active learner. Read More “Hayley’s life has turned around”