There was a ‘business buzz’ in the air as over 70 people from the local business community conversed animatedly in the offices of Break Thru People Solutions Penrith on Tuesday night, 14 September.
Ian Maynard - DES Manager and Don Mackenzie - New JSA Manager, were hosts to the monthly networking function of the Penrith Valley Chamber of Commerce (PVCC).
Bill Sayers, Break Thru's Western Sydney Regional Manager, made an impressive and engaging address that captured the attention of the 65 business people in attendance, the caterers from OUTBACK Steakhouse, guests from Mudgee Wines and our own staff. The impromptu aria at the conclusion of his address was especially well received.
Break Thru's Employer Engagement duo - Christine Dooley and Narelle Wynne - expertly worked the floor and were instrumental in enlisting the support of OUTBACK Steakhouse restaurant, who provided the delicious snacks / finger food, with their compliments.
Mudgee Wines also supplied tasting samples of their great range - which added additional sparkle to the function.
In keeping with the theme of building relationships that was highlighted by Bill Sayers, a presentation was also made by Adam Stewart - Supervisor at Karelle Enrichment Services - where Break Thru's Penrith DES now has three clients placed and happily working. Adam and a colleague also shared a number of finished products that were produced by their staff with everyone gathered at the event.
The event was a great success and Jill Woods, CEO of PVCC confirmed this in a follow up note that has been received. In it she says;
”Well done on a great function last night! It was a fun night and everyone seemed to have a ball. I think Bill’s passionate address touched a number of people and hopefully opened minds and even doors to your organisation."
Thank you to all of those who took the time out to attend and to all of the Break Thru staff who helped to make the event such a success.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Break Thru wins Best Stand award at Indigenous Jobs Market - Mt Druitt
Break Thru are thrilled to have won the Best Stand award at the Indigenous Jobs Market held at Kevin Betts Stadium in Mt Druitt on Tuesday the 7th September 2010.
Congratulations to Renee, Catherine & Meri from Blacktown JSA and Rere, Karen Taylor & Benjamin from Mt Druitt who set up and manned the stand on behalf of Break Thru.
They did a fabulous job and the stand was extremely well set up with a great selection of promotional materials and branding.
The event itself was a great success with hundreds of job seekers attending. Many of those who attended visited the very popular Break Thru stand to have a chat, provide details and pick up goodies.
The event was also very well received thanks to the appearances of many NRL Legends – including Wendell Sailor, Steve Roach, Paul Sironen, Cliff Lyons, Phil Blake, Paul Dunn, Brett Kenny, Max Krilich, Andrew Johns and many more.
Congratulations once again to the staff involved, you did a great job of representing Break Thru and getting our name & services out to those who attended!
Congratulations to Renee, Catherine & Meri from Blacktown JSA and Rere, Karen Taylor & Benjamin from Mt Druitt who set up and manned the stand on behalf of Break Thru.
They did a fabulous job and the stand was extremely well set up with a great selection of promotional materials and branding.
The event itself was a great success with hundreds of job seekers attending. Many of those who attended visited the very popular Break Thru stand to have a chat, provide details and pick up goodies.
The event was also very well received thanks to the appearances of many NRL Legends – including Wendell Sailor, Steve Roach, Paul Sironen, Cliff Lyons, Phil Blake, Paul Dunn, Brett Kenny, Max Krilich, Andrew Johns and many more.
Congratulations once again to the staff involved, you did a great job of representing Break Thru and getting our name & services out to those who attended!
Penrith DES completes successful 10 week Career Preparation Course at Kingswood High School
On the 1st September, 2010 Bill Sayers (Western Sydney Regional Manager) presented Certificates of Attendance for our Career Preparation Course to 20 students from Kingswood High School.
Over a period of 10 weeks Ian, Renee and Stacey from the Penrith DES team presented the Career Preparation Course in Kingswood High School to two classes of students. The program covered interview skills, workplace relations, building a resume and other work related topics. The program ended with some worksite visits and a morning tea to present the students with their certificates of attendance.
Over the 10 week period the DES team built up a great working relationship with the students and teachers and really enjoyed interacting with them. BTPS DES Team look forward to continuing the program in Kingswood High School and rolling this program out to more schools next year.
The response received from students and staff has been very positive with students saying they felt they had brushed up on some very important skills.
As a result of the program there will be approximately 6 students connecting with our DES and TTW programs, which is a great result.
Over a period of 10 weeks Ian, Renee and Stacey from the Penrith DES team presented the Career Preparation Course in Kingswood High School to two classes of students. The program covered interview skills, workplace relations, building a resume and other work related topics. The program ended with some worksite visits and a morning tea to present the students with their certificates of attendance.
Over the 10 week period the DES team built up a great working relationship with the students and teachers and really enjoyed interacting with them. BTPS DES Team look forward to continuing the program in Kingswood High School and rolling this program out to more schools next year.
The response received from students and staff has been very positive with students saying they felt they had brushed up on some very important skills.
As a result of the program there will be approximately 6 students connecting with our DES and TTW programs, which is a great result.
GREENING NEWCASTLE ‘ADVENTURES AT BLACKBUTT RESERVE’
Over the last 6 months, Break Thru People Solutions have worked alongside Blackbutt Reserve in Newcastle to coordinate a work experience activity for our jobseekers. As well as completing a Statement of Attainment in Certificate II in Horticulture, participants are involved in all aspects of daily operations at the Reserve, which includes landscaping, light construction, and Landcare, as well as assisting the staff of Blackbutt refurbish the animal enclosures:
“We have been re-mulching this area every 6 weeks or so; the mulch breaks down, but eventually a layer builds to high for more topping up, so once a year the material is removed, and then new mulch brought in. The material removed is recycled into gardens - approximately 20 trucks loads”
The Break Thru Crew of 11 jobseekers, 4 Labour Co-Op and 4 Newcastle City Council staff, worked in non-stop shifts to get the job done in one day to minimize the impact on the animals and the running of normal park activities.
Congratulation goes to David Cooper, Project Supervisor and Coordinator of the activity; with his commitment and dedication the activity ‘Greening Newcastle’ has been a great success!
“We have been re-mulching this area every 6 weeks or so; the mulch breaks down, but eventually a layer builds to high for more topping up, so once a year the material is removed, and then new mulch brought in. The material removed is recycled into gardens - approximately 20 trucks loads”
The Break Thru Crew of 11 jobseekers, 4 Labour Co-Op and 4 Newcastle City Council staff, worked in non-stop shifts to get the job done in one day to minimize the impact on the animals and the running of normal park activities.
Congratulation goes to David Cooper, Project Supervisor and Coordinator of the activity; with his commitment and dedication the activity ‘Greening Newcastle’ has been a great success!
Break Thru People Solutions & Youth Connection - Central Coast Community Garden Project
Our Central Coast RTO team have recently established a strong relationship with the Wyong Council and as a result, we have been given access to a community garden just 50m down the road from The Entrance Community Centre where we regularly run courses.
This has enabled our RTO team to deliver Cert II in Horticulture for early school leavers and Indigenous Youth.
The community garden will also have disability access and consist of herbs and Indigenous Australian plants. The outcome of this initiative will be an offer of employment by the Wyong Council to the students who meet the criteria, entry to higher education, and the encouragement of community responsibility through involvement in a community project.
The training will commence in October. An immediate result of this initiative and the relationship built with the Wyong Council has lead to an expression of interest from the Wyong Community Centre to run a similar project next year.
Congratulations RTO Central Coast!
To see a video from NBN News on the initiative, click the following link - http://soulstream1.sptel.com.au/NBN_News//ccgardenproject2408.wmv
This has enabled our RTO team to deliver Cert II in Horticulture for early school leavers and Indigenous Youth.
The community garden will also have disability access and consist of herbs and Indigenous Australian plants. The outcome of this initiative will be an offer of employment by the Wyong Council to the students who meet the criteria, entry to higher education, and the encouragement of community responsibility through involvement in a community project.
The training will commence in October. An immediate result of this initiative and the relationship built with the Wyong Council has lead to an expression of interest from the Wyong Community Centre to run a similar project next year.
Congratulations RTO Central Coast!
To see a video from NBN News on the initiative, click the following link - http://soulstream1.sptel.com.au/NBN_News//ccgardenproject2408.wmv
Break Thru Raise Money For The Black Dog Institute In The 2010 City 2 Surf
At 8am on Sunday the 8th August, along with 80,000 other enthusiasts, "Team Break Thru" lined up in the Yellow section, bibs and timing chips donned - for what you ask? For the 40th annual 14km City2 Surf! Team Break Thru were proudly walking in support of The Black Dog Institute, raising funds to assist them to carry out the wonderful work they do for Depression and other mood disorders.
The morning was brilliantly sunny, and our dispositions matched - even though many of our runner's day had begun almost 3 hours before. There were some nerves in the air, a lot of talk about "slow walkers staying to the left", were to meet if someone got lost, how to combat potential gorilla scares and strategy development about how best to beat the infamous Heart Break Hill - oh, and most importantly - how to hold the 3 metre long banner!
The real runners started at 8:30am and with the sound of the first fire of the gun the excitement grew amongst Peta Maskell, Martin Petersons, Kevin Zhara, Kay Menemenios, Hoda Kobeissi, Anngrett Berry, Suzanne Gallagher, Melissa Gallagher, Jen-Lin Chien and Christine Spowart - It was ALMOST our turn!
Soon enough, they called the Yellow group to take their marks, set and GO! At this point, all we could really do was shuffle along for the first 500 metres, but at least that gave everyone the opportunity to ease into the next 13.5kms. With shouts of "Break Thru" and "The Black Dog" coming from those watching on the pavements, the team got into their rhythm that would finally see them through to Bondi Beach (2 hours and 58 minutes later, just to be exact).
The Care For Families team would sincerely like to thank those who walked/ran/crawled on the day and those who donated and bought chocolates in support of The Black Dog.
We hope you can join us again in 2011 - get those walking shoes on and start your training, just 360 days to go!
The morning was brilliantly sunny, and our dispositions matched - even though many of our runner's day had begun almost 3 hours before. There were some nerves in the air, a lot of talk about "slow walkers staying to the left", were to meet if someone got lost, how to combat potential gorilla scares and strategy development about how best to beat the infamous Heart Break Hill - oh, and most importantly - how to hold the 3 metre long banner!
The real runners started at 8:30am and with the sound of the first fire of the gun the excitement grew amongst Peta Maskell, Martin Petersons, Kevin Zhara, Kay Menemenios, Hoda Kobeissi, Anngrett Berry, Suzanne Gallagher, Melissa Gallagher, Jen-Lin Chien and Christine Spowart - It was ALMOST our turn!
Soon enough, they called the Yellow group to take their marks, set and GO! At this point, all we could really do was shuffle along for the first 500 metres, but at least that gave everyone the opportunity to ease into the next 13.5kms. With shouts of "Break Thru" and "The Black Dog" coming from those watching on the pavements, the team got into their rhythm that would finally see them through to Bondi Beach (2 hours and 58 minutes later, just to be exact).
The Care For Families team would sincerely like to thank those who walked/ran/crawled on the day and those who donated and bought chocolates in support of The Black Dog.
We hope you can join us again in 2011 - get those walking shoes on and start your training, just 360 days to go!
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