| Pictured at the Community Engagement Grants Scheme announcements with... Pictured at the Community Engagement Grants Scheme announcements with Vice-Chancellor Professor Gerard Sutton (3rd from right) are winning recipients (left to right) Mr Chris Allan, Associate Professor Ian Brown, Ekaterina Pechenkina, Professor Colin Woodroffe, Professor Sandra Jones, Professor Frank Deane and Gabriel Watts |
Grants scheme announcements to enrich community
28 Aug 2007 | Renee Criddle
The seven winning recipients of this year’s University Community Engagement Projects were announced at a ceremony held at the University of Wollongong today (Tuesday 28 August).
The Community Engagement Grants Scheme was introduced in 2005 to encourage and support collaborative University-community projects, which have mutually beneficial outcomes.
The scheme provides funding to UOW staff and students for projects that are collaborative, consistent with the University’s Community Engagement Strategic Plan and have a clear community benefit. Funding is awarded on a competitive basis.
Projects receiving funding assistance include:
Increasing UOW’s linkage with private psychologists within the general community (Mr Chris Allan, Northfields Clinic – Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences)
Empowering the community to respond to inappropriate alcohol marketing (Professor Sandra Jones, Centre for Health Initiatives – Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences)
Evaluating and capacity-building among members of the Lord Mayor’s Light and Hope Clubhouse for people with mental illness (Professor Frank Deane – Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences)
The impact of climate change and community base strategic response in the Illawarra/South Coast region (Professor Colin Woodroffe, Faculty of Science)
The creation of a range of multimedia legal advocacy resources for young people (Gabriel Watts, Faculty of Law)
Improving intercultural relationships between Illawarra youth and international students through a series of international student visits to local high-schools (Ekaterina Pechenkina, WUPA)
A ‘Voices of Children’ project which will provide Indigenous students attending primary and secondary schools in the Shoalhaven area with opportunities for exploring their identities (Associate Professor Ian Brown, Faculty of Education)
Recipients and guests were welcomed by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Professor Rob Castle.
A background to the Community Engagement Grants Scheme was given by the Manager of the Office of Community and Partnerships at UOW, Monique Harper-Richardson, and the successful projects were announced by Community Engagement Committee Chairperson, Mr David Morgan Williams.
Project leaders from the seven winning projects also presented brief summaries of what they plan to undertake.
For more detailed information on the winning grants and recipients, visit: http://www.uow.edu.au/about/community/cegs/UOW032612.html
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