Volunteer and be mentored in roles suited for work experience references. As well, access to resources, up and cross skilling workshops. You are provided with profit shares and ‘next on list’ after priority re-homeing of recyclables, crafts, training and employment positions.
MNA local residents are the focal social group within the Cairns community that RRC participates in and links people, opportunities and resources.
Cairns residents and visitors (i.e., Green Nomads) can vol the unemployed are especially encouraged to give us a try ~:-), apply through QITE Jobsearch.
Womble as a driver or storage provider for RRC. Pick ups, drop offs and packing away, aided by other vols/jobseekers. Apply with Bree Kaden, Murray St (MNA) Community Centre on Thursdays and Fridays, 40589591
Aspire! is a program oriented for psychology and other social science students to apply learnt knowledge in a community service role.
- Data entry and analysis using SPSS
- Qualitative and quantiative activities
- Campaign and Project management and Evaluation
- Multi media and PR: Perception, persuasion and communication
- Child and Adult Education
- Conflict navigaiton and Problem-Based Learning
- Critical reflective practices
- Creativity, First World Knowledge Systems & Sustainability
- Attend health and other community capacity building workshops/training and access mentorship
Contact Char Paul (B. Psych & Cert. Tert. Teach) admin@psitutor.org or 04449252438
Team Community Values
This is the team Collaborating for Community Resiliency. We coordinate a Database of like-minded persons and biz’s, ELFS, fae, witches n wizards, wombles and goonies, and other community developers and craft folk. Thus, there is a plurity of values within the RRC community and a celebration of diversity and inclusivity are our core organisational values.
The RRC Networker Hive hosts creative, innovative, organisational , problem-solving and conflict negation skills and experiences that make for a dynamic fuzzy eclectic energy shizzy with glitterbugs and rainbows, that gets-stuff-done!
Our Envisioned Way of Being~
RRC’s Vision is to enable community capacity building (CCB; Atkinson & Willis, 2009) by drawing on the diverse skills and competencies of members to positively contribute to the Cairns Region meeting Towards Q2 Targets: Strong, Green, Smart, Healthy and Fair, by way of:
* Creating awareness about recycle and upcycle options in the Region through a Networker Hive Database which connects ‘those that have’ with ‘those that need’
* Providing free and by-donation workshops (online and offline) on sustainability, biodiversity, pest fish management, natural disaster preparedness, sustainable home and community gardens; community resiliency and practical recyclable arts and crafts
* Providing low-cost social science research options to Council, NGOs, small businesses and other community organisations
* Upcycling of working and non-working household/office items, for free distribution to charities and other community orgs; and by-donation to general public and businesses
* Creating sustainable job opportunities
* Contribute to water and landcare within the Cairns Region specifically through Youth ‘Care for Country’ recyclable arts projects to encourage a culture of volunteerism
Ref: Atkinson, R. & Willis, P. (2009). Community capacity building: A practical guide. Housing and Community Research Unit. Paper No. 6/ University of Tasmania.
The RRC Team
Photos are on their way, meanwhile here is a brief on each.
Prez and Coordinator, Char Paul
Char Paul is the founder of RRC coordinates the Team. She updates the blog weekly, admins the facebook page daily and is one of the key grants writers. Char is a project-focused social butterfly and is responsible for touching-base briefly with others, so don’t be offended if she talks only about activities and getting-things-done. A Collaboration Area is hosted at her home to enable social welfare and justice networking, project coordination and small-biz start up mentoring and support.
Char’s other biz is Psycho-Social Incarnation (PSI Tutor:Mentor)~ Higher Ed. learning and development consultant for psych, social work, education, nurses, biz management, communications, marketing and heaps of other social scientist apprentices.
Vice-Prez, Colin Tonks
Our lead literature researcher and grants sorcerer, Colin provides in depth-back ground support for our ventures. He is also one of our IT gurus and dedicated drivers, as well as a key social network promoter and constant source of support, encouragement, insight and devil’s advocate.
Secretary, Breanna Blackman
Busy Bree is one of our key creative crafters and healthy lifestyles coordinators. Breanna coordinates our free and paid childcare services at events and workshops and is one of the Project Manager’s for Kidz Kare Packs (emergency evacuation kits) and Healthy Lifestyle Programs. Her own community org, Healthy Happy Kids, Cairns, provides donations to the RRC funding pool by giving us a portion of her sales and service profits.
Member, Melissa Seneque
Meli is a wealth of QLD Health info, as well as a key grants writer and sorcerer, as well as social welfare networker amongst govt, NGO, NFPs and other community groups locally and across Australia. She is also another of our project coordinators for Kidz Kare Packs (emergency evacuation kits) and Healthy Lifestyle Programs. Meli is a Nutritionist, positive-parenting and facilitates a wealth of other critical social welfare programs with QLD Health.
Treasurer, Robyn Jenkins
Robyn is one of our lead crafters and the point person for technical proofreading of formal documents.
Member, Rhonda Lawsen
Char’s Mum <3 A constant source of love, support, encouragement, insightful ideas and resources. Previously our Treasurer, now a busy PA to a CPA (the RRC Accountant, Char’s sister, SJ Paul).
Member, C. S.
C. S. is our key database set-er-up-er-er. This is a work in progress as we try to coordinate times to pow wow to enable each step.
Member, M.E.
M.E. generously provided a ute for loan, almost always on-call and most times provided petrol as well. The vehicle has since sold but M.E. continues to provide support and insights. He also works as a Master Dive Instructor.
Member, A.R.
Member, S.P.
Our History
RRC was founded in 2010 by Char Paul, who was supplementing her income with office cleaning and saw a wealth of resources going to the tip. Starting as an informal community group an online blog in May, Char was passing on goods coming her way with by-donation sales.
In October Char took on a manager, and established a hobby business, The Junk Wave, which became the first small-biz that RRC helped another to set-up, source recyclables, provide storage of items for and to promote using social networking. Profits were rolled back into the venture to enable the biz to grow, to the point where a not-for-profit offered to incorporate it and enable Youth at Risk crafts programs. Char said big yes, and the manager simply disappeared, leaving Char with stuff-in-storage-left-to-ruin and no credit as to RRC’s part in enabling a successful business to blossom into being.
Henceforth, RRC so no longer provides long-term storage to others; the costs in space and petrol and service swaps to move (and unfortunately, at times, to dump) are too expensive. We do store what we can use for arts activities, fundraising items and provide short-term storage for community group pick-ups. As some have experienced tho~ there is a two-strike rule, if you do not do us the courtesy of letting us know your plans for pick-up have changed or consistently do not follow through, we stop holding temporary space for you.
Respect.
RRC’s Vision is to enable community capacity building (CCB; Atkinson & Willis, 2009) by drawing on the diverse skills and competencies of members to positively contribute to the Cairns Region meeting Towards Q2 Targets: Strong, Green, Smart, Healthy and Fair, by way of:
* Creating awareness about recycle and upcycle options in the Region through a Networker Hive Database which connects ‘those that have’ with ‘those that need’
* Providing free and by-donation workshops (online and offline) on sustainability, biodiversity, pest fish management, natural disaster preparedness, sustainable home and community gardens; community resiliency and practical recyclable arts and crafts
* Providing low-cost social science research options to Council, NGOs, small businesses and other community organisations
* Upcycling of working and non-working household/office items, for free distribution to charities and other community orgs; and by-donation to general public and businesses
* Creating sustainable job opportunities [e.g., establishment of The Junk Wave; providing materials and business/marketing mentoring to other start-ups as a payment-in kind micro-lending scheme (4 clients at present)]
* Contribute to water and landcare within the Cairns Region specifically through Youth ‘Care for Country’ recyclable arts projects to encourage a culture of volunteerism
