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Resilient Ararat will attempt to bring some much-needed joy to the community when it launches its latest campaign next week. Random Acts of Kindness in the Rat will emphasise the importance of practicing empathy through kindness by encouraging Ararat residents to...

Central Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (CGLLEN) has partnered with the Highlands LLEN Jobs Victoria Advocate Program to help support jobs seekers across Ararat Rural City. When Covid-19 restrictions allow, CGLLEN now hosts a Jobs Victoria Advocate in...

An interactive School-Employer Engagement Program, facilitated by Central Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (CGLLEN), is helping give students at Skene Street School an insight into local employment opportunities. Sessions are being held throughout May,...

Student attendance rates at Ararat College are on the rise this year thanks to two nationally recognised intervention programs. Hands On Learning (HoL) and Flexible Learning Option (FLO) were introduced by the school in Term 3 of 2020 and have been helping tackle...

Central Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (CGLLEN) is helping schools across Ararat Rural City to deliver bicycle education through the VicRoads Community Road Safety Grants Program. CGLLEN successfully applied for funding to provide Bike Ed Instructor...

Central Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (CGLLEN) is ready to ramp up its TAC L2P Program in St Arnaud after conducting mentor training in the town last week. Six volunteers spent the day learning how to be an effective supervising driver and support...

Ararat primary school students are getting ready to tackle some serious road safety issues by developing a fun and innovative animated resource. The project will be overseen by Central Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (CGLLEN) after it received funding...

A group of Stawell Secondary College students are staring the new school term engaged and inspired after participating in a three-day Wool Overview program prior to the Easter break. Central Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (CGLLEN) provided support for...

Central Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (CGLLEN) launched its MATES mentoring program in Stawell last week. Events were held at Stawell West Primary School and Stawell Secondary College to give students an opportunity to meet their new mentors. MATES...

After its initial visit early last year, The Resilience Project (TRP) has returned to Ararat to kickstart the 2021 curriculum in local participating schools. TRP Education Coordinator Elias Karageorgiou spent three days in the town last week, delivering professional...

Resilience and mental wellbeing will remain a major focus for students across Ararat Rural City in 2021, thanks to funding from three local organisations. Ararat Community Enterprise (ACE), Mellow in the Yellow and Grampians Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership (PCP)...