Postcard from Ireland
Travelling through the County of Kerry you notice stunning countryside, quaint towns and beautiful ocean views - what you don't see on the surface is the massive youth unemployment, underemployment [...]
Mock job interviews: 100 students benefit
We recently partnered with Elwood College - and 14 business / educational professionals - to support mock job interviews for 100 Year 10 students. We’re a great believer in the [...]
IELLEN: Making an impact
This past week we've achieved another milestone. 100 of our Structured Workplace Learning opportunities have now been taken up by students, ie half way into 2018. This figure is well [...]
What’s working in Britain … will it work here…?
IELLEN Projects Worker, Tracey Fenton, is off to Great Britain! As a recipient of an International Specialised Skills Fellowship, Tracey will be travelling across the UK during June and July [...]
Work It Out success. Networks established.
On 29th May The IELLEN and Boroondara Youth Services delivered ‘Work it Out’ a fun and interactive careers forum for students from four Boroondara high schools. The event provided a [...]
AGM/Awards Event: Well attended and well received
More than 60 people attended the IELLEN’s AGM / Awards event today. We were pleased with this turn-out and the opportunity to give a total 11 awards, with 5 of [...]
Sexual Health Forums
As part of the new IELLEN “Health Matters” project, we will be hosting a forum on sexual health for young people (up to age 25) - and those that work [...]
Pocket Perspectives Youth Smart Phone Film Competition
Young people aged 15 - 18 years are invited to submit a short film about their participation in and/or pursuit of a personal interest, program, group or project. Entries must [...]
Work It Out
Hosted in partnership with Boroondara Youth Services, the IELLEN’s “Work It Out” is a free and interactive event for secondary students to learn about vocational education and career pathways. With [...]
IELLEN supports two important campaigns
The IELLEN has this month chosen to get behind two new important campaigns. They are the “Youth Work Matters” campaign of the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, and the “Everybody’s [...]