In the News
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Northern Futures to Meli – Transfer of client information
All of the programs conducted by Northern Futures Limited will formally transfer to BCYF – Bethany Limited, trading as Meli Community (Meli), effective on 17 July 2024. The services provided by Northern Futures will continue uninterrupted. To ensure continuity of care for our participants, all Northern Futures records will be automatically...
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Northern Futures and Meli join forces to combat disadvantage in the North
Northern Futures, the respected grassroots program dedicated to supporting disadvantaged communities in Geelong’s North, has joined leading community services organisation Meli.
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Give Where You Live Foundation and GeelongPort team up on appeal to save Northern Futures
Geelong’s Give Where You Live Foundation and GeelongPort have teamed with Northern Futures to hold a Giving Day Appeal on 6 December. The online campaign aims to raise funds for the continuation of Northern Futures, which is at risk of closure following State government funding cuts.
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Northern Futures threatened with closure
An employment service in Victoria’s most disadvantaged suburb is facing closure. State government funding for Northern Futures was not renewed in June’s budget, leaving clients and staff with a bleak outlook for the new year
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Try to understand the north’s challenges
We are all in this together and every time the headlines point to a deficit in the north, the stigma and stereo typing is consciously and unconsciously reinforced and it creates more challenges to overcome.
Geelong Advertiser, 24/01/2020
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Battle from Birth: Geelong’s north being ‘left behind’
Data reveals a startling gap in health outcomes between disadvantaged and advantaged individuals. It shows residents in Corio Norlane, had shorter life expectancies, higher rates of psychiatric distress and behavioural problems, and higher rates of lung cancer when compared with the region’s most advantaged post codes.
Geelong Advertiser, 21/01/2020
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Jobless crisis in northern suburbs
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released data showing that more than one-in-five people in Corio-Norlane were jobless, with an unemployment rate of 21.6 per cent – the worst in Victoria and 18th worst in Australia.
Geelong Advertiser, 15/07/2019
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Vital cog to a brighter future
About 100 people from Geelong’s most disadvantaged suburbs have found work in the past year, thanks to a support agency focused on Corio and Norlane. Most who have completed courses through Northern Futures have moved into full-time employment – some after years without work.
Geelong Advertiser, 07/05/2019
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Business owner heaps praise on Northern Futures
A local business owner is “gobsmacked” by the funding cut facing Northern Futures. “I can vouch for the benefits that comes from the tireless work and personal commitment of the staff of Northern Futures”.
Geelong Advertiser, 29/04/2019
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North ravaged by crime
Legal experts raise major concerns about the way governments are dealing with people from disadvantaged backgrounds going through the justice system. “The community and the government have been repeatedly warned that unless they address the issues causing the crime, they are making our community less safe, no matter how many...
Geelong Advertiser, 18/04/2019
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