Go Goldfields Central Victoria

13/01/2025

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20/03/2023

Huge shout out to all the wonderful children and families, stall holders and volunteers who joined us on Saturday for the inaugural Goldfields Community Festival. It was a fabulous day!

Congratulations to our entry prize winners:
$500 voucher for Funsquare (www.funsquare.com.au) furniture - Lizzie Bates
Toy Library membership - Amy Stobie
Resto's Muscle Car ride - Harry Bond
$100 voucher at Crameri's Mitre 10 - Emilia
$100 voucher at Crameri's Miter 10 - Sabina Sahinovic
$50 dinner voucher at Maryborough Highland Society - Noel Stedwell
$50 dinner voucher at Maryborough Highland Society - Aleshia Shipp
$30 Wish voucher - Brock Allen
$30 Wish voucher - Layla Hughes
$30 Wish voucher - Zoe Atkins-Holt

Funsquare's kids' play couch & furniture is designed to make playtime fun and engaging and encourage cognitive development of children in Australia. Order online now.

17/03/2023

Very excited to announce that the Goldfields Community Festival Program is now available online.

Click on the link to see the amazing things happening in Maryborough - and it's all free!

Maps, timetables, and resources

01/08/2022

We're currently seeking EOIs for the role role of Go Goldfields Leadership Table Independent Chair to drive the initiative. More info and PD at https://gogoldfields.org/leadership-table/leadership-table-chair/

07/04/2022

Recruitment now open for a new innovative role in the Central Goldfields Shire! The Education Engagement Support Officer (EESO) will support SHAPE - a place-based school attendance collaboration between the Central Goldfields Cluster schools and community partners.

More info here: https://gogoldfields.org/shape/

The successful applicant will be based in the community at Go Goldfields HQ, Maryborough, Victoria and will report to the local Principal’s Cluster group. Go Goldfields is supporting this work through it’s Every Child Every Chance initiative and will provide important collaborative links to other family support workers and networks in the shire. The base school for the management of this Department of Education & Training (DET) position will be Talbot Primary School.

07/12/2021

We are wishing a 'Great Start to School' for all the students starting school or continuing into a new grade in 2022!

Go Goldfields Central Victoria joined MDHS - Maryborough District Health Service in wishing 2022 Preps at some of the Kinders across the Shire all the best for their start at school next year with a water bottle for each student in the thoughtful goody-bags delivered by MDHS this past week.

The Go Goldfields Every Child Every Chance (ECEC) initiative prioritises a ‘Great Start to School’ for children and their families. School is fun! And such an important piece of the puzzle of living a great life. We encourage children and families to seek out the many supports available via their school community, or the wider community, if they are finding this new world of early starts, lunch boxes, uniforms, paperwork and homework a little daunting. Together, we can continue to create a positive future for the kids of our Shire!

Pictured here: Talia Martin (California Gully Kindergarten)

https://gogoldfields.org/

22/11/2021

Congratulations to Go Goldfields Leadership Table member and Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-Operative Executive Director of Programs Dallas Widdicome on his recent Board appointment!

Congratulations to our Executive Director - Program Delivery, Dallas Widdicombe, on his appointment to the Board of Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO).

Dallas is a passionate advocate for the health of our Community. He has a wealth of experience and dedication which he will bring to VACCHO and his Board role.

Dallas joins new fellow Board member Jacki Turfrey (Mallee District Aboriginal Services) and we know they will do a great job working to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria have high quality health and wellbeing.

Dallas has been instrumental in leading BDAC's response to COVID and in his time as Executive Director has helped grow our services and programs.

Congratulations to Dallas and Jacki.

18/11/2021

Introducing a free and family friendly fun day to Maryborough! The first event will be held next autumn! In partnership with Committee for Maryborough and Rotary Maryborough VIC we are excited to bring the Central Goldfields community together in a fun and playful environment to connect, relax, be inspired and learn more about all the great services and initiatives available in our Shire.

THIS FESTIVAL NEEDS A NAME! Head to our webpage to make your entry and your mark on local history!

https://gogoldfields.org/local-action/maryborough-festival/

16/11/2021

A new program aimed at empowering parents and communities is headed to the Central Goldfields Shire. Announced this week by Go Goldfields, the program follows conversations with almost 200 parents and carers which revealed 88 percent of respondents...

15/11/2021

Kymberley (the new MDHS - Maryborough District Health Service Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer) is inviting the First Nations community to meet up for a yarn. She wants to chat about the needs of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to help shape local health programs and services together over a cuppa and snack.

Come alone or with family and friends to these family-friendly events on Tuesday 16th and Thursday 25th of November. The yarning circles will be held at the Go Goldfields Central Victoria HQ at 91 Nolan Street in Maryborough.

08/11/2021

LEADING IN INNOVATIVE SOCIAL CHANGE - We are bringing the Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities (EPEC) initiative to the Central Goldfields Shire!

Developed and tested by the UK Centre for Parent and Child Support, EPEC encompasses the best of current theoretical and practical knowledge and provides an alternative model to practitioner-led parenting interventions. Go Goldfields will become the next Australian ECEP site in partnership with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI).

This 'peer-to-peer' program brings practitioners and parents together as partners in a culture of shared practice. The dynamic of local parents working within the system, alongside practitioners, spans the boundary between services and families disengaged from the system.

We are now seeking potential Practitioner Facilitators!

Please join us for morning tea at GG HQ to find out more about ‘Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities’ from the EPEC families and facilitators who will be joining us via video link from Tasmania at 9.30am on Thursday 24th November 2021.

For EOI registrations, our newly developed info booklet and more information please visit: https://gogoldfields.org/epec-empowering-parents-empowering-communities/