Charity giving by postcode

For a fascinating look at which areas of Australia give what sorts of money to charity try this website (you can search by postcode!) www.bus.qut.edu.au/research/cpns/postcode.php
How 'giving' is your postcode?
You can find out how much the taxpayers in your postcode claimed in their 2005-06 individual income tax returns for deductible gifts by using the search function.
Louise

Comparitive statistics for Local Government Areas

Our Community, with the support of social demographer Hayden Brown from the City of Greater Dandenong, has produced some easy-to-use summaries of Australian Bureau of Statistics social indicators for all NSW municipalities. The tables enable easy comparison between LGAs and state averages.
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/funding/funding_article.jsp?articleId=3537

STATE LIBRARY of NSW
Louise

BELONGINGS ideas list now available

In 2009 the HSC students stop doing the subject "Journeys" and start doing the subject "Belonging". This means they will be coming in asking for texts (fiction, non-fiction, dvd's etc) to read or watch about this theme. On the www.insidebreak.org.au
website is a list of ideas for the students to use, also on this website is a list of theme words of relevance to the topic. Always remind the students to check with their teachers about the suitability of the text they have chosen.
Louise

Issues today - school violence

Visit the School Angels website to see how local communities are working together to stop violence and bullies in schools http://www.schoolangels.com.au/ The School Angels are regional groups designed to help better support schools with resources sharing, aid, management, counselling and anti-violence and tolerance programs. The School Angels is about parents, teachers and schools helping each other. Anti-violence needs to be taught at school, as does tolerance education.
Louise