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Allies for Reconciliation - a community leadership program

What happens when a group of local people journey together as allies for reconciliation? This video tells the story of the 2023 Building Blocks Community Leadership Program that focussed on the theme of Allyship and Reconciliation. The program was facilitated and led by: Helen Rodd, Hot House Community Projects Terori Hareko-Avaivilla, Avaivilla Group Jacqui Watkins, Jinkigi Consulting Pirooz Jafari, Track C Consulting. Building Blocks is a program of Wyndham City Council, a municipality in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The program commenced in 2014. The Allies for Reconciliation program was the 21st program to be delivered. 2024 marks ten years of Wyndham's commitment to community leadership and active citizenship. Helen Rodd worked proudly alongside Council to develop and facilitate the Building Blocks program throughout those 10 years. This video is created by Hannah Veljanovska on behalf of Hot House Community Projects. Photography by Spase Veljanovski. Copyright 2024 - Helen Rodd, Hot House Community Projects

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Community Leadership in the City of Maribyrnong

An overview of the leadership work I have undertaken with Maribyrnong Council since 2015. I think it captures the idea of building an inter-connected network of active, diverse local people, leading in their own ways but all contributing to building a stronger, connected community.

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African-Australian Women's Leadership Program 2019

Program facilitated by Hot House Projects. Hot House Projects - Community Projects, Leadership & Learning. hothouseprojects@gmail.com www.facebook.com/HotHouseProjects Filmed and edited by Hannah Veljanovska. Email: hannahxaha@gmail.com

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Growing Our Community Leadership Program 2017 - FINAL

The Growing Our Community Leadership Program was delivered in 2017 in partnership with Maribyrnong City Council. The theme of the program was environment & sustainability, involving people from local Friends groups (eg. Newels Paddock, Stony Creek) as well as people interested in reducing waste especially plastic, growing food, community gardens, composting and share economies. Helen Rodd designed, developed and facilitated the program.

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BOB Leadership VideoV5 FINAL

Community Leadership- Braybrook on Board- City of Maribyrnong resource developed by Catherine Dwyer with Jess Deane from westartnow

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Neighbourhood Harmony project- mutual respect

This video, created as part of the Neighbourhood Harmony Project, looks at the 'ethic of reciprocity' (mutual respect) and how it appears as a common values across different cultures and over time. Then we see the four schools that participated in the project and some images of 'mutual respect' enacted across the City of Maribyrnong.

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Supporting the work of SEAEA- Community Grant recipient at Maribyrnong Council

Skills, Employment and Aid Enterprises Australia, an organisation run by women for women of African background, led by Halima Mohamed. Here they feature in a promotional video about Maribyrnong Council's grants program, highlighting how grants develop diverse local opportunities and community development outcomes.

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Community Development Practitioners Community of Practice

April 2020 Community development in a time of crisis Guest speakers Tracie Lund & Ben Pollard Facilitated by Helen Rodd (Hot House Projects) and Sandy Joffe (Network West) Edit by Hannah Veljanovska - hannahxaha@gmail.com

Community Leadership Programs

Stand out features of Hot House community leadership programs:

Commitment and focus on bottom up, grass roots, strengths-based civic participation and empowerment
Skilled at involving a diverse range of participants, particularly supporting participation of second chance learners and people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
Program deploys active, experiential and transformational pedagogies
Developed and delivered by experienced and qualified industry leaders in community development practice and education
Includes embedded process and impact evaluation methodologies
Track record of extraordinary community outcomes and impact

If you want to go fast, go alone.

If you want to go far, go together.

- African Proverb

In 2017 our community leadership programs

were recognised with the

Vice Chancellor's Award for

Excellence in Teaching & Learning

Learning & Development

Design, delivery and evaluation of learning and professional development programs, including mentoring, coaching, supervision of people and groups.

Topics:

Community development frameworks, principles, values
Strengths-based approaches
ABCD - Asset Based Community-driven Development
Diversity, inclusion, intersectionality, cultural intelligence
Power and privilege
Communication, emotional intelligence, resilience, thriving
Project Planning
Appreciative Inquiry
Complex systems, participatory ecosystems
Governance for community organisations
Mentoring, peer support, peer education
Facilitation, adult learning, transformational teaching and learning
Research & evaluation

Hot House has developed a SPEAKERS BANK of marvellous people with expertise, lived experience and stories to share.

CURATED LEARNING PROGRAMS: other topics and learning programs for individuals or teams can be developed through a discussion with Helen.

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Facilitation & Research

Facilitation of meetings, planning days, engagement processes, events.

Community development projects - ideation, codesign, grant writing, planning, development, delivery, evaluation and acquittal.

Research projects and evaluation of programs and projects.

Action Research Cycle

Plan Act Observe Reflect- Action researc