To support a variety of Community Learning activities for children that enhance their personal development, health and well-being. The Pine Rivers Neighbourhood Centre offers a variety of courses and groups that respond to the needs of children in our community. Examples include:

• Kid's Cooking - a program run during the school holidays for 9-11 year olds that teaches children: how to read a recipe; healthy eating and nutrition; meal preparation; and table manners. The group is facilitated by trained volunteers and works as a peer learning environment.
• Kid's Self-esteem - a group that supports children who have low self-esteem and little understanding of their own self-worth. This peer learning environment is facilitated by trained volunteers. At the end of this program children have: an enhanced self-esteem; increased coping skills to deal with their emotions and feelings; strategies to deal with bullying; understanding of their own strengths; and greater confidence and resilience.

How will the funds be used?

• To reduce the cost for children to participate and thereby ensuring that all children in the community are able to participate.
• To support the recruitment and supervision of volunteers to run the program.

Key areas of expenditure

• Meet the costs of resources and course materials e.g. cooking utensils, ingredients, craft materials, handouts.
• To sustain Community Learning programs.