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Hive Of Activity
A community hub is helping youth, writes Linda Wyrill.
“Hive 12 – Twenty Five opened in Modbury last August after a feasibility study by the council highlighted a lack of services and infrastructure in the area to support young people and their families. The City of Tea Tree Gully includes 17,000 young people aged 12 to 25, some of whom face social or emotional issues such as substance abuse, violence and family-relationship problems. Hive partners with community groups such as YWCA and UnitingCare Wesley to make counselling, clinical services, careers training and other services accessible in one space. The centre includes an information-technology suite, training kitchen, training rooms, three counselling rooms, a clinical room, an arts studio and gallery, and a mixed-use space that can accommodate up to 70 people. …”
The Culture Of Birthdays
Randa Abdel-Fattah observes that we all have a tendency to be drawn in to the party vortex.
“What is it about a children’s birthday party that excites so many of us? It’s common to find an invitation in your child’s schoolbag asking them (and usually you as supervising parent) to share in this special occasion. You accept, wholeheartedly embracing the event as part of the implied social contract between parents of young children. We may have nothing in common, barely speaking two words in the hustle and bustle of dropping off and picking up our children at school, but we’ll enthusiastically partake in birthday celebrations. But do these celebrations and expectations vary depending on people’s ethnic or religious heritage and, if so, how do parents navigate them? …”
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