Facilities
Wendel Street Community Centre Indoor Facilities and Activities
- Billiard tables
- Table tennis
- Computer, internet and e-mail one to one training
- Social games, backgammon, cards
- Quiz games
- Library (many books for reading or to borrow)
- Workshops, seminars, health information, education, law, immigration, taxation GST, Council Services, legal aid, translation, advice and referral service, meetings, etc.
- Saturday Language School
- The Centre also has one community bus to take the group and other people around.
Wendel Street Community Centre Outdoor Facilities and Activities
- Volley Ball / Basketball
- Net Ball
Activities
Some of the Activities
Seminars
Partnerships in Cultural Exchange
Sharing between each of the cultures so that each learns from the other.
Education
Develop an educational workshop program with targeted community groups.
Productive Diversity in the Workplace
Is an initiative of the migrant skills and qualifications and how the qualifications can be recognized in Australia.
Drugs and Alcohol
Information on drugs and alcohol issues.
Gambling
Gambling issues and where to go for help.
Waste Management
Seminars and information on waste management and recycling – this demonstrates a great benefit to both Council and community in working together (see attachment).
Scouting and World Scouting Today
Background information, Scouts – A Valuable Life Experience, Scouts – An Education for Life.
Arabic Book Exhibitions
For nearly 32 years, more than 100,00 titles exhibited yearly (main beneficiary Moreland library).
Dental Health
Seminar by Dr Ayman Shahba.
General Health
Seminar by Dr Abdullah Wassouf.
Women’s Health
Seminar by Dr Siham Moustafa.
Taxation and GST
Implementation and what you need to know by Viva Merhi.
Drugs
Drugs and their effects on people and how to stay away by Dr Samir Ibrahim.
Cancer
Cancer and the latest treatments by Dr Nabil Sleiman.
Book Launches
There have been over hundreds of books launches by Arabic speaking writers
Victoria Police
Information session to learn more about a career with the Victorian Police Force.
Cancer Research
Cancer research by Professor Phillip Salem.
Local Environment Sustainable Development, Waste and Recycling
Promoting recycling in the Australian Arabic community.
PS : Yearly 26 book exhibitions displayed for one-month each year. Nearly equivalent to over two years plus of books exhibited, to promote reading and knowledge.
Services
Some of the Services We Offer on the Past and Now
- Translation and interpreting.
- Referral to relevant service providers.
- Finding suitable employment.
- Finding suitable housing.
- Help to fill out forms.
- Help for newly arrived migrants to settle in Australia.
- Arrange guest speakers from government departments and service providers to inform the public about the services available to them.
- Co-ordinate sports events and competitions between sports clubs, volleyball, table tennis, etc.
- Teaching Arabic to school students and adults.
- Learning how to use computers, internet, e-mail, etc.
- Teaching music and folkloric dance.
- Ongoing series of seminars conducted by Wendel Street Community Centre related to Council Services, government, State and Federal services, health issues, employment and education.
- Information sessions to raise community relations issues affecting the Australian Arabic speaking community.
- Ongoing research into Arabic Community relations issues.