Sussan Shave, the RKDO Community Services Liaison Officer, is working with Town of Kwinana, City of Rockingham, key stakeholders from Local and State Government and not for profit organisations to identify gaps in the delivery of community services.
Sussan’s major community projects include:
Facilitating a regional working group to tackle youth homelessness in the region
Leading the development of a promotional strategy to attract health professionals and those with other much needed skill sets to live and work in Kwinana and Rockingham
Providing support for a range of regional youth initiatives
Engaging with community groups to find a new site for the Community Low Cost Food Centre in Rockingham
Supporting the Police and Community Youth Centre (PCYC) with their crime prevention initiatives
Current Projects
PCYC The Right to Write - Graffiti Reduction Program
The RKDO supported the PCYC in the pilot of the Right to Write Graffiti Reduction Program, which engages juvenile graffiti offenders through education, mentoring and upskilling.
The Minister for Planning, Culture and the Arts John Day MLA and RKDO Chairman Hon Phil Edman MLC launched the pilot program with an art exhibition at the Gary Holland Community Centre on 3 December 2009. The event was a huge success with the majority of the students artwork sold on the night with all proceeds going towards the Right to Write Anti Graffiti program.
To find out more about the PCYC program download ‘The Right to Write’ Graffiti Reduction pilot program brochure or media release.
PCYC 'Weld to Life' Program
In October 2009 the Rockingham PCYC was awarded $15,000 and the National Certificate for Australian Crime and Violence Prevention. The RKDO through Sussan Shave was the author of the PCYC application for the award.
The ‘Weld to Life’ program engages local juvenile offenders who were committing offences in an intensive work-ready training program to reduce offending behaviour. The program resulted in an 83% reduction in offences committed by participants and 80% of graduated participants pursued further training, were employed or returned to school.
Community Projects