Tag: services
Wyndham releases draft budget
Wyndham council’s draft budget for 2019-20 includes $139.1 million of capital works.
The draft budget, released last week, proposes spending $6.9 million to complete Wyndham...
Pacific Expo to support community
The Pacific Connections Expo will be held in Hoppers Crossing next week, to help connect people from the Pacific community with support services and...
Kindergartens set to ease demand in Wyndham
Temporary kindergartens will open in Tarneit and Wyndham Vale to help cope with the demand for early childhood education.
The new kinders will be Tarneit...
Tip tokens phased out
Wyndham council is set to reduce the number of tip tokens residents receive each year from two to one.
At present, Wyndham ratepayers receive two...
A place to call home
Werribee woman Jody Letts has gone from sleeping in a van to buying a new home.
In 2015, Ms Letts and her teenage daughter ended...
Young homeless under pressure
A new report has called for a youth refuge to be funded in Wyndham “as a matter of urgency” to help young homeless who...
Central focus for survivors
A centre offering services and counselling for survivors of sexual assault is being built in Werribee.
The Minister for Families and Children Jenny Mikakos last...
Funding aims to help deter youth crime
Fifteen serious and repeat youth offenders will be the focus of a $700,000 program in Wyndham aimed at deterring them from committing more crime.
The state government...
Smart moves on family violence
An innovative project is helping police in Melbourne’s west to identify high-risk cases and reduce harm caused by family violence.
The Westgate (Hobsons Bay and...
Ready and steady call to action on family violence
Women from Wyndham’s multicultural communities will be trained to help others experiencing family violence, as part of an initiative funded by the state government.
The...
New services on offer at kinder
A partnership between Wyndham council and a kindergarten provider is providing families with new services.
The council has joined bestchance Child Family Care at Truganina...