Community Development
Community Support Frankston believes that networking , engaging in feedback , knowledge and resource sharing are essential for the provision of efficient and effective services . Staff have maintained their involvement with the following peak bodies and community organisations :
• Australian Council of Social Services ( ACOSS )
• Community Information & Support Victoria ( CISVIC )
• Frankston City Strategic Homeless Alliance
• Frankston Emergency Relief Providers ( FERP ) Network
• Frankston Homelessness Network
• Frankston Hospital Mental Health Ward – community speaker ( Ward 2 West )
• Frankston Food Access Network ( FFAN )
• Frankston Magistrates ’ Court Users Group
• Impact Volunteering
• Institute of Community Directors Australia
• Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee ( MEMP )
• Municipal Emergency Recovery Planning Committee
• Peninsula Health Alcohol & Other Drug Consumer Advisory Group
• Peninsula Primary Care Partnership
• South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network ( SEMPHN )
• Victorian Council of Social Services ( VCOSS )
• Volunteering Victoria
• Westernport Regional Association of Community Information Centres ( WRACIC )
Australian Taxation Office – Tax Help
The Australian Taxation Office ( ATO ) established a Tax Help Program at CSF in 1989 , and for over 30 years now CSF has participated in this program by providing accommodation , equipment and support for the Tax Help volunteers ( pictured above left ) working out of CSF .
Tax Help assists a diverse range of people who meet specific criteria to lodge their Tax Returns . Clients accessing the program are typically under an income threshold set by the ATO , and are unable to afford to pay to have an Accountant perform this task for them . Operational between July and October at CSF , Tax Help is a free and confidential service .
Bolton Clarke
The Bolton Clarke Homeless Persons Program ( HPP ) aims to provide holistic primary healthcare to those people experiencing homelessness , and to improve their access to general community services .
Bolton Clarke facilitates a co-located HPP at CSF . Jodie Hodder ( pictured above right ), works closely with CSF , Peninsula Health and the Housing and Rough Sleepers Program outreach workers , and also co-ordinates the Optometry Clinic ( bi-monthly ) and the Mental Health Legal Clinic ( held monthly ), which further enhances CSF ’ s service wrap-around .
Bolton Clarke are also involved in the provision of free hot showers for the homeless in operation at the Frankston Comfort Station .
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Community Support Frankston