The Family Zone Hub offers UniSA students the opportunity to work on projects that benefit families and children, through the Community Service Learning Project.
Projects with Family Zone Ingle Farm Hub
The Family Zone Hub is part of Salisbury Communities for Children. The goal of the program is to increase the skills and confidence of young parents. Family Zone runs a number of projects which provide assistance with Centrelink; a creche; Conversation groups for people with English as a second language.
Primarily coordinated through Lutheran Community Care, Family Zone draws upon many organisations and agencies to run its projects.
It hopes to draw on the expertise of students to develop the following projects.
Project 1: Homework Club
Students from varying disciplines are sought to establish a homework club. 95% of children using the Family Zone program have English as a Second Language and have a great need for tutoring assistance around maths, reading and other areas of academic assistance.
Students from all disciplines are welcome to join this project, and particularly students who are undertaking TESOL and/or maths.
Project 2: Healthy Lunch Boxes and Community Garden
Nutrition and Food Science Students are sought to engage with migrants and refugees to develop healthy lunch box options and provide information on healthy eating and wellbeing.
The Community Garden is in need of further development and available to grow vegetables and herbs for the healthy eating program.
Project 3: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Engineering and Science students, in particular, are sought to engage children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in STEM experiential learning activities.
Community partner
Additional student requirements:
In addition to the training and clearance requirements for Community Service Learning Project, students wishing to undertake this project may be required to have the following checks and training:
- Current National Police Check
- Responding to Abuse and Neglect (RAN) Training
