Rooms at the SCEEC are beling used for co-location of MCM youth/housing services and are avavilable for businesses that offer strong employment/ engagement opportunities for young people (up unitl 2007 the focus on incubation was to provide a resource for young people to further their businesses)

Present residents

Step Ahead (MCM) offers a meaningful service for 16-25 years olds, through linking affordable housing with an integrated support program. The model aims to highlight the direct link between how holistic support can lead to securing a satisfying job or employability and how this in turn can lead to a better quality of life. Model participants will be housed in long-term fully furnished self-contained units for up to three years and will receive an ongoing case-managed service and a structured program of learning, focusing upon education and work, independent living, personal and social issues and community and leisure activities.

Wheels program is run three- four times a year and assists young people to futher thier driving education and study employment pathways.

Education, Employment and Training assistance also available to young people linked to the North West region.

Contact 84862- Lisa ext 122 / Stephanie ext 123 / Zac ext 124

Creating Connections corordinates and supports integration of educaiton and training across the northwest Melbourne region as well as administering CEEP funding

Creating Connections Education Employment Pathways (CEEP) funding is a YHAP initiative aimed at strengthening planned pathways to independence through engagement in education, employment and training.  CEEP brokerage funds are available to young people aged 15-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and who are supported by a homelessness assistance service (SAAP) to access education and employment options.

Contact : Andrea 84862-155 or Helen ext -153

SENSE Fou84862ndation a support & empowerment nexus for social enterprise www.sense.org.au

Contact: Starr 84862-157

Sense of Place Projects is a dynamic and innovative multi-arts company who create performances, workshops, and projects that connect people to their local landscape. They use theatre, music, dance, and outdoor activities to communicate information about local environments in enticing and beautiful ways. Their work awakens and hones your senses, and develops your creative imagination for new and sustainable ways of living.

Contact: Ilan 84862 -158

Simply Skateboarding uses the tool of skateboarding and related activities to engage, support and develop people. Simply Skateboarding focuses on youth, offering customised skateboard related events, services products and programs to skateboarders, local government authorities, community organisations and schools, all within a youth participation framework.

Contact: Vivienne 84862 -160

Antz Computer Solutions all you need for www development from the sophisticated to the simple, hosting to support, at reasonable prices. Database management and computer programming services also available.

Contact: Ant 84862- 152

Youth Voice II Enterprise Project SCEEC is hosting the co-ordination and taining component of this project. Some 15 young people are undertaking market research in three Neighbourhood renewal sites assisted by three partner agencies: Melbourne Citymission (Braybrook & SCEEC) Brotherhood of St Laurence (Frankston) and Uniting Care Cutting Edge (Shepparton). VUT is providing training and this research is looking at how young people transition from school to further education and the world of work and also will investigate the development /sustainability of a youth consultancy-enterprise using the experience, knowledge skills, networks and resources provided by the project. The a project committed to promoting the voice of engaged and disengaged young people on a range of policy and planning issues that directly impact on young people’s lives.

Contact : Anna 84862- 159