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Provide CPR & Provide First aid – February 16th 2019

Provide CPR Course Code HLTAID001 Covering both the knowledge requirements and practical skills required to perform CPR on an infant and adult, the use of an AED, and the requirements for providing an incident/injury report. Dates: Saturday February 16th (1 session) Time & Venue: 9.30am – 11.30am, ECH Hall Course Fee: $70 per person (All prices […]

Childcare & Fire Season – #WeatherSmarts forum – 7-9pm Friday Nov 30

• What are the emergency plans for childcare programs during fire season? • How should parents plan for closures? #WeatherSmarts is part of ECH’s Centre of Resilience strategy to prepare our community for climate calamities such as extreme storms, bushfires, high winds and thunderstorms which can create a serious disruption. Just how ready and adaptable […]

Strengthening women as an investment in community resilience

The time has come in emergency management reform for embedding new partners in the shared responsibility vision enshrined in the aspirational COAG National Strategy for Disaster Resilience. Women are the largest elementary group in population diversity. What is their potential impact on community resilience capacity? Is there a link between strengthening women in society and […]

Hospitality Work Ready Training – Term 4, 2018

Hospitality Work Ready Training * Course Code HT The Hospitality Work Ready Training is an accredited Work Skills program conducted over one day. It is aimed at providing participants the skills to be Work Ready to gain employment in the hospitality industry. During this hands on course participants will prepare a variety of dishes. […]

Have your say on natural hazard and emergency warnings

CFA and EMV invite you to have your say on natural hazard and emergency warnings at a public workshop on November 22 at Emerald Library from 6:15pm-7:45pm. Be involved in the conversation and assist fire and emergency services across Australia with the development of our emergency warning systems. Limited to 30 places, register by visiting […]

Grandmothers Against Detention of Refugee Children

GADRC are a subcommittee supported by ECH. #BringThemHere Read Article published October 25th in Pakenham Gazette

Emerald Community House – #SDG5 initiative

Emerald Community House, Centre of Resilience is launching #SDG5 Initiative in response to the Emergency Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2018. The #SDG5 Initiative activates the UN Sustainable Development Goal # 5 by requiring the Victorian government to commit to 50% membership of women on both the Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees (MEMPC) and the Regional [...] Continue Reading

Presentation by author Heather Ellis at Emerald Library

Join Healesville author, journalist and professional speaker Heather Ellis at the Emerald Library on Sept 8 presenting an author talk and slide show of her best selling book Ubuntu: One woman’s motorcycle odyssey across Africa. An extraordinary tale of adventure, courage and personal growth; the message of Ubuntu will stay with you long after you […]

Resurrection – Old Emerald Bakehouse

ECH has been managing restoration activities to revive the use of the old bakery with the potential of resurrecting the century old wood fired oven as recommended in the heritage conservation plans.

Learn about the Travel & Tourism industry

Do you love travelling and sharing stories about your adventures with friends and family? Perhaps you already know lots of great places to visit and are considering work in the tourism industry? If you’d like to explore further, take a look at our new introductory course ‘Travel & Tourism’ starting on August 16th which is […]

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