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CASA has received financial support from NSW Government-Family & Community Services, Commonwealth Bank and currently from all the clubs in Fairfield LGA through ClubGRANTS and Fairfield City Council for the areas of volunteering, fitness, women, youth, children, disabilities and art.
We appreciate the support of these funding bodies. Without this support, our capacity to continue with our activities would be greatly limited. These grants are of great help to the community that we serve!

Projects Funded

Fairfield City Council Social Change Through Creativity Grant
(Ex Fairfield City Council Community Cultural Development Grants)
This project is a call for a collective art-engagement with Fairfield-LGA’s multicultural community, aiming to create a tapestry to raise awareness of diversity, equality, and inclusion. The group will embark on a creative journey designing together a bespoke tapestry that highlights the value of Fairfield’s heritage. Participants will handpick their own art materials unique to their identity and, by weaving; them together will envision a positive outlook that will improve their self-esteem and well-being. The group will learn about conflict management strategies and communication skills.
The participants freely decided in which way to express their emotions, always counting on the support and technique of the facilitator. Sometimes the art created was individual, other collective. The techniques used were drawing, painting, collage and dramatization. The techniques of drama were used, mainly, in the learning of new strategies to understand own and other people’s emotions. As we analysed each of the emotions, the participants were creating a “dictionary of emotions”, where they kept their graphic representations, explanations, details about the intervening hormones and their effects, identification of the sensations associated with each emotion ( physical symptoms), and strategies to manage and understand emotions.
The project was successfully complete through a series of workshops/active sessions providing Spanish-speaking people the opportunity to engage in collaborative and individual experiences to develop skills in interpretation, communication, performance, and critical analysis. They engaged with the cultural traditions and social contexts of drama and theatre through critical experiences in practical workshop activities and performances. The key results were that the participants improved their personal development, their confidence, increased self-esteem and provided support given that they went through personal situations that require support.
To capture this integration of identities, each participant created a personal three-dimensional art object. This project has allowed this group of women to work through their mourning and loss of their lands and native cultures, and in this way, heal and achieve some initial closure of their emotional wounds. In addition, participants learned strategies of expression and reflection that they were able to integrate into their everyday lives and share with friends, immediate families, and relatives.
The project was successfully complete through a series of workshops/active sessions for the women to enhance their personal development, confidence, increase self-esteem and provide support given they have gone through personal situations that require support. One of the key outcomes was the group recording of a song created by the women in the sessions that provided them with positive and increased self-esteem.
This project has brought three generations of culturally and linguistically diverse women together to exchange traditional stories and recipes that showcase the richness of women’s cultural heritage. Grandmothers, mothers, and daughters engaged each other in the process of cooking and the stories behind recipes and foods. This DVD was launch at a public event in Fairfield to celebrate International Women’s Day in 2012.

Clubgrants

This project is an educational program designed for children from 6 to 10 years old with the aim of preventing at an early age overweight and obesity problems, to decrease the chance of developing chronic juvenile diseases such as Diabetes type 2, which is very prevalent in our local community, and other chronic conditions. The practical components will include exercises and games, establishing habits of commitments and motivation. Preparation of simple healthy meals, such as breakfasts, school lunches, snacks, etc. Also this includes participation and integration with their peers. Aiming interaction with others through the activities, increasing social integration and facilitate learning.
The project was about empowering young adults with disability, who are not able to access NDIS, to improve their self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-expression by using performing arts. We introduced new methods of self-expression, self-development, allowing these handicapped young people to embrace their personal abilities and give them a new sense of personal achievement. We also created a place for them where they had a sense of acceptance and belonging.
“MS Move” was a community based physical activity program that aimed to help people with MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS in our community. MS is a disease of the central nervous system – it may affect the brain, spinal cord and/or optic nerve. MS purpose was to give the opportunity to those people, to manage their physical and emotional conditions to improve their quality of life.
Get In Shape (GIS) is a Community based weight loss program which aims to work with community members with health problems, particularly those who are overweight and obese, to reduce the risk of developing a chronic disease such as Diabetes, Heart disease, High Cholesterol, High Blood pressure, Osteoporosis, etc. The program is targeting a reduction on the risks factors by providing Fairfield community members with information, resources and programs to be healthier an take charge of their health and their future.
Fitness in Action was a dietary & physical activity program that aimed to promote a fit & healthy lifestyle, addressing obesity, taking preventative measures to improve the physical and mental health of Fairfield residents. The Project promoted healthy exercise and safe recreation activities. The project incorporated physical education, nutrition as well as assistance to keep participants on track so that they can achieve their goals of a healthier and fitter life, not only for themselves but also for their children and younger family members, as examples of how one can achieve success if there are support and resources available.

Commonwealth Bank 'Staff Community Fund'

2012 – Homework Club
This project helped primary school children with their homework after school hours provided by a qualified primary school teacher, Ms. Shirley Gonzalez.

NSW Family & Community Services

2010 – Volunteer Grant
This funding helped us to buy small equipment items that made the work of our volunteers easier, safer and more enjoyable. These grants recognise the valuable work that Australia’s volunteers do in their local communities.
2009 – Volunteer Grant – Family & Community Services
This funding helped us to buy small equipment items that made the work of our volunteers easier, safer and more enjoyable.

Our Community Group Sponsorship

As the cost of public liability has escalated through the last decade, many groups have had to let go of their incorporation, others have lost the support of mainstream community organisations and neighborhood centres. CASA has made its mission to cover these social groups and cultural performance groups under its wings, both using the centre’s premises and using external venues. We also provide additional support to groups using the Brian Wunsch Centre. Continuing our support to the community CASA auspices Fairfield Youth Outreach, FrontLine Seniors, St Johns History Group and Woman in Action (Spanish Speaking Women Group) to obtain the Social Change through Creativity Grant of Fairfield City Council and Club GRANTS.

This project will involve elders isolated from Fairfield’s multicultural community in the design and creation of toys made from recycled materials, which will be delivered to a special person of their choice. In a fun and playful environment, Seniors will be sharing their experiences and skills and will learn new artistic techniques to design their creative projects. 

The participants will have the opportunity to tell their stories and share their coping strategies, improving introspection and communication skills to learn creative writing and drama techniques to launch a Slam Poetry event open to the broad community. Slam poetry is an artistic oral expression that combines elements of writing, drama, and audience participation; it includes deeply emotional topics related to social and personal issues.

The main aim of this project was to expand participants’ self-knowledge through a methodology that may increase their self-value. For that, they used the model of female archetypes based on the Greek goddesses developed by Dr. J. Shinoda Bolen.
They used visual arts to develop the understanding of each archetype and, then, they used drama techniques to understand interpersonal dynamics and elaborate healthier ways to solve conflicts.

The main aim of this project was to expand participants’ self-knowledge through a methodology that may increa

This project worked with young adults with disabilities from diverse backgrounds living in Fairfield to create a music group to learn to work as a team, develop self-esteem using the powerful (and fun) medium of music and encourage participants to develop skills of concentration, coordination, interaction, and gain self-confidence.

se their self-value. For that, they used the model of female archetypes based on the Greek goddesses developed by Dr. J. Shinoda Bolen.
They used visual arts to develop the understanding of each archetype and, then, they used drama techniques to understand interpersonal dynamics and elaborate healthier ways to solve conflicts.

The project strived to engage elders from St Johns Park and adjacent areas to present their stories and photos of living and working in the suburb, drawing on experiences of the poultry farms, viticulture, market gardens and the many cultural events held in the suburb over the past 150 years. This event took place as part of the 125-year anniversary celebrations of St Johns Park Public School in 2016. We brought elders together to share their stories about their lives in St Johns Park using photos, sharing memories and stimulate discussion in the group.

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