1. EPIC music for an EPIC Campaign!

2. What did we Deliver? $21.8 M for the Sector!4
1.Increased Funding for Neighbourhood Houses through the NHCP
2. Increased the Number of Victorian State Government-Funded Houses (30-35) .
3. Increased support for Neighbourhood House Networks.

3. “Dear Minister Mikakos”5
How did we campaign?
Evidence Base
Accurate Data
NHVic Surveys
ABS
Political Pressure
Lobbying
Key Ministers, MPs
marginal /key seats
LGAs/Councils
Sector Engagement
Whole of Sector
Grassroots
community-based
Pressure works!
Awareness
Media Campaign
Leader/Sun Herald
Rural Media
Social Media
Increased Sector
Profile
Campaigning is the only time the sector has every received any sector wide increases.
Messaging
Clear
Concise
Honest
Support Materials
Community Engagement
Postcards
“Dear Minister Mikakos”
80,000 Postcards!

4. Origin’s of Neighbourhood Houses in Victoria Women’s Movement & Neighbourhood House Activism!
Nunawading NH
Footscray Women’s Learning Centre
Warragul NH
1980’s:
Thornbury Women’s NH
Features:
Grassroots
Provide safe space for women
Learning and connection
Empowerment
Campaign on key issues and for resources!
On the success of this campaign, let’s take a look at where we’ve come from.
heard around the NH sector that campaigning is “too political”
Important to remember our history.
Neighourhood Houses were born out of campaigning and activism.
We have your jobs/organisations today because we stand on the shoulders of those activistis who came before.
We campaign for the community not political parties!
“For me, for our community, for women throughout the State, and eventually throughout the country, a movement had begun and we were part of the bigger picture”. Elsie Maude, Founder/ Coordinator, Warragul Neighbourhood House 1970’s

5. What are we really campaigning for?
Our Values!
Social Justice
Human Rights
Inclusion and Equity
Diversity
By Community for Community
These values apply no matter where you are
in the world!
Create awareness and community buy in in order to Influence decision makers
Values are what we get up for in the morning for/ what we believe in and what we fight for.
“Probably never been a time in this modern era when human rights, community and the need for campaigning and lobbying has been more in need! in many countries including Australia human rights are going backwards at an alarming rate.
Neighbourhood Houses have a big role to play!

6. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has” Margaret Mead
Braybrook Maidstone

7. THANK YOU! You can Deliver!
Campaign Reference Group Members Past and Present
NHVic Board
CEO’s past and present
Graphic Designer: Emily Fitzgerald EF Graphic Design
Julie Johnston: Video compilation
Hawker Britton: Strategic Advice
Amazing Staff at NHVic but particularly Fiona Mumford: Campaign Assistant extrordinaire and David Perry, Policy & Research Officer
To all the amazing Networkers who worked so hard!