Creating opportunities for children and young people to thrive in
​ education, work and life

The North Central LLEN is an incorporated association that partners with a range of groups and organisations including education and training providers, business and industry, community agencies, and parent and family organisations to assist in planning effective delivery of programs for young people.

The VISION of the NCLLEN is for all children and young people to be confident, resilient, and thrive in education, work and life.


The PURPOSE of the NCLLEN is yo create opportunities for children and young people to be confident, resilient and thrive in education, work and life by:
  • ensuring children, young people and their families get the support they need when they need it,
  • fostering quality partnerships and connections, and 
  • advocating for strong equitable communities.

The North Central LLEN aims to achieve its purpose through the facilitation and coordination of partnerships that deliver support to children, young people, their families and carers experiencing rural disadvantage, social isolation, and from low socio-economic backgrounds within the Shires of Loddon, Buloke and the community of St Arnaud in the Northern Grampians Shire.

Our work is focused in four key areas:
​A Solid Foundation - The first 1,000 days are a time of tremendous potential and enormous vulnerability. How well or how poorly mothers and children are nourished and cared for during this time has a profound impact on a child’s ability to grow, learn and thrive. This is because the first 1,000 days are when a child’s brain begins to grow and develop and when the foundations for their lifelong health are built.
​Resilient Middle Years - The transition through upper primary school to early secondary school is a critical period for developing and maintaining social and emotional habits important for health and emotional well-being.  These include adopting healthy sleep patterns; taking regular exercise; developing coping, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills; and learning to manage emotions. Supportive environments in the family, at school and in the wider community are also crucial at this time.
Strong Careers and Pathways - Our Careers and Pathways initiative supports reform that has occurred around careers education including individual career counselling and pathway planning for students in Years 10, 11 and 12.  Schools within the North Central Cluster; Birchip, Boort, Charlton, Donald, East Loddon, Pyramid Hill, St Arnaud, Wedderburn and Wycheproof have a Memorandum of Understanding with the North Central Local Learning & Employment Network (NCLLEN) to deliver this program.
​Confident Youth Voice - The NCLLEN advocates for young people to be included, connected and heard, and their rights respected.  They should be able to look forward to a safe, fair, and prosperous future. For this to occur they must be a part of the decision making processes on issues that affect them both locally and more broadly.

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