COMMUNITY PROJECTS

CURRENT PROJECTS:


Annerley Junction Precinct Traders Project


We recently received a grant of $7,000 from the Brisbane City Council to undertake a project to establish an Annerley Traders Association. Many of the members of this group are themselves local not for profit second hand traders associated with church or welfare groups such as Lifeline, Aid for the Blind, Deaf Association etc. We have secured agreement from staff within the Schools of Built Environment and the QUT advertising, communications and public relations students to incorporate the Annerley Junction Project as an assignment for their students within the curriculum for 1st semester 2006. The project aims to achieve 3 main objectives:
 

·         To establish a vibrant local traders group.

·         To develop new promotional strategies for the Annerley Junction shopping precinct .

·         To undertake an infrastructural needs analysis and a series of other research projects at the precinct to provide the basis for a further submission to State and local governments seeking support for community development and renewal in the area.
 

The first breakfast was held on 22 February 2006 at Café Ce Jay Ce and was a great success with approximately 35 traders attending the first of a number of events planned over coming months. The next breakfast of the traders association will be held at Cafe Ce Jay Ce at 7am on Wed 29 March.

There will be a poster display of the students interim project reports held in the bookshop meeting space on Wed 12 April from 10am-1pm and the students will be in attendance to discuss their work. An additional poster display of the students final projects will be held in the bookshop meeting space on Wed 14 June from 10am-1pm and the students will again be in attendance to discuss their work.

All Annerley Traders and interested members of the public are welcome to attend the student presentations.

Watch this site for updates as the project progresses and click here if you would like to see the latest Annerley Traders Project Bulletin. Next Edition is due end of March ‘06

 

Hospital Patients Reading Resources


We have recently commenced a project where we are liaising with each of the local hospitals in our inner south side catchment area to regularly refresh their trolleys and patient libraries from our floor and surplus stock at the Bookshop. This project is co-ordinated by one of our young volunteers. If you are interested in helping out with this project or would like more information on it please contact us.