COMMUNITY

Newington Community Spirit

> Back to Newington Day 2008 - 26 July

Newington College is committed to supporting and working with local and international community organisations, both to give something back, and to encourage understanding amongst our students of the issues and challenges faced in the wider world.

This is a natural extension of our appreciation of the value of nurturing our Newington community, including staff, students, and their families, council members and old boys. The school has a number of dedicated and hard-working groups, which provide opportunities for members of the community to take part in the life of the College, while enhancing the lives of our students.

As well as the Parents & Friends Association and its subsidiaries, there are a number of sporting and cultural groups who play a vital role in supporting programs and events.

There is a very active Old Newingtonians' Union (ONU), a College Foundation and an alumni network of almost 10,000 old boys.

The Newington community includes:
• Present parents, staff and students
• The Parents and Friends Associations and related support groups
• Old Boys of the College
• ONU and related Old Boys' organisations
• Past staff and parents
• Present and past Council members and friends of the College

> Community Service Program

Meet the Community Engagement Team...

From left to right: Elizabeth Pont - Alumni and Development Manager, Sharon Brideson - Admissions Officer, Jenna Widdison - Communications Officer, Raymond Nobbs - Admissions Manager, Colette McKiernan - Head of Community Engagement , Julie Phillipson - PR, Marketing and Publications Manager, Lea Greifeneder - Alumni and Development Officer

Communications Team

Meet the team who will take the community engagement area forward across the three campuses. The team is currently working together to develop a draft community engagement plan for 2009 – 11. Consultations took place in May to gain ideas around admissions, PR, marketing and publications and development and alumni. Thank you to everyone who took part. We want to work together with you to take things forward.

The team has been busy planning in July and the next stage is to present the draft to the senior leadership team for consultation. Look out for updates in August.

Please come and talk to any of us at any time