Outer Eastern LLEN

22/09/2026

Outer East employers!

Want to invest in your local talent pipeline? OELLEN connects your business with the Outer East Melbourne community through:

✅ Work experience placements tailored to your industry
✅ Student placements that match local priorities
✅ Speaking opportunities to inspire the next generation
✅ Industry promotion and networking connections

If this sounds interesting, we'd love to hear from you. No obligation, lock-in contracts and no cost to you or your business.

📩 Get in touch today and let's build stronger connections between local employers and the Outer East community.

21/09/2026

Feeling anxious about climate change? You're not alone. 🌏

We're sharing this on behalf of headspace: young people aged 16-25 are invited to take part in a research study testing a new peer-support program for climate anxiety and distress.

Over 10 weeks, you'll join other local young people in a group program to:

🌱 Navigate difficult climate emotions
🌱 Build confidence in your coping skills
🌱 Find a like-minded community

Through group discussions, skill-building exercises and creative activities, the program is designed to help young people work through what they're feeling.
Find out more and register your interest: https://redcap.link/hdldy523

Know a young person who might be interested? Tag them or share this post. 💚

18/08/2026

Branch Out is a FREE program, delivered by Greenlife Industry Australia - GIA , designed to give students hands-on experiences and insights into the diverse career pathways the horticulture industry offers, inspiring the next generation to consider a rewarding future in the industry.

Find out more and complete an EOI here: https://www.oellen.org.au/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-3zaa9-zlxng-xbkmm-sasga

https://youtu.be/XYPEcXl22Ks

Are you ready for a career where you can work outdoors and indulge ...

13/08/2026

Reflecting on Work Experience Week 2026.

For the second-year running, OELLEN partnered with Eastern Health & Gateway LLEN to give Year 10 students a genuine look inside one of the region's largest healthcare providers across East of Melbourne.

Real hospitals. Real rotations. Real career exposure.

Huge thanks to Eastern Health for continuing to open its doors to the Eastern suburbs next generation of healthcare workers. 👏

Read how the unfolded here: https://www.oellen.org.au/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-3zaa9-zlxng-xbkmm-ds4c4

For a second year running, OELLEN has partnered with Eastern Health to give Year 10 students a genuine look inside one of the region's largest healthcare providers in the region.

11/08/2026

🎥 Go behind the scenes of our second annual Work Experience Program!

Last term, 15 students from local secondary schools spent a week discovering what it's like to work at Yarra Ranges Council. From parks and planning to customer service and community services, they explored the many career pathways available in local government.

Hear directly from the students about what they learned, what surprised them, and what they enjoyed most, alongside staff sharing why it's so important to give young people opportunities to experience the workplace and build confidence for the future.

A big thank you to everyone who helped make the program such a success, and to our partners at the Outer Eastern Local Learning Employment Network for helping bring it all together.

Who knows... we might just see some of these students back at Council as future colleagues one day! 👏

06/08/2026

New resource for parents!

We have developed Electrical Pathways: A Guide for Parents, a free two-page factsheet that breaks it all down, including:

✅ The core maths skills electrical work relies on (yes, including Ohm's Law)
✅ How VCE subjects like General Maths, Maths Methods and VM Numeracy connect to different pathways
✅ What employers are really looking for
✅ Free quizzes so students can test their own readiness

Find our more and download the factsheet here: https://www.oellen.org.au/blog/supporting-vet-pathways-in-our-schools-new-electrical-careers-resource-for-parents

Know a parent who'd find this useful? Tag them or share this post!

03/08/2026

Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2027 intake of RESP Accelerate, a fully funded, one-year professional learning and school improvement program supporting wellbeing, engagement and inclusion for students and families from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

Project partners Foundation House & Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) are running an info session online soon, head to our blog to find out more: https://www.oellen.org.au/blog/efvrf2dxh0k15dqbjgcyskvbpk0jy1

15/07/2026

Four years. Thousands of opportunities.

Over the past four years, the Outer Eastern LLEN has proudly coordinated the VDSS Transport Fund, helping remove transport barriers so students can access valuable vocational education opportunities for students. Across the state, the stats are impressive!

📍 19,000+ students supported
🚌 20,000+ kilometres travelled
💰 Just $13.64 per student, per week
📅 Four years of connecting students to their future

This important initiative, funded by the Victorian Department of Education, ensures more young people can participate in Vocational Education and Training (VET) and gain the skills, experience and confidence they need for life beyond school.

Together, we're making pathways more accessible, one journey at a time.

13/07/2026

OELLEN is proud to have partnered with Yarra Ranges Council on this Work Experience program.

We worked with local high schools to promote the opportunity, then handled the admin with schools, Council and the Department of Education — so 15 young people could simply show up and see what working in local government looks like.

Thank you to Yarra Ranges Council for being such a fantastic employer and supporter of young people.

01/06/2026

2,000+ students. 50 organisations. 4 food trucks. Over 25 schools. 47 buses. 3 local governments. And a team of just 6 making it all happen.

This event is a reminder of what's possible when a community comes together to invest in young people and their futures, and this year delivered in every way.

A huge thank you to our incredible partners and supporters:
⭐️Knox City Council
⭐️Maroondah City Council
⭐️Yarra Ranges Council
⭐️Swinburne University of Technology
⭐️The Department of Education
⭐️Workforce Australia

Your belief in this event and the young people it serves makes all the difference. We couldn't do it without you.

And to every student, educator, and organisation who showed up with energy and curiosity, THANK YOU! You are why we do this.

Can't wait for 2027? Neither can we. Date coming soon. 👀