If isolation is proving to be a haven for boredom, get creative and enter our Lego creation competition!
The competition will have 3 winners, one from each age group listed below.
– Under 8 years: Prize = Duplo Set valued at up to $100
– 9-14 years: Prize = Lego Set valued at up to $150
– 15 years and over: Prize = Lego Set valued at up to $200
Entering is easy and can be done in 3 easy steps.
Visit our Facebook page for the full details!
Isolation is the perfect time to try new recipes at home with your family in the kitchen. This simple fries recipe uses nutrition packed sweet potato and is a hit with children who participate in our popular ‘Cooking 4 Kids’ program at Taylors Hill Youth & Community Centre!
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Our community facilities may be closed right now, but our gardens keep growing! Community Activation & Learning Officer Jeanine recently harvested olives from the trees at Botanica Springs Children’s & Community Centre.
After consulting with Botanica’s Maltese Seniors Group, Jeanine successfully preserved the olives using a process advised to her by Jimmy from the Senior’s group who meet weekly at Botanica! Follow the steps below to preserve your own olives at home.
Do you have a recipe you’ve learn’t throughout isolation that you’d like to share with us? Email us at mld@melton.vic.gov.au to share!
COTA Victoria is leading a new innovative project to support jobseekers 50 years and over into paid work.
Participants in the Reach, Train, Employ project are supported to re-skill and find paid work. The project focuses on providing training to get jobs in the aged care and disability sectors, to meet a growing demand of more than 17000 new jobs in Victoria by 2023.
COTA Victoria is currently looking for participants to join this exciting new opportunity. The project is open to jobseekers who are 50 years and older and living in Brimbank or Melton areas of Melbourne.
Participants in the project will be supported to complete a Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing and Disability). The certificate will be delivered by RMIT University with a brand new curriculum co-designed by industry experts and people with lived experience. Participants receive a wide range of supports including: employment assistance such as resume writing, interview techniques and understanding the employment market; IT and digital literacy support; financial counselling; and employment placement support.
For more information visit the COTA Victoria website.
Image credit: COTA Victoria
On Wednesday 27 November 2019, a group of community members and students from Brookside College joined Melton City Council at Stevenson House in Caroline Springs to put together a community edible garden.
The group, guided by local expert home gardener and author of ‘Edible Gardens: A Practical Guide’, Craig Castree, put together six ‘Wicking Beds’ which are self-contained garden beds made from recycled wood. The group filled the beds with rock and dirt and learnt how to put the piping in to ensure the correct placement to create a reservoir that supplies water to the plants from the bottom up.
The beds were then filled with mulch and a number of edible plants which include: tomatoes, eggplant, chilli’s, spring onions, lettuce, basil and a number of colourful flowering plants to attract pollination. The first harvest is expected to be ready early in the new year.
This amazing project that was built for the community by the community, was funded by the Australian Multicultural Community Services ‘Move it Aus Better Aging Grant.’
If you’d like to learn more about how to get involved with projects and programs at Stevenson House, contact Catrice on 0455 326 903 or catricel@melton.vic.gov.au
Taylors Hill Youth & Community Centre’s kids drama class students are in the presence of greatness after their friendly teacher adds yet another accolade to her long list of achievements.
Jessica Gerger and her husband Andrew have won Best in Festival and the People’s Choice award at the 5th annual Altona Beach Film Festival for their short film ‘My Ghoul’. The film, set in nearby Sunshine, follows a lonely ghoul on her quest to find a man.
Adding to an extensive repertoire of achievements, students taking part in Jessica’s drama classes at Taylor’s Hill Youth & Community Centre will also learn from her previous acting and teaching experience including:
Jessica’s drama classes will begin again from 14 October – 2 December 2019 and are suitable for children aged 8-12 years. Find out more here.
Originally published by Star Weekly.
Image source: Star Weekly
We are inviting applications from community groups, small businesses and community agencies seeking to regularly hire Council’s community facilities in 2020.
We have a range of facilities suitable for a variety of programs including meetings, workshops, seminars etc. There are a number of flexible venues within the municipality that can accommodate between 6 to 250 guests.
Applications open: 9am on 16 September.
Interested parties must complete an Application for Facility Allocation Form (available 16 September via this link ).
Applications close: 5pm on 27 September.
Please note: Applications are for ongoing bookings, minimum of six per calendar year. A new application form will need to be completed for each new and existing program.
For further enquiries please contact Council’s Venues Team on 9747 5200.
Melton’s popular Busy Feet program is on the lookout for volunteer dance teachers to guide children with intellectual and physical disabilities aged 6-16 through dance, music and movement sessions.
Busy Feet Melton’s mission is to “create a safe and friendly environment where kids with disabilities can come to have fun, socialise, enjoy movement to music and dance their busy little feet off.” These sessions offer these children an opportunity to stay active whilst being respected for their own individual abilities.
The sessions run every Thursday from 4.30 – 5.30pm in Melton.
If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a Busy Feet Melton volunteer, please get in contact with Annette.
P: 0401 031 917
Written by Alex Maggi
Each year, the Melton City Council Community Partnerships Program supports Community organisations to run their desired projects and Culture exchange workshops.
The Community Partnership Program aims to link together community groups from different cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds to work together on projects and activities that contribute positively to the communities of the City of Melton.
The projects supported by this program deliver positive social, environmental and economic outcomes by making a positive impact on the environment and the economy while strengthening social diversity and inclusion in the City of Melton.
This year, the award-winning Community Partnership Program, will commence on the 28th August 2019 with a special event – A Collaboration Night to be held at TABCORP at which program. guidelines and hard copy paper EOI application forms will be available.
The Collaboration forum/event will provide an opportunity for interested individuals and groups to meet with other groups/businesses and/or organisations to share ideas about projects and/or activities they might want to start up or get involved with.
We are encouraging community and business leaders to attend this event to link up with others and build relationships. Working together can build your group’s profile, increase interest and membership and improve your group’s access to funding.
The Partnership program currently offers two streams:
Organisations can be involved in one or both streams of activity.
The organisations/groups work together with one or more partners on a project. The Council will provide relevant resources and support for the smooth delivery of the project.
The collaborating organisations showcase their culture through food, dance, arts and craft, story sharing etc. The organisations take turns to host workshops. The approach undertaken can be informal or formal. The cultural exchange workshops receive in-kind hall hire funding when using Council owned facilities.
Once you have arranged a partner and have an agreed project or activity you will need to lodge an expression of interest (EOI) application and apply on line
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Grants-Awards-and-Training/Community-Partnership-Program or submit the hard copy form to: PO Box 21 Melton Vic 3337
For further inquiries about the Community Partnerships Program you can contact: Alex Maggi on 97477200 or email, alexandram@melton.vic.gov.au
National Volunteer Week is an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation’s volunteers.
This year’s celebration theme is “Making a world of difference” and acknowledges the generous contributions of Australia’s 6 million volunteers, and the incredible impact they make in our local communities, society and the world.
In the City of Melton we already have a some very dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers who tirelessly give of their time to help make Melton a great place to live. They are “Making a world of difference” in Melton.
One of the volunteer opportunities “Making a world of difference” is our L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program. This is a program that assists young drivers, aged 16-20 years, who are without appropriate family support to achieve their necessary 120 hours of supervised driving experience. If you have a full Victorian Driver’s Licence, relate well to young people and can commit to 1-2 hours per week then you may want consider becoming a volunteer supervising driver mentor. You will be provided with a fully fuelled car to use.
For more information about the L2P program contact Djerriwarrh Community and Education Services. P: 8746 1000
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