Category: Special Events

Melton Learning Directory Yoga Extravaganza – 8 Yoga programs for the price of 1!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

Melton Learning Directory Yoga Extravaganza – 8 Yoga programs for the price of 1!

A selection of yoga classes instructed by our friendly tutor Alicia that are normally held in Council’s community facilities will be delivered online throughout term 4 whilst covid-19 restrictions prevent us from meeting in person. Whilst we would love to be catching up with you in our centres, this online delivery of classes gives us the opportunity to offer you more bang for your buck!

How it works:

Simply book into any one of the virtual yoga programs listed below and we’ll send you an email with Zoom links to every single program! You’’ have access to eight different sessions each week all for the cost of one! We have programs suitable for all ages and abilities with sessions available all across the week for the full duration of term 4.

Price: $95 full price or $85 concession for all programs except Yoga for Seniors which is $50. Payment must be made via the appropriate webpage relevant to the program you’d like to book into.

 

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

Mondays:

  • Yoga for Seniors – Normally conducted at Stevenson House
    • Starting from 4 October: 10.30am – 11.30am
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  • Yoga for Men & Women – Normally conducted at Stevenson House
    • Starting from 4 October: 12pm – 1pm
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  • Yoga for Men & Women – Normally conducted at Parkwood Green Community Centre
    • Starting from 4 October: 6.15pm – 7.15pm
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  • Yoga for Men & Women – Normally conducted at Parkwood Green Community Centre
    • Mondays from 4 October: 7.30pm – 8.30pm
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Thursdays:

  • Yoga for Men & Women: General Class – Normally conducted at Fraser Rise Children’s & Community Centre
    • Starting from 7 October: 6.15pm – 7.15pm
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  • Yoga for Men & Women: Advanced Class – Normally conducted at Fraser Rise Children’s & Community Centre
    • Starting from 7 October: 7.30pm – 8.30pm
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Saturdays:

  • Yoga Next Level (Intermediate) – Normally conducted at Hillside Community Centre
    • Starting from 9 October: 9.45am – 10.45am
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  • Yoga Fusion (Yoga and Pilates) – Normally conducted at Hillside Community Centre
    • Starting from 9 October: 11am – 12pm
    • BOOK NOW

 

Need to ask a question about our yoga extravaganza? Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

See you on the mat!

 

2021 Global Learning Festival

Posted on by Alison La Rose

The Global Learning Festival is returning in 2021!

The Global Learning Festival seeks to provide unity and connection to communities all over the world. By participating in learning events on a wide variety of topics, across time zones and languages, you can experience first-hand the benefits that lifelong learning can bring to you.

Subscribe to our mailing list to be kept up to date via the festival website.

Like the Global Learning Festival Facebook page.

Father’s Day Drawing Competition!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

To celebrate Father’s Day we’re giving your household a chance to win 1 of 20 gift packs!

To enter, draw picture of someone special in your life on an A4 piece of paper and send a photo of it to us by sending us a message via our Facebook page or via email.

Make sure you include these details with your entry:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Age
  • Contact Phone Number

Your drawing can include you and your special person or your whole family, it is entirely up to you! You could win 1 of 20 gift packs including an A4 frame to put your picture in, a pack of coloured pencils and a blank card and envelope for you to decorate and write in to gift to your Dad or special person this Father’s Day.

Entries close 12pm Thursday 2 September. Winners will be notified by phone the same afternoon. Packs will be delivered to winners’ households by a member of council’s staff on Friday 3 September.

Strictly one entry per household. Open to City of Melton residents only, aged up to 18 years.

Good luck and happy drawing!

We’re celebrating Wear It Purple Day!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

Wear it Purple Day is an annual LGBTIQA+ awareness day especially for young people, based in Australia. Supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTIQA+ community.

The theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Start the Conversation. Keep It Going!’ It focusses on the important conversations we have around sexual orientation and gender identity, and that it should not only be discussed today, but every day.

“Our rainbow youth exist in the world every day, and therefore require our support each and every day.” – Wear it Purple

City of Melton Young Communities is proud to co-facilitate ‘The Space’, a LGBTIQA+ youth social support group with Djerriwarrh Health Services. The group has put together conversation tips from their personal experiences, to support you for when you might have a rainbow conversation.

For more information on The Space and to download the LGBTIQA+ Conversation Tips in PDF, visit: www.melton.vic.gov.au/TheSpace

Free African drumming classes coming to Melton Central!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

We are excited to let you know that our Council was one of five Victorian winners of the Heart Foundation’s Active Australia Innovation Challenge, attracting a $10,000 grant to run African drum classes for seniors! Melton residents will soon be moving to the beat of Africa thanks to this new program.

The African drums classes will be held at Melton Central Community Centre, where participants will learn djembe drum techniques and rhythm. The free program aims to promote fitness, co-ordination and fun, improve mental wellbeing and bring people together. The program is targeted at residents aged 45-70 years.

We look forward to seeing the positive impact these musical sessions will have on our community

The classes will begin in October and run until next August.

Lifelong Learning Festival postponed

Posted on by Alison La Rose

Lifelong Learning Festival postponed

 

Melton City Council are excited to be bringing the City of Melton Lifelong Learning Festival back to the community in 2021, however, in light of the current Covid situation and with the safety of our community as our main priority, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the celebration at this stage.

 

One of the main objectives in delivering the festival is to welcome you, our community, into our community centres and libraries to engage in quality and engaging free lifelong learning opportunities that in turn result in meaningful connections made with others in your local area. With the uncertainty surrounding current lockdowns in metropolitan Melbourne, we feel it is in the best interest of the community to postpone the festival to ensure we are able to maintain the quality of these face-to-face and online events.

 

A rescheduled date will be announced in the coming months, we look forward to bringing you this news when we can. Join our mailing list via the festival page on this website now to be kept up top date with all festival news!

 

In the meantime, the Melton Learning Directory team will continue to provide free online content to you over on our YouTube channel and through our community centres via platforms like Zoom. You can stay up to date with all of our online content via our Facebook page, this website and YouTube channel.

 

Stay safe Melton.

Neighbourhood House Week in the City of Melton

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Neighbourhood House Week is a nationwide initiative to celebrate the role of neighbourhood houses and centres in the community.

Given the extraordinary efforts of neighbourhood houses, including those in the City of Melton, during Victoria’s 2020 coronavirus lockdowns, in Victoria this year’s theme will be ‘Honouring our community heroes during COVID’. The aim is to shine the light on those who went above and beyond to support others during this unprecedented time in our state’s history.

Melton City Council’s community centre’s are honouring this year’s theme, with a full program of events for all ages, abilities and interests.

You can find out more about neighbourhood houses at the Neighbourhood Houses Victoria website.

Free Technology Support Coming Soon

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Volunteers from the City of Melton will soon be delivering a series of FREE technology workshops aimed to help upskill our community to get online.

Learn complete basics like how to turn a computer on and open a Word document, how to create a Facebook page or save your family’s photos to your device, how to avoid internet scams, how to safely shop online, how to read the news online, watch TV shows and movies and much more. You will be encouraged to let your Digital Mentor know what you would like to learn to ensure you get exactly what you want out of your time in these friendly sessions.

Formal and informal classes are coming to venues across the municipality very soon. Register your interest in upskilling in any area of technology by contacting us via phone or email.

MORE INFO: 9747 7200 | mld@melton.vic.gov.au

This free technology support is part of Melton City Council’s Digital Mentor program which aims to upskill community members to teach other community members how to use technology and get online. This program is funded by Good Things Foundation and the Australian Government’s ‘Be Connected’ initiative.

Learn to Support Others to Upskill in Technology: Free Training

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Melton City Council will soon be launching a series of free, 6-hour ‘Digital Mentor’ training sessions for people in our community who’d like to share their technology knowledge with others!

WHAT IS A DIGITAL MENTOR?

A Digital Mentor is someone who is able to support others in the community to build their confidence and skills to use technology. Being a Digital Mentor is about inspiring people to try using digital technology and supporting them through their first steps using computers, mobile devices and the internet. Learn about this here.

Your knowledge could be as simple as how to turn on a computer and open a Word document or as complex as building a website or creating a Facebook page.

Delivery of your lessons to community are completely informal, no teaching experience is necessary. Digital Mentors are supported by Council officers and all devices and materials are supplied.

If you’d like to be involved in getting our community online, contact us for more information and to register your interest.

TRAINING DATES

Register your interest in any of these training sessions .

  • 26 March: Melton
  • 29 March: Fraser Rise
  • 20 April: Kurunjang
  • 23 April: Burnside

MORE INFO: 9747 7200 | mld@melton.vic.gov.au

This free training is part of Melton City Council’s Digital Mentor program which aims to upskill community members to teach other community members how to use technology and get online. This program is funded by Good Things Foundation and the Australian Government’s ‘Be Connected’ initiative.

Easter & School Holiday Activities in the City of Melton!

Posted on by Alison La Rose

Learn something new and connect with others these Easter school holidays.

The first few months of 2021 are flying by! Easter and the school holidays are just around the corner! Don’t get stuck for ideas to keep you and your children entertained, we have a full program of free and low cost activities happening all over the municipality.

Places are strictly limited, book your space via our website before they’re all gone!

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