Melton City Council were recently nominated for not one but two awards in the 2024 Neighbourhood Houses Victoria NHVic Awards!

The award program recognises and celebrates the valuable work of Neighbourhood Houses on a state-wide level. The six categories are each linked to several of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to demonstrate the impact of local action in meeting the aims of the global goals. The six award categories are:

• Social Enterprise
• Community Resilience
• Gender Equity
• Climate Action
• Reducing Inequalities
• Good Health & Wellbeing

Council’s Hillside Community Centre and Taylors Hill Youth & Community Centre were nominated in the ‘Good Health & Wellbeing’ and ‘Gender Equity’ categories respectively.

Whilst we didn’t win for our ‘Ageing Artfully’ project at Hillside under the ‘Good Health & Wellbeing’ category, we’re thrilled to be announced as the winner under the ‘Gender Equity’ category for our ‘Women in Business & Entrepreneurship (WIBE)’ project at Taylors Hill!

Thank you to Neighbourhood Houses Victoria for the acknowledgement of both of these important projects.