Find out what is happening at ACC and in the neighbourhood.
“connecting our community”
Are you interested in joining the 3078 History Group? They’ll be having their next meeting on Tuesday 9 November here at ACC from 7.30pm.
Come along and talk about the recent history walk publications, share your local knowledge, lend enthusiasm and/or help plan a new podcast series. It should be fun!
This year Children’s Week runs from 23-31 October and celebrates the talents, skills and achievements of children, and their right to connect with others and respectfully share their views.
This year’s theme is ‘Children have the right to choose their own friends and safely connect with others’.
To celebrate Children’s Week, we’ve made a series of neighbourhood pop-up playstations that engage the senses, capture the imagination, and encourage creative expression.
Look out for them on the street outside ACC and at the Wingrove Street shops. Our playstations all have different themes to suit different interests and are designed so children can stop for a play by themselves or if the choose, share the experience with a friend.
Our playstations are just one of over 115 free Children’s Week events supported by the Victorian Department of Education and Training. You can also check out other events taking place across Victoria at www.education.vic.gov.au/childrensweek.
Keep your eye out over the long weekend for this super cute covid-safe neighbourhood play experience.
Hi Leanne here.
Well, I feel our news this week is full of creativity and arty goodness. Which is pretty lovely. I am always so inspired when we have new things and creative things on the cards …
Kalimna and I had our first day back together onsite on Friday … it was so very nice to catch up in real life and start thinking about getting going again. And now we’ve both got lists on lists of things to do!
In the next couple of weeks we will be touching base with all our groups to discuss the path forward for each … but feel free to call us or email us too if your group has a plan and/or is feeling impatient … it’s the squeaky wheels that get attention and all (especially in the chaos of once again rebuilding and reimagining everything).
In the meantime we have two things that are definitely happening:
Join us for our very casual Playtime in the Garden on Wednesday from 10am … and a BBQ sausage in bread with Jill at 12pm. She’s also upped her barista skills in the last months, and we’ll be firing up the Friends of Baucau coffee machine … and seeing how that goes!
Then … on Friday we’re offering another outdoor opportunity to catch up. Join Katrina for Gardening Group from 10am and Arty Gardening from 10.30am (we’ll be decorating tin cans and planting up seeds and seedlings 🌱 this week). Followed by Morning Tea on the Corner with Kalimna from 11.3am.
See you soon.
We’re looking forward to holding our Christmas 🎄 makers market this year. Save the date, Saturday 27 November - you’re guaranteed to feel great 😊 when you have your Christmas shopping done ✔️ before the start of December. And … it’s just lovely to support local makers and micro-businesses … especially after this tough year!
Speaking of which, if you are a local maker and you’d like a stall you can book one here.
Remember our community building blocks? Well they are ready for their street debut.
We’ve made a little (fake) grassy bench for them, and added a lick of paint here and there.
They’ll be out on the corner from this weekend.
