A short post this week, with a few reminders.

• We have Crunch on Thursday at 12.30pm. $15 for a delicious lunch and a creative activity.

• Come along on Friday at 10.30am for morning tea and have a chat with Clare about our multi-use garden. It should be interesting. This Garden Tour is part of Urban Agriculture month.

• Next week we have Preserves Group at 1pm on Tuesday and Movie Club on in the evening. We’ll let you know the movie and the time later this week.

• We’ll be getting ready for the Makers Market on Saturday 23 November from 11am-2pm which also coincides with the start of the Alphington Open Studios weekends. We are once again really looking forward to hosting local artists here at ACC and the market is always a great local community event. We hope you can make it.

Also, next week we’ll be participating in the 4 yearly Community Survey that is run by our peak body Neighbourhood Houses Victoria (NHVic). We’ll have QR codes around our site and will ask everyone who comes along to take two minutes to participate and complete the survey. The survey really helps us build a picture of the value of our house in terms of community need for our services and why and how people engage with us … and it is fundamental to securing our ongoing funding as a sector - so we’d be really grateful if you participated. Keep an eye out for the QR codes if you are here!

Lots on (still) as we roll into the end of the year … see you soon.

Leanne

We’ll be closed Monday and Tuesday for the Cup Day holiday.

We’ll see you Wednesday for Line Dancing and Playgroup. Please note AAA Bowls will not run this week due to an event at the bowls club.

Thursday is Japanese Language Playgroup and Crunch, with Choir at night.

Friday we have our Community Day - gardening, craft and community shed activities from 10-12pm, lunch at 12pm and AAA Arts from 1.

We hope to see you here soon!

We’re excited to be part of Project Stationery this year.

This project, in its second year, is encouraging schools to reduce their stationery waste by offering a collection framework for (public and private, primary and secondary) schools and a redistribution service for the collected stationery.

Such a great service to families … no more drawers of minimally used plastic folders, pencils, notebooks etc. cluttering up houses and eventually ending up in the bin!

If your school cares about and actions environmental sustainability and would be able to organise a stationery collection drive at the end of the year, they can now register with Project Stationery.

Visit project_stationery on instagram and follow the link to join up.

Such a great idea! It was fabulous to see it rollout last year … and hopefully it will be even better this year.

We’re thrilled to be able to help all the amazing volunteers involved this summer.

Urban Agriculture month was introduced by Sustain Australia in 2021 to help celebrate, showcase and spread the understanding of what urban agriculture is. Sustain Australia’s definition is::

‘growing and producing food in cities, towns and suburbs; in backyards, in laneways and balconies, on verges and in schools - to empower local action. Creating healthy food hubs, volunteering opportunities and meaningful community connections.’

November will be a chance to find out where and what Yarra residents and organisations are growing food/supporting urban agriculture in the city, and to join in on a variety of activities.

We have an event here!

Date: Friday 15 November

Time: 10.30 -11.30am

Event: Morning tea and tour of garden and discussion around  integrating edible plants in garden design (permaculture principles etc.)

RSVP if you can for catering purposes by emailing us or giving us a call.

Coming up soon! Put the dates in your diary … This year this event is supported by the Community Bank in Queens Parade.