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Recovery Grant in Action: A Community Lunch to Remember

Four women stand inside a kitchen wearing aprons, posing for a photo with their hands in front of their bodies with plates of food spread out in front of them.

Last Monday the Mirboo North CWA Night Owls hosted a lively home-cooked and free Community Lunch at the Baromi Centre thanks to a grant from the Mirboo North Community Recovery Fund. Taking the place of the usual monthly community lunch, run by the Friends of Aged Care, the Mirboo North Night Owls offered their well […]

Community Grant in Action at the Mirboo North Shire Hall  

mirboo north shire hall building

The Mirboo North Shire Hall Committee of Management have recently purchased a large screen with an in-built projector thanks to a grant from the Mirboo North Community Recovery Fund.   This equipment will ensure that the Shire Hall is properly kitted out for large community meetings, when these are needed, and for on-going music, theatrical and […]

Safe Sawing in the Boo Returns in 2025

Over the last four years, storms have left their mark on the Mirboo North district. Wind-blown wood still covers many properties, especially after the major 2024 storm. This June, Safe Sawing in the Boo returns to help locals build practical chainsaw skills and clean up safely.     Local resident Sarah Lawless first noticed during the 2024 […]

Grants Awarded by Mirboo North Times 

Last Thursday evening we announced the grants from the Mirboo North Times Sub Fund for 2025.    Mirboo North Times Grants Support Storm Recovery and Community Projects The successful projects were ‘Chainsaw Replacement’ for the Wednesday Warriors, a ‘Community Music Event’ for Mirboo North Arts, a ‘Tilling Machine’ for the Friends of the Baths Road […]

Mirboo North Times opens Recovery Grants Program

Support for Small-Scale Recovery Projects Now Available The Mirboo North Times Community Fund is now open for applications for funding of up to $1,000 for community projects, events or initiatives in support of community resilience and recovery.  Resilience and recovery looks different for everyone, so this simple and easy to access grant opportunity is about […]

Insurance Preparedness Session with Gippsland Community Legal Service.

Understanding Insurance Coverage Each year, severe weather events and natural disasters worldwide destroy assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars. In many cases, only a small portion of the loss is insured. While most insurance policies cover bushfire, many do not include cover for damages caused by other events.Do you know if your insurance coverage […]

One Year On…

As the 13th February approaches, it is worth thinking about how you want to handle the anniversary of the devastating storm that hit our district so hard this time last year. Healing through time Anniversaries are a time of collective and personal remembrance; a time when we note the passage of time: what happened then […]

Impact of Mirboo North’s Community Recovery Fund

After the storm event in February our community was supported by amazing generosity from all directions.  Not only did hundreds of people volunteer to help others, there were many donating food, equipment and money to help the Mirboo North community. The Community Foundation set up the Community Recovery Fund in the days immediately following the […]

Recovery Program: Healing in our Environment 

We live in a beautiful part of Gippsland perched upon rolling hills of productive farmland and native bush.  Some have grown up here, whilst others have chosen this spot where the tall trees and native habitat are interlinked with our day to day lives.  The feedback from the community has told us that the damage […]