Prom Coast Food Collective

A delightful, collaborative and delicious initiative comes to South Gippsland   In the idyllic hills of South Gippsland, lies a veritable cornucopia of incredible, organically grown and locally crafted produce. From pasture-raised chicken, pork, beef, lamb and venison to honey harvested from local hives and cheeses made in small, family managed facilities; it’s all right […]

Communities in Control Forum: What Makes Healthy Communities?

What Makes Healthy Communities? The people in them!    Having spent a very agreeable two days being inspired by clever people who have found better ways of doing things through creative thinking, I came away from the 2017 Communities in Control conference with an underlying message that healthy communities really arise from the breadth of […]

Kate Buxton: Board Director of our Community Foundation.

Kate Buxton: Board Director of our Community Foundation The Board of the Community Foundation is made up of nine local individuals.  In the hot seat this month we introduce Kate Buxton.  Born in the UK, Kate graduated from the London School of Economics in 1987. Before migrating to Australia, she worked at a senior level in […]

Thorpdale Recreation Reserve

Thorpdale Recreation Reserve For a while we had been aware that the Thorpdale Rec Reserve’s boundary fence was deteriorating below ground level and in some places quite badly.  We had been monitoring the fence to ensure player safety however in some places the upright posts were close to non-existent due to rust.  We knew we had to […]

Ned Dennis

 Ned Dennis Board Member Q & A   The Board of the Community Foundation is made up of nine local individuals.  In the hot seat this month we introduce Ned Dennis, Community Strengthening Co-ordinator at South Gippsland Shire.  Ned has been a member of the Community Foundation for many years and then became a Board Director in […]

Mirboo North Arty Gras

  Mirboo North Arty Gras  As I stand in the middle of town, I’m over-powered by the bright colours of the festival and the sweet aroma of the market’s food stalls. As I turn slowly, I see many people. Big, small, young and old, all happy, all having a good time. This is the wonder […]

Transitioning Coal Communities

Transitioning Coal Communities Navigating Transition – Community Forum in Latrobe Valley opens door to shared experience and the power of community. 120 community members taking part at a recent Community Forum in Traralgon have heard about the experiences of communities transitioning from a coal economy in the Appalachian region of the US.   Once the largest […]

Boomerang Bags in Boolarra-Yinnar

Boomerang Bags in Boolarra-Yinnar Most of us would have seen the devastation that single-use plastic bags wreak upon marine life, as social media is being swamped daily with images of marine creatures suffering from human laziness; because that’s all it is.  Or is it? Recently, I took my ever-growing stash of plastic bags into the local […]

Pitchmaking Master Class for Local Community Groups

Pitchmaking Master Class for Local Community Groups As Justin Maxson noted at the Community Forum about Transitioning Coal Communities, it is not a lack of ideas which hampers communities, rather having the skills and capacity to get those ideas into action.  Increasingly grant makers are focusing on building capacity for this very reason, and one […]

Artspace – Community Access Workshops and After School Art Program

Artspace – ‘Community Access Workshops and After School Art Program’     The Artspace was delighted to be a successful recipient of the Community Foundation’s 2016 Community Grants round, for its ‘Community Access Workshops and After School Art Program’. The Community Foundation has been a major supporter since our establishment two years ago, through a multi-year […]