Welcome Viv Williams
Welcome Viv Williams – Media & Operations Co-ordinator The Community Foundation is delighted to announce that Viv Williams has been appointed as our new Media and Operations Co-ordinator, taking over where Emma Evans has left off. Originally from South Africa, Viv grew up in a small mining town and after completing a tertiary qualification in […]
Community Leadership Forum at the Secondary College
Community Leadership Forum – Mirboo North Secondary College As part of the Year 9 Community Breakout program, the Mirboo North Secondary College has been organising a number of community forums for the students. A Student Leadership Forum took place in February, a Community Leadership Forum was held on Friday last and next term there will […]
Communities in Control
Communities in Control Our Community is Australia’s Centre of Excellence for the nation’s 600,000 not-for-profits organisations. It provides advice, easy to use tech tools, resources and training for people and organisations working to build stronger communities. Each year Our Community holds a two day annual conference called Communities in Control. This year the theme […]
Art Show Kick Off
Mirboo North Art Show and Arty Gras 2017 12th, 13th and 14th May May is the month in which the Arts are celebrated right across Gippsland (as the ‘Creative Gippsland Festival’), and it is no surprise that Mirboo North’s Art Show and Arty Gras is one of the oldest and best known events […]
Educational Support Fund 2017 Awards
Educational Support Fund 2017 Awards Mirboo North & District Community Foundation supports seven students entering tertiary education. On Friday evening at the Baromi Centre in Mirboo North, the Community Foundation held its 2017 Educational Support Fund Awards, to celebrate the achievements of and present awards to seven students from our District totalling $16,000. Each of […]
Transitioning Coal Communities
Transitioning Coal Communities The Community Foundation is delighted to announce that it will be co-hosting the Transitioning Coal Communities Tour when it comes to the Latrobe Valley on 26/27th April 2017 This tour is an initiative of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network (AEGN) to bring to Australia the ideas and expertise of two outstanding community […]
FRRR Back to School Vouchers
Back to School Vouchers The Mirboo North & District Community Foundation is very pleased to have partnered with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) again this year to bring the Back to School program to our district. This is a national program run by FRRR since 2005, aimed at helping students in rural […]
Mirboo North & District Community Foundation – AGM and Farewell
Mirboo North & District Community Foundation – AGM and Farewell The Mirboo North & District Community Foundation held its AGM on Monday 28th November 2016, at the Mirboo North Recreation Rooms. As always, the formalities included a report by the Chair of our Board, Paul Pratt, outlining the highlights of the previous year including […]
Rob Kiddell Receives Australian Community Philanthropy Award
Rob Kiddell Receives Australian Community Philanthropy Award The peak body for Australian Community Foundations, Australian Community Philanthropy, has awarded Mirboo North & District Community Foundations Director Rob Kiddell its inaugural local Philanthropist of the year award. The award, for major long term services and commitment to local philanthropy, was made at the October […]
Historic Mural opened at Mirboo North Primary School
Historic Mural opened at Mirboo North Primary School This morning the Primary School officially ‘opened’ their new mural of a historic school scene, which his now gracing the outside wall of the School facing the Strzelecki Highway. Created by local artists Shane Imlach and Helen Lockie from Art n’ Stuff after consultation with the School […]