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Boolarra BMX Track – Official Opening   We have featured the Boolarra BMX track project before in this newsletter, highlighting it as a fantastic example of a community giving its time and energy to develop a space for their young people. Well, the final pieces of the puzzle came together…

Men’s Shed Health and Wellbeing Event   A very successful Men’s Shed event was held at Lang Lang Memorial Hall on Tuesday 17 April, which saw almost 100 shedders, partners and community members come together to discuss health and wellbeing. The day was promoted as “Looking after self, looking after…

Communities in Control 2018 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…

Celebrating the Arts in Mirboo North on Mother’s Day Weekend       As the nights close in and the beautiful colours of autumn are all around, it reminds us that Mirboo North’s celebration of the Arts is just around the corner: the 37th Mirboo North Art Show and the…

Arty Gras – How to get involved?   Arty Gras – How to get involved? With Arty Gras not very far away (only 7 weeks!), now is the time of year for local groups and individuals to start thinking about how they’d like to participate. Street Parade Foremost of the…

U3A Mirboo North & District – Tools for Tutors As many of you will know from a previous article for this newsletter, our business model is to provide our members with access to a range of interesting, interactive and social courses and activities all for the price of membership ($45…

Sporting Grants   This month we take a look at how sporting clubs, associations and groups that keep our community moving and healthy can access grant funding to strengthen their communities. Often these groups are unable to apply through normal granting bodies in their communities, because as the Australian Charities…

Electoral Act Changes   Electoral Amendment Bill will limit debate and public policy development. There is significant concern in the charitable and social change sector about proposed amendments to Australia’s federal electoral laws. Unfortunately due to over-broad definitions in the Electoral Legislation Amendment bill, the impact of these changes, which…

Member Package     The Mirboo North & District Community Foundation is unusual amongst community foundations because it has a membership – most Community Foundations do not. The reason we fortunately do have a membership is because of the way in which the Community Foundation developed: one of our community’s…

Arty Bras-“Good Golly Miss Brolly”   In 2010 the fun & quirky exhibition “Arty Bras” was formed. This began as a fundraiser for Breast Cancer, where several bras were donated to the community, to be decorated and displayed during the Mirboo Nth Arty Gras Festival over the Mother’s Day weekend.…

Headway Gippsland Inc In 1981 a group of concerned parents came together through their concern to find appropriate supports for people living with an Acquired Brain Injuries (‘ABI’s).   Giving their time and using their own initiative, this group set about applying for funding and grants to ensure that people living…

  How can we build strong and resilient communities across our district? One way is to empower the people in our communities to find solutions for issues impacting them; to find better ways of doing things or simply to provide opportunities for everyone to connect, learn and live.  But where…