Learn more about your legal rights whilst planning for your future during this free webinar.

Anita Koochew from Eastern Community Legal Centre will deliver an online information session on the role of Powers of Attorney and other Substitute Decision Making mechanisms to support people with a disability and their carers.

This event is being delivered as part of Victorian Law Week 2024. 

Come along and learn to play Bridge and make new friends and challenge your brain!

The fun sessions are led by a long-time bridge player, David Kuchmar. It includes a structured lesson and play time to practice your skills.

$3 donation per session and all coaching and cards supplied.

Car parking is available on site and bus 905 stops at Thompsons Road / Sunhill Road bus stop.

The Aussie Backyard Bird Count is a great way to connect with the birds in your backyard no matter where your backyard happens to be. A suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of forest, down by the beach, or the main street of town.

You can count as many times as you like over the week, we just ask that each count is completed over a 20-minute period.

The data collected assists BirdLife Australia in understanding more about the birds that live where people live.

You can record your bird count via a webform, or using the Aussie Bird Count app.

• Aussie Bird Count app for Android
• Aussie Bird Count app for Apple

For more information go to the Aussie Bird Count website.

We are thrilled to extend a warm invitation to you for a special occasion – the 50th Anniversary Celebration BBQ of the Doncaster Aeromodellers Club!

Come and join us for a day filled with nostalgia, camaraderie, and  delicious BBQ treats!

As we commemorate 50 years of soaring through the skies, let's gather to reminisce about cherished memories, celebrate milestones, and look forward to the exciting future of our beloved club.

Whether you're a current member, a past enthusiast, or someone interested in aeromodelling, this event promises to be an enjoyable gathering for all. 

Bring along your aircraft including vintage models for display!

For catering purposes, please register your attendance by Thursday 23 May via email at events@dac.org.au.

Active Manningham is running an online workshop to assist sports clubs understand marketing, promotion and social media.

MK Consulting will facilitate the session. Topics covered include:

• Effective marketing strategies for community sport.
• Understand how to tailor your marketing and promotion to reach diverse audiences.
• Learn how to maximise your club’s social media impact.

Want tips on how to be your most stylish self in the most sustainable way? Award-winning eco stylist and educator, Nina Gbor of Eco Styles will share her restyling tips.

Learn how to stylishly (re)use the items in your closet to look and feel amazing with any size and on any budget, while reducing your carbon footprint and textile waste.
Nina will also talk about:

• how to find your personal style
• how to find preloved treasures in op shops and online

About Nina Gbor
As the founder of Eco Styles, Nina Gbor is an award-winning sustainability advocate, ethical fashion speaker, climate activist, writer and educator. 
Nina has a master’s degree in International Development and is a former sustainable fashion tutor in short courses at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She coined the phrase ‘get off the fashion trendmill’ which means individuality and self-knowledge should be the premise for consuming clothing, not fashion trends.

Follow Nina on Insta @eco.styles for inspiration on secondhand and sustainable style hacks.

Maroondah City Council is hosting this event in collaboration with Knox City Council, Whitehorse City Council, Yarra Ranges Council, and Manningham Council.

No Lights No Lycra, is the original dance in the dark movement that's proven to make you feel better!

Come along and dance without limits or judgement as we turn off the lights and crank up the tunes during this casual, free-form dance class.

All you need to bring is your water bottle and comfortable clothes to dance in.

Release all your inhibitions and work up a sweat, all while completely sober.

Get outdoors and improve your wellbeing with these free yoga sessions, delivered by trained Aquarena Yoga instructors.

No prior experience needed, and people of all genders and ages are welcome to attend.

Please note: participants are required to bring their own exercise mat or towel to lay on the ground.

This a great opportunity to improve your health and wellbeing while connecting with others in the community.

Join the Serenity for Women group for a free mat Pilates class.

This class is focused on bringing together women from different multicultural backgrounds, creating a diverse and enriching environment. It will focus on improving flexibility, strength, core stability and body awareness using low impact, repetitive moves for a full body workout.

Improved flexibility:

• increased muscle strength and tone particularly of your abdominal muscles, lower back, hips and buttocks (the core muscles of your body)
• balanced muscle strength on both sides of your body
• improved posture
• better mobility.

Who are these classes for?

• classes are for females only.

What to bring:

• mat and water bottle
• wear comfortable clothing to work out in.

Registration:

• Register via Eventbrite – bookings are essential, maximum 25 participants per class.

It can be fun to plan an overseas holiday where you set your itinerary. Sometimes you don't want to be stuck on a bus and herded like cattle when you travel. You want to be free and tailor your own schedule. 

These two 2.5 hour informal sessions will explore how to plan, book and enjoy an overseas vacation when you want to do your own thing. 

We will explore how to go about this complicated exercise including:

• what to plan
• how to estimate the cost, and zoom in on the actual cost through the process
• when to use a travel agent and when not to use a travel agent
• economy versus premium economy versus business class – air travel
• fly/drive versus bus tours
• consideration of train travel versus car versus bus for medium distances
• travel insurance
• difference between travelling to Europe, USA and Asia – language, culture and cost
• using money overseas
• internet and phone access
• planning for medication
• and much more depending on where the discussion and questions take us.

The session will be guided by an experienced overseas traveller and is not commercially motivated. 

The main focus of the sessions will be to answer questions in advance of your proposed planning and travel – especially if you have not travelled internationally or not travelled for many years.

Are you looking to return to work, perhaps start up your own business or change career?

Register now for this FREE informative session in a relaxed environment at Pines Learning

Find out from the experts about short course ideas, the Swinburne Skills and Job Centre, Jobs Vic Advocates, the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme which helps you turn your business idea into a viable business, the Reconnect program and the Carers Employment Project.

You will also be provided with an opportunity for one-on-one consultations with representatives.

Victoria Street Playground in Ruffey Lake Park is being refreshed!

Guided by the Ruffey Lake Park Landscape Masterplan and the playspace community reference group, we’ve developed a preliminary concept design and would like your thoughts. 

Join us at the playground for a conversation with the designers while your kids build their big ideas for the playground at our Lego table.

For more information about the project, go to Victoria Street Playspace Upgrade.