Are you covered for emergencies at home?

We are holding a home insurance workshop with Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC), a multidisciplinary legal service that works to prevent problems and support community resilience.

The session will cover important topics including:

• having an up-to-date insurance policy  
• the right insurance amount for your home and contents
• what to look out for in your existing insurance policy.

Participants are encouraged to bring insurance policy documents for personal reference during the session.

It's free to register but bookings are essential. 

Are you covered for emergencies at home?

We are holding a home insurance workshop with Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC), a multidisciplinary legal service that works to prevent problems and support community resilience.

The session will cover important topics including:

• having an up-to-date insurance policy  
• the right insurance amount for your home and contents
• what to look out for in your existing insurance policy.

Participants are encouraged to bring insurance policy documents for personal reference during the session.

It's free to register but bookings are essential. 

Come along to find out how you can electrify everything to improve your home environment, and ease the burden on your budget.

This webinar will explore essential transition areas including:

• why an all-electric home
• the benefits of getting off gas
• which items need attention
• how to plan your transition
• what assistance and rebates are available.

Our presenter, Ian Moxon, is a seasoned sustainability consultant with over 15 years of experience in this field. He’ll share his extensive knowledge and valuable industry insights into the benefits of changing to an all-electric home.

This event is part of our Inspired Living Series. This series showcases an exciting range of fun and sustainable activities and events for all ages, supporting sustainability at home, in the community and at work.

Bookings are essential.

As gas prices increase and more people are looking at ways to reduce their carbon footprint, the transition to an all-electric home is both financially appealing and a sure way to take action against climate change.

This information session will help you understand:

• economic and environmental benefits of reducing your household gas (and fuel) consumption
• steps to creating an efficient, all-electric home that can accommodate electric vehicles in the future
• ways to power your home with renewables, if your household is not able to have solar
• your eligibility for the wide range of rebates

All Manningham residents who attend on the night will go into the draw to win a Virtual Home Energy Assessment worth $225!

This phone assessment will be tailored to your household, helping you to plan for a cost-effective and comfortable transition away from gas. We may contact the winner to check on progress in both reducing bills and making the home more energy efficient.

To attend this event, you must have an internet enabled PC or device and be able to download Zoom. Don’t have Zoom? Download it for free. You’ll be provided with the Zoom meeting link when you book.

This free information session is brought to you by Manningham and the Australian Energy Foundation. If you're unable to make the session, you can still learn more about how to keep your home cool while saving energy on the Australian Energy Foundation website.

Do you share a home with your adult children? Whether your kids have moved back into your home, or you are sharing a space, this presentation will provide tips to maintain harmony in your household and control of your lifestyle.  Followed by a morning tea and service provider stalls. 

Bookings are essential for this free event. 

Register online or call the Manningham Healthy Ageing Team on 9840 9230 to book your spot. 

Transport and parking

If you require assistance with transport, please contact Eastern Volunteers (EV) directly for transport bookings on 9870 7822. 

Parking is available in the Civic Centre car park. 

We are funding in person energy advice consultations to help residents make the switch to an all-electric home. The sessions are one-on-one with a qualified energy adviser, and will run for 20 minutes.

 ​On behalf of Manningham Council, Caroline Burgess from Be Comfy will be delivering the consultations. ​These sessions are available at no cost to Manningham residents.

A 20 minute one-on-one advice session can help you:

• discuss ways to make the switch from gas to electricity in your home, tailored to your budget and situation
• reduce your energy use, understand your energy bill, or review your energy plan
• access basic advice on a specific energy efficiency issue.

As part of the Inspired Living Series, Jesse Glascott and Elle Paton will discuss sustainable building design and tiny homes at the Manningham Function Centre.

Jesse Glascott, is co-founder of the Sustainable Building Alliance, Director of G-Lux Builders and architect of the iconic Warrandyte Panel House. Jesse will discuss what goes into designing and building net zero sustainable homes.

Elle Paton is co-founder of the Australian Tiny House Association. Tiny homes are prefabricated, transportable dwellings that can provide off-grid, eco-friendly and low cost solutions. Elle will share her story of what its like to live in a tiny house.

Inspired Living Series - keynote speaker events

The Inspired Living Series - keynote speaker events showcases five insightful, not-to-be-missed evenings at the iconic Manningham Function Centre.

The series will introduce you to a diverse line-up of local and international keynote speakers offering unique insights on how we can all shift to a greener future.

Topics range from permaculture to sustainable fashion. Each speaker will inspire and motivate simple, positive lifestyle choices, connection to nature and growing a thriving community in the midst dynamic change.

Discover cutting-edge strategies for designing sustainable, high-performance homes. 

This webinar will cover the fundamentals of passive solar design, helping you create energy-efficient spaces that maximise comfort and reduce environmental impact. We'll also dive into the latest commercially available sustainable materials—made from recycled and bio-based resources—that are reshaping urban construction.

This webinar is part of Renew's Sustainable House Day (SHD) 2025 webinar series.

Please note:

• Registration is essential.
• Manningham residents can book this event individually, or access a 50 per cent discount on the webinar Series Pass to attend all eight webinars ($37.50).
• This session will be recorded and sent out to registered participants. 
• Each webinar will take place on Zoom. If you need to download Zoom, you can do so here.
• You will receive the link to attend the sessions the day before each event.
• Renew is a small non-profit organisation that needs to raise money from ticket sales to cover the costs of hosting this event.

Electrify Your Life

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

By switching to electric appliances, you can create a safer and healthier home for your family.

Does your house tend to be too hot or cold? 

Learn how to keep your home comfortable year-round with simple upgrades and smart appliance choices.

Our presenter Lucinda is an experienced home energy efficiency assessor. She's visited hundreds of homes to help people develop a roadmap towards lower energy bills and greater comfort in all seasons. 

Topics include:

• how heat moves in and out of your home  
• staying warmer in winter and cooler in summer
• choosing efficient and affordable appliances
• habits and behaviours to make your home more liveable
• government freebies, rebates and financial incentives.

You'll leave with fresh ideas and an upgrades roadmap to help you achieve greater comfort and lower energy use – long into the future.

The session is suited to anyone looking for simple, practical ways to save money, reduce their environmental impact, and improve the liveability of their home. 

Registrations are essential.

Note: an evening session of this event will run on 4 March 2025.

Power up a cleaner future

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

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By switching to electric appliances, you can create a safer and healthier home for your family.

Does your house tend to be too hot or cold? 

Learn how to keep your home comfortable year-round with simple upgrades and smart appliance choices.

Our presenter Lucinda is an experienced home energy efficiency assessor. She's visited hundreds of homes to help people develop a roadmap towards lower energy bills and greater comfort in all seasons. 

Topics include:

• how heat moves in and out of your home  
• staying warmer in winter and cooler in summer
• choosing efficient and affordable appliances
• habits and behaviours to make your home more liveable
• government freebies, rebates and financial incentives.

You'll leave with fresh ideas and an upgrades roadmap to help you achieve greater comfort and lower energy use – long into the future.

The session is suited to anyone looking for simple, practical ways to save money, reduce their environmental impact, and improve the liveability of their home. 

Registrations are essential.

An additional day time session of this event will run on 10 April 2025.

Electrify Your Life

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

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Keep up to date with our latest environment and sustainability events.

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Learn how to retrofit your home so that it is more resilient to extreme weather events like fires, storms and floods, using practical strategies from Renew's Green Rebuild Toolkit.

This webinar is part of Renew's Sustainable House Day (SHD) 2025 webinar series.

Please note:

• Registration is essential.
• Manningham residents can book this event individually, or access a 50 per cent discount on the webinar Series Pass to attend all eight webinars ($37.50).
• This session will be recorded and sent out to registered participants. 
• Each webinar will take place on Zoom. If you need to download Zoom, you can do so here.
• You will receive the link to attend the sessions the day before each event.
• Renew is a small non-profit organisation that needs to raise money from ticket sales to cover the costs of hosting this event.

Electrify Your Life

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

Want to get started on removing gas from your home? This webinar will take you through the steps, highlight some of the challenges, and debunk some of the common myths so that your journey to an all-electric home is smooth!

This webinar is part of Renew's Sustainable House Day (SHD) 2025 webinar series.

Please note:

• Registration is essential.
• Manningham residents can book this event individually, or access a 50 per cent discount on the webinar Series Pass to attend all eight webinars ($37.50).
• This session will be recorded and sent out to registered participants. 
• Each webinar will take place on Zoom. If you need to download Zoom, you can do so here.
• You will receive the link to attend the sessions the day before each event.
• Renew is a small non-profit organisation that needs to raise money from ticket sales to cover the costs of hosting this event.

Electrify Your Life

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

Explore innovative and affordable housing solutions like tiny homes, co-housing and secondary dwellings, addressing the opportunities, challenges, and planning considerations when building differently.

This webinar is part of Renew's Sustainable House Day (SHD) 2025 webinar series.

Please note:

• Registration is essential.
• Manningham residents can book this event individually, or access a 50 per cent discount on the webinar Series Pass to attend all eight webinars ($37.50).
• This session will be recorded and sent out to registered participants. 
• Each webinar will take place on Zoom. If you need to download Zoom, you can do so here.
• You will receive the link to attend the sessions the day before each event.
• Renew is a small non-profit organisation that needs to raise money from ticket sales to cover the costs of hosting this event.

Electrify Your Life

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

Running an all-electric home with solar, a battery and even an electric vehicle means taking into account how and when to use your energy, and thinking about energy tariffs to maximise efficiency and savings on your energy bills.

This webinar is part of Renew's Sustainable House Day (SHD) 2025 webinar series.

Please note:

• Registration is essential.
• Manningham residents can book this event individually, or access a 50 per cent discount on the webinar Series Pass to attend all eight webinars ($37.50).
• This session will be recorded and sent out to registered participants. 
• Each webinar will take place on Zoom. If you need to download Zoom, you can do so here.
• You will receive the link to attend the sessions the day before each event.
• Renew is a small non-profit organisation that needs to raise money from ticket sales to cover the costs of hosting this event.

Electrify Your Life

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

Ready to level up your composting effort? Come along and learn from the experts at Compost Community.

They will show you how to advance your composting journey, including:

• speed up your compost
• trouble shoot issues
• harvest and use your compost.

Learn some tips and tricks to help you push the envelope and recycle more organics at home.

Learn how to find a volume builder with a focus on sustainability and incorporate energy-efficient design choices, like solar passive strategies and thermal efficiency, to make your new home more eco-friendly. 

What are the questions you should be asking? And how do you get the most sustainable build using a volume builder?

This webinar is part of Renew's Sustainable House Day (SHD) 2025 webinar series.

Please note:

• Registration is essential.
• Manningham residents can book this event individually, or access a 50 per cent discount on the webinar Series Pass to attend all eight webinars ($37.50).
• This session will be recorded and sent out to registered participants. 
• Each webinar will take place on Zoom. If you need to download Zoom, you can do so here.
• You will receive the link to attend the sessions the day before each event.
• Renew is a small non-profit organisation that needs to raise money from ticket sales to cover the costs of hosting this event.

Electrify Your Life

This event is part of our Electrify Your Life program, which supports residents to go all-electric at home, creating a brighter Manningham. Learn how to make the switch at Electrify Your Life.

Progeny is a collection of dynamic works, spanning video, sculpture, painting, and digital media by Edwina Green. The works collectively highlight Green’s creative practice and research interests across recent years (2019-2023).

Progeny in its direct meaning is to be ‘the descendants of a person, animal or plant; offspring’ and pulls from the artists continued connectivity between ancestral lines, intergenerational discourse, and concurrence of being both ancestor and descendant.

Informed by her identity as a Trawlwoolway First Nations woman, motifs of weaving, hand harvested and sewn bags, kelp, spoken word, organic movements on canvas, images of home, and oysters communicate a delicate ancestral tribute, and the current dance in which Green is choreographing with her multidisciplinary, experimental practice.

Progeny interrogates introspection, historical association, vulnerability, and an ability to invest in the artist's practice with a sense of intentional curiosity and closeness. 

Edwina Green, Oyster. Image by Jordan Halsall.

Please note, the garden is closed for renovations from June to August 2025. 

Come and join the fun at the Doncaster Hill Community Garden! 

Every 2 weeks community members gather to lend a hand with planting, sowing seeds, weeding, watering and harvesting fresh produce. 

Comprising of 24 garden beds, fruit trees and herb patches, the produce is grown and harvested communally. There are no fences, locked gates or private plots. While most of the produce gets donated to local food banks, volunteers are able to get involved in fun and interesting activities, learn about gardening and connect with others. 

The garden is open to all and welcomes anyone with an interest in growing food, meeting others and learning new things. 

All gardening tools are provided. Please bring a water bottle, hat and closed toe shoes. 

No registration required.