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Our new issue of Local Life is fresh off the press and available today! Read about the latest projects we have sponsored and what they mean for you personally and for our community! From improving communications in times of emergency, to celebrating the 50th anniversary of our local preschool, improving information resources about out local trails to recapping our annual photo …
PORTRAITS ADORN SHOP FRONTS By Jesse Graham PAINTED portraits from Upper Yarra artists are currently hanging in shopfronts around Warburton as part of a street exhibition running until 23 November. The Face2Face exhibition, organised by the Upper Yarra Community Enterprise (UYCE), features 24 portraits of Upper Yarra residents, painted by Upper Yarra residents, hanging in shopfronts around Warburton. UYCE community …
We are very pleased to announce the winners of our ‘2016 Upper Yarra My Place, My Community’ Photo Competition. These twelve winning images will be featured in our 2017 Calendar (out November). Thank you to everyone who entered and to all those who joined us on awards night. Please join us in congratulating: Yarra Junction Branch Choice: No. 87 – …
Join us tonight (Wed 7 Sept) from 7pm at the Warburton Arts Centre to celebrate with the winners of our annual My Place My Community photo competition. See a full presentation of the entries here.
We always talk about ‘where the money goes’ in terms of the sponsorships that are given to our community, so the question of how we are able to do this year after year is an important one. In the same way as a regular bank, your Community Bank offers products and services with the goal of being a profitable business. …
A big shout out to our director Joy, and team members Julie and Wendy who together are ‘Know NO Limits’ a team participating in the upcoming “Weekend to end women’s cancers’. These wonderful women are raising money by walking 60km over two days (16 and 17 April) and anyone who wants to support them can donate in just a couple …
FOUR students from the Upper Yarra area have received a great boost to their education through scholarships under the Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Bank branches scholarship program. Chairman Peter Kimberley said the scholarships go to students with diverse academic interests and the potential to change their own community, and the world. Sarah Bamford from Warburton will commence a Bachelor …
Youth Foundation supports programs that have a specific impact for young people in the Upper Yarra Valley. Aleksei Bondarenko-Edwards, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Upper Yarra recently accepted funding from the Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Bank branches for a community services program aimed at addressing some of the key challenges faced by young people in the valley …
Diploma of Specialist Makeup Services at Victoria University Brigid has been involved in local theatre productions for many years, both through her school and in local theatre company MISFIT. She has performed and written material for screen and stage and loves all the behind-the-scenes elements involved in a production, especially costume and make up, which has inspired her choice of …
Scholarship 2016 – Meet Zak Gilsenan from Big Pats Creek Bachelor of Global Studies/Commerce degree at Australian Catholic University Zak is enrolling in a double degree as a stepping stone to a career in business. He has enjoyed being part of school productions and has been awarded for his academic achievements at school. He has particularly enjoyed taking part in …
