All Saints Kinder, in response to increased requirements for outdoor playtime for their preschool children, have recently created a new sandpit area incorporating natural play resources such as rocks, wood, grass, shrubs and sand. Adequate shade will ensure all the children can safely play out of the elements, not just in summer but all year round, and will also ensure …
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.
Ever year during school holidays ADANAC offer the Turbo camping program to primary and secondary school age children in the valley. Funding helps them provide subsidised places for local children who might otherwise not get to attend and participate in a host of amazing outdoor activities, including canoeing, aqua trampolining, archery, high ropes and more. But more than the fun …
Now in its fourth year, the Quarterly Crafternoons event, held at the Arts Centre in Warburton, has become an essential meeting point for craft enthusiasts from the valley and beyond. With free craft classes (and free materials thanks to our funding) and one of the best afternoon teas you’ll find anywhere (shared by all), the afternoon attracts the young and …
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 …
