Tag: Community

Upcoming arts events in the West for the month of August

This month’s great op shop discovery is Yarraville’s Uniting Op Shop.

60 senior citizens from Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong embarked on a ten-week program that would, through strength and balance training, transform them into vibrant, confident men and women.

Sporting clubs like tennis clubs offer ways to promote community engagement and offer a unique platform for fostering unity. This is crucial for immigrants who have no or very few extended families for support. 

Picture this: young minds ablaze with imagination, transforming blank canvases into vibrant reflections of hope and unity; a manifestation of the International Women’s Peace Group’s (IWPG) Loving Peace Art Competition recently hosted at St James theApostle Primary School in Hoppers Crossing. In its 6th consecutive year, this esteemed international competition continues to captivate and involve more than 12,000 youths annually from 52 different countries across the globe. Despite the diversity of languages spoken by participants from different countries, the art they create speaks volumes, delivering messages of peace and unity to hearts around the world.

Who doesn’t love something for free? And with all the talk about a cost of living crisis and the need for us all to 'tighten our belts' we are all looking for ways to economise. So have you realised how much free food there is in your neighbourhood? Literally hiding in plain sight.

I have come to the conclusion that what makes Sunshine shine is its residents, many of whom are working class migrants with roots from all continents of the world. Of course I will not gloss over the fact that some people associate Sunshine with characters who have a shady past. These folks simply have not quite found the light within them try as they might. Some Sunshiners are clouded by thick, dark clouds. They are who they are. Their sunlight just cannot be seen or we have to look a little harder for it in them. 

Inner-West, where the rhythm of daily life echoes the diverse heartbeats of family life, a remarkable story of personal transformation and community-minded dedication unfolds.  Domenica, known affectionately as 'Dom' to her friends and 'Mum' to her teenagers, embarked on a 10-week journey with Daughters of the West that has spurred her on from the living room couch, in pursuit of opportunities to make a tangible difference in the community.  Dom’s path to the Daughters of the West program was inspired by her husband's positive experiences with the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation’s Sons of the West program.