Want your event listed? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and activities. Send item details to Star Weekly Community Calendar, Corner Thomsons Road and Keilor Park Drive, Keilor Park, 3042, or email to westeditorial@starweekly.com.au by 9am Wednesday the week prior to publication.
Creative arts and fitness
Banksia Gardens Community Services is running yoga and jewellery making classes every Tuesday.
■ 9309 8531
Craft and Conversation
Craigieburn library is hosting a Wednesday weekly craft group from 1-3pm and everyone is welcome. Join the craft and conversation group and share your love of all things crafty. Bring your current project and make new friends.
Community lunch in Roxburgh Park
Join the Homestead Team, along with members of the community for a free lunch and make some new friends whilst you’re at it. Lunch will be prepared by the Turkish Women’s Association. The lunch will be held every Wednesday from 11.30am-1pm at Homestead Community and Learning Centre, 30 Whiltshire Road, Roxburgh Park.
■https://shorturl.at/cER26
Craigieburn Toastmasters
Craigieburn Toastmasters supports community members in developing and practising their public speaking, leadership, and communication skills. They meet the first and third Thursday from 7-9pm at the Craigieburn Guide Hall, 33 Hamilton St, Craigieburn.
Tai chi for health
Come along to Homestead Community and Learning Centre in Roxburgh Park for a lesson in tai chi, a low impact exercise program to build strength. Everyone is welcome, every Monday from 10-11am.
■https://www.hume.vic.gov.au/Eventbrite/Tai-Chi-for-Health-317365848797
Adult education
Banksia Gardens Community Services is running adult education courses including an introduction to computers and brushing up on English skills.
■ 9309 8531
Senior citizens meet
The Gladstone Park Senior Citizens Club regularly meets for games of bingo, carpet bowls and a chat over a cuppa, at the coroner of Carrick and Elmhurst drives, Gladstone Park.
■Beulah, 0411 422 398
Homestead Walking Group
Enjoy some fresh air, beautiful gardens and meet other locals. Volunteer leaders will meet at the Homestead Community and Learning Centre at 9.30am on Wednesdays for a 30–45 minute walk.
■ www.hume.vic.gov.au/Eventbrite/Homestead-Walking-Group-493400784027
Phone connect program
This is a free community service for older people and people with disability, living on their own in the Hume and Whittlesea regions. Through the Community Connect Program, you will receive regular phone calls from a volunteer to check that you are safe, secure and well.
■ 8301 8863
Education and community centre
Do you or someone you know need help learning English or understanding technology? Craigieburn Education and Community Centre is offering free beginner English and computer classes to eligible residents. Small, relaxed and friendly classes, drop in and say hello at 20 Selwyn Avenue, Craigieburn.
■ 9308 1477 or www.craigieburn.org.au
Sunbury Seniors (55 or older) meet on Mondays and Fridays at 8 O’Shanassy Street, Sunbury, from 10am-3pm. A variety of activities are offered – indoor bowls, cards, snooker, guest speakers, day excursions, subsidised lunches or just a cup of coffee and a chat.
■ 0434 400 754
Whittlesea Historical Society
The Whittlesea Historical Society meets on the third Sunday of each month at Whittlesea Bowls Club at 2pm. Visitors are most welcome to attend.
■ 0414 740 778 or www.whittleseahistoricalsociety.org.au
Indigenous Community Gardens open day
Westmeadows Indigenous Community Garden members are hosting a monthly open day on the first Saturday of each month 11am-noon, to showcase the gardens at the corner Toora Drive and Redan Court. All are welcome.
■ Eva Mazzei: emmmazzei@gmail.com
Craigieburn Residents Association
Do you live in Craigieburn and wonder what’s happening re-roads and facilities, or have a concern you’d like to raise so it can be addressed? Go along to the Craigieburn Residents Association and tell them about it. The association liaises with Hume council, as well as state and federal government organisations to get the job done. They also give annual donations to a local charity each year. They meet on the last Wednesday of the month at Selwyn House, Selwyn Avenue, Craigieburn 7.30 p.m.
■ craigieburnresidents@gmail,com, or 0401 369 311
Solar information
Everything you need to know to install quality, affordable rooftop solar and take up Victorian government and Hume Council rebates will be discussed at a Hume solar information session in Broadmeadows on March 27. To make it easier for Hume residents to install rooftop solar, Hume City Council has partnered with not-for-profit energy experts Yarra Energy Foundation (YEF) and accredited solar provider Green Home Green Planet to offer quality, affordable solar energy systems.
Sunbury Art Society
The Sunbury Art Society meets every Friday and Saturday from 10am – 3pm at the Boilerhouse, Jacksons Hill, to paint or draw over a cuppa with other like minded people. New members welcome.
■ Ken, 0407062568 or Yvonne, 0429994828
Coffee with council
The next Coffee with council meeting will be held on Thursday, March 21, from 11am-12:30pm. Join at Armanii’s at Uni Hill Bundoora for a free cuppa and to chat about the issues that matter most to you in the Whittlesea community.
■ 9217 2170
Celebrating 170 years of Yan Yean water
Join in celebrating the 170th anniversary of the Yan Yean Reservoir, Melbourne’s first water supply system. Sunday, March 24 from 11am-3pm at Caretaker’s Cottage Yan Yean Reservoir Recreation Road, Yan Yean.
Weed management technologies showcase
Discover a range of new and emerging technologies for weed management. Join this showcase of emerging technologies including steam, drones, hot water and goats on Friday, March 22 from 10am-1pm at the Whittlesea Showgrounds.
■ 9217 2170
Whittlesea Disability Network
Come along to a Whittlesea Disability Network community catch up to share information and connect with people in a relaxed and welcoming environment. You can meet and talk with the Whittlesea council’s disability planner and WDN members from your local area. The next catch up is April 9, between 11am-12.30pm at the Laurimar Community Centre. 110 Hazel Glen Drive, Doreen.
■9217 2170
Repair Corner
Do you have items in need of repair? Come along to the Donnybrook Repair Corner. The Donnybrook Repair Corner launched on March 2 has free kids activities, face painter, coffee and light refreshments and will run monthly The group can repair all kinds of personal items that you may have otherwise thrown away, giving them a new life and helping reduce waste. The skilled volunteer repairers assess your items to determine if they can be repaired within the allocated timeframe, and do their best to fix or repair items. To have an item repaired please register. The corner is held at the Shared Space, 995 Donnybrook Road, Donnybrook on between 10am-12pm.
