Bike confidence courses
Creeds Farm Living and Learning Centre at Epping North is offering two new training courses by nationally accredited company Bikes@Work for parents who want to ride with their young children. Participants learn how to fit helmets, undertake safety checks, learn bike control skills, path and road riding and the best routes to take. A riding with babies and toddlers workshop is on May 31, 10am-12.30pm. Riding with primary school aged children is on Sunday, May 31, 1-3.30pm
■ Max, 9023 4606
Women’s business
An information night to help refugee and migrant women wanting to start a small business is on Thursday from 10.30am-noon at Whittlesea council offices, 25 Ferres Boulevard, South Morang. Stepping Stones is a new Whittlesea and Hume areas program run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence and offering mentoring, training and support to develop new skills.
■ Rebecca, 0428 906 935 or email rmeddings@bsl.org.au
Free family nature day
Family Nature day is a chance to discover your city backyard and the plants and wildlife that live there. The free event on May 24, will feature a reptile demonstration by The Snake Handler at 11am, a butterfly tent and an appearance by Lizzie the Lizard. It’s happening at Bababi Marning (Coopers Street grasslands), Craigieburn, via the gate opposite 111 Metrolink Circuit, Campbellfield.
www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au
Transform Church helps out
The Transform Church is a new contemporary church at Glenroy that runs Sunday services at 4pm. The church offers counselling services to people going through a difficult time and food parcels for people in need.
■ Senior Pastor Gregory Williams, 0449 852 486
National Sorry Day
Whittlesea Reconciliation Group will lead the council’s Sorry Day Walk around the civic centre precinct next Monday from 10am until noon. The guided walk is a chance to pause and reflect on the impact of the removal and separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from their families and communities, known as the Stolen Generations.
■ 9217 2174
Colour in Mernda
Simple and great fun art activities, including drawing and painting, will be held next Monday, from 1.30-3pm at the Mernda Community Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Drive, Mernda. You don’t have to be called an artist to make great art – this is for everyone.
