Community News

Tennis Program - 12 October to 23 November

Mitchell Neighbourhood Policing Forum - 14 October

Come & Try Lawn Bowls - 16, 23 & 30 October

Rotary Trivia Night - 17 October

Free Audiology Screening from 19 October

Mitchell Shire Library Guest - 21 October

Seymour Sharks

Halloween Horrors - 29 October 

👻 Halloween Horrors

📅 Thursday 29 October 2026⏰ 5.00pm – 8.30pm

📍Shepparton Library

🎟️Free

While the planned October Amplify Creative Hub session will no longer be taking place, the Amplify Youth Committee will be joining Shepparton Library's Halloween Horrors event to deliver a range of free youth-friendly activities.

Young people can enjoy:

🎨 Creative craft activities led by the Amplify Youth Committee

🎭 Face painting

🍕 Free pizza

🎲 Ghoulish games and Halloween fun

🎬 Screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas

The event provides a fun, safe and welcoming opportunity for young people to connect with friends, get creative and celebrate Halloween in the community.

Suitable for young people aged 12–25 years.

Budding Photographers

Sustainability through your own lens 

https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/sustainability/sustainability-through-your-own-lens

The Sustainability through your own lens school photography competition, delivered by Resource Smart Schools, celebrates student creativity through imagery and a written reflection.

Each winning entry will receive $200 for their school to support a sustainability project or initiative. Winners will be invited to the 2027 ResourceSmart Schools Awards, where their work will be showcased as part of a special exhibition.

An adult school staff member must manage and submit each entry on behalf of the student or student group. Entries will be considered across the following categories:

• Lower primary: Prep–Year 4
• Middle years: Years 5–8
• Senior school: Years 9–12.

Competition close: Friday 16 October.

Students looking for ideas, may be interested in learning about and including one of Mitchell Shire’s Focal Species in their submissions.

💍 The Wedding Singer 💍- 7 to 15 November

It’s 1985. Hair is big. Love is complicated. And the wedding singer has a lot to say!

Seymour Performers Workshop is excited to present The Wedding Singer - a hilarious, feel-good musical packed with 80s music, outrageous characters, big dance numbers and plenty of laughs.

When wedding singer Robbie Hart is left at the altar, he swears off love - until he meets Julia, a sweet waitress engaged to the wrong man. What follows is a rollercoaster of romance, friendship, heartbreak and plenty of 80s fun!

Featuring a fantastic cast of local performers, The Wedding Singer is a high-energy celebration of love, friendship and finding the courage to follow your heart.

📅 Show Dates: 7th – 15th November 2026 (2 evening shows and 3 matinees)

📍Venue: Seymour College Arts Centre, corner of Loco Street and Anglesey Street

🎟️Tickets:www.spworkshop.org.au/the-wedding-singer

* Rated PG-13 by Music Theatre International (MTI). Parental discretion is advised.

Volume Summit - 20 November

The Volume Summit in 2026 will give creative young people aged 12-18 in Mitchell Shire and surrounding regional areas the chance to connect with their peers and industry professionals in a relaxed, low-pressure environment. Attendees will take part in hands on activities and have meaningful conversations about the opportunities available to them as they develop their creative interests, and network with other young people attending the event. Also, lunch and snacks will be provided! 😊

 The event will run on Friday 20th November, from 10am to 2pm at Broadford Hall (this is a pupil free day). 

 Activities will include a facilitated open mic session on the main stage (thanks to Strathbogie Rocks) , a young DJ on the decks pumping tunes and giving young people the opportunity to get involved, track building with DJ PHATcontrolla, the opportunity for young people to get creative and paint on large banners with a key theme based on the event, a facilitated social deduction (roleplaying game), networking opportunities, and more to come!

There is free transport options from the front of Seymour College on the day. This is limited so please email youth@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au if you need transport or for more information.

FREE Cooking Together Facilitator Training

FREE Cooking Together Facilitator Training.

Omnia Community Health are partnering with Expert Eats as part of the Nourishing Neighbourhoods project with Mitchell and Murrindindi Shires to offer FREE training in leading cooking classes or social groups. This training offers evidence-based best practice on how to prepare, plan and deliver cooking classes or support a social cooking group. The training will help build confidence and connection, and is aimed at school communities and staff, community workers, volunteers, local residents and groups.

Anyone wanting to start, support or lead a community cooking group is welcome!

Please share the flyer with your contacts. We are gathering Expressions of Interest and will have a confirmed date and location for the training shortly. There will be one workshop in Mitchell Shire, and one offered in Murrindindi. For those who need to travel to attend, we can offer fuel vouchers to cover travel expenses. 

If you have any questions, please get in touch. I’m happy to talk through details.

Seymour & District Community House

Arts & Crafts on Fridays after school

 Cub Scouts

Berry Street Foster Carer 

Saver Plus 

Saver Plus is a free, 10-month program that provides eligible participants the opportunity to receive matched savings from ANZ for every dollar they save, once they have completed the program (up to $500 for education items, such as school uniforms, computers and textbooks).

Saver Plus was developed by ANZ and the Brotherhood of St Laurence in 2003 and is delivered in partnership with The Smith Family and Berry Street Yooralla. It is funded by ANZ and Department of Social Services. 

To be eligible for Saver Plus, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be 18+ years old
• Have a Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card
• Receive an eligible Commonwealth social security benefit, allowance or payment*
• Be in school yourself OR have a child in school (can be starting school next year)
• Have regular income from work (either yourself or your partner, or receive a carers payment, child support payment, cash in hand or Workcover payment).