Community News
THE DOLL'S HOUSE IN 'OPEN HOUSE MELBOURNE'
The Doll's House owned by Collingwood College will be open to the public on Saturday, 29 July as part of Open House Melbourne.
The Doll’s House, built in the 1880s, is possibly the smallest house in Victoria. It consists of two rooms and is only 2.5 metres wide. It was occupied until 1978. At one time a family of five lived in the house. The first couple who lived in the house had a daughter named Lily, who died at a very young age. Collingwood once had a very high infant and child mortality rate due to bad living conditions. The Doll’s House shows the history of the working class in Victoria, providing evidence of the living conditions experienced by slum dwellers before strict planning controls. After a report in 1937, houses such as the Doll’s House were demolished to make way for Housing Commission flats. The Doll’s House was moved twice and ended up dismantled in the council yards with the council unsure about what to do with it. It was then decided to sell it to Collingwood College for $1, and it was rebuilt close to its original site in Islington Street. In 2013 the house was restored by a group of Collingwood College students as part of a history project. It now looks as it would have when Lily was living there with her parents in the 1880s.
Need to Know:
Heritage Listed: Yes
Open: Saturday, 29 July from 10am - 1pm - Booking required for this building
What's Open: All sections
Special Note: Limited mobility access
Tour Type: Pre-booked
Click here to make a booking
CHARM OF FINCHES SHOW
Collingwood College students, sisters Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, aka Charm of Finches, are playing a special show at The Thornbury Theatre to celebrate one year since releasing their debut album "Staring at the Starry Ceiling" into the world.
Friday 28th July, with special guest, award winning South Australian artist Loren Kate. The show starts at 8pm and finishes at 10pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Bookings : http://www.thethornburytheatre.com/project/charm-finches-album-anniversary-show-july-28-2017/
CRAFT GROUP
Collingwood Crafters – your attention please!
The Beehive Craft group is continuing to meet on Friday mornings in the canteen.
This is the main period of making to support the Spring Fair!
Please come along on Friday mornings to the canteen and join us to sit and stitch, or pick up a pattern resource to make at home.
This week: the three little kittens who lost their mittens.
There are always plenty of options catering for skill level and time available. You are welcome to dip in and out as interest and availability permits.
Early this term: machine sewing day (doll cloths, aprons, dress up capes), felt story sets, extra afternoon workshop making beeswax food wraps, extra weekend workshop hand-dyeing wool felt (limited places)
If you would like to have a kit or a pattern / material to make for the fair at home, please contact Lauren on 0422133655 or email beehivecraftgroup@gmail.com
Collingwood Beehive Craft Group
ACTIVITIES FOR ALL ABILITIES
Please read the following for opportunities for all abilities to be active:
All Abilities Netball Programs and Competitions
All Abilities Netball provides the chance for people with physical or intellectual disability to participate directly or indirectly in local netball clubs and associations.
Most competitions and programs run during the netball season (March to September) and caters for ages 14 years and up, males and females. It is best to check with your nearest centre to find out if it’s the right program for you.
The closest All Abilities Netball Competition to Darebin is located in:
• Parkville All Abilities Netball
• Doncaster and District Netball Association
Get involved: You can register your interest through the above Associations directly or inquire through Netball Victoria. Email community@netballvic.com.au or phone 9321 2222.
Balloon Netball League (BNL)
Netball Victoria has teamed up with Scope to create opportunities in netball for people with intellectual, physical and multiple disabilities.
Fast, friendly and competitive, BNL is played with a large balloon on an indoor netball court. Players use either powered or manual wheelchairs, and can use a support person to help them move around the court.
There will be a pilot BNL in Heidelberg West in 2017.
Get involved: To register your interest, send an email to community@netballvic.com.au or lkell@scopeaust.org.au
FULL SPECTRUM TEEN PROGRAM
Full Spectrum Teen is a unique emotional resilience and Art Therapy based Adolescent rite of passage program for teenagers aged 13-16 of all gender identifications.
The 8 week program will commence in Fitzroy at artistic community hub Second Story Studio's in just a few weeks!
This program is ideal for young people that you identify as at risk of disengaging or who require additional community support and mentoring. It also provides a safe space for young people in search of new tools to explore their identity and to confidentially express their experiences of adolescence. We have found that this space to explore, release and discover aids them to focus at school and feel embraced and empowered in their evolving identity and choices. They also discover how to actively listen and support others through a powerful life transition.
Full Spectrum Teen has run over 15 programs of this sort in schools and youth organisations over the last 5 years with key outcomes identified through our participant feedback and evaluation process:
· increased engagement with school, passions & other students
· trust & belonging
· emotional resilience & self advocacy
· increased capacity to utilize tools for challenging life experiences, thoughts and behaviours
· greater awareness of their innate value, gifts & inner strength
Cost:
The July public program cost is $260 per participant (less than $33 per 2 hour workshop).
I have one scholarship available to a student with financial hurdles.
Regards.
Yoyoe Amicus
(Qualified Art Therapist, Visual/Spoken Word/ Performance Artist and Hatha Yoga Teacher)
VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS - WINTER SHORT COURSES
Don’t hibernate this winter – enrol in a VCA short course
Enrolments are closing soon, don’t miss out on the courses starting in July.
Whether you think of yourself beginning or belonging, a VCA & MCM short course at the University of Melbourne could refresh or reinforce your passion!
Youth Jazz Ensembles Studio 2017 (Mid-year Entry, 22 July – 28 October
on Saturdays)
This is a limited opportunity for individuals with intermediate skills to join VCA's Youth Jazz Ensemble Studio and take your musical creativity and improvisation skills to the next level.