Author: Colleen Duggen

Span wish to welcome our new Community Garden Coordinator, Glenn. Glenn has commenced with us during an unusual time with staff working from home and the volunteers not around. However, the garden volunteers will start returning soon. But Glenn hasn’t been relaxing!  He’s working in the garden and on the compost. Welcome Glenn! We look […]

Span’s AGM will be held on Thursday 16th July at 7pm via zoom. So pop it in your diary. A link to the zoom meeting is on our home page spanhouse.org Please join us to celebrate our work in 2019. If you are interested in participating, please RSVP admin@spanhouse.org or 9480 1364 and leave a message at […]

Span has two High Tea events for Family Carers each year. Pictured is a throwback photo with Barb C and Carmen. The other recent photo Carmen, Barb S and Barb C. We miss our volunteers.

National Reconciliation Week will be celebrated from 27th May to 3rd June. The theme for 2020 is “In this together”. Another very timely theme!! At its heart, reconciliation is about strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, for the benefit of all Australians. If you wish to be involved in some virtual […]

Sammy J home schooling. Click on the picture to watch the video.

This week is National Volunteers Week. The theme is Changing Communities, Changing Lives. Which is very appropriate to the current time we are finding ourselves in. This is a week when the staff at Span wish to thank the many volunteers who work with us each and every week throughout the year. Span’s volunteers work […]

Span’s writing classes are continuing online during our shut down. If you need help getting online please let us know as we have many supports and resources to get you connected. Tuesday (Creative Writing) and Wednesday (Thornbury Writers Group) mornings are spent with our wonderful tutor Tania Chandler, a national and international published author and […]

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One of the priorities for many who attend Span for our activities and lunches, is social contact and social connections. Whilst we cannot do this face to face at the moment, in place of this Span is offering volunteer chat support. We have a list of people who are enjoying receiving a phone call from […]

Are you or someone you know looking for support or information to get through the COVID-19 pandemic? You can now find the help you need with Darebin Council’s new Community Navigation Service. The Council’s team will help you find the information and support you’re after. This could be assistance in accessing food or meals, medication, […]