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As part of Span’s Community Composting program we have a hands-on composting workshop coming up on Sat 29-May and we’d love to have you along! Join us to learn about: Why it’s important to compost food waste Food waste composting @ Span Creating a compost system @ Home Click through on our website to register […]

High Tea for Family Carers is back at Span. Do you care for someone in your family? Enjoy socialising? Wish to connect with other Family Carers and the community. Join us at Span for High Tea. Free for Family Carers. Bookings essential. Contact 9480 1364 or carers@spanhouse.org. Covid safety restrictions are in place.  

International Compost Awareness Week Australia (ICAW), is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness of the importance of compost, a valuable organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. We can compost to help scrap carbon pollution by avoiding landfilling organic materials and helping to build healthier soils. This is the perfect timing for […]

Each year Victorian households send over 250,000 tonnes of avoidable food waste to landfill, representing a financial loss for households and also impacting on our environment. Let’s learn how to do better than this! Saturday 8 May @ 1.30pm, this workshop will focus on the nitty-gritty of food waste and food waste avoidance. Intro to […]

Span’s Community Garden is currently receiving a “mini makeover”. We are replacing the existing garden beds with higher, more easily accessible garden beds, we have re mulched the pathways and are currently awaiting some new planting soil to be delivered. It’s a hive of activity out there. We still have some old garden wood available, […]

Darebin Hard Rubbish Heroes first reLOVE Market will be held on Saturday 1 May, 10am-2pm, at the Northcote Senior Citizens’ Centre, 18A Bent St, Northcote. They’re bringing the local community together and helping find new homes for preloved items. Everyone is welcome – rummage through donated household items being given away for free, visit and […]

Shiatsu is a deeply healing bodywork, or massage, therapy based on the traditions of Traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. Shiatsu can provide support in the treatment of many conditions including musculoskeletal and physical, emotional and spiritual. Shiatsu can, however, be inaccessible for a number of reasons including price and the reluctance to be in a […]

PRACE (Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education) are excited to announce a new service in partnership with La Trobe University. Introducing the Forms and Advocacy Assist Service (FAAS), a new program designed to assist local community members with form-filling support and consumer advocacy. FAAS is delivered by La Trobe University students, trained in providing a range […]

CERES need your toilet rolls!!! Puppetry project ‘Omoon’ is a workshop for years 5 and 6 primary students. Using empty toilet paper rolls, children learn how to re-value rubbish into an art piece, creating their own puppetries about their experience of lockdown. Drop off your toilet paper rolls into the CERES Visitors Centre for them […]

This week is Fashion Revolution Week. Did you know that textiles are the most carbon intensive material on a per tonne basis? Small changes to your shopping habits can have large carbon impacts. Kirsta from @mutualmuse shares her tips on shopping sustainably in Darebin, on a facebook video https://www.facebook.com/cityofdarebin/videos/428880121879179 To learn more about the issues […]