2022 Melbourne Award Winner!
Kensington Neighbourhood House is the very proud winner of a 2022 Melbourne Award in the Community category. This is wondeful recognition...
- Sep 19
Tins for Treasure! (The Garage Sale Trail)
Sunday 20th November 2022 10am - 2pm 89 McCracken Street, Kensington Kensington Neighbourhood House is joining The Garage Sale Trail in...
- Sep 19
Kensington Community Bike Workshop
The Kensington Community Bike Workshop is a community run not-for-profit bicycle workshop that runs a supervised space with tools, parts...
- Sep 8
Why wait? Change the date yourself.
Did you know that organisations and businesses all over the country are changing the date themselves? Australia is a fantastic country...
- Aug 26
Al-Anon Family Group
Do you need help to cope with the effects of someone else's drinking or addiction? Is the drinking/addiction of your partner, family...
- Aug 11
Sing your way to good health!
If you’re passing by Christ Church Kensington on Tuesday nights you might notice the warm glow of stained glass in the dark and hear...
- Aug 11
Green time not screen time
Time in nature restores spirits after pandemic restrictions Ever heard of “nature deficit disorder”? By the end of our sixth lockdown, I...
- Aug 5
Kensington Town Hall Compost Hub
Kensington Town Hall Compost Hub provides space for local residents to compost their organic food scraps, reduce landfill and create...
- Aug 5
Food Share Garden in McCracken Street
Come and be part of a community garden group who take care of this food garden, consisting of 16 raised garden beds growing herbs and...
- May 6
GROW Mental Wellbeing Program
If you need support for your mental wellbeing, GROW can help. A weekly peer support group runs every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm. We encourage new...
- Apr 29
Thinking globally, acting locally
Climate change is frighteningly real. And we seem to be losing the war on waste. At any given moment, our news is full of environmental...
- Apr 29
Student of the Year 2021
2021 was a year that required patience, resilience and a great deal of self-reliance. These are all qualities demonstrated by Daina...
- Apr 29
Volunteer of the Year 2021
Meet Lillian Hull. Lillian could just as well have been our Volunteer of The Year in 2018, 2019 or 2020 – that’s how long she has been...
- Apr 3
Embracing community: it’s a recipe for happiness
People need people. In fact, one of the world’s longest running scientific studies confirms that forming relationships helps us to live...
- Mar 13
Kensington Seed Savers
Kensington Seed Savers have a Seed Swap and Share at the Neighbourhood House. Drop off excess seeds that you have collected from your...
- Mar 13
Kensington Farm Collective
The is program focused on actively “farming” about 60m of local land available to relocalise and decarbonise our food. A collection of...
- Mar 13
Community events
Kensington Neighbourhood House runs a number of free events throughout the year to celebrate our community. Come and join us to celebrate...
- Feb 15
Pam
Pam began volunteering at Kensington Neighbourhood House in 2018 in our Family Literacy Program. As a retired English as an additional...
- Feb 15
Hoa and Thai Nguyen
Hoa and Thai are married and have lived in Kensington for almost 20 years. They came to came to Australia as refugees from Vietnam in...
- Feb 14
Reconciliation Action Plan
We are collaborating with Farnham St Neighbourhood Learning Centre (in Flemington) in developing a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) that...