From the heART
If you’re 4 years old and living in Kensington/Flemington, you have spent half your life in lockdown. Half your life! For those of us who...
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- Dec 19, 2022
Give what you can. Take what you need.
Not knowing where your next meal is coming from is a sad reality for many people. The official term for this is “food insecurity”. It’s...
- Dec 2, 2022
Kensington CommunityFresh Food Market
Our community is establishing a local fresh food market. Local residents, urban farmers and community gardens can bring their locally...
- Dec 2, 2022
Kensington Repair Hub
This is a community initiative to encourage repairing and re-using rather than adding to landfill. Bring items to be repaied, such as...
- Nov 14, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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...
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