Local Stories

One of the great things about working within a community is that for every problem identified, community members can nearly always come...

All across Victoria you’ll find neighbourhood houses and community centres that are also “Learn Locals”. It’s a little known term to...

Do you know who “owns” Kensington Neighbourhood House? Out of curiosity, we asked this question in our recent participant survey. Nearly...

Cultural Diversity Week was celebrated a little late at our house this year, but it was worth the wait! On Tuesday 26 March, Kensington...

“Just do it online.” Easier said than done! With core services increasingly moving to remote delivery, many community members are...

When Kim Lan moved to Kensington with her husband and six children, her first impression was that Australia seemed strange compared to...

An advocate for public housing rights, mother of four boys, long term crossing supervisor, and active community member, Sandra has lived...

We didn’t need to think twice about who should be our Volunteer of The Year for 2022. Kaye Uiterwyk was the unanimous choice. Kaye began...

Where do we start? Watching Ayan find and follow her dreams has been a constant inspiration to us here at KNH. Starting as a student in...

Pam began volunteering at Kensington Neighbourhood House in 2018 in our Family Literacy Program. As a retired English as an additional...

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...

Kensington resident, Hamida was born in Somalia. She and her family moved to Melbourne in 2010 and since then she has been an active...

Paul owns and runs local café Grounded House at 499 Macaulay Road. He was born and bred in Kensington. His parents, Tony and Lina, lived...

Erika Lodge is the President of the 78 Seniors Club, a resident social seniors group on Kensington public housing estate. Erika is...