Wrapping up Christmas
As the “silly season” concludes, and we return from a much-needed rest, we want to take the opportunity to “wrap” up our inaugural...
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
Renewable energy for homes and communities
Babies and solar panels, what a combination to renew our hopes in the future! Our Centre was taken over by renewable energy talk on...
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- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
Sow the Seed: A New Poetry and Storytelling Event!
Sow the Seed The idea came out of conversations with Daley Rangi (Te Ātiawa), an eclectic multidisciplinary Māori artist generating...
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Do we even have an impact?
Impact, for most people, may refer to a car crash or an asteroid hitting the Earth. But in community development, impact is the currency...
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
"Restarting" the strip with great food
When it comes to diversity and great food, Vic Park is so well served! From September 20 to October 9, our Centre facilitated 4 workshops...
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Skillshare Dad's and Daughter Hair Dressing
TLDR;
Was it cute? Yes
Was it fun? Yes
Was it perfect? No
What we’d do differently:
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Sep 9, 2020
- 2 min
Being handy with a little help from our friends
Last Saturday, we were absolutely delighted to host a workshop for community members to learn a trick or two at being handy at home. You...
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Emily
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
An update from Emily
I am so glad to be back and writing to you all again! I hope you enjoy reading this and many more to come
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Jul 22, 2020
- 1 min
What's in your soil ends up in your belly!
The soil in your backyard is alive with quadrillions of micro-organisms. Chances are, if you grow veggies, that the same stuff that lives...
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Meet you in the street, Carlisle!
We're out on the streets of Carlisle today to launch our newest project, Street Teams Carlisle, in collaboration with Chorus. And we...
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Emily
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
The Smell of Rain
There is something about the change of seasons. The sense of calm when transitioning to a cooler time of year. It feels like a fresh start.
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hugo
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
This is all we’ve got
We can only overcome this situation and prevent further pandemics if we see our interconnection with other people, animals and nature.
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Emily
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Little Ray of Sunshine
How many people are out there, not as fortunate as me are struggling?
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Apr 17, 2020
- 2 min
The kiss
Inadvertently stepping into a stolen moment between two people - extraordinarily intimate, yet by necessity, public.
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Emily
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Image Says it All
An opportunity to venture towards something we may come to love
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
Vic Park Life & Death Cafe
In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, we ran our first Death Cafe. It’s an unusual event: people get together to talk about what...
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
The unacknowledged thing
There’s something that’s gone unacknowledged throughout this entire crisis. It’s actually so huge and important, it’s hard to understand how
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Emily
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
New Normal
What we considered normal has been thrown out the window. This time has prompted me to think about what motivates me and keeps me happy?
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Vic Park Community Centre
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Comfortable with uncertainty
One of my favourite books of all times is Comfortable with uncertainty by Pema Chödrön. I read that book while I was still living in my...
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