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Jan 18
3 min

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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Renewable energy for homes and communities

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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Sow the Seed: A New Poetry and Storytelling Event!

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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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Skillshare Dad's and Daughter Hair Dressing

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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Being handy with a little help from our friends

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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What's in your soil ends up in your belly!

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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Vic Park Community Centre

Jun 5, 2020
1 min

We're Hiring

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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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