Celebrating a Century of Luna Park - City of Port Phillip
Celebrating a Century of Luna Park - City of Port Phillip
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INBRIEF<br />
2013-14 <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Phillip</strong><br />
Funding and Subsidy<br />
Opportunities<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Phillip</strong>’s 2013 –14 annual<br />
grant Programs will be opening soon. Funding<br />
opportunities will be available through the<br />
Community grants Program, Cultural<br />
Development Fund, Local Festivals Fund, Small<br />
Poppy Neighbourhood grants, Seniors Festival<br />
Funding and the Multicultural Celebrations Fund.<br />
Council Subsidy Schemes will cover Town Hall<br />
Hire, Community Meals and Community<br />
Transport.<br />
applications open from 18 February to<br />
28 March 2013 for projects, programs or<br />
activities that promote social justice, inclusion,<br />
creativity, equity, health and well-being and arts<br />
and cultural heritage within the municipality. For<br />
more information on specific program dates and<br />
details visit www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/council_<br />
funding_opps.htm<br />
Community Grants Program Information<br />
Sessions 2013<br />
Tuesday 19 February, 10.00 am – 11.30 am<br />
South Melbourne Community Centre Hall<br />
Corner <strong>Park</strong> Street and Ferrars Place,<br />
South Melbourne<br />
Wednesday 20 February, 7.00 pm –<br />
8.30 pm<br />
Council Chambers, 1st Floor St Kilda Town Hall<br />
99a Carlisle Street, St Kilda (enter via <strong>Port</strong>ico<br />
entrance)<br />
Thursday 21 February, 1.30 pm – 3.00 pm<br />
Liardet Community Centre<br />
154 Liardet Street, <strong>Port</strong> Melbourne<br />
Cultural Development Fund Information<br />
Session 2013<br />
Thursday 28 February, 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm<br />
The gallery and Foyer annex, ground Floor,<br />
St Kilda Town Hall<br />
Free Grant Writing Workshops – Hone<br />
your skills in successful grant writing<br />
Wednesday 20 February, 1 pm – 3 pm<br />
Wednesday 6 March, 7 pm – 9 pm<br />
ground Floor Training Room St Kilda Town Hall<br />
99a Carlisle Street, St Kilda (enter opposite<br />
St Kilda Library)<br />
Great ideas grow with<br />
Small Poppy grants<br />
If you need a little help getting your new idea<br />
<strong>of</strong>f the ground, apply for a Small Poppy<br />
Neighbourhood grant. The grants are given out<br />
to residents for clever ideas that create a sense<br />
<strong>of</strong> community in your neighbourhood, from a<br />
communal compost bin to a tool exchange or<br />
book club. What will you come up with this<br />
summer? For more information, email<br />
smallpoppy@portphillip.vic.gov.au or visit<br />
www.facebook.com/SmallPoppy<br />
The Official NewsleTTer Of The ciTy Of POrT PhilliP<br />
North by North West for Summer<br />
Hindmarsh has relaxation down to a fine art over summer. Boxing Day races at Nhill have fun for all<br />
ages with beauty contests, tab on course, book makers and fine calibre <strong>of</strong> horse racing. The redfin are<br />
biting at Lake Hindmarsh and in the Wimmera River or try catching a yabby or two. accommodation<br />
is a billion star rated in numerous campsites around the Shire. Check all there is to <strong>of</strong>fer at<br />
wimmeramalleetourism.com.au<br />
Share the journey with friends<br />
The Elwood MS support circle is a new support<br />
group for the family, friends and carers <strong>of</strong><br />
people with MS. Find support and fun with<br />
friends. Dinner provided, BYO drinks.<br />
Third Saturday <strong>of</strong> each month, 4 pm – 7 pm<br />
Elwood Neighbourhood House<br />
87 Tennyson Street, Elwood<br />
People with MS are also invited to be part <strong>of</strong><br />
the St Kilda MS peer support group, which has<br />
participants from all ages and stages <strong>of</strong> living<br />
with MS. Meetings include lunch and guest<br />
speakers.<br />
First Tuesday <strong>of</strong> each month, 11 am – 2 pm.<br />
Betty Day Centre<br />
For more information on both groups please<br />
call gayle at MS australia on 9845 2763 or call<br />
MS Connect 1800 042 138 or email<br />
gayle.homann@msaustralia.org.au<br />
Holiday period waste and<br />
recycling collection<br />
Christmas Day Collection, Tuesday 25 Dec 2012<br />
will be collected on Wednesday 26 Dec 2012.<br />
Boxing Day Collection, Wednesday 26 Dec 2012<br />
will be collected on Thursday 27 Dec 2012.<br />
Thursday 27 Dec Collection will be collected<br />
Friday 28 Dec 2012.<br />
Friday 28 Dec Collection will be collected<br />
Saturday 29 Dec 2012.<br />
No Changes to New Years Day Collections<br />
Resource Recovery Centre and <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Phillip</strong> depot opening times<br />
Closed Public Holidays:<br />
Christmas Day 25 Dec 2012<br />
Boxing Day 26 Dec 2012<br />
New Years Day 1 Jan 2013<br />
Resource Recovery Centre Operating hours:<br />
Monday to Friday 7.30 am – 3.30 pm<br />
Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 1 pm<br />
Photo: Chris Cassar<br />
Petit Paris in <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Phillip</strong><br />
French Christmas Market and<br />
Open Day<br />
Experience a French weekend in <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Phillip</strong><br />
with the alliance Française de Melbourne. The<br />
gates <strong>of</strong> the prestigious Eildon Mansion will<br />
open and <strong>of</strong>fer free French language trial classes<br />
and assessments, arts and craft, storytelling,<br />
French food court, market stalls, film screenings,<br />
petanque game and prizes to be won.<br />
Saturday 8 December, 10 am – 8 pm and Sunday<br />
9 December, 1 pm – 6 pm<br />
alliance Française, 51 grey Street, St Kilda<br />
www.afmelbourne.com.au<br />
Lanterns to light up<br />
Catani Gardens<br />
The redfin are biting<br />
in Lake Hindmarsh<br />
The Planetary Healing artists association will<br />
bring together people from different faiths and<br />
beliefs to decorate the rotunda in Catani<br />
gardens with paper lanterns. The event will<br />
feature indigenous presentations, interfaith<br />
prayers, music, and spiritual groups to celebrate<br />
the summer solstice. The community are invited<br />
to bring their own paper lanterns to be part <strong>of</strong><br />
the healing.<br />
Rotunda, Catani gardens<br />
Corner Jacka Boulevard and Fitzroy Street,<br />
St Kilda<br />
21 December, 7.30 pm – 10.30 pm<br />
www.portphillip.vic.gov.au<br />
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