Hi everyone,

It’s been great to have lots of our programs back up and running this last week! We had AAA Arts back on Friday and Alphington Arts on Thursday night, so it’s been a lot of creativity going on here. We also had a great Community Lunch on Friday - we used a Chinese lettuce called Celtuce that we grew on the garden. And we had lots of regular and some newer locals along for lunch, which was awesome.

We’ve got an exciting week coming up this week, with lots of our short courses kicking off for Term 4 as well as some super events.

So starting up again this week we’ve got …

• Heart-Centred Breathwork with John starting at 7:30am on Tuesday morning

• AAA Bowls on Wednesday at 10am down at Alphington Bowls Club with Jill

• Community Yoga with Rosie from 5:30-6:30pm on Wednesday

• Cook by the Book starting on Thursday at 11:30am, where we’ll be kicking off our adventure through Yotam Ottolenghi’s SIMPLE cook book

• CRUNCH with Lee on Thursday from 12:30pm where you’ll get the pleasure of eating Cook by the Book’s delicious creations for lunch before heading out into the shed for some art.

It’s not too late to sign up. You can book in on our website or click here.

We also have Preserves Group this Tuesday from 1-3pm! We’ll be making some more pickles this time!

Also starting this Friday, Elaine and Marie-Louise have very kindly volunteered to run a Christmas Craft Project, making wreaths, baubles and more - so come along from 10:30am to start getting into the Christmas spirit. If your Christmas tree at home is already full of fabulous decorations, anything you make that you don’t wish to take with you will be sold at our Christmas Makers Market on 21 November. Thanks again to Elaine and Marie-Louise for volunteering to lead these crafty efforts.

As always, we’ve got Community Lunch following at 12pm on Friday, with AAA Arts afterwards.

We also had our first Money Matters talk last week, with Robyn teaching us all about how to navigate Scams and AI. We had heaps of people turn up and it was a big success, but don’t worry if you missed out, we have another Money Matters talk happening this Wednesday (the 21st) talking about how to manage on a limited budget which should be very interesting, plus there’ll be lunch provided as well! You can register for it here.

We have a busy weekend coming up too, with the second Shadow Work workshop with John and Diarmaid on Saturday from 10am-1pm, which you can find all the info about here, and another Ukulele Singalong with a uke group ‘The Flukes’ on Sunday from 2-3:30pm! The Flukes have heaps of great songs lined up and it’s shaping up to be a great afternoon of community fun! You can get a seat here.

Hope everyone enjoyed the sun over the weekend, fingers crossed it sticks around. See you all soon.

Cheers Leanne

Our ukulele group The Flukes are holding another Sunday singalong on the 25th of October! It’ll be a one hour singalong, starting at 2pm followed by tea and coffee afterwards.

Anyone interested in coming along for a sing and a boogie can look forward to tunes such as Build Me Up Buttercup, Be My Baby, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Last Train to Clarksville, Jolene, I’m Into Something Good and Six Months in a Leaky Boat.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, you can book in here, it costs $10 as a donation to ACC.

We can’t wait to see The Flukes in action!

Hi everyone,

Lots of getting organised behind the scenes this week. We’ve been diving into emails, setting up the processes for this coming term and confirming numbers … all the boring admin-y things that make us feel somewhat under control (at least temporarily!). But, more excitingly, we’ve also been mosaicking! We are currently working on a project with Clare that is coming along very nicely. If you are around Thursday or Friday morning this week and would like to help us (hopefully) finish things off, we’d love some help!

Also, on Friday, we collected the fired ceramic pieces for our totem poles - they look beautiful! See the poste below for some pictures.

As you may recall, I am on the community reference group for the 2 Wingrove Street site, and we had another meeting on Wednesday. If you read the minutes from the last Council meeting you will know that they voted to continue to have reference group in place as the site is developed. There are lots of great community thinkers in the group, all with different stakes in the site and the wider community outcomes … so I think it is a really valuable … and it is super to be a part of this process. I’ll keep you up to date as things progress. Council is currently about to launch into seeking geotechnical assessments for the site - which will be very helpful and really are essentaial - because the site used to be the tip, and so there are inevitable issues around stability and leeching etc. etc.

This week we are back into the swing of things with our Money Matters - Scams and AI conversation on Wednesday 14 October from 12-2.20pm. We have 16 people booked in, so a few places left if you still want to reserve a spot available at our website here.

Then on Thursday night we have Alphington Arts at 7.30pm. Come along for a fun night of getting creative.

It was lovely to see everyone on Friday - we had some new people along which is always great. Also, we had a good turnout this week for playgroups on Wednesday and Thursday (let’s hope the weather keeps being nice on these days).

Okay, that’s about it I think. See you soon!

Cheers Leanne

John from the men’s shed and Diarmaid have another shadow work workshop coming up soon here at ACC on Saturday the 24th of October.

See the details below for anyone interested in trying shadow work!

An Introduction to Shadow Work

Saturday 24th October
The Alphington Community Centre

Free Event

10.00am -1.00pm

Facilitators:

Diarmaid Fitzpatrick: Certified Shadow Work Group Facilitator 

John Byrne:  Certified Core Clearing Breath Work Practitioner

Dear Friends

You Can’t Step into the Same River Twice

The river has changed.
And so have you.

Our first Introduction to Shadow Work  in September was an opportunity to explore the different parts of ourselves that influence how we think, feel and respond to life.

But Shadow Work has many layers.

The Sovereign, Lover, Warrior and Magician are more than four boxes. Each has different expressions and strengths — and each can become inflated or deflated when we lose connection with ourselves.

This free workshop offers a chance to revisit some familiar territory and perhaps see it differently.

If you came to the first workshop, come back with fresh eyes.
If you didn’t, you’re very welcome.

You might discover something about your Inner Critic, Risk Manager, Inflated or Deflated Self — or something entirely unexpected.

No previous experience needed. Just bring your curiosity.

Because when we return to the river, we never quite enter as the same person.

To Book your place email:  Diarmaid Fitzpatrick  d.fitzpatrick@awarenessbd.com or  John Byrne  coachinglifeworks@gmail.com

We look forward to welcoming you

best wishes

Diarmaid and John

For anyone interested in woodcraft, or in need of a new wooden spoon, the Friends of Darebin Parklands will be running whittling workshops using the local olive trees over the next few weeks - some of which will be sold as part of Alphington Open Studios! Check it out…..

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