Do you know what to do in an emergency?

We are super excited to be able to be offering a free CPR workshop with Life Saving Victoria later on this year! The workshop is called ‘Resuscitate a Mate’ and is targeted at older adults and seniors to teach them skills to be able to deal with an emergency situation. It will include hands on CPR practice, as well as instructions on how to use a defibrillator safely and effectively.

The workshop will be on Tuesday the 10th of November from 10-11:30am. If anyone is interested in learning these super important skills, please register for the workshop here. This workshop is subsidised by Yarra City Council.

Darebin Falcons cricket club for girls, women and gender diverse people reached out to us this week with an invite to their Come and Try Day next Saturday the 19th of September… they are a great local club to get involved with for anyone interested in trying out cricket! Here is the information they sent us…..

🎉 Join the Darebin Falcons Girls, Women, and Gender Diverse Cricket Teams for the 2026/27 Season! 🏏

We're excited to invite girls of all ages to be a part of our growing cricket community at the Darebin Falcons! Whether you're new to the game or a seasoned player, we've got something for everyone. Modified rules and short games with a focus on participation and fun!  Here’s what’s happening at the club:

📅 Come and Try Day - 19 September
Curious about cricket? Join us for our Come and Try Day on Saturday, 19 September at Capp Reserve (Halwyn Street, Preston), starting at 10am. It’s a great opportunity to meet the team, have some fun, and see if cricket is the sport for you! 🏃‍♀️

📆 Season Start Dates
Mark your calendars! The season kicks off on Wednesday 14 October for Stage 1 (Under 12s), Stage 2 (Under 15s) and Stage 3 (Under 18s) Girls competition.

✨ Cricket Blast Program
For our younger players, we’re running the Cricket Blast program again this season! This skills-based program is perfect for Under 10s and is led by our wonderful volunteers.

📝 Expression of Interest
Ready to play? Fill out our Expression of Interest form to confirm your spot in the upcoming season. Whether you’re interested in competitive play or our Cricket Blast program, we’d love to hear from you!

26/27 Darebin Falcons Cricket Expression of Interest

We can’t wait to see you on the field! 🏏🎉

Every time we put together the brochure we try to include everything that is coming up for the 6 month period … but inevitably some things pop up a bit later …

So, here are some new things on our radar (in addition to the things in our brochure) that you may be interested in attending in Seniors Month (October). And please note that whilst they are in Seniors Month you don’t necessarily have to be ‘senior’ to attend … we welcome ‘junior' people too … well all people actually. So no need to out yourself for these lunches … just book in and come along if you are interested …

Our free Money Matters lunches will be catered by us and presented by Robyn Angus, with support from the East Ivanhoe Community Bank (Bendigo Bank). Book in here to join us for:

• Scams and AI - Wednesday 14 October 12-2.30pm

• Managing on a Limited Budget - Wednesday 28 October 12-2.30

These lunch presentations are designed to help people build their financial literacy and better manage their finances.

Thanks to those that donated tiles for our mosaic project. We’re making a new garden bed for the very front corner of our site.

After a busy weekend and some more creativity during the week the 4 panels are well underway (we ‘re doing the fiddly bits first). We’ll continue working on this project sporadically over the next month or so and hopefully it will be installed by our next big art event, being Alphington Open Studios, coming up in November this year.

Here are some progress pictures for those that are interested. If you’d like to help out just get in contact with us and we’ll let you know when we will be mosaicking (most likely Thursday and/or Friday mornings … ). Just email us at info@alphington.org.au or talk to Leanne or Lee or Clare if you are here.

Our preserves pantry is now overflowing … with the addition of preserved lemons, tomato relish and sweet pickled zucchini (always yum).

Thanks to those that donated fruit, and those that came along to preserves group on Tuesday to help chop, stir, chat (perhaps the most important bit!) and package.

Pop past and buy a jar next time your a nearby. The tomato relish recipe we use was a prize winner🥇in the Alphington Show this year. It’s good. With mustard and curry powder undertones … and thickened with cornflour that doesn’t contain gluten.

And if you are not sure what to do with preserved lemons here’s a SUPER easy and delicious recipe from Claudia Roden … you just chop some stuff up, and chuck it in a pot to do its magic (just make sure you are generous with the salt and pepper - the key to good middle eastern recipes I think).

Moroccan Lemon Chicken

• 1 large chicken ( or you can use 4-6 chicken thighs)

• 2 tablespoons oil

• 1 onion grated, or finely chopped

• 1 teaspoon tumeric

• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

• salt and pepper

• a good bunch of coriander leaves finely chopped (if you don’t like coriander you can just add more parsley instead)

• a good lunch of parsley leaves finely chopped

• 1-2 preserved lemon wedges (lightly wash off some of the salt and the flesh, then finely chop up the preserved rind)

Put the chicken in a large saucepan with all the ingredients except the preserves lemon. Half cover the chicken with water and simmer gently, tuning it over a few times until it is so tender that the flesh can pull off the bone (about 1.5 hours). Throw the lemons into the sauce and cook a few minutes longer (you can add more or less lemon - to taste).

Serve with rice or couscous etc. etc.