Find out what is happening at ACC and in the neighbourhood.
“connecting our community”
Aww … how cute. And such a happy end to a Monday! I spotted this porcelain frog 🐸 in our seed library as I was leaving work - minding some new seed packets donated by an unknown lovely community friend.
Neighbourhoodliness is the best! Thanks Darebin Council for installing our seed library. We love ❤️ it.
Some silverbeet, spring onions, tomatoes and dried beans (that we wlll save to replant) … came from the garden this week.
It has been a long hot summer and we haven’t quite got our automatic drip system right yet …so it was nice to even harvest these after 4 weeks of accidental neglect. I expect the families who have been using our garden every day over summer probably helped out and had a tomato 🍅 or two along the way … better to be eaten than wasted!
Thanks Anne and Elaine for coming along Friday to help wrestle things back under control.
You just never know what will happen next at a neighbourhood house …
This week we were thrilled when Eugene (who lives locally) popped in and offered us an outside all-weather table tennis table. And then promptly dropped it off AND included some bats and balls. It was quite exciting to see it arriving on the back of a ute on Friday afternoon!
Thanks Eugene and family (who had outgrown the table). We have set it up in the back garden and now we invite you, our neighbourhood friends, to pop in for a play.
Also … if you have some spare table tennis bats and balls at your house that you no longer use (but are still in good nick) think of us! I am sure we could use some spares …
This year we’re running Playtime in the Garden on Wednesdays from 10am-12pm out in the front yard - making the most of the new cubby house, pergola and sandpit.
This week at least 8 families came past for a play whilst it was on. Some met up with existing friends, others came by themselves. There were mums bringing their kids and grandparents bringing grandchildren for a play. And a few families also borrowed toys from the Toy Library whilst they were here.
It is just so lovely to see our community making themselves at home at ACC and utilising our play-spaces and resources.
If you’re home with children on a Wednesday morning you might like to pop in too!
We received this information via email and thought there might be some people in our community who would be interested in this free ‘Understanding Dementia’ course run by the University of Tasmania.
Did you know that nearly half a million Australians are currently living with dementia? With the ageing of our population this number will double in the next 30 years.
In response to the need for accessible evidence-based education, the Wicking Dementia Centre at the University of Tasmania offers a FREE online course, Understanding Dementia MOOC.
It's FREE and you can enrol today
Course opens on Tuesday 8 February 2022
Duration is 7 weeks, with an estimated effort of 3 hours per week
You can study day or night, on your smartphone, tablet or computer
Receive a personalised certificate on completion
Enrolments are now open at mooc.utas.edu.au
Many people with dementia live in the community and education about this condition can better support them, as well as their families and caregivers.
Our course content includes how the brain is affected by the diseases that cause dementia, symptoms, diagnosis, stages and management, and personal and carers’ perspectives of living with dementia.
The Understanding Dementia MOOC has consistently ranked in the Top 3 courses in the Health and Medicine Category on Class Central (a leading aggregate site of over 50,000 online courses).
