Dementia Australia is coming to visit us on Thursday the 17th of September for an information session about dementia and memory loss, covering brain health, practical tips, support services and more. It will be led by Leigh Mankey who is a Dementia Support Specialist.

This conversation will be a free event, and bookings can be made online here at our website.

The presentation will run from 1.30-3pm. We hope you can join us if you are interested for yourself or someone you love.

Thanks to those that came along on Monday for the AGM. If you are interested in reading our Annual Report for 2026 you can find it here.

And you can read all our past ones (for a bit of a reminisce) on our website under the About Us page …

Hi everyone,

We are just about prepared for our AGM tonight at 6pm! We are super grateful for all the work that our committee has put in in the last few weeks with reports and so forth. If you would like to come along to hear about what we’ve been doing this year (as well as for a spot of dinner!) then please book in at this link (before 12pm today).

This week we are wrapping up our programs for the term … so we hope to see you all at our last sessions of Heart-Centred Breathwork, CRUNCH and Cook by the Book. And we would like to thank Fran for hosting The Momentum to Write which has been such an awesome class for us to have here this term.

In other exciting news, I’m going to Timor-Leste with Friends of Baucau from the 5th-11th of September! Friends of Baucau is an amazing friendship organisation that connects the cities of Darebin and Yarra here in Victoria with the Municipality of Baucau in Timor-Leste. The purpose of the connection is to be provide shared learning and support. This will be a wonderful opportunity to talk to a range of local community leaders and community led organisations that are similarly operating at the hyper-local level, supporting women, families, youth, arts projects, permaculture programs and more. Last time I went (before Covid) it was an amazing and inspiring experience, and I hope I can learn a lot and come back with lots of great ideas again this time.

Whilst I am away Lee will be leading the Op-Shop tour (read on for more info…) which I will be super sad to miss out on! It is always lots of fun (and I LOVE op shopping).

Okay, that’s it this week. Hope to see you soon.

Cheers Leanne

Come along to our Op-Shop Adventure next Thursday the 10th of September! Lee is going to take us to High Street Northcote. We’ll catch the 508 bus. Bookings are $10 and include lunch - and can be found at this link here.

Your Community Health has recently been in contact with us about a program called Seniors Lifestyle Victoria that is being offered through them until June 2028 (that’s ages away right?).

The program is for people over 65 who live in the community with mild to moderate changes in health who would like support to improve their health and wellbeing.

If this is you (or someone you know and love) you can contact Your Community Health to access a care coordinator who will work with you to develop a personalised plan, with local services tailored to meet your individual needs and goals - how great is that!?!

To find out more scroll through the information below or visit the following links:

https://www.yourch.org.au/services/seniors-lifestyle-victoria/

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/seniors-lifestyle-victoria/