Low waste, Bulk buying for residents of Pascoe Vale and surrounding suburbs
A Community-run Food Collective run by Volunteers who source grocery and cleaning products in bulk and provides these items for distribution to members and visitors on a monthly distribution day. A variety of membership options are available.
Open on the second Saturday of the month, every month from 9:30 until 11:30
Located at the Pascoe Vale Senior Citizens Centre - James Reserve - 20 Norton St, Pascoe Vale
We encourage the community to bring their own containers for filling – but always have clean jars and paper bags on hand to make the process easy!
For an up-to-date price list contact us via our Facebook page or at pascoevalefoodcollective@gmail.com
Located at the Pascoe Vale Senior Citizens Centre, which is located in James Reserve at 20 Norton St, Pascoe Vale.
Walk through the park from the corner of Prospect and Archibald Streets, or head for the corner of Norton and Camdon Streets and you will see the hall.
We have a variety of membership options – including casual visits, and annual memberships.
We could not operate without the support of volunteers – so please get in touch if you would like to help on one of our distribution days – pascoevalefoodcollective@gmail.com
Instagram – Pascoevale Food Collective
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The Pascoe Vale Food Collective is auspiced by Sussex Neighbourhood House.
This Project is supported and funded by the Merri-bek City Council Community Grants Program and the Inner North Community Foundation.
Reduce your waste by repairing rather than replacing!
Pascoe Vale Repair Café will run out of Sussex Neighbourhood House on the first Sunday of each month, 10am to 1pm.
There will be a variety of menders available. We will endeavour to let you know what menders will be available on these days.
General mending such as clothing and textiles, electrical, knife sharpening, bikes, toys, and locksmith repairs will be available.
Check the What's on page on our website or our Sussex Facebook events to learn more.
Building a lasting legacy for Melbourne's inner north
We’re excited to partner with the Inner North Community Foundation (INCF) to establish the Sussex Neighborhood House Fund, a long-term fund designed to support our work well into the future. This partnership helps ensure there will always be a place in Pascoe Vale where people can learn, connect, and feel part of something bigger.
Donations of $2 or more made through INCF's DGR-endorsed Community Charity Trust are generally tax-deductible.
Find out more about the Fund and how to support it via the INCF website below.
Engage curious minds
Quality toys are expensive and children quickly become bored with a toy once its play value has been exhausted.
Toy libraries are a place for you to regularly borrow toys, puzzles and games in your local community. Save money and the environment while adding to your kids' development and education!
Branches in Merri-bek:
A place for everyone to come together and make, fix and create while supporting each other.
Community Sheds play an important role in the prevention of social isolation and the promotion of positive health and wellbeing, as well as enabling people to positively (re)connect with their community.
Laugh & Grow. Come be a triangle with us!
DARE Drama's weekly acting classes combine mindfulness and improvisation to build resilience in students by equipping them with the tools and strategies to be happier, kinder, more active participants in life. Classes available for all ages.
The theatre skills taught every week are not just for performances, but for life. Out There. Every day.
Neighbourhood Watch aims to help people feel safer & more connected where they live.
Neighbourhood Watch educates people on ways to protect themselves from crime, get to know their neighbours & feel part of their community. They have local groups throughout Victoria & work closely with Victoria Police.
Resources:
We believe having a chat can brighten your day!
The aim of Chatty Café Australia is to help connect communities and increase social interactions by getting people chatting - everyone is welcome! Look for the yellow table in the hub and let The Art of Conversation cards get you started.
Every Friday
10am - 12pm
Project Pair Up collects mismatching containers, lids, and Tupperware accessories from the community and endeavours to match them up.
Every Sunday morning at Alphington Farmers Market in Melbourne, Amelia sets up the Project Pair Up table next to where visitors return their reusable plates and cups. The Project Pair Up table features a bucket to donate your lids and containers that have lost it’s other half, and a bucket of free to take home reassembled containers.
If you have any mismatched Tupperware, bring it into Sussex to leave in the Project Pair Up box at reception.
Also collecting reusable shopping bags.
Culture Driving Change
KARI Foundation has no geographical boundary. It aims to service first and foremost Aboriginal people and communities across Australia whilst also supporting collective and corporate Australia on the journey to a more reconciled Australia.
They design, support and deliver programs across many focus areas. SNH has partnered with the KARI Foundation's Container Deposit Scheme service. The purple bins housed at SNH for container collection are picked up by KARI and recycled at their Coburg North Depot.
Get ready to make a change!
The CDS hopes to divert 80% of all material away from landfill by 2030. To reach this milestone, Victorians are encouraged to collect eligible drink containers, find their nearest refund point, and earn or donate their refund.
SNH is registered as a donation point through the CDS. Search for us by name, scan our barcode above, or enter our code C2000009066
Mind Australia supports people experiencing mental health and wellbeing concerns, and assists them in finding help, hope, and purpose in their lives by providing tailored and individualised support.
If you’re not sure, reach out with any questions or concerns.
1300 286 463
mindconnect@mindaustralia.org.au
Empowering communities, one lid at a time.
Any piece of plastic smaller than a credit card can't be recycled and has to go to landfill. Passionate local, Tim Miller, has championed an initiative to combat this. The grass-roots volunteer project, Lids4Kids is committed to rescuing plastic bottle lids from going to landfill to protect our environment and benefit kids through community projects.
Drop off your washed collection of lids at our reception! We drop them off to the Ecological Justice Hub so that the Jesuit Social Services can use their fantastic machinery to repurpose the plastic.
Nespresso's Capsule Recycling Program means your coffee pods can live a second life.
This program accepts any aluminum coffee capsules - not just Nespresso pods. Drop them off at our reception's collection box!
First, you recycle your capsules at a participating collection point.
Then, the coffee and aluminum are separated...
And given second life - the coffee is used to create biogas and soil improver.
The aluminum is turned into blocks to be used again and again.
If SNH isn't near you, find your nearest Participating Collection Point here