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A Skylarks Choir performance for the community held at Poppy's Cafe to close out the end of Term 1

Our new Horticulture & Garden Design Tutor, Leila rolling in to get ready for Term 2!

A fantastic flora edition from Term 1 of Small Objects in Clay class

Let's Shoot participants filming a mock show at RMIT's media precinct - 2023

Youth Artspace's Winter Solstice window mural 2023

Digital Skills for Everyday Life participants with teacher, Hina

Galactic sloth creation from Monday Sewing

Resident painter John Whittam mid-painting Luna Park - December 2023

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End of Year Event 2023 - thanking Art Space tutor Jennifer Burnett, and Clay Art tutor Ursula Dutkiewicz for their dedicated and inspired work at SNH as they wrap up their time with us

Creative works from Clay Art for Kids Term 4 2023

A collaborative Creative Movement & Dance Session - Term 4 2023

Skylarks Choir performing at Poppy's Café 2023

Little Artists creations inspired by real honeycomb!

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Craft Circle Sept 2023 - Dorothea's Australiana quilt

Pascoe Vale Repair Café November 2023 - destash room!

John Whittam's picturesque Mykonos painting - Sept 2023

John Whittam's picturesque Mykonos painting surrounded by his past artworks while in residence at SNH- Sept 2023

Our 2 full collection boxes with Amelia's Project Pair Up initiative, matching odd lids and containers with each other to give away on local market days!

Term 3 School Holidays - Sports Day activity

Cupcakes & Cookies, Term 3 2023 School Holiday Activity

Kids' creations from our Term 3 2023 School Holiday Activity

The Merri-bek Youth Ambassadors Bus Tour visiting facilities across the municipality, dropping into SNH along the way to help them consider future youth programming

Scallywags Playgroup are having fun with our new edible garden, joining in on watering the plants

Winter play activities in our Scallywags playgroup

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 was a huge success and a lovely night for the community to get together and enjoy. A big thank you to Merri Health School Ties for funding this event.

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - door prize hampers were on offer to win for the night, with contributions and support from local businesses. Thank you to Pascoe Tales, Pascoe Vale Food Collective, Ferrovia Café, Poppy Café & Pantry, Kent Road Pharmacy, and Mela Patisserie

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - NUCA (Neighbours United for Climate Action) held a stall on the night to chat about options for locals to get involved and help their environment

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - Chain of Ponds held a stall at the event to inform locals of their efforts to transform the Moonee Ponds Creek into an iconic Melbourne waterway that provides high social, cultural and environmental benefits. There are many ways to get involved!

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - A massive thank you to Ebony for creating the wonderful sign to put in our new garden!

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - kickstarting our new edible garden! Thank you to Sylvia from the Pascoe Vale Food Collective for all your help bringing the garden to life!

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - kickstarting our new edible garden, worm farm included! Thank you to Sylvia from the Pascoe Vale Food Collective for all your help bringing the garden to life!

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - kids' games room with LEGO and board games available for anyone to get involved.

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Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - LEGO building fun in the Play Room!

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - one of our rooms was converted into an activities centre with Lantern Making, a Playdough Station, and Edible Gardening activities - plenty of fun for everyone!

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - a fun and interactive Lantern Making activity for the kids to enjoy, thank you to Penny from the Pascoe Vale Food Collective for organising.

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - thank you to our Scallywags leader Rose for organising a playdough station for kids and adults alike to wander through in-between food breaks and get hands on with their creativity

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - when the night got too cold to be out in the edible garden, a pot planting and decorating station took over for kids to create and take home their own pot plants!

Winter Solstice Celebration 2023 - Congratulations Eva for winning the first prize hamper!

SNH held a Chess Tournament for kids aged 12-18 to compete against the clock and win some prizes on offer!

SNH held a Chess Tournament for kids aged 12-18 to compete against the clock and win some prizes on offer! Congratulations to the winners!

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event featuring kids activities, nature art on display, a healthy morning tea, and a visit from Bunnings Coburg for take-home edible planting pots

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Ursula beside the Tree Is Life art installation she helped create with TreeSisters

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Tree Is Life art installation by TreeSisters

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - 'Everyday is Earth Day' Photography by Ursula

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Work by local artists

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Artwork by Jennifer and Marija

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Nature art activity & Paint Station

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Photography of Coburg Lake by Ursula Dutkiewicz

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Environmental poetry reading by Ursula

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Bunnings Coburg's planting activity with lettuce to plant, pots to decorate, and a practical gift to take home

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Pascoe Vale Food Collective information stall

Earth Day April 2023 celebration event - Nature art from local sources and participants

Celebrating Mother's Day in Scallywags Playtime Playgroup

A Red Hat Ladies get-together with performances from Sussex Skylarks Choir

The lovely ladies of our evening Knitting class!

Hire a room at Sussex! Women Health Inner North held their staff meeting and threw a small celebration for Eid.

Curiosity and fun comes together with Scallywags celebrating Playgroup Week!

Bunnings Coburg visited our Scallywags to celebrate Playgroup Week with clay handprint ornaments

women holding yellow got it fixed sign at pascoe vale repair cafe — Repair Café April 2023

Repair Café April 2023

Spanish class celebrating the end of term with an arepa cooking class

Students from our brand new Youth Artspace

Video Games Club in the Term 1 School Holidays

T1 School Holiday Paint & Sip - kids got to have a Gogh at painting 'Starry Night' while enjoying their own milkshake creations

PVFC Makers Market with the Collective's Chairperson, Sylvia, and Manager of Sussex Neighbourhood House, Joe

Pascoe Vale Food Collective Makers Market March 2023

PVFC Makers Market - Project Pair Up stall (collection box at SNH reception!)

PVFC Makers Market - Sweet Designs stall featuring our fabulous Monday Keyboard teacher

PVFC Makers Market - Plant with Bunnings stall

PVFC Makers Market - Sussex Neighbourhood House stall

PVFC Makers Market - Zedstar Rocks stall

PVFC Makers Market - Planties Melbourne stall

Sussex Neighbourhood House and Merri-bek City Council's Support for Carers Program celebrating International Women's Day with a Caring for Carer's Event

Cake decorating tutorial station at International Women's Day Caring for Carer's Event - Sussex Neighbourhood House and Merri-bek City Council's Support for Carers Program

Pascoe Vale Spinners & Weavers station at International Women's Day Caring for Carer's Event - Sussex Neighbourhood House and Merri-bek City Council's Support for Carers Program

Lamp fixed! - Pascoe Vale Repair Café March 2023

Bike repairing at the Pascoe Vale Repair Café March 2023

Outdoor table fixed! - Pascoe Vale Repair Café March 2023

Bike fixed! - Pascoe Vale Repair Café March 2023

A wonderfully meticulous table runner made in Sewing classes during Term 1

Table runner and fishing rod bags made in Sewing classes during Term 1

Fantastic and practical! Pin cushions, fabric bags and tote bags all made during Term 1 Sewing classes

Beautiful handbag made by Kellie in Sewing class Term 1

Discovering new things in Scallywags Playtime Playgroup!

John's painting of St Patrick's Cathedral

man painting in public space community house neighbourhood house, landscape painting, interior and landmark painting, portraits, — John beginning his painting of St Patrick's Cathedral

inclusive local community choir — Sussex Skylarks Community Choir March 2023

Stuart Polwarth from SNH Committee of Governance attended to receive the certificate from Merri-bek City Council Mayor, Angelica Panopoulos, as they thanked local community connectors and Neighbourhood Houses for supporting Council's "Keeping us Covid Safe" initiatives.

Mixed media designed pieces by Art Space facilitator, Jennifer Burnett

Artwork by Drawing & Watercolour participants

man with brush standing next to painting of old building on easel with paint supplies — John's beautiful artwork of the Shannon Shamrock hotel in South Melbourne, now a lovely refurbished home. John's great great grandfather was a licensee of the hotel, which operated from 1867 to 1926.

student film production crew with equipment posing for photo — Students from our RMIT 'Let's Shoot' workshop

men with tripod camera and clapper for film production — Our RMIT 'Let's Shoot' students!

student film production crew with equipment filming — Students from our RMIT 'Let's Shoot' workshop in the middle of a practical session

young girls kids with pikachu top and ipad — Term 3 school holiday Chess Club

young girls kids playing chess with glass chess set and a pikachu on orange table — Term 3 school holiday Chess Club fun!

young boys kids playing chess with glass and wooden sets — Term 3 school holiday Chess Club involved some serious gameplay and iPad strategising!

teenagers sitting in orange room in discussion for class — Youth Fest Leadership Forum September 2022

teenagers sitting in orange room in discussion during class — Youth Fest Leadership Forum in full swing!

teenagers sitting at orange tables in class setting — Youth Fest Leadership Forum September 2022

women around orange table with fabrics, scissors, hot glue gun — Sewing for Enterprise participants working on a group project using recycled fabrics

Always fun being had with our Scallywags Playtime

snacks and kids in front of large screen playing video games — Plenty of fun being had in our video games room for the kids of the Home Educators Group

parents talking around table with paintings in background — Parents from the Home Educators Group catching up

three kids playing video games on computers — More gaming fun in the August Home Educators Group

lady in patterned shirt in front of brown tree with red and yellow leaves mural painting — Marie from Menders & Makers sporting her beautifully handmade shirt, created by using recycled fabrics that had been donated to Sussex

lady in pink sweater with white and orange striped bumbag — Anne's finished product! A fabulous handmade bumbag made from recycled fabrics donated to the House. Another wonderful result from the Makers & Menders group.

The recycled fabrics contributing to the fantastic creations of Sussex participants

kids in front of large screen playing video games with snacks and soda — Our April school holiday Video Games Club in full swing

two kids playing video game together xbox — More fun from our school holiday Video Games Club

group of people with music stands playing ukulele with instructor teacher — Enjoying the nice weather with Phil's Intermediate Ukulele class

group around bench discussing and preparing food — Cristina's Spanish class in session preparing traditional dishes

group around bench preparing food — Cristina's Spanish class in session preparing traditional dishes

group holding plates with food — The end result!

clay green cactus vase with person painting — A wonderful clay vase in the making from our Small Objects in Clay class

batman and harry potter tote carry bags — Some creations from our Sewing for Kids class

kids with sewing machines — The skilled creators from Sewing for Kids

kids waving to camera beside decorated wooden spoons — The creative inventors of Sussex Neighbourhood House's Spoonville

painted tree and mosaic leaves on window — The finished piece from the school holiday Suncatcher Mural workshop

chess being taught to kids — School Holiday Chess Club

kids being taught to play chess — Our school holiday Chess Club

painter in session painting building with multicoloured windows — Resident painter, John putting together the wonderful painting of the Pascoe Vale Community Centre that now hangs proudly in the hub

woman holding sewn pattern rabbits with bows — The talented Gwen from our Makers & Menders group with her bunnies made from recycled fabrics

students completing course work practice exams — Our VCE Holiday Program

group study session with tutor — Homework Club in session

student and tutor in front of computer — Homework Club with Biology tutor

english class with mature students — Friday's English class with Marzia

outdoor market with framed artwork stalls jewellery bags clothes — Pascoe Vale Food Collective's 1st Anniversary Makers Market Day 2

outdoor market with clothes jewellery bags — Pascoe Vale Food Collective's 1st Anniversary Makers Market Day

learning with computers and internet — Computers and Internet class with Dinusha

choir practice outdoors in childrens play area — Sussex Skylarks taking practice outdoors

italian two piece band duo performing for dancing older italians — J&C Duo performing at the Older Italian Event

italian choir gruppo culturale italiano — Gruppo Culturale Italiano choir at the Older Italian Event

older italians sit down event — Older Italian Booster Event

nurses in pop up booster vaccination covid clinic — Nurses at the pop-up booster clinic

labor mp candidate anthony cianflone speech at older italian event — Labor MP Candidate Anthony Cianflone

building and painting wooden birdhouses on blue tablecloth — Our school holiday Birdhouses with Bunnings workshop

kids on beanbags and couch with popcorn and milkshakes — Our school holiday Movies & Milkshakes group

kids in art room with markers decorating easter bunny masks — Our Easter Crafts school holiday workshop

blackboard welcome to the pascoe vale repair cafe mending clothes, fixing toaster, sharpening blades — Our opening Repair Café day in action

broken ceramic duck being repaired — Repair Café's Anne in action

A productive day in the Youth Leadership Program

italian choir performing in front of painting a place we all belong — Italian Choir Gruppo Culturale Italiano performing at the Winter Solstice

italian choir gruppo culturale italiano performing at SNH winter solstice — Italian Choir Gruppo Culturale Italiano performing at the Winter Solstice event

ladies enjoying winter solstice with pamphlets — Winter Solstice fun with Jan, Trish, Heather & Catherine

Labor MP for Wills Mr Peter Khalil speaking at SNH under participant made houses — Peter Khalil MP Federal Labor Member for Wills speaking at the Winter Solstice event

A very busy SNH during our Winter Solstice

choir practice with social distancing — Skylarks choir enjoying a covid-safe rehearsal

choir practice with social distancing and masks — Covid-safe choir practice

Flowers outside Pascoe Vale Community Centre

sussex neighbourhood house courtyard with terraced garden benches and bbq — SNH Courtyard

sussex neighbourhood house back facade children's centre entrance from park daytime — SNH Children's Centre entrance

sussex neighbourhood house side facade daytime — SNH Facility

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Sussex Neighbourhood House is located on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as custodians of the land and waters on which we operate and respect their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it. We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom has ensured the continuation of culture and traditional practices.

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