Community News
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Meet the Dads Club
It might be difficult to make new mates in a new town but one group of dads is making it easier for people to connect. With “a couple of beers and a few laughs”, ‘Dads Club’ aims to facilitate better connectedness for regional men and promote male mental health awareness, says vice-president and co-founder Luke…
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Local Vets honoured
Kyneton has become host to myriad of colours and textures this week for the Kyneton Anzac week quilt exhibition – With You With Me With Them. The week-long exhibition honours those who have served our country by their military service. Together with a host of partnering organisations, the event organisers have created an extensive and…
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Callum a real champion
For the last three Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday appeals, young Callum Judd has been watching progress from his hospital bed. This year the brave seven-year-old joined his family to actually be involved in the collection with the volunteers from the Woodend CFA. Callum suffers from neuroblastoma, which is the most common solid tumour of…
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Local efforts impress
Young people today can come under a lot of criticism, but the youth of the region made an invaluable and fantastic contribution to this year’s record-breaking Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal collection. More than $18M was raised this year across the state, with local contributions impressive across the region. In the Kyneton district more…