Lancefield Neighbourhood House
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Lancefield Neighbourhood House enters new era
Lancefield Neighbourhood House’s ‘townhouse’ has relocated and entered a new era. The community asset has provided the town with social connections, support and services for more than three decades, and will continue to do so from its new site at 5 The Crescent, Lancefield. Team members celebrated the move last month, to a townhouse better…
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Market brings the warmth
This Saturday the Lancefield and District Farmers Market brings you another bumper lineup of 85 local and regional producers, many multi-award winning leaders in their field and a diversity of local produce. Winter vegetables are particularly sweet due to their cold growing conditions and will be available in abundance from Ortale Market Garden, Rare Earth…
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Cooking up a storm
Lancefield’s Community Lunch took on a special Christmas in July theme last week and welcomed almost 100 people. The Neighbourhood House initiative served up a Christmas-style roast and pudding with kitchen efforts headed by Nikki Reeves and St Mary’s Primary School students helping to serve guests. Pictured are young kitchen volunteers Tonia Oliveira from Romsey…
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Swap, share, take or donate
Community food share will offer residents more affordable food options following its launch in Lancefield and Romsey this month. The food share is open to all community members and works on a ‘swap, share, take or donate basis’ with the adage ‘take what you need, give what you can’. A range of fresh and non-perishable…
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New arts hub for Lancefield
Metal sculptures, local landscapes and botanical art are among the works to be discovered at Lancefield’s new gallery space. Opened last week, the gallery on High Street features the diverse work of 10 artists from Lancefield and surrounds. Artist Sharon Pappas said when Lancefield Neighbourhood House offered the location for a gallery, many were excited…
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‘We all have stories to tell …’
Castlemaine resident Isis Jordan is thrilled to be the new manager for Lancefield and District Farmers Market. “We all have stories to tell, and I’m committed to honouring and sharing yours,” she assured stallholders in the lead-in to the monthly market held at Romsey Park on Saturday. For the second month in a row, the…
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Market cancelled amid coronavirus fears
Community concern over potential coronavirus transmission resulted in the cancellation of the Lancefield and District Farmers Market last Saturday. Vivien Philpotts, Lancefield Neighbourhood House coordinator and Lancefield Park Committee of Management member, explained that both committees had decided the market was attracting too many people from outside of town and putting people in the community…
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Lancefield recycling centre launches
Lancefield locals are encouraged to think twice about what they are sending to landfill through the launch of a Lancefield Recycle Centre last week. The Neighbourhood House initiative enables residents to ethically dispose of normally hard-to-recycle waste through simple sorting at The Townhouse drop-point. People can now easily dispose of and recycle bread tags, writing…
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Connecting seniors
Physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, while essential to protecting older Australians who are particularly vulnerable to the virus, may be causing social isolation and loneliness. The Digital Connection for Seniors Project aims to support people over 65 in the Macedon Ranges to socially connect with family and friends using internet-enabled digital technologies. There has…