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AGM Dereel Community Hub Inc.
The Agenda for the Dereel Community Hub Inc. Annual General Meeting is attached. Open it by clicking here agm-agenda-19-september-16-meeting Meeting details are as follows: Date: Monday 19th September Time: 7:30pm Location: Dereel Community Centre, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. All members of the Dereel and surrounding communities are welcome to attend. If you have been watching our…
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Dereel Community Day – Photo Gallery
A gallery of images from the Dereel Community Day on Saturday. Click on an image to view the gallery in a larger size. The Dereel Community Hub Inc. would like to thank Fiona and Lucy for organising the Community Day, which was a huge success. Thank you also to The Men’s Shed for a tasty BBQ lunch.…
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How Would You Design Our Logo?
Do you like playing with ideas in a visual way? Dereel Community Hub Inc. are thinking about ideas for a logo which represents our role and our local community. We are calling for logo ideas from local people with an interest in art and design. All concepts and designs received will be displayed at the Hub…
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Community Notice
Dereel Spokes is happy to publish information about local groups as a free community announcement. Leigh Catchment (Dereel) CERT Annual General Meeting Leigh Catchment (Dereel) Community Emergency Response Team will hold their Annual General Meeting in October. Date: Wednesday 5th October Time: 7:00pm Location: Dereel CERT Facility, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. Everyone is welcome…
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Dereel Community Garden
The first meeting of the Dereel Community Garden group discussed potential use of community space. A draft plan and collected ideas will be available soon for public comment. See these at the Dereel Community Day on 10th September between 12 noon and 2pm and in the Dereel Community Gardening Facebook group. All comments, offers and…
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DCHI Annual General Meeting
Community Notice: The Dereel Community Hub Inc. will hold an Annual General Meeting in September. Date: Monday 19th September Time: 7:30pm Location: Dereel Community Centre, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. All members of the Dereel and surrounding communities are welcome to attend. If you have been watching our progress over the past year and are interested…
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Dereel Community Day
By Fiona Robson: Please join us at the Dereel Community Day on Saturday 10 September, 12 noon to 2pm, at the Dereel Hall and Community Centre. This is a great opportunity to celebrate Dereel and what is available for the community. Please share this within your networks, by printing & displaying the poster, including the…
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Free Community Tutoring
Are you a school student? Do you have a child who is? Or, are you competent in an academic subject at primary or high school level? Would you like to help a school student to learn? If any of these descriptions fit you, we want to hear from you. We are calling for people who…
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First Community Garden Meeting
The first meeting of a DCHI project team, led by Kim Stanley, to plan a community garden at the Dereel Community Centre will take place on Saturday 13th August at 2pm. This first meeting will focus on planning and design. Down the track there will be opportunities to do gardening and landscaping. Updates will be posted…
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Launch and Lunch (Free)
Join us on Saturday 20th August for a free lunch to kick off the Dereel Community Plan for the next three years. Lunch is at 12:30 and the launch is from 1pm to 3pm. After lunch, we will look at the projects included in the proposed Community Plan and you can decide what is most important to…
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Meet Fiona: Our New Community Wellbeing Officer
By Fiona Robson My name is Fiona Robson and I am the new Community Wellbeing Officer for Dereel. My role is to work with people in Dereel to help us to be healthy and well. We are planning a Community Day on Saturday 10th September. All community groups are invited to be involved and everyone…
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Linton Trailblazer Walk
By Jacinta Walsh, Our next walk is Thursday 4th August in Linton. We are meeting at ‘The Station’ which is across the road from the Linton Take Away shop at 10am. We will catch the bus up to the Linton Fire Fighters Memorial and walk back into Linton up the main street so people will…
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Dereel People – Kim Stanley
1. How long have you lived in the area? Almost 18 years, I’m a bush girl. I wanted to have a hobby farm and animals somewhere out in the bush. It’s handy to have easy access to town for work, I hadn’t had a bin service before coming to Dereel! Everything lined up to make…
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Imagine Dereel
The Vision workshop, held on Saturday 23 July, was a great opportunity for us to reflect on what is great about living in Dereel and imagine the best of how our community could be in the future. Participants spent two hours discussing a wide range of topics to flesh out a future vision for Dereel.…
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Changes to the Mobile Library
This is a public notice from Golden Plains Shire regarding the regular Mobile Library Service provided to Dereel. A major refurbishment of the Golden Plains Mobile Library is to be undertaken. The work will commence shortly with the vehicle withdrawn from service on 27 July 2016. While the Mobile Library is being upgraded, a van…
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Update: Dereel Mens’ Shed
As of the 1st August, the Dereel Mens’ Shed will be open on the following days from 10am to 3pm: Monday (men only) Wednesday (mixed) Friday (mixed) Also on Saturday’s from 11am to 3pm (mixed.) New members who would like to be involved in projects are wanted. If you can provide skills, ideas and suggestions,…
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Dereel Community Breakfast
By Lorraine Ellis, Dereel Walking Group The Dereel Walking Group are about to begin their monthly breakfasts again. Community breakfasts have not been held this year due to the rebuilding of the community facilities. Our first breakfast this year will be on Tuesday 2nd August at 8 am. Please note, due to the cold weather, this…
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Tuesday 12th July: ‘Setting Up the Community Centre’ Discussion
Fiona Robson, the Dereel Community Wellbeing Officer, has let us know that Paul Owen from Golden Plains Shire will be at the Dereel Community Centre tomorrow morning to discuss the set-up of the Dereel Community Centre and Hall. Paul is keen that the Centre works for everyone who uses it. So, if you have ideas,…
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Today: How to Navigate Centrelink
As promoted in last week’s post from Fiona Robson, Ritchie from Centrelink will be in Dereel today to run an information session. So, if you have a question or would like to know more about navigating Centrelink, come to the Dereel Community Centre for the “Navigating Centrelink’ talk which begins at 1pm.
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Photoshop with the Camera Crew on Saturday
This month, the Dereel Camera Crew are bringing along photographs to edit in Photoshop. If you have always wondered what can be done to improve your photographs, you are welcome to bring a photo on a USB. Paul Shire will be leading this session, which begins at 2pm on Saturday 9th July at the Dereel Community…
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DCHI Sausage Sizzle at Dereel Polling Booth
The latest copy of Dereel Spokes was delivered to mailboxes in Dereel and Corindhap today. If you haven’t got your copy yet, come to the Dereel Hall tomorrow and collect one. The Dereel Community Hub Inc. will be running a Sausage Sizzle and information stand at the Dereel Polling Booth, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. Come and…
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NAIDOC Week and July Program from Dereel Community Wellbeing Officer
Fiona Robson has commenced her role as Dereel’s Community Wellbeing Officer. Here is a note from Fiona to the community: Congratulations on the move across to the renovated community centre on Saturday. The Centre is looking amazing and ready to be used. I have been asked about what happens now and have created a program…
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Dereel People – Ruth Georgalas
1. How long have you lived in the area? For 30 years. I had five kids and I thought it was a great place to bring them up—with sheep, goats, pigs, cows etc. 2. What’s great about living here? The fresh air, it’s quiet at night, and you can see the stars. 3. What do…
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Dereel People – Richard Emery
1. How long have you lived in the area? 3 ½ years. We were living in suburban Ballarat and for my 60th birthday received hire of a camper van as a gift from my family. We were home two hours from the trip when my partner said it was too noisy and she wanted to…
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Interested in Dereel’s History?
Did you know that land was put aside for a cemetery in Dereel, but it was never used? Or that Dereel was once known as Spring Creek? Do you know where the main gold diggings took place in the 1850’s or where the original town centre was located? To find out more about Dereel’s history,…
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Participate in Dereel Community Planning
The next facilitated Community Planning meeting will be held on 21st June 2016. At this meeting, information received from the community will be reviewed by the community planning team. The ten questions below aim to identify what is good about living in Dereel and how we can build on that to make it even better. If…
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UFO Day at The Hub Cafe Tomorrow
Have you got a room full of UnFinished Objects or projects? Find one that’s portable and bring it to the Hub Cafe on Saturday. The Cafe is open for two hours between 2pm and 4pm, so that gives you a solid block of time to do some work on your project while chatting with local…
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Morning Tea with the Dereel Walking Group for BRICC
The Dereel Walking Group are holding a morning tea on Tuesday 31st May to raise money for the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre (BRICC). We know many people in the community have been affected by cancer, and most have had something to do with BRICC in the form of treatment and fabulous care for both the…
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Dereel People: Ruth Uren
1.How long have you lived in the area, and what brought you here? 17 years. We had friends who had a place up here and we came to visit, fell in love with the area, saw the block in Tantaus Road. About 6 months later we bought it. We built a shed, lived in that…
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Hub Cafe Today: Camera Crew and Coffee
The Dereel Camera Crew will be meeting at 2pm in the Community Centre before heading out on an excursion to Berringa. If you’re not interested in photography, come to the Community Centre for a coffee and a chat between 2pm and 4pm today. We also have hot chocolate and chai.
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