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Calling Local Artists, Crafters, Writers, Musicians and Performers
The Dereel Community Hub Inc. (DCHI) would like to explore ways of holding different kinds of art events in the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, and the general surrounding area. Perhaps this could include concerts, plays, poetry slams, variety shows, dances, ‘plein air’ painting, and more. If you have ideas, would like to perform or attend […]
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Free Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Counselling in Dereel
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Dereel Open Day – Save the Date
Save the date for the Dereel Open Day. There is free food for everyone, and all of the Dereel community groups will be there to chat to you. Tour the buildings and grounds if you haven’t been to the Community Centre before. New in town? Please let us know and we can answer any questions […]
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Alcohol and Drug Foundation’s Good Sports Program
The Alcohol and Drug Foundations’ Good Sports Program are offering a free online event  – a Q&A session with NRL Star Tom Trbojevic on Wednesday  16th February.For more information on this and the Good Sports Program, please contact Keith Gregory |Senior Community Development Officer M 0414 633 218W adf.org.au The Alcohol and Drug Foundation’s Good Sports […]
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Dereel Community Hub Is Taking a Break
The Dereel Community Hub Inc. (DCHI) is taking a break over Christmas, New Year, and part of January. Whatever you are doing during the festive season, stay safe and well. We’ll post on Dereel Spokes when our community activities resume. Hub Cafe dates will be announced toward the end of January.
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The Last Hub Cafe for 2021: With 20 layer summer berries crepe cake. Yum!
It’s the last Hub Cafe for 2021. Glynis is baking her summery berry 20 layer crepe cake!
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Silk Painting and Alcohol Ink Artworks: Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market is on Today
While Rosslyn Bosnar lives in Bannockburn, she is no stranger to Dereel, including teaching local people at the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall. Ros will be at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market today with some of her own work. Skilled in many different art mediums, Ros has recently been working with collage, silk painting […]
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Handmade Bags and Purses at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market
Racheal Strahan is a Dereel-based photographer and sewist who will be at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market tomorrow afternoon. Along with photographic portraits and landscapes, under her business ‘We Shoot Stuff’ Racheal will also have a range of bags, purses, children’s clothing and more, under her brand ‘Amezaak Designs’. See more of Racheal’s […]
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Acrylics and Papier Mache
Along with the art and craft market, a mini art exhibition will also be shown in the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall on Saturday afternoon. Caroline Everett is a local artist who works with many mediums. For the Christmas market, Caroline has a range of papier mache bowls, money boxes, and cups. To see more of […]
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Artist Colouring Books and Fabric Fat Quarters
Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market Glynis M Bryden is a diverse artist, working with Zentangle, drawings, paintings, book-binding, mosaic, paper-making and more. Glynis will have her hand-bound books, Artist Edition Colouring Books and Zentangle kits for sale, among other things. View more of Glynis’ work on her GP Arts Inc artist page. Musing Meanders […]
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Find Birds at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market
Two of the stallholders you will find at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market are Carol Moyse, a Dereel-based bird photographer, and Pam Farey, who has a range of hand painted cards, paintings, and these bird houses for sale. Carol has a range of prints for sale. You can see more of Carol’s photographs […]
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Hub Cafe – Call for Volunteers
Hub Cafe is open from 2pm to 4pm every Saturday afternoon at the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel.
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Links to Stallholders
Find out more about the stalholders who will be at the Dereel Christmas Art and Craft Market
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Have Your Say while Enjoying Barista-Made Coffee
Dereel is about to begin a new 3 year Community Planning cycle. At Hub Cafe, open between 2pm and 4pm at the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel, we will have forms you can complete to tell us your opinions. What is Community Planning? The idea behind Community Planning is that money spent […]
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Hub Cafe: Weekly from 2pm to 4pm
Hub Cafe is open from 2pm to 4pm every Saturday afternoon at the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel.
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Catherine King MP Visiting Dereel
With the electoral boundary changes, Dereel is now in the Federal Electoral Division of Ballarat. The current elected Federal Member of Parliament for Ballarat is Catherine King MP. If you would like to meet or chat with Catherine King MP, she will be in Dereel at 1:30pm on Monday 15th November, at the Dereel Soldier’s […]
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Hub Cafe: Weekly from 2pm to 4pm
Hub Cafe is open from 2pm to 4pm every Saturday afternoon at the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel.
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Hub Cafe is Re-opening TODAY!
We’re thinking about ideas for 2022. Come and have a chat, connect with the community and let us know what you would like to see in Dereel.
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Hub Cafe is Re-opening
We’re thinking about ideas for 2022. Come and have a chat, connect with the community and let us know what you would like to see in Dereel.
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Reminder: DCHI Annual General Meeting
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, numbers will be limited. Please contact us by emailing dereelspokes@gmail.com if you would like to attend. The Dereel Community Hub Annual General Meeting will be held: 7pm, Monday 4th October Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. In 2020 and 2021, many of the community events we organise could not […]
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DCHI Annual General Meeting
The Dereel Community Hub Annual General Meeting will be held: 7pm, Monday 4th October Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall, 14 Swamp Road, Dereel. In 2020 and 2021, many of the community events we organise could not happen due to COVID restrictions of one kind or another. We hope 2022 brings a renewal of community, and we […]
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Update: Management of the Dereel Hall and Community Centre
Further to the meetings to discuss the management of the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall and Community Centre buildings and facilities, the process to book the rooms and facilities has changed. As at 1st July, integratedliving australia are no longer managing the community buildings and facilities, but will remain in Dereel offering wellbeing services. A separate […]
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Art In Dereel – Workshops
Now that we are able to book the Dereel Community Centre, Art In Dereel are thinking of creating a short workshop program to be offered over the next few months. Before we organise anything, we would like to ask the community of Dereel to let us know the type of art or craft workshop you […]
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DCHI Meeting Tonight
For those of you brave enough to come out into the cold, this is a reminder that the next DCHI meeting is being held tonight. If you are intending to come along, please email LisaHunter@bigpond.com so we can monitor numbers in line with COVID-19 protocols. The meeting is in the kitchen. Please enter at the […]
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Be the first to know…
Planning community events is proving difficult in the COVID-19 situation, so we are creating an email list to let community members know of events that are organised quickly, where there may not be time to promote it. The email will go straight to your email Inbox, so there is no need to keep checking the […]
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Celebrating 100 Years
Celebrating 100 Years of the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall The 100 year anniversary of the opening of the Dereel Soldier’s Memorial Hall will be celebrated on Saturday 22nd May. This is an event for all members of the Dereel community. The history display is presented by Julie Donaghy. Julie has been researching the history of […]
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Dereel CFA Brigade Update: Planned Burn
Dereel Fire Brigade Captain Robert Hill has advised the community of details related to the planned burn bounded by Swanson Road, Swamp Road and Rokewood Junction Road which was originally planned for Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th April. This planned burn will now take place on Friday 30th April and Saturday 1st May. This change […]
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Newsletter Delivered to You
Thank you to Richard, Carol and Clio for delivering the latest edition of Dereel Spokes to Dereel and Corindhap letterboxes. This edition has information on groups which are meeting, those who need more volunteers, and some local plants to look out for including locally growing wild orchids, as well as an invasive weed to remove. […]
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