Mount Evelyn
Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
YR Council fined for poor power line safety
St John Ambo encourages volunteering
Students to embark on music tour
MESCH pavilion officially opens
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Kids all in for growth Mount Evelyn’s Birmingham Primary School has seen a great interest in its long running Kitchen Garden program that has been worked into the curriculum for the Grade 4s. With volunteer helper Alan Reidy, the school has been able to teach students about planting, growing and harvesting fruit and vegetables before they head into the kitchen to make some delicious feasts. Read more on page 9 Birmingham Primary School Grade 4 students Annabelle, Indi and Ella enjoyed getting out in the garden. Picture: MIKAYLA VAN LOON
Focus on ‘home’ cently who I think are just average people who can’t afford the electricity,” Mr Iddles said. “One guy went to Bunnings and said ‘I can’t afford the electricity anymore. I have bought myself some solar lights. I put them outside during the day and at night that’s the only lighting I have in my house’. “What we’ve seen over the last eighteen months is definitely more homeless. We are seeing people who are sleeping rough. We get
people who come up with a shopping trolley and say ‘I haven’t had my washing done in six months’.” Homelessness Week provides an opportunity for people to better understand the homelessness situation happening on their doorstep. Turn to pages 16-18 for more information and data on how the Yarra Ranges is seeing growing demand
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the situation is getting worse, not only seeing more people accessing services but more people forced to change everyday habits to not fall into homelessness. Orange Sky volunteer Ron Iddles said he and his wife Colleen are seeing an emerging group of people who just can’t afford to turn the power on and are choosing not to wash their clothes or use lights. “There’s a new lot [of people] we’ve seen re-
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From councillors sleeping out in cardboard boxes to taking a collective approach, Homelessness Week is a time to reflect and raise awareness around how many are thrown into unstable living. The advocacy week runs each year in August, falling this year from 7 to 13 August and focusing on the theme “It’s time to end homelessness”. As Yarra Ranges based services work in this space each day, it is becoming clear