We received great feedback how Outside the Square makes a change. We wanted to share with you what people had to say about our most recent Outside the Square –…
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Community members from the regions of Lancefield, Romsey, Cobaw, Benloch and Baynton gathered together to Celebrate Community Outside the Square at the Lancefield Mechanics Institute on the 5th of June….
Celebrate Communities at Outside the Square When: Sunday 5 June, 2pm – 5.30pm Where: Mechanics Institute, Corner of High Street and The Crescent, Lancefield RSVP: Required for catering purposes. CELEBRATING…
Coming to the Lancefield-Cobaw region, is Outside the Square event “Celebrating Community”. It’s a community gathering where everyone is welcome to share news, ideas and inspiration. It is taking place…
A heated pool? Volunteers to run bingo? Fire prevention? A data-base for information sharing between community groups? A restaurant that is open in the evening? Good stuff that happens in…
The Make a Change community program in the Lancefield-Cobaw region – what is it and why are we here? On October 3 2015, a burn planned by Department of Environment, Land, Water…
Hey Lancefield, Romsey, Cobaw, Benloch area, We’ve been invited to bring our work to your community – special events, community discussions and workshops to explore what’s needed and how to…
Everyone can make a difference. Last night at the Morley Johnson Building over 100 people gathered to acknowledge our differences and ‘Celebrate Who We Are’ with the Bendigo Festival…
Outside The Square Living Together Date: Tuesday 15th March 2016 Time: 6.30pm Venue: Level 1 of the Morley Johnson Building, 23 Mitchell Street, Bendigo At Outside the Square we like…
What motivates us to bring others together and make a change? This is a question we often consider at Make a Change Australia. We are always on the look out…
Kangaroo Flat Primary School acknowledges and celebrates living together regularly. Their well-being mantra is that ‘Every Face has a Place’. “We have a unique school,” explains Kim Saddlier, Principal…
“Three years ago, one of our senior players, Rob Fisher; who also works at Loddon Mallee Interchange, suggested that we set up an all abilities cricket team.” Make a…
The Old Church on the Hill brings together people from different religions, genders, cultures and ages within its walls and its community garden. Make a Change Australia is talking…
Outside the Square is a community engagement program that celebrates local people who think a little differently to create positive change in our community. The program raises awareness and…
“I wasn’t sure how integrating people who don’t speak English into our workplace would work,” admitted Brent Bruns, Human Resource Manager for Keech. “But I had no need to…
Living Together is a special Outside the Square event as part of the Bendigo Festival of Cultures exploring how live together, acknowledging we’re all different. This weekend we…
Photos: With thanks to Shane Carey, The Sensitive Shutter Photography Our final event of this years Outside the Square Active Spaces series Creative Communities was a great success….
“There is story and emotion inside of us that many of us don’t get the opportunity to let out and explore,” says Mark Polsen, of Twelve Shed Art Space. Located…
We know that Bendigo’s Creative Community is huge. We know because through the process of producing our latest Outside the Square event on the topic of Creative Communities we…
“I lived the first half of my life in Melbourne and the second half here in Bendigo,” Gordon McKern shares with me. Gordon moved his business and his family…
Made in Common is Bendigo’s first shared creative space. Opened in April in 2015, Made in Common is a functioning retail and studio collaboration between Lucy Armstrong, Georgie Armstrong,…
Hardik Jani moved to Bendigo last year from Adelaide. Since making Bendigo his home he has become very active in the community, working towards hosting an event that binds…
“My vision for Bendigo is to symbiotically develop our creative and manufacturing capacity. Bendigo will be known as the city to view art, and to commission public artworks.” Make a…
In December 2013 the landmark report: Valuing Australia’s Creative Industries, was published: providing convincing data and discussion to the growing strength of Australia’s Creative Economy While this was…
On her recent Australia trip, Make a Change Director Karen Corr and her family were pleasantly surprised when they found themselves partaking in a community arts project in Alice…
Creatability is one, if not the only, longest running multi-art form community arts group based in Bendigo. They are a professional production and visual arts company presenting their work…
I write this letter in response to the recent article “Protests bad for business” where Bendigo and Adelaide Bank chairman Robert Johanson expressed concern about the impact on business…
Our second event of this years 2015 Outside the Square Active Spaces series Places for Change was a great success. In case you missed it, here is a summary…
The Wolstencroft Park used to be a quarry. It was so deep that when people stood the top the people at the bottom looked like ants! This unused and…
