Project Outcomes
Get Ready Day! 2019
Get Ready Day! 2019 What an amazing day at our Get Ready! Event. Huge thanks to our local emergency services teams, very willing as always to share their knowledge. We learnt about CPR and snakebite management, watched the SES demonstrate their skills at a simulated live car cut and rescue, learnt from Forest Fire Management […]
Murrindindi Youth (MY) Reflective Garden, Alexandra Secondary College
Murrindindi Youth (MY) Reflective Garden, Alexandra Secondary College Alexandra Secondary College’s new garden is a quiet reflective space where students can relax and enjoy the natural environment. Funded through the Foundation’s Bushfire Recovery Fund, the garden creates a sense of belonging and connection to the school space. Two factors that influence resilience are connection and […]
Improving mental health – Alexandra Secondary College
Improving mental health – Alexandra Secondary College This project supported the students of Alexandra Secondary School by providing an on site counsellor. A counsellor worked with students and their families to improve their mental health and day-to-day functioning. By helping young people to develop positive mental health their learning outcomes and contributions to community capacity […]
Community Fitness – Toolangi Castella district community house
The aim of this project is to increase the fitness and stamina of the participants in the Toolangi Castella District Community House fitness group.
Singing for the Soul
Singing for the Soul Dr Jonathon Welch AM, and 60 members of his community choir – ‘THECHO!R’– visited Alexandra on April 7 2019 to conduct a singing workshop with local participants, then participated in a free concert performance in the afternoon for the general public involving all members of THECHO!R and all local participants. Funded […]
Telling our story – Alexandra Football and Netball Club – production of communication material
Telling our story – Alexandra Football and Netball Club Production of communications material Funding form the Foundation assisted the Alexandra Football and Netball Club (AFNC) to tell their story, in order to attract funds to help construct a multipurpose community facility at the recreation reserve. The recreation reserve was the main staging area for fire […]
Rivers and Ranges Community Leadership Program
Rivers and Ranges Community Leadership Program The overall aim of the Rivers and Ranges Community Leadership Program (RRCLP) is to increase the capacity and resilience of communities by strengthening local leadership. The funding from the MTCF provided the assistance to support two individuals from Murrindindi Shire to attend the RRCLP program. The program develops community leadership […]
Girl Link transition program
Girl Link transition program Girlink is a transition program for Grade 6 girls from the Cathedral Cluster of primary schools in Alexandra, Marysville, Buxton and Eildon. The program was a two-day residential camp facilitated by staff and Year 11 students from the Alexandra Secondary College. The aim of the camp was to build social bonds […]