THE Australian Welsh Male Choir leaves Australia on the 20 October for a tour of the United Kingdom that will include performances in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Liverpool , York, Chester and Northampton. In Wales the Frankston based choir will sing in Abergavenny before going to London for a concert at Australian High Commission for the High Commissioner George Brandis. For the tour’s final performance the choir will join choirs from Wales, England, Norway, Sweden, and the US for the London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall. The Australian Welsh Male Choir will be led by musical…
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ISAACS MP Mark Dreyfus has recommended a total of $150,000 in grants for local community groups in the latest round of the Stronger Communities Program. This small grants program enables local community groups to purchase equipment or build local infrastructure on a matched funding basis. “I was very pleased to recommend funding for these 20 local organisations. All of these projects will be of high value to our community,” Mr Dreyfus said. “There is great diversity in the Isaacs community and that has shone through here, with grants recommended for sporting clubs, community centres, men’s sheds and pre-schools, to name…
NO to Violence workshops are making their way through Mordialloc, spearheading a grassroots listening tour in “hot spots” across Victoria. The Mordialloc workshop was held on 21 September, and featured talks with experts and community leaders from the family violence sector. Local MPs were also invited to attend and hear firsthand about the challenges, service gaps, and collaborative innovations being trialled. In Victoria Police’s bayside region, the LEAP data of reported family incidents demonstrates a rise in family violence incidents. Over the past five years, police reports in this region have increased from 15,097 incidents in 2013/2014 to 17,193 incidents…
MOOROODUC Junior Football Club celebrated their first ever grand final victory on Saturday 8 September as their under-12s enjoyed a strong win over Mt Martha in the MPJFL grand final. Moorooduc, who joined the MPJFL four seasons ago, had another three teams competing across the league, but it was the under-12s side which landed the historical moment. Having been defeated by Mt Martha in the second semi-final, Moorooduc had to play Red Hill in the preliminary final before making their way back into the grand final. After scoring a victory over Red Hill, Moorooduc came up with a new game…
MORNINGTON father-of-three Ian Thompson felt his head go “cloudy”, couldn’t think straight and became disoriented; to make matters worse, he began to lose his vision. Although the 64-year-old did not know it at the time, he was having a stroke. “After meeting other stroke survivors I feel lucky, as if I had dodged a bullet,” he said last week. “Thankfully, the staff at Frankston Hospital’s emergency department recognised the signs and responded so quickly.” The stroke hit while he was working on his arrows at Frankston Archery Club. “I was using this new solvent to repair the arrows and it’s…