HOMES for people living with significant mental health difficulties will be built in Frankston. The residences will be built by The Haven Foundation in partnership with Mind Australia. The state government is supporting the project as part of its $5.3 billion “Big Housing Build” initiative. Haven houses are self-contained one bedroom homes with a built in wardrobe, bathroom, kitchen, lounge room and outdoor courtyard or balcony. There are shared community spaces and onsite overnight facilities nearby for specialist mental health support staff. Six Haven residences are currently operating in Victoria – they are in Frankston, South Yarra, Highton, Epping, Laverton…
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CUSTOM glasses will be sold next week to raise money for the Fred Hollows Foundation’s Indigenous Australia Program. The program aims to make eye care more accessible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. To raise money for it, Specsavers Cheltenham East is selling a new glasses design and donating a portion of the proceeds. The glasses (pictured above) are designed by Martu artist Helen Dale Samson. They go on sale on 26 June. $25 from each sale will be donated to the Fred Hollows Foundation. The foundation’s chair, Jane Madden, said “we are incredibly grateful to be able to…
THE successful applicants for South East Water’s latest round of community grants have been announced. South East Water has handed out more than $320,000 in the last four years. 66 groups have shared the funding. The latest 16 groups to receive funding have been confirmed. They include A Better Life for Foster Kids Frankston, Bayside Community Information and Support Service, Carrum Downs Secondary College, Chelsea Community Support Services, Food for Change Mornington Peninsula, Lighthouse Foundation Frankston, and Pearcedale’s RSPCA. South East Water customer experience general manager Lara Salembier said the successful applicants made “valuable contributions towards supporting a thriving, more…
A FRANKSTON man was arrested last week after police seized allegedly stolen horse saddles, a scissor lift, a motorcycle, ammunition, and car parts from two properties. Police raided addresses on Ashley Avenue in Frankston and Hardys Road in Tooradin at around 11am on 9 June. They seized the allegedly stolen property and arrested two people. Police charged a 34-year-old man from Frankston with drug trafficking, burglary, theft, theft of motor vehicle, and handling stolen goods. He has been remanded, and was scheduled to face Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 15 June. A 36-year-old Tooradin man was also arrested, He was charged…
WORKS will begin soon to construct a temporary track on the Frankston line to keep trains running during major level crossing removal works. Work is ongoing to remove the level crossings at Warrigal Road and Parkers Road at Parkdale. More workers will be dedicated to the project in coming weeks. Recent works at Parkdale have been undertaken on trenching and drainage. The Level Crossing Removal Project says that the Parkdale project is ready to “ramp up”. “Over the coming weeks you’ll see more machinery and more workers in the area with barriers in place along Como Parade so we can…