Understanding Dementia — Monday 2 September 2019. Free session
Adult Learners Week (#learn1thing) – Building Digital Skills Event. Free event. Tuesday 3rd September 2019. Booking essential.
Community Events
North East Litter and Illegal Dumping Survey
This Survey is f
Mount Beauty & District Men’s Shed
as requested by the Alpine Shire
Have your say and play a role in identifying litter and illegal dumping priorities for the region.
The North East Waste and Resource Recovery Group (NEWRRG), which plans for waste and resource recovery for the region, has received funding from the Victorian Government to develop a Regional Litter and Illegal Dumping Plan.
The plan will be the result of a partnership between councils, alpine resorts, state government departments and agencies and community and environmental groups based on local evidence identifying litter and illegal dumping priorities for the region.
To help develop the plan, the NEWRRG are investigating community views, concerns and priorities about items that should have been disposed of correctly that become litter or are illegally dumped. NEWRRG are seeking your views on these two issues separately where litter broadly is considered to be small items of waste while illegal dumping generally relates to larger items bigger than a plastic shopping bag.
The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete and is confidential and anonymous. Individual responses will be collated and analysed as group data and reported back to the community as the regional plan is developed. Completed surveys must be received by midnight Sunday 4 August 2019.
Anyone that lives in the region is invited to complete a survey. When you complete the survey if you choose to provide your contact email address you automatically enter a draw to win a $100 gift card.
It would be appreciated if you could distribute the survey to your membership by directing them to the Engage Victoria webpage — Click this link to take the Survey < www.engage.vic.gov.au/regional-litter-and-illegal-dumping-plans/north-east>. Survey closes Sunday 4th August.
On behalf of the North East Waste and Resource Recovery Group and partners, thank you very much for taking the time to complete the survey.
Regards
| Jenny CorserDevelopment Officer (Youth & Communities)Mob: 0419 915 319 Monday, Wednesday – Friday | Alpine Shire Council ABN 14 821 390 281 Great Alpine Rd, Bright PO Box 139, Bright, VIC, 3741 Tel: 03 5755 0555 |
Reminder — BBQ & General Meeting this Friday 12 noon at the Shed.
UKV Men’s Shed – Health Week & Projects
This week is Men’s Health Week
For all the information you need to know about Men’s Health go to the Healhy Male website RESOURCES page. Click [HERE}.
Dick Puttyfoot — producing computer generated routed wooden signs for Parks Victoria.
Left photo – Rod Hyde has been producing a number of metal storage shelves/racks for the Neighbourhood Centre’s new greenhouse. Right photo – Shane Clooney ‘our electrical guru’ is turning his hand to a woodworking project.
Left photo – Ian Erbacher on the Table Saw cutting kindling for the Hospital Opp Shop to sell. Right photo – Mal Darwent & Barry Hinson preparing the concrete slab that the old Falls Creek Eagle Chair will sit on.
Left photo – Pozzie from NE Home Improvement Co pouring concrete to sit the old Eagle Chair on and Mal Darwent who is overseeing this project. Right photo– The Shed’s new 3 x 4.5m Marquee for use at the Football/Netball gate collection and other community events (it includes three walls).
Left photo – Deer Guard installation at the Clover Arboretum (from left: Mark Ghiradello, Shane Clooney, Reg Hollonds and kneeling Justin Grealy The Shed has made 12 Deer Guards for the Friends of the Clover Arboretum. Right photo – Alf Thistlethwaite with two pieces of furniture that he has resorted.
Warwick Mitchell manufacturing the base of the Flag Pole that will be erected at the Pioneer Memorial Park in Tawonga.
Shed Extension Update
Shed Extension Grant Application — The Victorian Department of Health & Human Services in May made the application available and Ian Howley and myself are currently working through it. We will be applying for $60,000.00. Estimated total project cost is $106,000. The Shed has to contribute $46,000.00 in cash and in-kind labour/materials. It has to be finalised by the end of June. Notification of success or otherwise will not be until late December 2019.
Work on-site — Things are starting to happen:
- Tree removal;
- Site levelling and some road-fill added;
- Trench digging and stormwater pipes laid;
- Additional road-fill dumped on-site and ready for final spreading, compacting and levelling.
- Alterations to plumbing lines and the relocation of the Solar Hot-Water Unit on the roof will be happening soon.
Note: funding for this initial preparation work was obtained in late 2018 from the Alpine Shire’s Community Development Funding Program.
BBQ/General Meeting incl Guest Speaker – Fri 17th May
- When: Friday 17th May 2019
- Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
- Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
- Cost: $7.00
- Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.
Program:
• BBQ — Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship. The talk will follow the sit-down BBQ lunch.
• Guest Speaker — Peter Panozzo — Peter will show a short video and talk about his and brother David’s portable ‘Timber Mill’ that they can transport to the site of a tree to mill it.
Also president Dick has a short video to show as well. It’s a secret!
Major Shed News
- Football/Netball Gate volunteers — Please contact the co-ordinator Mark Hardidge if you can assist: Mob: 0407 549 651 or Email: <maurk01@bigpond.com>.
- ‘Tools Down’ Thursday mornings — The committee discussed whether we should persevere with this initiative and because of low attendance have decided to discontinue it. In the spring we will trial opening the Shed on a Saturday morning (once per month) as a social get-together as well as offering items made in the Shed for sale to the public. Garage sale items would also be offered for sale.
- Grants — The Shed has been fortunate to have applied for and been successful with two grant applications. One was to update our Apple iMac computer that is internet connected and free for members to use. The Wi-Fi is also free for members to use with their mobile phones, laptops and tablets. The other grant was for a larger Marquee (3m x 4.5m) for use especially by the volunteers at our Footygate Raffles. It’s a quality product with the Shed name and logo on the front. The second part of this grant was for another ‘Compactus’ storage unit that will be used in the Shed extension. Shed Extension Grant — The Victorian Department of Health & Human Services has finally made the application available and Ian Howley and myself are currently working through it. We will be applying for $60,000.00. Estimated total project cost is $106,000. The Shed has to contribute $46,000.00 in cash and in-kind labour/materials. It has to be finalised by the end of June. Notification of success or otherwise will not be until late December 2019.
- Future BBQ’s — As in previous years, there will be no BBQ in June.
- Donation of six chairs — Alf Thistlethwaite kindly donated six quality chairs to the Shed. Thanks, Alf.
A community event…
The Bendigo Bank is inviting the public to a community event* that it is organising on Thursday 16 May 2019 — 5:00 pm for a 5:30 pm start at the Mt Beauty Information Centre Auditorium.
Refreshments will be provided. For catering purposes please RSVP to Mount Beauty & District Community Bank® Branch on:
• Telephone (03) 5754 4484 or
• Email <MountBeautyMailbox@bendigobank.com.au>
*John Maher – Sharing Carmen’s Road Safety Message — This is a free event. You won’t want to miss this, John’s true life story. You will never take life, your role in life or road safety for granted again.
UKV Shed News – fundraising
Fundraising for our Shed Extension — West Peak Hotel
This Friday night 10th May from 5:30 pm. The West Peak Hotel and the Men’s Shed is conducting another raffle which is put on by the Hotel. The Hotel provides the tickets and the prizes (which the Shed pays for out of the takings on the night). We sell the tickets and already have volunteer sellers. We need your support again at this function so come down for a meal which is available from 5:30 pm, buy a few tickets and enjoy a fun social evening. Raffle draw is at 7:00 pm — usually have about 30 draws so your chances of a win are very good.
Football/Netball Gate volunteers — We need members to volunteer to collect entry money and sell raffle tickets at Dederang-Mt Beauty Home Football & Netball games (a major Shed fundraiser for our NEW extension). Please contact the co-ordinator Mark Hardidge if you can assist: Mob: 0407 549 651 or Email: <maurk01@bigpond.com>. The next home game is this Saturday 11th May at Mount Beauty against Tallangatta. We need help with this project so please consider offering for a couple of hours.
‘Tools Down’ morning — Each Thursday 9:30 am to 12 noon. This is a time with no work (tools down). It is a time when members can just come along for some socialising, camaraderie and fellowship. This can take the form of talk, discussion, reading, cards, watch TV, watch a movie, learn some IT, or other quiet activities that take members interests. Each Thursday members will be treated to a special morning tea i.e. extra goodies. There is no charge for the morning tea. If a member wishes to bring along some alcohol they are welcome to do so. Please support this initiative and bring a friend.
