A Village for Every Child

22/10/2026

🥦Thank you for joining us! 🍎

A big thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday, both in person and online, for our Children's Nutrition and Mealtimes Workshop!

It was a wonderful morning of learning, sharing experiences and exploring practical tips to help families support healthy eating habits and create more positive mealtime experiences.

A special thank you to Freya from Eat, Speak, Learn - Allied Health Services for delivering such an engaging and informative session, sharing her knowledge and practical strategies, and taking the time to answer questions and connect with families.

We would also like to thank Salima from Kids Dental Lounge for joining us with an information table and chatting with families about children's oral health. 🦷 It was a great opportunity to highlight the important connection between healthy eating habits, good oral health and children's overall wellbeing. We're also looking forward to working with Salima on a dedicated children's oral health workshop in the future, so stay tuned!

And of course, we couldn't forget our little visitors! Our children's activity table was a lovely space for the kids to enjoy some colouring in, toys and building blocks while families joined the session.

Thank you again to everyone who helped make it such a lovely morning! 😊

19/10/2026

Our ADHD Awareness in Action workshop is in full swing, with people joining us online and in person!

Together, we are exploring ways to better understand children with ADHD and support their behaviour. Thank you to everyone taking part and engaging.

Here is the link to join online: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/440862423418465?p=cahEldYMm7tskb29US

18/10/2026

Happening tomorrow and Wednesday

Two workshops for parents, carers and people supporting children.

ADHD Awareness in Action
Tomorrow, Tuesday 20 October
10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Explore what may sit behind a child’s behaviour and practical ways to support children through difficult moments.

Children’s Nutrition and Mealtimes
Wednesday 21 October
10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Learn about children’s nutrition, fussy eating, sensory feeding challenges and positive mealtimes.

📍 UnitingCare Kippax, Holt
✅ Free
✅ Child-friendly
✅ In-person or online

Register here:
https://belconnenvillage.org.au/events/

Please share with families who may find these sessions useful.

13/10/2026

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🍎 🥦A great way to celebrate National Nutrition Week!

🍎 Tomorrow! Feeding Children Under 5, FREE Family Information Session 🍎

It is National Nutrition Week, and what better time to explore ways to help our little ones develop healthy, positive relationships with food! 🥕🍓

Good nutrition plays an important role in children's growth, development and overall wellbeing. We are fortunate to have Master of Nutrition and Dietetics students from the University of Canberra, completing their placement with Nutrition Australia ACT, joining us to share their knowledge and practical tips with local families.

Come along for a relaxed and informative session exploring positive mealtimes, introducing new foods, managing fussy eating and making food experiences enjoyable for the whole family.

📅 Tomorrow, Wednesday 14 October
⏰ 10:30 am
📍 Kippax Creche/Playgroup Room, Kippax Uniting Church, Holt

💛 FREE to attend!
👶 Little ones are welcome! Our playgroup space will be open with toys and activities available, so parents and carers can join in while their children play.

📚 Families attending will also receive a mini book bundle to continue exploring food experiences at home.

We are really looking forward to welcoming the students and local families tomorrow. We hope to see you there! 😊

For any questions about the session, please contact Leanne from Nutrition Australia ACT at [email protected].

11/10/2026

Coming up next week: Free workshops for parents and carers

If you have been meaning to register, now is a good time.

ADHD Awareness in Action
The ADHD Lens: Understanding and Guiding Behaviour

Explore what may sit behind a child’s behaviour and practical ways to support children through difficult moments, transitions and everyday challenges.

- Tuesday 20 October
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Register here:
https://belconnenvillage.org.au/event/adhd-awareness-in-action/

Children’s Nutrition and Mealtimes
Helping children eat, grow and enjoy food

Learn about children’s nutrition, fussy eating, sensory feeding challenges, positive mealtimes and when extra support may be helpful.

- Wednesday 21 October
- 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Register here:
https://belconnenvillage.org.au/event/childrens-nutrition-and-mealtimes/

UnitingCare Kippax, Holt
✅ Free
✅ Child-friendly
✅ In-person or online

Please share with a parent, carer or family who may find these workshops useful.

05/10/2026

Children’s Nutrition and Mealtimes

Helping children eat, grow and enjoy food

Feeding children is not always easy. Learn more about children’s nutrition, fussy eating, sensory feeding needs, making mealtimes easier and knowing when extra feeding support may be helpful.

Date: Wednesday 21 October
Time:10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Venue: UnitingCare Kippax, Holt

Presenter: Freya Vos, Dietitian, Eat Speak Learn

Learn more and register:https://belconnenvillage.org.au/event/childrens-nutrition-and-mealtimes/

05/10/2026

ADHD Awareness in Action

The ADHD Lens: Understanding and Guiding Behaviour

Learn to look beyond behaviour and explore what a child may be feeling, needing or trying to communicate. The session will also cover practical ways to support difficult moments, transitions and positive communication.

Date: Tuesday 20 October
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Venue: UnitingCare Kippax, Holt

Presenter: Fiona Jackson, Senior Supervisory Educator, CRCS - Capital Region Community Services

Learn more and register: https://belconnenvillage.org.au/event/adhd-awareness-in-action/

30/09/2026

📣 Have your say on women’s health care in the ACT

Health Care Consumers' Association Inc (HCCA) is inviting people to share their experiences of women’s health care in the ACT and their thoughts on what best practice care should look like.

Feedback from the survey will help inform HCCA’s submission to the Australian Parliament’s Select Committee on Women’s Health.

The survey is open to anyone with lived experience of these health services, including transgender, intersex, non-binary and gender-diverse people. Responses are confidential, and HCCA is interested in hearing about both positive and negative experiences.

💬 Share your experience and have your say: https://shorturl.at/1KZsC

29/09/2026

Our September newsletter is here!

Discover what is happening across Village, from play resources and an ADHD glossary in development to exploring schools as community hubs. This edition also features Let’s Read training from The Smith Family.

Coming up in October are two workshops:
👉 ADHD Awareness in Action, 20 October: understanding children’s behaviour and ways to support them.
👉 Children’s Nutrition and Mealtimes, 21 October: exploring fussy eating, feeding challenges and more positive mealtimes.

Catch up on the latest and share with someone who may find it useful:
https://mailchi.mp/kippax/village-news-18

26/08/2026

Today, we join communities around the world in remembering Dolly Parton, a remarkable storyteller, humanitarian and champion for children.

Dolly believed that every child should have the opportunity to dream, and that books could help plant the seeds of those dreams. Inspired by her father, who never had the opportunity to learn to read or write, she founded Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in 1995.

What began in her hometown in Tennessee grew into a worldwide movement. More than 300 million books have since found their way into the hands and homes of young children.

That legacy also reached Belconnen.

In October 2023, Imagination Library Kippax became one of the first Imagination Library programs in the ACT. Since then, children across our local community have experienced the delight of finding a new book addressed especially to them in their letterbox each month. Within every envelope is more than a book. There is an invitation for a family to pause, read, talk, imagine and spend precious time together.

Dolly showed the world that one generous idea, nurtured with care and shared by many, can travel far beyond where it began. From the hills of Tennessee to homes here in Kippax and across Belconnen, her vision continues to open stories, strengthen families and inspire children to dream.

Although the world has lost an extraordinary woman, her story is far from over. It lives on each time a child opens a book. Each time a parent and child read together. Each time a new dream begins.

Thank you, Dolly, for believing in children and for reminding us that every child’s dreams matter.

Your legacy will continue to arrive in letterboxes, one book at a time.

Learn more about Imagination Library Kippax: https://belconnenvillage.org.au/imagination-library/