Farnham Street

25/08/2026

THE FINAL WEEK FOR SIGNATURES!
In order to get our petition in front of parliament before they break for election prep, we need to get final signatures by 31 August.
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/neighbourhood-houses-funding/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT51v1wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTRuRnFhUWFDcUNkVmtWUEFzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeYJQbWPgKYwGxl_Tyxb4MFkBqTTghTEJyySVdeOaCSrozSbIrtlqmPuWE0Og_aem_hz_L3geuZhV9llnOn1USlQ

PETITION CLOSING 31 AUGUST
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/neighbourhood-houses-funding/

Thank you for 5,000 signatures! But we can’t stop now!
In our final week, let’s show the Victorian Government the power of community.

Please sign and share our petition to

21/08/2026

SIGN THE PETITION TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN

https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/neighbourhood-houses-funding/

Strong communities start in Neighbourhood Houses. We're asking the Victorian Government to support stronger communities by ensuring access to the social connection and wellbeing our sector provides through:
💛 Restoring and maintaining Neighbourhood House funding
🩵 Support 25 Neighbourhood Houses who do not currently receive any ongoing funding
🩷 Develop a fund for the establishment of 5 additional Neighbourhood Houses in Victoria’s growth areas annually

Support stronger communities - sign the petition: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/neighbourhood-houses-funding/

17/08/2026

Last week we celebrated Dennis' last day at Farnham Street. Dennis has been an important and valued member of our teaching team for a long time, loved by students, as well as being supervisor of new teachers, bringing Fotina and Catherine into our team also. Dennis, we wish you all the best with your retirement.. where you'll be knitting, cooking, holidaying, chilling, and spending time with your partner and friends. All the best, and thanks for everything!

09/08/2026

Last week we said thank you to Halima who is giving up teaching the Debney Meadows Class in Digital Skills so she can work more in her main job at Alexander College. We'll miss you Halima but this isn't goodbye and we look forward to working with you on the next project. We appreciate all the skills building, community connection and support you provide for the local community. Here's Halima in her new Farnham Street apron..

28/07/2026

Today we celebrated NAIDOC Week with a special afternoon tea with our staff, students and participants from Boomerang Network.
Lis spoke about the First Nations in Australia, their rich histories and cultures, and expressed gratitude for the privilege of living, working, and gathering on Aboriginal land.

24/07/2026

SIGN THE PETITION HERE: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/neighbourhood-houses-funding/

23/07/2026

What a beautiful day for the Chatty Cafe! It's such a pleasure to attend. Today's group was full of wide ranging conversation, connection and support. Meets at 10am -11.30am every Thursday at Crown Street Stables, Flemington. Everyone welcome.

15/07/2026

Behind this photo of delicious food (and you can only see a small part of the feast)is a story of women, connection, belonging and support. The Eritrean Women's Group is a Volunteer run Group which meets once a month in Flemington. Thank you for the warm welcome to Farnham Street and to our funders Australian Multicultural Services, who are providing another year of support so the women can extend these meetings to activities which further support their Wellbeing.

08/07/2026

And she's off! After many many years of hard work at Farnham Street, Dianne is packing her caravan tonight and off on Long Service Leave. See you in December Di!

01/07/2026

Our language students practiced English in the last week of term, taking public transport to different destinations to order, eat and discuss different Cultural Food we might not have tried before. Here we are enjoying our final destinations - Malaysian lunch at Laksa King in Flemington and Greek Tea at Nikos in Fairfield.