DNC School Holiday Activities
Parent/Carer-Child Creative Arts Workshop
Are you looking for a meaningful way to bond, unwind and explore your creativity? Join Creative Arts Practitioner Claire Clifton for a fun filled 90 minute workshop for Parent/Carer & Child. This workshop combines relaxation, mindfulness and artistic expression for an unforgettable experience.
The workshop includes stress release and calming techniques for all ages, painting fun for all, and quality connection time that strengthens bonds while you create. Unplug and unwind, find joy in creating together, and take home some mindfulness tools to use at home.
Claire Clifton is a local Abstract Artist and Creative Arts Practitioner with qualifications through the Soul-Full Mind College and Mind Body Education.
All art supplies are included. Super value holiday activity!
Date: Thursday 9th January
Time: 11-12:30
Cost: $25 per Parent/Carer – Child couple
Bookings: Book via DNC Website: www.dncentre.org.au/courses. Spaces are limited so please reserve you place now.
What to bring: Please bring your own smocks, water bottles, enthusiasm and love!
Parent/Carer-Child Creative Photography Workshop
Join us for a super casual but informative two hour workshop on smartphone photography designed especially for parents with kids and small bubs in tow and young kids wanting to get more out of their smartphone camera.
We’ll cover some key technical skills, creativity and mobile editing as well as put our new skills into practice. Parents with bubs are welcome and parents/carers are encouraged to attend with their child.
Students will require a smart phone, a pen and their phone charger. They are also welcome to bring babies and small kids as well as some toys and snacks.
Each session will be child friendly, facilitated by Kristy Fox from Bird Noises Photography. Bookings required as spaces for this workshop are limited.
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm
Date: Wednesday 15th Jan or Wednesday 22nd Jan
Cost: $50
Bookings: via DNC Website www.dncentre.org.au/courses
Grant Writing Workshop
Don’t forget to enrol for our Grant Writing Workshop before you go on your break!
There are many grants available to non-profit organisations and local community groups including grants from State and Federal government and local government grant programs. With limited staff and time-poor volunteers, community groups often do not have the time or resources to dedicate to applying for grants. So how do you decide which ones are the best? Where is the best place to invest the organisation’s precious time?
The first question to ask is “Are we grant ready?” Many organisations falter in their funding applications due to a lack of preparation, project clarity, defined outcomes and aligning their project with the outcomes sought from the funding body.
Hepburn Shire Council’s Grants Specialist, Jarrod Hodgson will be hosting this fun and practical grant writing training session that will help to set up a foundation from which your organisation can be ready to apply for any grant, efficiently and effectively. It will give you the confidence and tools to apply strategies which will give you the best chance of writing a successful application to a variety of funding bodies. Jarrod will demonstrate methods for identifying appropriate grants and tips on developing your application.
This workshop is timely as Hepburn Shire Council’s Community Grants program is open for applications until January 31. So if you’re from a community group with a project idea, this grant workshop will be the perfect place to refine your application and obtain some grant writing skills to help get your project funded.
Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Venue: 31 Camp St., Daylesford
Bookings: https://socialplanet.com.au/activity/view?id=30625
Cost: Free
Inquiries: Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre
Phone: 03 5348 3569
Email: admin@dncentre.org.au
That’s It for This Year!!
DNC will be closed from Friday 20 December 24 re-opening on Monday 13 January 25.
Thanks to all who helped us to deliver services and support to our community during the past year.
The Committee of Management, staff and volunteers wish you all a happy, restful and peaceful holiday.
We’ll be back next year. We hope you will, too.
DNC Jokes of the Week/Season
What goes “oh-oh-oh”? Santa walking backward.
Why does Santa feel indebted to the elves? Because he’s an elf-made man.
What did Santa and Mrs. Claus name their daughter? Mary Christmas.
What do you call Santa’s helpers? Subordinate Clauses.
What did Santa buy Mrs. Claus for Christmas? An elf-cleaning oven.
Why did Santa fail his science class? He didn’t understand clause and effect.
