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The next few days are looking hot, hot, hot – but we have a plan.  This time last year a group of local volunteers came to Clunes Neighbourhood House with the idea of opening a Cool Room on hot days.  Using the last few days of summer to trial the idea, the team realised that heatwaves posed greater risks to people’s health than single hot days.  Making a few tweaks to their plans (with the help of Hepburn Shire Council and the Grampians Health Public Health Unit), the Clunes

With hot weather predicted for later this week, it’s worth asking: How well do you cope with heat, and how about your family, friends, or neighbours?  Extreme heat is Australia’s deadliest weather hazard, causing more deaths than bushfires, floods and storms combined. More than half of Australia’s heat-related deaths in the past decade occurred in Victoria. The Heatwave H.E.L.P. project, delivered with Hepburn Shire, the Grampians Public Health Unit and Central Highlands Rura

It's been another exciting and meaningful year at Clunes Neighbourhood House. By working together, each dollar that has been invested in us returned a staggering $9.94 in community value. It's an outcome that our two part-time staff, committee and 28 weekly volunteers are rightfully proud of. Our office doors close until January 27th, but BOOM Clunes will continue to operate (excluding public holidays) as usual. To all, we wish you a safe and happy Christmas and New Year.

If you’ve spent any time in Clunes recently, you’ll have noticed the garlands on shop verandas and the rotunda decorated. Despite a tough few years between the drought, rising costs and fewer volunteers to share the load, the town is looking festive, welcoming and quietly determined to make Christmas feel like Christmas. And that's no small thing. When everyone is watching their budgets and trying to stretch limited time and resources, a little creativity goes a long way. Th

The November 2025 newsletter will hit streets later this week, but the online version is available now (click on the pdf link to read the file, just under the image below). In this month’s edition, we’re excited to share: ·        Tips for getting prepared for fire season ·        Tips from our Pharmacist for managing medications - important during heat ·        Clunes Show!!! ·        Updates from our local councillor, police and many of the clubs ·        …and much more Not

It’s not easy to prioritise our own health and wellbeing when life is busy. There’s always something, or someone, that feels more urgent. But as we get older, we start to realise the cost of constantly putting ourselves at the bottom of the “to-do” list. Yesterday we celebrated a group of women who are paving the way for us, reminding everyone to 'Let's Make a Date' for self-care. Over the past two years, through an innovative partnership between Clunes Neighbourhood House  

Spring has sprung, there is the 'Let's Dance' fundraiser for Doctor's without Borders this Saturday night and Clunes Agricultural Society...

The Newsletter is in. It's due to hit your letterboxes next week but for those of you who like information hot off the press you can...

Feel like a night out, getting your groove on for "Doctors without Borders"? Then why not register to be part of this community-led...

The August issues of the Clunes Community News will hit letterboxes soon, but the online version is now available. Download the...

There is something about a community newsletter isn’t there?  A small but mighty way to stay informed, connected and engaged with the...

Community newsletters matter. When we all have busy lives, it’s easy for neighbors to feel disconnected. A community newsletter helps...

Every year in the second week of May, Neighbourhood House Week shines a spotlight on the work of more than 1,000 Neighbourhood Houses...

As the first ‘open’ generation of LGBTIQA+ people think about their futures as they get older, advocates and allies have banded together...

In an innovative new trial, Clunes Neighbourhood House will be opening pop up 'Cool Room' at Attitude: Ageing Well in Clunes at 25...

This weekend heralds (did you like that?) the beginning of the Christmas season.  Traditions, festivities, socialising and for many of...

Over an encore 'Let's Do Lunch' this Friday at 12 noon til 1.30pm at Attitude (former Senior Citizens Centre), a special guest from the...

In your household when you sit down to lunch or dinner, what do you chat about? Recently at the former Senior Citizens Centre (now known...

When the Clunes Men’s Shed needed to expand because of increased membership, they realised that building a new shed might just provide...

Grass roots organisations like Neighbourhood Houses are similar in structure to many incorporated associations, but their relevance comes...