Past Events

The Redfern Neighbourhood Advisory Board is holding an information day at Poets Corner, Redfern including a free BBQ, music, and fun activities as well as information about local services and agencies. If you are interested in holding a stall, donating resources, or in volunteering on the day, please contact , Michael Shreenan HCP worker at The Factory (Posters are now available on request)

The Third Market will be held on Saturday 21st November 2009 at Redfern Park and held between 8am and 4pm. These community markets are sponsored by the City of Sydney as part of a local community action plan and are organised by the Housing Communities Program (HCP) at the Factory Community Centre, in partnership with Surry Hills Neighborhood Centre and others. All monies raised from the stallholder-fees for the markets are injected back into supporting local environmental community projects such as the Waterloo Recycling Workshop. As the market is part of local community action on climate change, the focus of the market (not exclusively) is on sustainable goods, which are handmade, recycled, or second hand, and are environmental friendly. This is to assist in the reduction of waste strategies of the City Council. However all goods sold must be of reasonably high quality.

Come along and meet your neighbours and learn about what we are doing to improve your neighbourhood. The City of Sydney and Police are hosting a series of Good Neighbourhood BBQs in your area.

South Sydney Uniting Church celebrates its links with community groups with a worship service at 10am. Followed at noon by live music and a BBQ lunch catering for both vegetarians and omnivores.

The final REDWatch monthly meeting for the year will be held on 3 December 2009. There will be no speaker for this meeting but there will be follow up discussion on Roy Wakelin-King's presentation at the last meeting and and some discussion leading to the ATP's plans to dispose of some heritage equipment and establish a Heritage Taskforce.

Waterloo’s Annual Summer on the Green will be held on Friday 4th December 2009 (2pm till 5) - it will include a free BBQ, music, and fun activities as well as information about local services and agencies.

Godden Mackay Logan are working on the revised CMP for the ATP and MacLaren North is working on the Section 170 Register. As part of the CMP revision there will be a consultation about the CMP revision on 7th December 2009 between 4-6pm at the ATP. There is concern as some equipment covered previously by the 1995 CMP and and the Management Plan for Moveablew Items has been marked with large pink crosses and tagged for disposal before any consultation.

Housing NSW Strategic Projects has been working in South West Sydney public housing estates for the last 5 years on redevelopment/renewal projects in Minto, Bonnyrigg and Airds Bradbury. In Minto, significant work has been done on new roads, parks, a new Community Facility and many new homes are under construction. In the next 2 weeks, public housing tenants will move into new built public housing within the new development. This is an exciting milestone for the One Minto Project.

Inner Sydney Regional Council will be holding its 2009 Annual General Meeting on Tuesday December 8th from 11.30am to 3.00pm at Alexandria Town Hall, 73 Garden St, Alexandria. Following the AGM, there will be an End of Year/Christmas Lunch – plus some “entertainment” to farewell 2009.

The NSW Government proposes to expand the M5 corridor by widening the existing M5 from Prestons and building a new arterial road to service industrial areas in South Sydney. The purpose of the expansion is to increase capacity, improve travel times and reduce congestion. This is an important isue for our local community, and now is the time for our area to have input and shape the proposal in its early planning and design stages writes Kristina Keneally to local residents in her letter of 8 December 2009.

A community information meeting is being held so that local residents, ATP tenants and businesses can find out about the arrival of Channe7 and its partner companies, and how the building and surrounding area will operate. The meeting is organised by the RWA & ATP.

The Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce (RWCC) cordially invites local business people to join the Executive Committee of the RWCC for a deliciously catered Breakfast. This gathering over breakfast will give you a chance to meet the new Executive Committee members, to mark the progress made in the past year and to find out about our plans for 2010.

The last Family & Culture day for the year and it’s a Huge Xmas party !!!

REDWATER Community Market will be held at Redfern Park and held between 8am and 4pm. These community markets are sponsored by the City of Sydney as part of a local community action plan and are organised by the Housing Communities Program (HCP) at the Factory Community Centre, in partnership with Surry Hills Neighborhood Centre and others. All monies raised from the stallholder-fees for the markets are injected back into supporting local environmental community projects such as the Waterloo Recycling Workshop. As the market is part of local community action on climate change, the focus of the market (not exclusively) is on sustainable goods, which are handmade, recycled, or second hand, and are environmental friendly. This is to assist in the reduction of waste strategies of the City Council. However all goods sold must be of reasonably high quality.

SYDNEY: Canon Australia has just announced that it will be holding the EOS Photo5 exhibition throughout January. The free exhibition will display almost 7,000 photos captured by photographers from its recent EOS Photo5 competition reports Grant Shepherd on current.com.au. .

Redwater Community Markets are held 3rd Saturday of the month at Redfern Park and held between 8am and 4pm. These community markets are sponsored by the City of Sydney as part of a local community action plan and are organised by the Housing Communities Program (HCP) at the Factory Community Centre, in partnership with Surry Hills Neighborhood Centre and others. All monies raised from the stallholder-fees for the markets are injected back into supporting local environmental community projects such as the Waterloo Recycling Workshop. As the market is part of local community action on climate change, the focus of the market (not exclusively) is on sustainable goods, which are handmade, recycled, or second hand, and are environmental friendly. This is to assist in the reduction of waste strategies of the City Council. However all goods sold must be of reasonably high quality.

Mr Syron will be speaking more about the meanings of the stories in the artworks-exhibition at the Chapel by the Sea, Monday, 25th January, Eve of Australia Day at 5PM, level 1, 95 Roscoe Street, Bondi Beach (just off Campbell Parade)

Exhibition will be open on Australia Day Jan 26th from 3 to 6:00PM and Gordon will be there to talk to anyone who visits from 3 to 6:00PM.

The SSH invites you to join them aboard the Deerubbun - for a unique Australia/Survival Day experience on January 26.

Yabun will be a celebration of full Aboriginal and Torres Strait art, dance, music, heritage and literature. The event is being emcee-ed by Sean Choolburra and Lillian Crombie and will feature, along with many other acts, Bunna Lawrie, Zennith, The Last Kenection and the Black Turtles Yabun will run from 10am-6pm on Tuesday 26th January in Victoria Park, Cnr Broadway and City Rd. Yabun is a drug and alcohol free event.