Good Neighbour BBQ – Waterloo – Wednesday March 31, 11am-2pm

Redfern Police and City of Sydney Council are organising a series of Good Neighbour BBQs. The events aim to give people the opportunity to meet their neighbours, Police and Council staff, enjoy a free BBQ and a show put on by Erth Dinosaur Petting Zoo, children’s activities and information about wha Read More…

Monthly Informal Gathering Friday

As usual, on the last Friday of the month, we invite agencies and community groups reps and volunteers to come together for an informal lunch time ‘get together’. We meet at the Norfolk Hotel – Cleveland Street (Beer Garden). It is a great chance to take time out of our busy schedules and catch up Read More…

ELDERS JOHN HOCKNEY – Telling stories from your life

JOHN HOCKNEY migrated to Australia from England in 1964. He is an accredited member of The Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc, and The Oral History Association Of NSW.
He has written two books: ‘REMEMBER WHEN—HOW TO UNLOCK LIFE STORIES ‘and ‘OPEN HEARTS -HIDDEN LIVES’.
Stories help provide a Read More…

Redfern / Waterloo Chamber of Commerce

You are invited to HAVE YOUR SAY in the development of the RWCC Strategic Plan:
RSVP: Tuesday 23 March 2010 Mary Lynne Pidcock on 0419 657 888 president@rwchamber.com.au
This facilitated consultation and development of the strategic plan is one of the projects funded by City of Sydney Busines Read More…

Waterloo NABs – Community Safety Action Group

The next round of meetings for the above group is open to all agencies and residents working on Community Safety projects and issues within the Waterloo area. There will also be an update on the progress of the Waterloo Green Action Plan. Read More…

Good Neighbour BBQ – Alexandria – Sunday April 18, 11am-2pm

Redfern Police and City of Sydney Council are organising a series of Good Neighbour BBQs. The events aim to give people the opportunity to meet their neighbours, Police and Council staff, enjoy a free BBQ and a show put on by Erth Dinosaur Petting Zoo, children’s activities and information about wha Read More…

Thinking Outside The Square: A Retrospective (1972-2010)

“I have been documenting people, places and events for over three decades. As an American emigrant from Bradenton, a small country town in Florida, I came to cosmopolitan Sydney in 1971, with fresh eyes”

Over 200 black and white and colour carefully culled photographs, or perhaps they may even f Read More…

GhosTrain – Nigel Helyer in residence.

Meet the artist and discuss his ongoing project GhosTrain. Nigel Helyer is beginning research for the third stage of a project called GhosTrain with Performance Space @ CarriageWorks.
In order to conduct research for this project and collect the individual and myriad stories and historical audio m Read More…

Elders: Telling Your Story

Elders Project is a 4 week workshop for people from Redfern and Waterloo to tell their stories. Guided by John Hockney, an experienced facilitator, the Elders Project will teach people the skills to share their stories in an interesting and professional way. The project aims to honour the contributi Read More…