February 27 - March 5, 2019
Appetite for change By KYLIE WILSON THE role of communities in creating positive change and growth from within, and the ways in which they can tackle that change, is at the forefront of a new community festival coming to Beechworth in April. The Beechworth Festival of Change is a notfor-profit venture driven by a volunteer group of Beechworth and district-based businesses and non-profit organisations. The purpose of the festival is to build skills and networks to increase the ability of communities to drive positive social and environmental change. The four day event is running from April 1-4, with a range of learning opportunities on offer. Among the hard working organisers of the event is Dr Trudi Ryan, from Words For Change, who said the idea for the festival has been “bubbling along” for a few years, and the intent was to create a unique adult learning experience that offered something for everyone. “Whether you’re a social change advocate with decades of experience, a university academic puzzling on the machinations of society or someone with no previous experience in community-driven change but a growing fire in the belly about the scale and scope of the issues in front of us, there’s much to learn at the festival, and much to be learnt from each other.” Dr Ryan said the festival has a deliberate focus on building skills and networks, rather than on individual issues, and speakers are attending from North East Victoria as well as across Australia and internationally.
◆ Into Our Hands Community Foundation executive officer Sarah Thompson (left), Festival of Change organising group member, Paul Ryan, Quercus Beechworth manager Judith Doughty and Festival of Change organising group member Trudi Ryan.
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GARDEN HINTS
PET CARE
WINE TALK
TECH & SCIENCE
TV GUIDE
with MANDI
with KATH
with ANITA
with CHRIS
REVIEW BAD MOTHERS
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