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Young Hannah is using her school holidays to fundraise for a good cause. The eight year-old Werribee resident is participating in the Peppa Pig Practices Mindfulness initiative, which is encouraging kids to complete a mindfulness activity every day, while helping to raise funds for Save the Children’s efforts to assist young people doing it tough - such as those living in overseas refugee camps. “I like doing it because I want poor children around the world to have homes and have money, to take care of them,” Hannah said. Hannah said that by the end of October, she hopes to have raised $350 for Save the Children. She has raised more than $170 so far, by saving up money in her piggy bank, doing chores at home and asking family and friends for donations. Hannah’s mother Sindu said she was proud of her daughter thinking of people other than herself. “Hannah says to me: “I’m so little, how am I going to make a difference?” Sindu said. Details: https://bit.ly/2Zud1KB Alesha Capone
Stadium build to start Early works will begin on the future $150 million Wyndham City Stadium in Tarneit next month. More details have also emerged about plans for the residential and commercial area surrounding the stadium, which is being described as “Victoria’s first sports and recreation driven suburb” by the Western Melbourne Group (WMG). WMG is parent company of the Western United Football Club, which will be based at the Sayers Road stadium. WMG has announced that initial works
on the stadium site will start at Leakes Road, about 600 metres west of the Sewells Road intersection, in the week commencing October 25. A “haul road” will be built to allow construction vehicles to access the site, plus upgrades to Leakes Road. The stadium precinct’s concept master plan was submitted to the state government in July for approval, with a residential component including townhouses and high-and-lowdensity areas. The plan for the suburb to be built near the stadium includes more than 1000 homes and over 15 commercial buildings, bordered by
Ison Road, Leakes Road and the future Sayers Road extension. A convention and business centre, with meeting facilities for groups of four to 400 people, is being proposed as part of the plan. The suburb will have shops, restaurants, education campuses, car parking, hotels, health facilities, a sports science centre, entertainment spaces and a 5000-seat elite training facility. WMG chairman Jason Sourasis said the project “is the first of its kind in our country”. “In addition to the sporting legacy, our project gives the west of Melbourne a social and economic boost, which is much needed in
these challenging times,” he said. Earlier this month, Wyndham council called on the state government to fast-track construction of the proposed Sayers Road train station to service the future stadium and suburb. The state government has previously said it will build the train station, which is expected to be completed by 2027, but has not committed any money to the project. Cr Mia Shaw said most major stadiums across the world have a train station nearby, which are used by thousands of people every year.
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