Span Community House

01/06/2026

Join our Puzzle Swap 🧩 🧩 🧩

Winter is here, and we’re leaning into the cozy vibes ❄️🧤☃️🧣❄️

Bring a puzzle you’re happy to gift and take one home in return. Let's share the fun and enjoy something slow this season. Pop in and find your next puzzle!

29/05/2026

SPAN is looking for volunteers to help with our food share pick-ups!

Shifts: Mon, Tue, Wed, approx. 11am-12pm
Route: Ivanhoe to SPAN in Thornbury

If you have a car and can help, we’d love to hear from you! Email [email protected] 🍎

29/05/2026

Why are councils and communities covering climate costs while big coal, oil and gas companies profit?

SPAN is supporting Darebin City Council´s call for a Climate Compensation Fund funded by major fossil fuel exporters - not ratepayers - that could support:

- Disaster response and preparedness
- Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities
- Flood-proofed homes
- Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres
- Shaded streets and cool public spaces
- Well-resourced emergency services
- An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self-Determination Fund
- Support for a just transition for workers and their families

Darebin Climate Action Now 's volunteers have already collected nearly 100 signatures and are out in our streets, markets and parks talking with residents about making polluters pay. Add your voice - sign the petition today.



https://act.350.org.au/petitions/make-big-polluters-pay-their-fair-share-city-of-darebin?source=web_share_api&utm_source=web_share_api&share=e8448a75-ea35-43f7-8650-4992d387020b

28/05/2026

Last night, Darebin Councillors voted in favour of providing long-term support to neighbourhood houses in Darebin. We feel seen and appreciated. Together, we are creating stronger communities in Darebin.

Thank you, Cr Connie Boglis OAM, for this strong motion, and other councillors including Alex Sangster, Mayor Emily Dimitriadis, Cr Julie O’Brien, Cr Kristine Olaris OAM.

27/05/2026

We all have so much to learn and share here at SPAN. Last week, one of our new volunteers taught an eager group of community members, including some of our Make & Mend group’s sewers, how to make pork and cabbage dumplings. “Hao chi!” (Delicious!) 🥟

With thanks to Community Bank Clifton Hill-North Fitzroy who are supporting us to explore different ways our community can share a meal together.

27/05/2026

Last night Darebin Councillors voted in favour of providing long-term support to neighbourhood houses in Darebin. We feel seen and appreciated. Together we are creating stronger communities in Darebin.

Cr Connie Boglis OAM, for this strong motion, and other councillors including Alex Sangster, Mayor Emily Dimitriadis, Cr Julie O'Brien, Cr Kristine Olaris OAM

Yesterday, I was proud to pass an amendment supporting longer-term certainty for our neighbourhood houses across Darebin and it passed unanimously.

This motion delivers: 🏡 A 4-year lease agreement, with the option of an additional 4 years through a council resolution.

That means up to 8 years of stability and security for the incredible organisations that bring people together, support vulnerable residents, create connection, and strengthen our community every single day.

Neighbourhood houses are the heart of Darebin, and they deserve long-term support to continue their amazing work Neighbourhood Houses Victoria Span Community House Reservoir Neighbourhood House Jika Jika Community Centre Alphington Community Centre Bridge Darebin Prace

27/05/2026

This National Reconciliation Week, we’re taking a moment to reflect on what we’ve learned so far, and where we go next.

Reconciliation isn’t a one-time action. It’s about showing up, listening, learning, and continuing to build stronger relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; challenging our own beliefs, sitting in discomfort, and knowing there is always more to learn.

SPAN is committed to staying curious, backing our values with action, and finding ways, big and small, to support reconciliation in our community.

We’re all in, every day. 🖤💛❤️

21/05/2026

This National Volunteer Week, we want to say thank you to YOU!
Not just to our volunteers, but to everyone who is part of Span.
Because here, those were never really two separate groups.

The person leading a class leans on someone else's kindness to get through their own week. The person who first came through our door looking for support often ends up offering it to whoever arrives next.

That's not a flaw in how Span works. It's the whole point of it.

Whether you came here to give something or to find something ... and most of us, over time, do both ... you are what holds this place together.

You are a helper. And whenever you need it, you can be helped. That is what Span is here for.

Thank you, this week and every week. We're so glad you're here.

21/05/2026

Span Choir on tonight at 5.30 - need some joy and connection? Come on down!