Community
HAPN Glebe
Posted on 4th May 2018
The Glebe Society’s community representatives have recently been engaging with Housing Action Plan Now, Glebe. It is a community group concerned with support for our public housing neighbours.
Share and Save – in Glebe
Posted on 3rd April 2018
It was a joy to attend the ‘Share and Save – in Glebe’ event on Saturday, 24 March at Benledi House, supported by the City of Sydney. The workshop brought together people from the Glebe community to share the new and exciting Sydney Sharing Map
Kitchen Starter Pack Update (April 2018)
Posted on 3rd April 2018
Glebe Society members’ response to this project has been wonderful – so many items delivered to the first drop-off session at St Helen’s and by pick-ups as well as cash donations. Thank you all.
Our Community’s Generous Response to Christmas Gift Appeal
Posted on 12th March 2018
Our 2017 appeal to members for Christmas gifts for families resident in Glebe received overwhelming support this year.
Kitchen Starter Packs – A New Glebe Society Project
Posted on 12th March 2018
This exciting new project will provide essential cooking and eating equipment for those who move from Glebe’s supported accommodation facilities into independent accommodation. Initially the project focuses on families who move from Elsie Women’s Refuge.
Christmas Gifts for Glebe’s Temporary Residents
Posted on 7th November 2017
There are families and individuals who reside temporarily in Glebe while overcoming difficulties life has thrown into their paths. This year the community committee of TGSI would like to be able to take gifts for residents to Elsie Women’s refuge and to one or two other residential facilities.
Sunset Soirée for Centipede
Posted on 7th November 2017
There was a full house for our annual fundraiser for Centipede at Glebe Public School this year.
Community Development Subcommittee Annual Report 2016-17
Posted on 7th September 2017
Appeal from a carer/mother of an intellectually disabled young Glebe adult came to our attention; Christmas gifts for families at the Elsie refuge again last year; ‘Shaping the Future of Glebe’ Forum; Glebe Tram Mural; and Glebe Exchange Platform.
An Exchange Platform for Glebe?
Posted on 26th July 2017
It is Janice Challinor’s belief that many people would willingly donate useful goods to others who could use them if a relatively easy way of doing so could be found. To this end, she’s been investigating how it might be done.
Aunty Kathy Dodd Farrawell, NSW Local Woman of the Year
Posted on 1st April 2017
Glebe local, Aunty Kathy Dodd Farrawell, was announced as NSW Local Woman of the Year for the Balmain Electorate on International Women’s Day in March.
Christmas Gifts for Elsie Residents
Posted on 2nd December 2016
The Glebe Society would like to support Elsie Women’s Refuge and welcome these strangers to Glebe. We are again doing so by co-ordinating Christmas gifts for resident families.
Memories of Trams in Glebe Needed
Posted on 2nd December 2016
Several people have elected to share their memories of trams in Glebe and to be recorded for the Glebe Society web site. If you or someone you know have stories to tell about trams in Glebe then please contact us at community@glebesociety.org.au
Centipede’s Sunset Soirée Raises Much-needed Funds
Posted on 1st November 2016
The highlight of the evening was a presentation by Snr Constable Renee Fortuna from Glebe Police, who described the program and progress of their youth initiatives at work in Glebe, that aim to encourage otherwise alienated youth to continue their education and aspire to bright futures.
Community Development Subcommittee Annual Report 2015-2016
Posted on 7th September 2016
Over the course of this Glebe Society year there have been several significant impacts upon the Glebe community.
School Playground Fundraising Drive
Posted on 5th July 2016
The Society has received a letter from Anna Playford, President of the Glebe Public School P&C asking for assistance with replacing playground equipment.
The Maccas Fracas
Posted on 5th July 2016
Concerned locals handed out flyers identifying the multitude of coffee shops and restaurants which already provided good service and could potentially be disadvantaged by the increased competition a multi-national might provide. That night, some intemperate and cowardly person chose to express his/her opposition to the temporary development by hurling a brick through its window.
The Robyn Kemmis Indigenous Student Scholarship
Posted on 10th June 2016
Family and friends of Robyn have decided to honour Robyn’s commitment to social change by establishing a scholarship in her name.
What Heartless Person Saw Fit to Cut the Ribbons Down?
Posted on 29th March 2016
On Saturday 12 March people gathered at Bidura, the former Children’s Court and remand centre located at 357 Glebe Point Rd to raise awareness and lend support to people who survived the injustices perpetrated against them when they were children. A miserable few chose to belittle the survivors’ experiences by cutting down the ribbons .
Josie & the Emeralds perform at Glebe Town Hall 20th March
Posted on 11th March 2016
Josie and the Emeralds in “The Equinox”: Chamber Hall at the Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John’s Road, Glebe, Sunday 20th March at 2pm. Music from 17th century Europe and 21st century Australia, by Hume, Byrd, Morley, Dowland, Edwards, Kats-Chernin, and the premiere of “Reza Barati” by Brooke Green. And celebrating 400 years since Dirk Hartog’s Dutch expedition […]
Czech Philharmonic Children’s Choir – the Centrepiece of the 26th Annual Glebe Music Festival
Posted on 8th March 2016
How did one of Europe’s pre-eminent choirs come to perform at the Glebe Town Hall in November 2015, as part of the 26th Annual Glebe Music Festival?
What is Centipede and Why Do We Support It?
Posted on 25th September 2015
Centipede at Glebe Public School Inc. is a community based, charitable foundation / service organisation that has been providing before and after school care for students at the Glebe Primary School since 1989. The care that Centipede provides includes meals, ie breakfast and dinner, and social development opportunities to local Glebe Public Primary School children.
Community Development Subcommittee Annual Report 2014-15
Posted on 29th August 2015
A number of community issues in which the Glebe Society has been engaged have occurred over the past year in Glebe.
The Naming of Dave Sands Lane
Posted on 14th August 2015
On Sunday 26 July a large number of people gathered at 27 Broughton St, Glebe for a ceremony to celebrate a well-known Australian sportsman. The champion boxer, Dave Sands was honoured when the nearby lane was named in his memory.
NAIDOC Week in Glebe
Posted on 14th August 2015
NAIDOC in Glebe has grown to encompass a full week of activities over the last few years and has, in the process, become a great opportunity for all of Glebe to celebrate together
Friends of Centipede
Posted on 14th August 2015
The sole purpose of this Friends group, commenced under the auspices of the Glebe Society, is to raise much-needed additional funding for Centipede, a not-for-profit Before and After School Care Centre.
Extreme Weather Events and Public Housing
Posted on 8th May 2015
The City of Sydney unit of SES was called on to respond to scores of requests for assistance (RFAs) during the recent torrential rains. At some HNSW properties the lack of maintenance by HNSW had obviously increased the potential for such problems.
How Are Women’s Refuges Faring?
Posted on 8th May 2015
It is just a year since the much repudiated ‘Going Home Staying Home’ initiative of the NSW State Government radically altered the way in which social services to the homeless and most needy in our community are managed.
Millers Point – Community or Commodity?
Posted on 28th March 2015
The public screening of the documentary ‘Millers Point – Community or Commodity’ served to illustrate the inherent injustice in the current policies impacting upon public housing tenants.
NSW Needs to Get Serious about Social Housing
Posted on 28th March 2015
Glebe as a community is committed to public housing, including the Glebe Estate which is fundamental to Glebe’s built and social character.
The NSW government has decided to develop a long overdue social housing policy. They produced a discussion paper on Social Housing in NSW and called for responses.
