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Hot House insights
Welcome to the Hot House web log. Here you can stay updated with insights from our talented community leadership and development practitioners.


Core values that drive community-led recovery
In Hot House programs we like to see people create projects from their passions. After a lot of dream work and brainstorming, our Wyndham...
victoriamathison98
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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Mental health and wellbeing in community leadership
As this lockdown goes on we can’t lose sight of our front line workers! Najmo Said is a pediatric nurse and emerging community leader....
victoriamathison98
Aug 17, 20211 min read
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Nayran Tabiei receives the acclaimed Achievement award at the 2021 Victorian Refugee Awards
Congratulations to long time friend and past Hot House Project’s participant Nayran Tabiei! In June, Nayran was announced as a recipient...
victoriamathison98
Aug 4, 20211 min read
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Articulating our passions in order to channel our energy effectively
This week, we’ve commenced the Activate your community! Renewing Wyndham 2021 Building Blocks program. In these initial stages of the...
victoriamathison98
Jul 29, 20211 min read
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Giacomo Barchiesi on creative ways to promote living more sustainably, and compassionately
In 2020 during our Conversations from the Hot House series we spoke with Giacomo Barchiesi, spoken word poet and environmental activist,...
victoriamathison98
Jul 15, 20211 min read
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Bruce Boddington on the importance of community leading urban environmental initiatives.
In 2020 we had the pleasure of speaking with Bruce Boddington, the chair of Nature West, on what role the community has in local...
victoriamathison98
Jul 8, 20211 min read
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Active participation, community leadership and volunteering
Hello fellow community developers, I want to share with you this matrix I have put together exploring the ways that active citizenship is...
Helen Rodd
Jul 3, 20212 min read
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Last chance to apply!
Applications for Activate Your Community! Renewing Wyndham 2021 program will be closing tonight, Thursday 1st of July, at 11:59pm. If...
victoriamathison98
Jul 1, 20211 min read
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Applications Open!!
This week as many of you might have noticed, we’ve opened the applications for the Activate Wyndham 2021 Building Blocks Program. This...
victoriamathison98
Jun 17, 20211 min read
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