About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

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June 18, 2020

Specialist School upgraded with additional funds

THIRTY thousand dollars has been allocated to the Ballarat Specialist School from the State government, for essential grounds work like repairs, painting and guttering...

June 18, 2020

Making a splash for vulnerable children

WRISC Family Violence Support has received a nine thousand, four hundred dollar donation from Central Highlands Water, to fund programs for children who’ve experienced...

June 18, 2020

Rotary Club donation decreases digital poverty

BALLARAT Community Health has received a grant of more than nine thousand dollars from the Rotary Club of Wendouree Breakfast to digitally support clients...

June 16, 2020

Producing pork with regional pride

TWO months ago, when restaurants closed and pork prices fell, Mount Mercer’s Western Plains Pork saw the value in taking one of their professional...

June 15, 2020

Web series takes kids behind city scenes

BE TV, a children’s web series born of the City’s Be Kind – Be Creative campaign is helping little people keep in touch with...

June 13, 2020

What is the Order of Australia and how do you get on it?

ON the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, people from across the country are receiving honours in the Order of Australia. These awards are a national...

June 13, 2020

Dance schools call for guidance and advocacy

DANCE teachers across Ballarat, and the state, are calling for better government representation, unsure of the ways in which they should transition their students...

June 13, 2020

Business is booming as vans keep moving

WHEN Southern Design RV Ballarat launched eighteen months ago, they couldn’t have predicted the position they’d be in mid-2020. COVID-19 may have arrived for the...

June 12, 2020

Toy Library turns a new digital chapter

BALLARAT Toy Library is accessible to its members again, operating safely with an online click-and-collect service. Sally Tuck said little people can’t yet explore and...

June 12, 2020

Collaborative donation will warm the needy

THE Ballarat commandery of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem has partnered with Buninyong and Southern Cross Probus clubs to keep the vulnerable...

June 11, 2020

Personal development for BAA membership

FIFTY thousand dollars has been injected into the Ballarat African Association from the State government, to fund workshops designed to boost the holistic human...

June 11, 2020

Come in and take a seat: customers return for in-store dining

AS The Shared Table’s chef, Dianne Ray reopened her restaurant last week, she had a quiet first couple of days. But as Saturday rolled around...

June 11, 2020

Survival Day service gets HART nod

THE city’s inaugural Survival Day Dawn Ceremony, coordinated by Ballarat’s Koorie Engagement Action Group, received a Highly Commended gong at the Helping Achieve Reconciliation...

June 11, 2020

Winter Woollies’ cosy creations combat the chill

FACEBOOK community, Winter Woollies for Ballarat has made major donations of handmade blankets and clothing to The SoupBus, and Pop Up Shop for the...

June 11, 2020

Clubs get grants to cover costs

FIFTEEN of the area’s sports clubs are each receiving a grant of one thousand dollars as part of the State government’s Community Sport Sector...

June 11, 2020

Punters not yet back at trots track

THE harness racing atmosphere at Ballarat & District Trotting Club hasn’t felt quite the same for competitors throughout the pandemic period without cheering crowds. But...

June 8, 2020

Back to the start on McKenzie Street

WHEN Victorian cafes began trading by takeaway only in March, Hydrant Food Hall’s Elise Rowe instantly knew that was going to be a tough...

June 8, 2020

Plan flooded with community input

IT’S official, Shelford and Inverleigh are Golden Plains Shire’s worst flood-prone areas, thanks to the Leigh River which flows through both townships. Along with being...

June 7, 2020

BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour – Queen’s Birthday honours

TRAVELLING around Australia, you may have spotted BIG4 Holiday Parks. But you mightn’t know the brand was born in Ballarat, founded by former police officer,...

June 7, 2020

‘A lease of life’ through volunteering – Queen’s Birthday honours

WHEN two of Beverley Horwood’s five children discovered their respective loves for the performing arts and swimming, she found her own passion for community...

June 7, 2020

Better indigenous health and beating cancer – Queen’s Birthday honours

SINCE her youth, Sandy Anderson has had a passion for helping other people heal. Becoming a nurse in the early 70s, her niche for the...

June 7, 2020

Exercise and education awaits on ‘Mountie’

WITH the opportunity to get out and about a little more, residents may be looking for somewhere they can go to keep their bodies...

June 6, 2020

Golden Plains libraries return and are ready for readers

IT’S time to turn the page to a new chapter as library services across the Shire make get back into action next week. The Bannockburn...

June 6, 2020

Friends press on for public broadcaster

ACROSS Australia, groups of volunteers are advocating for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Called ABC Friends, they try to support the ABC to have sufficient funding...

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