About: Edwina Williams
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- Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.
April 9, 2020
Financial support for uni students
A WEEKLY three-hundred-dollar support package will assist Federation University’s on-campus higher education pupils to continue studying if the coronavirus pandemic has affected them. Initially receiving...
April 9, 2020
Maintaining Ballarat’s community health
BALLARAT Community Health is still operational to support pre-existing and new clients, mindful of the mental impact a period of long-term lockdown will have. Moving...
April 9, 2020
Dog park done up
ONCE dogs and their owners return to the Wendouree Dog Park upon its reopening, they will be able to utilise a weather shelter. Funded with...
April 8, 2020
Limiting waste and feeding families
WAREHOUSEY, an initiative of The Forge Pizzeria, is connecting the public with food produced for the hospitality sector, which otherwise wouldn’t find a home. The...
April 4, 2020
Looking to the natural landscape for inspiration
2020 has placed a couple of roadblocks in front of Haddon artist, Stella Clarke, but she won’t let them stop her. Clarke was preparing to...
April 3, 2020
Safe, active and connected through choppy waters
IF you can see yourself rowing a single scull in the middle of Lake Wendouree, watching the sun set, it might seem like the...
April 3, 2020
True community in the garden
SHEILAGH Kentish couldn’t be prouder of her Ballarat Community Garden community. Challenged by the shifting health and social climate, Mrs Kentish, the group’s chairperson said...
April 3, 2020
Toy Library seeks ideas to share resources
BALLARAT Toy Library’s Sally Tuck can see the positive impact the group could make to the new, isolated lifestyles of the organisation’s members. Library borrowing...
April 3, 2020
Finding forever homes for furry, four-legged friends
THE Ballarat Animal Shelter handles fifty animals a week. Eighty-seven per cent of dogs are reclaimed, and the balance are adopted or unable to...
April 3, 2020
Premier celebrates historical storytelling
IF you’re working to preserve a slice of Victoria’s heritage, you could be eligible for a State government Community History Award. Projects of varying categories...
April 3, 2020
Fit and thriving from home
MOVEMENT, nourishment and rest are crucial to maintaining physical wellness while isolating in your own home, according to personal trainer, Sarah Harrison. The Fernwood Ballarat...
April 2, 2020
Essential SoupBus challenged but serving
THE OnTrack Foundation is continuing the operation of its SoupBus for as long as possible, with Ballarat’s homeless and vulnerable more needy than ever. Craig...
April 2, 2020
Restaurant quality food to the home table
COMMITTEE for Ballarat CEO Michael Poulton said many local food and beverage producers have seen their product demand “dry up” with the closure of...
April 2, 2020
Fresh, seasonal wholefoods with flexibility
THE Ballarat Wholefoods Collective knows how to acclimatise. Launched in 2013, the community not-for-profit originally ran out of founding member, Wendy Aston’s home. Before finding...
April 2, 2020
Regional voice a resource for business council
THE State government’s Multicultural Business Ministerial Council has been enriched with a local representative’s perspective. Dr Michael Akindeju, president of the Ballarat African Association and...
April 2, 2020
New face for fresh FECRI program
INTERNATIONALLY renowned researcher, Dr Aparna Jayachandran will head a new breast cancer program at the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute. The senior research fellow has...
April 2, 2020
Need to Share the Dignity greater than ever
THIS month’s Share the Dignity drive, collecting sanitary products for women in need, was less successful than usual due to toiletry hoarding in supermarkets. But...
April 1, 2020
Studio switched off, music on-air
REGULAR programming is closed until further notice at community radio station, Voice FM, now running an automated service. Physical doors are closed to volunteers and...
March 27, 2020
Serene, homely, unique shopping
HOLLY White’s move from Geelong to Buninyong three years ago brought a change her family needed, and plenty of projects. Settling at The Old Vicarage...
March 27, 2020
Replenishing hope within hearts and the land
FARMER Bruce Martin is assisting the agricultural communities of the Corryong and Upper Murray area with their post-bushfire recovery. A champion of regenerative farming who...
March 26, 2020
Farmers market funds paid forward
STALLHOLDERS at Talbot Farmers Market recently contributed to one of the event’s most successful community raffles ever, and the giving didn’t stop there. Combined with...
March 26, 2020
Businesses supported to walk untrodden ground
AS COVID-19 news and recommendations change hourly, Commerce Ballarat CEO, Jodie Gillett said her team is working to keep business resources relevant and available...
March 26, 2020
Special meeting gives more power to CEO
CITY of Ballarat council unanimously passed a motion at a special meeting on Monday afternoon that gives further instrument of delegation powers to the...
March 26, 2020
Supporting and exploring creativity, digitally and personally
RESEARCHING artists online, engaging with them and sharing their work are some of the best ways to show the creative community support according to...
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