About: Edwina Williams

Sensory Garden to support students’ self-regulation

MOUNT Pleasant Primary School is developing its own sensory garden with the help of a Engaging Communities Grant received last year. The north corner of...

Wendouree Centre set to get Ritzy

RAZZAMATAZZ and style is back with the all-singing and dancing stage production, Puttin’ on the Ritz, starring performers from London’s West End. The show will...

Have a ball for breast cancer

A BLACK tie cocktail party will support and raise awareness for local McGrath Foundation Breast Care Nurses this Saturday night. Hosted at the Old Colonists...

Eat, sip and shop tonight in town

PLATE Up Ballarat’s Eat Sip Shop evening will hit the catwalk tonight, Thursday 30 May at the Mining Exchange. Seats are available in the Grandstand...

Celebrating our first heritage

HERITAGE Weekend will feature new and exciting celebrations of Ballarat and Australia’s indigenous history and culture. Armstrong Street North’s off-street carpark will be transformed into...

Young Achiever celebrated

DISABILITY support worker, Teghan Henderson, won the CFA Volunteer Excellence Award at the recent Victorian Young Achiever Awards at Flemington.

Alongside...

Agriculture meets business at Grammar

A NEW agricultural entrepreneurship course is set to challenge and engage young minds at Ballarat Grammar. The AgriFutures Startup Business Entrepreneurial Learning in Action program...

Synthetic track opened at Turf Club

BALLARAT Turf Club’s synthetic track was officially opened last Friday afternoon by the State Minister for Racing, Martin Pakula. The Polytrack surface has been a...

Film fans to Buninyong for festival

THE twenty-seventh annual Buninyong Film Festival will be the biggest yet, beginning this Friday, 24 May. Over three days within the grand, historic Buninyong Town...

A green thumb’s ball of fun

THE Japanese word, Kokedama, translates to ‘moss ball,’ but Susan Seakins is helping make the plant trend a little more fun in Ballarat. Mainly working...

A Sphere of social and professional support

A COUPLE of years ago, Christine Browning was looking for a new way to connect with other Ballarat women in business, so she could...

Business Women head to market

THE Ballarat Business Women group will host a luncheon and market day for professional women next Thursday, 23 May to showcase members’ brands and...

Ballarat Boys Reformatory remembered

BALLARAT’S Providore Café is ensuring the city remembers an often-forgotten part of Lake Gardens’ history. Last week, a rare photo of the site’s first building,...

State government money for mental health

THE state government has injected $2.3 million into a mental health partnership program between Ballarat Health Services and community support agency, Uniting Ballarat. Over two...

Runway extension to take off under Labor

LABOR will invest fourteen million dollars in the Ballarat Airport if they form Federal government after enabling an extension of the runway. Shadow Minister for...

Red-hot history alight this weekend

BALLARAT’S annual Heritage Weekend is back this month, 25 to 26 May. With the theme of History Ablaze, the city will embrace the traditional relationship...

Small and Mighty Children’s Market

SMALL and Mighty Children’s Market will return to St Patrick’s Hall this Sunday, 19 May from 10am to 3pm. As Ballarat’s only exclusive babies and...

Backspace calls for fresh batch of artists

THE Art Gallery of Ballarat is encouraging artists to submit online expressions of interest if they are keen to exhibit their work in the...

Plate Up gets BBQs battling

COOKS will supply their own produce and compete to create the most delicious and tender treats, including smoky brisket and ribs, for judges. From 10am...

Learmonth hosts local leg of Conni Classic

EUREKA Cycling will host La Course Aux Velo Femmes, the first stage of veteran women’s series, The Conni Classic at Learmonth this month. From 10am...

$5 Million will improve Her Maj’s inclusivity

HER Majesty’s Theatre will receive the $5 million needed to complete its refurbishment if Labor forms Federal government after the election on 18 May. The...

Faraway on Lydiard

RENEE Price’s passion is creating imaginative experiences for children. “I’ve done that for my own children for 12 years,” she said. “It’s something that I...

Fair to help job seekers

THE Mining Exchange will host the Ballarat Jobs Fair on Thursday, 16 May from 10.30am and 2pm. Run by PeoplePlus Australia, the fair’s aim is...

Many paws on the pavement against animal cruelty

THE Million Paws Walk, RSPCA Victoria’s largest fundraising event, is back in Ballarat on Sunday 19 May. It’s 25 years since the RSPCA first launched...