{"id":45227,"date":"2020-11-13T16:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=45227"},"modified":"2020-11-13T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:14:16","slug":"say-hello-says-super-community-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/say-hello-says-super-community-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Say hello says community super group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surf Coast Community leaders have united to create a new community group to strengthen connection and bring back the Surf Coast\u2019s \u201cvillage feel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Three community organisation leaders have banded together to create Hello Surf Coast and are focusing on reconnecting neighbours through Hello Happy Hour; an initiative encouraging residents to hit the curb and meet their neighbours for a cuppa, a wine and a \u2018hello\u2019 to break down community barriers.<\/p>\n<p>After meeting for the first time on a Zoom call during the lockdown period, Surf Coast Angels volunteer Nicole Dickmann, said that her, Torquay Community House co-ordinator Laura Connor and Feed Me Surf Coast co-ordinator Brook Murphy, realised they shared a common goal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hello Surf Coast\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y4ylunBR7qQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe realised there was a great need to pull what used to be a Surf Coast village feel back together,\u201d Ms Dickmann said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the COVID isolation we are disjointed and some of us displaced and it is time to come together again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started with all these big ideas, but realised we didn\u2019t need this big campaign, we could do one small thing which could help in a big way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concept naturally evolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Connor was inspired after seeing desperate communities across the world find a way through isolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI noticed in Europe a lot of Italians were coming out on their balconies at 6pm every night and singing and playing their piano accordions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was thinking how great it was, because as well as bringing positivity and making connections, they were seeing who wasn\u2019t present certain nights which creates an awareness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what we are trying to do with the Hello Surf Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Residents can champion the campaign in their respective street, close, strip, court or place by registering themselves as \u2018Street Champion.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ms Murphy has nominated her family for the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the first lockdown, my children and my neighbours and I would go out in the afternoon and paint a mural. We started it in April and each afternoon we would add a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we will keep painting our mural on the \u2018Happy Hour\u2019 afternoon and beyond\u201d She Said.<\/p>\n<p>Head to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.HelloSurfcoast.com.au\">www.HelloSurfcoast.com.au<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HelloSurfcoast\/\">facebook.com\/HelloSurfcoast<\/a> and @HelloSurfcoast on Instagram for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf Coast Community leaders have united to create a new community group to strengthen connection and bring back the Surf Coast\u2019s \u201cvillage feel\u201d. 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