Event Type : Workshops & Seminars

Gone are the days of pins, soaking or bleaching! Modern cloth nappies are shaped, fitted, washable and reusable.

Discover modern cloth nappies and tips on how to make using them easy! Join Kam Andrews, “The Nappy Guru” for a cloth nappy workshop to learn about using and maintaining cloth nappies. Kam will demonstrate different cloth nappies available and explain the benefits of each.

Register for the May workshop here.

For more workshop dates visit – https://www.melvillecity.com.au/waste-and-environment/environmental-subsidies-and-rebates/cloth-nappy-rebate

Need something fixed? Don’t throw it out, bring it to Repair Lab!

Repair Lab is a free community drop in event to help people fix their belongings and save things from going to landfill. Skilled volunteers will help you with repairs of bicycles, electrical appliances, household items and textiles. If you’re unsure, bring it down and we’ll see what we can do!

House Rules:

• Please show your gratitude and respect for our Volunteer Repairer by staying with them for the duration of your repair – have a chat, you might learn a thing or two!
• We cannot guarantee a successful repair, however our Volunteer Repairers will do their best to help you free of charge with the time, tools and skills they have available. Advice will be provided if your item is unable to be repaired.
• Only one item is repaired at a time – if you have multiple items, you’ll need to join the queue again. This ensures everyone gets to be seen at least once by a Repairer.
• We are unable to accommodate dogs at this event, please leave them at home.

Where: Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre, 555 Leach Highway Winthrop
When: One Sunday a month from 9.30am-12.00pm. Dates listed below – please register via the links provided.

• Sunday 23 January 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 February 2022                  Register here
• Sunday 27 March 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 24 April 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 22 May 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 26 June 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 24 July 2022                          Register here
• Sunday 28 August 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 25 September 2022               Register here
• Sunday 23 October 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 November 2022               Register here

Gone are the days of pins, soaking or bleaching! Modern cloth nappies are shaped, fitted, washable and reusable.

Discover modern cloth nappies and tips on how to make using them easy! Join Kam Andrews, “The Nappy Guru” for a cloth nappy workshop to learn about using and maintaining cloth nappies. Kam will demonstrate different cloth nappies available and explain the benefits of each.

Register for the June workshop here.

For more workshop dates and information visit https://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/modern-cloth-nappy-rebate

Need something fixed? Don’t throw it out, bring it to Repair Lab!

Repair Lab is a free community drop in event to help people fix their belongings and save things from going to landfill. Skilled volunteers will help you with repairs of bicycles, electrical appliances, household items and textiles. If you’re unsure, bring it down and we’ll see what we can do!

House Rules:

• Please show your gratitude and respect for our Volunteer Repairer by staying with them for the duration of your repair – have a chat, you might learn a thing or two!
• We cannot guarantee a successful repair, however our Volunteer Repairers will do their best to help you free of charge with the time, tools and skills they have available. Advice will be provided if your item is unable to be repaired.
• Only one item is repaired at a time – if you have multiple items, you’ll need to join the queue again. This ensures everyone gets to be seen at least once by a Repairer.
• We are unable to accommodate dogs at this event, please leave them at home.

Where: Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre, 555 Leach Highway Winthrop
When: One Sunday a month from 9.30am-12.00pm. Dates listed below – please register via the links provided.

• Sunday 23 January 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 February 2022                  Register here
• Sunday 27 March 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 24 April 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 22 May 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 26 June 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 24 July 2022                          Register here
• Sunday 28 August 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 25 September 2022               Register here
• Sunday 23 October 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 November 2022               Register here

Need something fixed? Don’t throw it out, bring it to Repair Lab!

Repair Lab is a free community drop in event to help people fix their belongings and save things from going to landfill. Skilled volunteers will help you with repairs of bicycles, electrical appliances, household items and textiles. If you’re unsure, bring it down and we’ll see what we can do!

House Rules:

• Please show your gratitude and respect for our Volunteer Repairer by staying with them for the duration of your repair – have a chat, you might learn a thing or two!
• We cannot guarantee a successful repair, however our Volunteer Repairers will do their best to help you free of charge with the time, tools and skills they have available. Advice will be provided if your item is unable to be repaired.
• Only one item is repaired at a time – if you have multiple items, you’ll need to join the queue again. This ensures everyone gets to be seen at least once by a Repairer.
• We are unable to accommodate dogs at this event, please leave them at home.

Where: Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre, 555 Leach Highway Winthrop
When: One Sunday a month from 9.30am-12.00pm. Dates listed below – please register via the links provided.

• Sunday 23 January 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 February 2022                  Register here
• Sunday 27 March 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 24 April 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 22 May 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 26 June 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 24 July 2022                          Register here
• Sunday 28 August 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 25 September 2022               Register here
• Sunday 23 October 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 November 2022               Register here

We are excited to inform you of an exciting opportunity by Cocoon Wellness Retreats – an upcoming Mother-Daughter Retreat in Swan Valley.  

Dr. Olivia Chatt and Tania Henry, co-founders of Cocoon Wellness Retreats, have over twenty years combined experience working as psychologists with children, teenagers and their families. Dr. Olivia and Tania understand the key issues facing teenage girls today and are passionate about empowering young women to develop skills in resilience and emotional regulation and working with parents to strengthen their relationships with their daughters.

We invite the mothers of your community (and daughters aged 9-13 years old) to join Dr. Olivia and Tania on July 30-31st at Mandoon Estate for a weekend including,

• Accommodation @ The Colony, Mandoon Estate, Swan Valley
• A series of interactive parent and child-friendly group sessions for girls aged 9 to 13 years old delivered by Dr. Olivia Chatt and Tania Henry
• Wellbeing activities – yoga, kayaking, konga, spa treatments and optional guided meditations
• All inclusive Mandoon chef-prepared food, including a ‘dinner for two’ and Ladies Long Lunch

The Pregnancy, Babies & Children’s Expo has been postponed to 2022.

This is Australia’s largest and the WORLD’s longest running early parenting event! The best information, the latest products and the convenience of having everything you need to know and buy under the one roof, no matter what stage of parenting. Discover all you need to know from bump, to birth and beyond at the PBC Expo.

It’s the Expo of the year you absolutely can’t afford to miss, with all your parenting needs under one roof. View the directory here.

When Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 July 2022

Saturday Session Times
9:00am – 12:30pm
1.30pm – 5:00pm

Sunday Session Times
9:00am – 12:30pm
1.30pm – 4:00pm

Where Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Tickets register here

Free Talks and Classes
– Antenatal Class
– Breastfeeding
– Safe Sleep
– Car & Home Safety

Facilities
– Baby Care Rooms
– Sanitising Stations
– Parcel Minding Services
– Imagination Play

The Pregnancy, Babies & Children’s Expo has been postponed to 2022.

This is Australia’s largest and the WORLD’s longest running early parenting event! The best information, the latest products and the convenience of having everything you need to know and buy under the one roof, no matter what stage of parenting. Discover all you need to know from bump, to birth and beyond at the PBC Expo.

It’s the Expo of the year you absolutely can’t afford to miss, with all your parenting needs under one roof. View the directory here.

When Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 July 2022

Saturday Session Times
9:00am – 12:30pm
1.30pm – 5:00pm

Sunday Session Times
9:00am – 12:30pm
1.30pm – 4:00pm

Where Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Tickets register here

Free Talks and Classes
– Antenatal Class
– Breastfeeding
– Safe Sleep
– Car & Home Safety

Facilities
– Baby Care Rooms
– Sanitising Stations
– Parcel Minding Services
– Imagination Play

Need something fixed? Don’t throw it out, bring it to Repair Lab!

Repair Lab is a free community drop in event to help people fix their belongings and save things from going to landfill. Skilled volunteers will help you with repairs of bicycles, electrical appliances, household items and textiles. If you’re unsure, bring it down and we’ll see what we can do!

House Rules:

• Please show your gratitude and respect for our Volunteer Repairer by staying with them for the duration of your repair – have a chat, you might learn a thing or two!
• We cannot guarantee a successful repair, however our Volunteer Repairers will do their best to help you free of charge with the time, tools and skills they have available. Advice will be provided if your item is unable to be repaired.
• Only one item is repaired at a time – if you have multiple items, you’ll need to join the queue again. This ensures everyone gets to be seen at least once by a Repairer.
• We are unable to accommodate dogs at this event, please leave them at home.

Where: Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre, 555 Leach Highway Winthrop
When: One Sunday a month from 9.30am-12.00pm. Dates listed below – please register via the links provided.

• Sunday 23 January 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 February 2022                  Register here
• Sunday 27 March 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 24 April 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 22 May 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 26 June 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 24 July 2022                          Register here
• Sunday 28 August 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 25 September 2022               Register here
• Sunday 23 October 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 November 2022               Register here

Need something fixed? Don’t throw it out, bring it to Repair Lab!

Repair Lab is a free community drop in event to help people fix their belongings and save things from going to landfill. Skilled volunteers will help you with repairs of bicycles, electrical appliances, household items and textiles. If you’re unsure, bring it down and we’ll see what we can do!

House Rules:

• Please show your gratitude and respect for our Volunteer Repairer by staying with them for the duration of your repair – have a chat, you might learn a thing or two!
• We cannot guarantee a successful repair, however our Volunteer Repairers will do their best to help you free of charge with the time, tools and skills they have available. Advice will be provided if your item is unable to be repaired.
• Only one item is repaired at a time – if you have multiple items, you’ll need to join the queue again. This ensures everyone gets to be seen at least once by a Repairer.
• We are unable to accommodate dogs at this event, please leave them at home.

Where: Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre, 555 Leach Highway Winthrop
When: One Sunday a month from 9.30am-12.00pm. Dates listed below – please register via the links provided.

• Sunday 23 January 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 February 2022                  Register here
• Sunday 27 March 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 24 April 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 22 May 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 26 June 2022                         Register here
• Sunday 24 July 2022                          Register here
• Sunday 28 August 2022                     Register here
• Sunday 25 September 2022               Register here
• Sunday 23 October 2022                   Register here
• Sunday 27 November 2022               Register here