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Local Stories
Read about some of the people who help make Kensington Neighbourhood House the heart of our community.
Our house is your house
Do you know who “owns” Kensington Neighbourhood House? Out of curiosity, we asked this question in our recent participant survey. Nearly...
Our shared stories - celebrating together
Cultural Diversity Week was celebrated a little late at our house this year, but it was worth the wait! On Tuesday 26 March, Kensington...
Meet our volunteers of the year!
“Just do it online.” Easier said than done! With core services increasingly moving to remote delivery, many community members are...
Kim Lan
When Kim Lan moved to Kensington with her husband and six children, her first impression was that Australia seemed strange compared to...
Sandra Joy
An advocate for public housing rights, mother of four boys, long term crossing supervisor, and active community member, Sandra has lived...
Volunteer Of TheYear 2022
We didn’t need to think twice about who should be our Volunteer of The Year for 2022. Kaye Uiterwyk was the unanimous choice. Kaye began...
Student Of TheYear 2022
Where do we start? Watching Ayan find and follow her dreams has been a constant inspiration to us here at KNH. Starting as a student in...
Pam
Pam began volunteering at Kensington Neighbourhood House in 2018 in our Family Literacy Program. As a retired English as an additional...
Hoa and Thai Nguyen
Hoa and Thai are married and have lived in Kensington for almost 20 years. They came to came to Australia as refugees from Vietnam in...
Hamida Abdi
Kensington resident, Hamida was born in Somalia. She and her family moved to Melbourne in 2010 and since then she has been an active...
Paul
Paul owns and runs local café Grounded House at 499 Macaulay Road. He was born and bred in Kensington. His parents, Tony and Lina, lived...
Erika Lodge
Erika Lodge is the President of the 78 Seniors Club, a resident social seniors group on Kensington public housing estate. Erika is...
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