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Resilient Ararat has joined forces with two local cafes to spread caffeine and kindness throughout the community. Paying it Forward – Kindness in a Cup was launched early this month, providing customers at Fred and Bet’s and Forager’s cafes with the opportunity to...

An increasing number of business owners across the Central Grampians are turning to work experience and work placements to identify secondary college students with industry potential. According to data from Central Grampians LLEN, 151 local businesses are currently...

A group of students from Marian College and Lake Bolac College donned safety goggles and hit the tools as part of a Supporting And Linking Tradeswomen INC (SALT) workshop in Ararat this month. With the support of Central Grampians LLEN, SALT, in conjunction with the...

Renowned cyber safety expert, Susan McLean spent four days in the Central Grampians region last week, educating the local community on how to protect themselves online. A former member of Victoria Police, Ms McLean established Cyber Safety Solutions in 2007. The...

Central Grampians LLEN has upgraded its TAC L2P Program vehicle in St Arnaud thanks to a generous grant from the Community Bank Avoca, Maryborough and St Arnaud (Bendigo Bank). The bank provided a community grant of $18,986 to allow Central Grampians LLEN to replace...

A group of students from Resilient Ararat’s cluster schools have come up with a creative way to mark Mental Health Month 2023, encouraging the local community to, quite literally, grow happiness. Resilient Ararat’s Grow Happiness campaign launches today, and will...

Yesterday, Central Grampians LLEN hosted a community celebration to mark 10 years since the inception of the TAC L2P Program in Ararat Rural City and Northern Grampians Shire. Past and present mentors, learners and staff were in attendance at the event, which was held...

  Students across Ararat are set to benefit from a new partnership between East Grampians Health Service and Central Grampians LLEN. The health service has signed on as the first Community Champion for Central Grampian’s LLEN’s MATES program which provides...

A sudden increase in demand for the TAC L2P Program has led to Central Grampians LLEN issuing an urgent callout for volunteer mentors in Ararat and St Arnaud. With the waitlist for the learner driver program currently at a ten-year high, Central Grampians LLEN...

Some of Stawell and Ararat’s largest employers are being encouraged to support local students by signing up as Community Champions for Central Grampians LLEN’s MATES Mentoring Program. The MATES program matches nominated students from participating primary and...

Alyshia McInnes, the artist involved in the Resilience Art Trail project, recently embarked on a tour of Ararat Rural City to see the final artworks installed in the grounds of each of the participating schools. An initiative of Resilient Ararat, the Resilience Art...

Blue and yellow gratitude cards have been circulating throughout Ararat in recent days as part of a campaign to recognise Mental Health Month. Led by Resilient Ararat, the ‘Painting the Town with Gratitude’ initiative has seen free greeting cards distributed to all...

Resilient Ararat has partnered with nine local schools to launch its highly anticipated Resilience Art Trail. The project, which was postponed over the last two years due to Covid-19, features a series of artworks created by students from Ararat College, Ararat West...

Businesses in Stawell and Ararat rolled out the welcome mat for students from Skene Street Specialist School during a three-month Industry Tour Series facilitated by Central Grampians LLEN. Designed to provide students with an insight into a range of different career...

Central Grampians LLEN is celebrating the achievements of its TAC L2P Program after fifteen young learner drivers graduated from the initiative in the past twelve months. The program operates across Northern Grampians Shire, Ararat Rural City and Pyrenees Shire and...