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Until 12 Dec

Local Lunch Club

  • Free
  • Workshop

Join in the Local Lunch Club and connect with your neighbours at this community gathering.

A delicious free lunch will be cooked onsite by Open Table using diverted surplus food that would otherwise have gone to waste.

Enjoy live local music curated by The Boite and ‘bite size talks’ from community groups about how you can get more involved in your community.

A vegetarian lunch will be served at 1pm. Bookings not required, just come along.

Hours

Date Times
Sat 19 Sep
  • 12.45pm - 2pm 12:45pm - 2:00pm
Sat 17 Oct
  • 12.45pm - 2pm 12:45pm - 2:00pm
Sat 21 Nov
  • 12.45pm - 2pm 12:45pm - 2:00pm
Sat 12 Dec
  • 12.45pm - 2pm 12:45pm - 2:00pm

Location

Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre
251 Faraday St
Carlton 3053

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 1800 695 427
  • email address: literacyandlearning@melbourne.vic.gov.au
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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