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15
Jun
2015
Book Club
We are pleased to announce that starting at the upcoming school holidays, commencing in late June, 2015, we will be running a Book Club. So if anyone has some spare books for children between the ages of 6-12 years, Gillian’s Rainbow Bridge would be most thankful. These children need a bit of extra support and the Book Club will... more
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15
Jun
2015
Gardening Days at Gillian's Rainbow Bridge
A courtesy to let you know we will be running some Gardening Days at Wallingford, where Gillian’s Rainbow Bridge is held. Please come along and help get our country, cottage garden in order, as we'll be holding a fun garden event in October, 2015. Weeding, trimming, propagating and general tidying up... more
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03
Jun
2015
Message from Elisabeth
It's lovely to do hand-felting with the children at Gillian's Rainbow Bridge. This is a place where it's easy to invite children to find the magic inside themselves, engage with materials, and create something beautiful omega replica and fun. The moments that make Planet Earth feel like home are often... more
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02
Jun
2015
Tax Return Time
It’s nearly that time of the year, TAX RETURN TIME. If you've been thinking of making a donation to a valuable, hard working and forward thinking cause for children and animals, then please think of us www.bagssale.cn. We need and value your support because without it our programs will not exist. Have a... more
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02
Jun
2015
A Parent's Story
Over the past weeks our 10 year old daughter Cherry, has been attending both scheduled programmes and 1 on 1 time with Annette at Gillian's Rainbow Bridge in Healesville. Cherry suffers from Auditory Processing Disorder. She has anger management issues, separation anxiety, as well as having a parent with a mental illness,... more
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27
May
2015
Reflection from Michelle
Gillian's Rainbow Bridge offers a fantastic farm experience for children. By interacting with different animals, taking turns to feed them and understand where they have come from, the children learn care and respect for animals, each other and the environment. Finding lunch ingredients in the vegie garden, collecting eggs and... more
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26
May
2015
Message fron Nat
I have been a Veterinary Nurse for over 20 years now and have recently had the opportunity and privilege of becoming involved in Gillian’s Rainbow Bridge. My role is to educate the participating children about the care and attention that animals need in everyday life. My experience in the program... more
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26
May
2015
Message from Mike
I am so proud to be involved in Gillian’s Rainbow Bridge. Gill worked with me as a vet nurse for 10 years. When we lost her, it left an enormous hole in our practice, and our lives Replica Saint Laurent Handbags. This program has helped us start to heal, and from... more
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14
May
2015
Children's Programmes - Activities
A fun afternoon of replica watches uk making mandalas replica uhren kaufen and posies. Children picked flowers from the cottage garden and while on nature walks collected materials for the mandalas. The wools that were naturally died and cheap nike online uk home spun came from our sheep and goats. The... more
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07
May
2015
Swinburne University joins Gillian's Rainbow Bridge
Gillian’s Rainbow Bridge farm has been a hive of activity over the past few months, especially with programs for our welcomed children and visits from students and friends from Swinburne University. Swinburne students are eager to help us in as many ways as they possibly can. Grant submissions, working bees, photo... more
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07
May
2015
About Our Children's Programmes
Happy faces, concentration and touching/patting the animals is what our programmes evokes. Helping feed the animals, gather produce from the vegie garden, learning about how to care for farm animals, sharing a healthy lunch and making items from materials collected on the farm is what the day holds for these... more
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06
May
2015
Message from Clare
I am an artist who has been working with children at Gillian's Rainbow Bridge. I teach the children to weave using botanical dyed wool and sticks and how to make a floral arrangement in a teacup, both of which are taken home at the end of the day. Some of... more
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04
May
2015
Follow the Red Brick Floor.....
Ken, his son Tim and their co-worker Brett arrived early one mid-January morning to do the brick floor. The men were into action from the minute they arrived, firstly levelling the floor, then laying over two thousand old red bricks, some needing exact cutting- making the completed floor look amazing.... more
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04
May
2015
Cupboards and Stainless Steel Bench
Mick is a local trades man, who takes pride in his work, creating unique wooden items. The cupboards he made for Gillian’s Rainbow Bridge activity room are to be admired. We all love them, with wooden shelves, recycled timber and flat colorbond doors, exquisite handmade door handles and a useful... more
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04
May
2015
‘Dreams For A Better World’ Grant
We are so excited we got through the first stage of ‘Dreams for a Better World’, the Committee and students are thrilled to be part of this exciting grant. A huge thankyou to Dominique, Charmaine, Sash, Emilie and all the cheap breitling replica other students at Swinburne University for being... more
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