LOTTERYWEST SUPPORT FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

The State Government, through Lotterywest, has provided a $50,000 grant to the Lucy Saw Centre.

This grant will help its centres, based in Rockingham and Fremantle, to support women and children experiencing domestic and family violence.

Established in 1977, the Lucy Saw Centre offers tailored wraparound services to more than 800 women and children in need each year.

The organisation which operates two refuges, a Safe at Home Program and a Coordinated Response Service is one of the latest grant recipients to receive funding from Lotterywest’s COVID-19 Relief Fund.

The State Government, through Lotterywest, has committed $159 million into a COVID-19 Relief Fund to respond to the hardship being experienced by the Western Australian community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lotterywest’s COVID-19 Relief Fund is helping to meet costs related to increased demand for crisis relief services impacted by COVID-19.

Roel Loopers

SHAC MENTORING FOR FEMALE ARTISTS

 

 

SHAC Incubate – Established women artists mentoring emerging female artists May 1-3.

Sustainable Housing for Artists and Creatives (SHAC) is a unique creative community space in Fremantle. Following the success of SHAC’s inaugural event SHACtivate! 2019, SHAC Incubate artists programme has been adapted, following government safety guidelines, and will now present a series of online activities over the first weekend in May, as a positive force for our community in these difficult times.

Online exhibition is on May 1 at 6pm, and online workshops&talks on May 2 and 3.

 SHAC Incubate artists programme celebrates the land we live on, the communities who live here now, and those who have lived here in the past.

 Using a grant awarded by City of Fremantle in late 2019 SHAC is able to showcase emerging and established female talent responding to the current pandemic situation. Presenting a platform where women’s art and voices can be represented, views shared with others and the conversation expanded about how artists can survive in the arts right now.

 The SHAC Incubate artists programme includes three weeks of collaborative enquiry engaging with different minds and art forms, with participants learning more about each of the SHAC & associate artists’ backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. New cross-artform works will be developed by each mentor and emerging artist mentoree.

 Creative workshops will be delivered online for artists and the general public; performances will be streamed live via the SHAC Facebook Group  and an exhibition curated of the collaborative work produced and displayed on the SHAC website virtual online gallery at https://www.shacfreo.com/shac-virtual-gallery.html .

 

FREO FARMERS MARKET CELEBRATES WOMEN

 

 

A lot of people turned up for the International Women’s Day celebrations at the Freo Farmers Market at Fremantle College this morning.

Perfect weather, a great community, good music, fabtastic food, what else does one need!

Roel Loopers

CELEBRATE WOMEN AT FREO FARMERS MARKET

 

 

The Freo Farmers Market will be celebrating women on International Women’s Day this Sunday, so head out to Fremantle College on Lefroy Road between 8am and midday for great entertainment by female artists, info stalls, and of course all the great fresh produce of fruit&vegetables, organic, gluten free, breads, pastries, fish, breakfast, lunch, coffee and more.

The FFM is a fantastic way of connecting with the Fremantle community every Sunday of the year.

Roel Loopers

FREO CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

 

On Sunday the 8th March the Freo Farmers Market will be celebrating International Women’s Day, showcasing and listening to the amazing women that are part of the Fremantle Community.

If you are a woman in business in Freo and want to be a part of the market and showcase your small business please email Kylie Wheatley with the heading IWD 2020

If you would like to sing a song, give a talk, run a workshop, do a yoga class within the market day please email Kylie with the heading IWD 2020

If you would like to contribute to our IWD 2020 raffle with all proceeds going to Nectar For Women Fund at Fremantle Foundation. Please get in touch.

Nectar for Women supports generations of women in areas such as birth support, post natal care and support women in need due to crisis. Nectar For Women is a way for Kylie and all those who attend her events to contribute to generations of local women, forever.
If you would like to sponsor this event …please get in touch!
See you on the 8th March 2020!❤️

Contact: freofarmersmarket@gmail.com

LOUNGEROOM COMFORT AT FREMANTLE DOCKERS WOMEN GAMES

 

 

The City of Fremantle has partnered with the Fremantle Dockers to create a very comfy new fan experience at AFLW games at Fremantle Oval this season.

The Visit Fremantle Chillout Deck will give Freo supporters the chance to lay back on artificial lawn and lounge furniture while enjoying the best seat in the house on the raised and shaded deck at the southern end of the oval. 

Food and beverages will be available for purchase on the deck, with exclusive giveaways on offer for some lucky Freo fans.

There will also be free icy poles for the kids, face painting, giant Jenga and other lawn games on offer.

Entry to all AFLW games at Fremantle Oval this season is free, but access to the deck is first-come first-in and capacity is limited, so fans are advised to arrive early to secure their spot.

The female Dockers had a great season last year, with six wins from seven games, so we can expect a great game this Sunday.

The Visit Fremantle Chillout Deck kicks off this Sunday, when Fremantle take on Geelong in their first game of the 2020 NAB AFL Women’s competition. Gates open at 1.10pm.

The car park inside Fremantle Oval, car park 16 on Parry Street and the Cappuccino Strip car park on South Terrace will be closed to the general public.

Fremantle’s other AFLW matches at Fremantle Oval this season are against Collingwood on 22 February, Brisbane on 8 March and Melbourne on 22 March.

I’ll see you all there!

Roel Loopers

NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN!

 

The City of Fremantle is helping raise awareness of violence against women by hosting a White Ribbon Day event on Friday 22 November.

White Ribbon Day, which is officially commemorated on 25 November, is an internationally recognised day of action and calls upon all Australians to stand up, speak out and act to stop violence against women.

Fremantle Acting Mayor Andrew Sullivan said on average per year, one woman was killed every week in Australia as a result of domestic violence.

“Violence against women in any way is unacceptable and we hope Fremantle’s White Ribbon Day event will raise critical awareness of an issue that is very important in our community,” Acting Mayor Sullivan said.

“It’s imperative we all work together to build and foster a community where every woman lives in safety, free from all forms of abuse.”

This year, the Fremantle Community Legal Centre, Fremantle Library and The Meeting Place have joined forces to build an origami display ahead of Friday’s White Ribbon Day event.

Fremantle residents, workers and visitors are encouraged to visit Henderson Street Mall (the open space between Fremantle Markets and Sail & Anchor) between 11am–2pm and take part in the origami display.

People can hang their own white paper crane, which will have stories of victims printed on them, and support the campaign to end domestic violence.

While White Ribbon Australia has recently closed its doors, supporters and communities are encouraged to continue raising their voice alongside the international White Ribbon movement. For more information, visit whiteribbon.ca

PORTRAIT EXHIBITION OF VICTIMS OF RAPE

 

 

There is a very powerful photo exhibition on at PS Art Space in Fremantle’s Pakenham Street that shows portraits of Indian women who have been sexually assaulted and some of them gang-raped.

Perth photographer Jessica Eva traveled to Lucknow to take photos for her exhibition and book Woman in Red.

The exhibition is on until August 30, so make sure to go and view it!

Roel Loopers

STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN!

 

 

The 16 days VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN campaign held a breakfast on the lawn of the WA Shipwrecks Museum in Fremantle this morning.

It is very disturbing to hear that domestic violence in Australia has been increasing over the last years, and that is not acceptable!

Roel Loopers

SPEAK OUT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!

 

 

Early notice that it is White Ribbon Day on Friday and that there will be a floral installation in Fremantle’s Henderson Street between the Sail&Anchor and Fremantle Markets from 9am to 1pm.

Domestic violence, mainly against women, is an abhorrent crime that has been increasing in Australia, and that needs to be stopped!

Roel Loopers