The Cranebrook Collective Impact Project moves to its next stage!
With hundreds of entries, from primary schools, high schools, services and community members, our Name Our Project competition gave the Steering Committee a huge choice of names. After much discussion and negotiation, a decision was made.
Introducing….
Thank you to our winning entrants – Amy, Isabella and Mikayla, all from Braddock Public School!
To celebrate, and introduce the project to the community, a Colour Run and Concert was held, open to all residents.
In spite of the weather threatening to spoil our fun, people turned up in droves – first to join in the Colour Run, starting at Sherringham Oval and then at Koolyangarra Park, where the festivities continued, finishing up with a concert from the amazing Aboriginal Hip Hop group – The Last Kinection!
The Colour Run saw members of the community joining in to grab a white shirt and glasses, cups of powder, and get stuck in, running, walking or crawling to the finish line, while getting covered in coloured powder (and covering their friends).
The community enjoyed food galore, from sausage sizzle and steak sandwiches, pancakes and icecream to corn, fairy floss and slushies. There was Tumbletown for the smaller kids, an obstacle course for the bigger kids, crafts, and entertainment by Cranebrook High School students, and the Cranebrook Learning Community Band, as well as The Last Kinection!
A big shout out to all the volunteers, services and partners that helped out and supported the event, including FaCS, Barnardos, Ability Options, Housing NSW, Wentworth Housing, Health, Penrith City Council, Braddock Public School, Cranebrook High School, Platform Youth Services, Foothills Vineyard Church, and of course NCNS staff that also gave up their time to be part of this event.
Cranebrook Connects is off to a great start, with services, community and schools energised and passionate about working together to make Cranebrook the best it can be, and we look forward to working hard in 2016 to see our vision come to life.