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A Seat at the Tabe
23 December 2021
A Seat at the Table Mitchell Evans After extended periods of lockdown and being distanced from our friends and family, many are in the process of planning big Christmas celebrations with loved ones th...
Created for Connection
9 July 2021
Mitchell EvansWe (humans) are designed for community. Really early in this Covid-19 pandemic the team at Streetlevel got together to think up ways to keep people connected when we’re being dire...
Keeping Each other Safe Where we Can
2 July 2021
Mel Winnell This is one the values of our community at Streetlevel. Often when we (or maybe just I?) think of safety what comes to mind are physical spaces or environments we find ourselves in and how...
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Love Where You Live
4 February 2020
Mitchell Evans There is incredible beauty around us every day if we just take a moment to look up and acknowledge it. I witnessed one of the many beautiful stories last week involving one of our incre...
Streetlevel 'Kindness Diaries'
29 January 2020
Kerrie Allott When speaking to people about my role at Streetlevel I often get asked about the hardships: the difficult tasks, the “difficult people”. It’s true that we face many...
Welcoming In
17 January 2020
Jack Clifton It has been wonderful to see the Streetlevel values being shown by community over the last few weeks on a variety of occasions. Community members have been really helpful within the centr...
True Generosity
13 January 2020
Elise Cook It’s difficult to watch our country burn. To see pictures of blood red sky, burned and charred helpless animals; to hear stories of people seeking shelter in the ocean and death of y...
Time is a Gift
20 December 2019
Hannah Weickhardt Two values I see demonstrated regularly in our community are welcoming and inviting everyone into our community and helping each other where we can. I see these demonstr...
Inclusive Fun
13 December 2019
Rebecca Cox Friday morning Streetlevel Waterloo is full of giggles and energy, there is colour and noise and all different sounds. This is the morning we run a Mini Music program . This means that at...
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The Tension of Christmas
6 December 2019
Melissa Winnell The beautiful Christmas carol ‘O Holy Night’ reminds us that it is in the birth and presence of Jesus that souls feel their worth, and weary ones can rejoice. Such powerf...
Trust
22 November 2019
Mitchell Evans It’s quite often said that trust can take a lifetime to develop and a moment to lose. A few weeks ago a visitor asked what a tough day at Streetlevel looks like for me. After hal...
What is Not Asked For
8 November 2019
Hannah Weickhardt When people ask what working at Streetlevel is like I give a different answer every time. Each day seems to revolve around what is happening in the lives of people, making it quite d...
Participation Over Performance
1 November 2019
Kerrie Allott So much success in our world seems to be based on performance and achievement. We are rated and esteemed based on how well we do in education, work, sporting groups and e...