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Twelve groups and not-for-profit organisations have received a share of almost $56,000 in funding through council’s 2026 Community Grant and Arts & Culture Grant programs. Four schools also received $500 each as part of council's 2026 Creative Education Fund initiative.
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Following on from the success of our Northern Gramps Girls Can campaign last year where council lit up exercise spaces in the early mornings, several of the shire’s sporting facilities are due to light up again in 2026. Between May 4 and September 30, spaces in Stawell and St Arnaud will light up from 6pm to 7.30pm on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and from 6am and 7am on Wednesday mornings.
This workshop series will provide practical skills in visual merchandising to improve shop displays. Businesses will then use the skills learnt throughout the series of workshops to redesign their own store displays concluding with a shop local campaign to showcase the learnings to the broader community. One on one mentoring with Jennie will also be available to participants if desired.
Jennie Kelly from A Creative Space will be hosting the workshops. Jennie is an experienced visual merchandiser who has worked with a wide selection of retail clients in Melbourne.
As part of her workshop Jennie will be demonstrating visual merchandising techniques using low cost materials to improve the aesthetics of a product in a retail display. She will also highlight how visual merchandising is a critical step in the marketing funnel cycle taking prospective customers from product awareness through to sales conversion and brand advocacy.
Online and in person available
Stawell, 3478
Free