Linking Learning dinner prepared by Kitchen Operations students

Students showcase Yarra Valley gourmet delights

Yarra Valley’s stunning culinary delights were showcased to perfection at a recent Yarra Ranges Linking Learning dinner, thanks to the magnificent master cheffing of four students from Certificate II in Kitchen Operations and their trainer Jeannette. “Everyone raved about the food, the students were awesome in the way they catered for about 50 people who […]

Mother Goose fun in the Upper Yarra

Mother Goose fun in the Upper Yarra

Mother Goose fun in the Upper Yarra – Parents and children in the Upper Yarra will benefit greatly from a Parent-Child Mother Goose Program to be launched at East Warburton, Millgrove and Yarra Junction in July. The program has been made possible by the generosity of the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust which has provided funding […]

Cire Services - Telstra Business Award finalist

Finalist in Telstra National Business Award

Cire Services is delighted to be a finalist in the social change maker category of the 2019 Telstra Business Awards. Our progress in the award program demonstrates Cire’s credibility as a social change maker and our continuously growing strength and reach in the sector. Winners are expected to be announced in the second part of […]

Ecotopia

Cire celebrates sustainable living at Ecotopia

Ecotopia, ECOSS’s annual community festival celebrating sustainable living and multiculturalism, was held on Sunday 24th March. Ecotopia is a celebration of sustainable living in the Yarra Valley and a major yearly event for ECOSS, a not-for-profit organisation based in Wesburn which is situated on a permaculture designed property promoting sustainable living solutions for the Yarra […]

Community garden ‘explodes’

Community garden ‘explodes’

While students were enjoying their school holidays, the Cire community garden at Mt Evelyn has been bursting at the seams with extensive growth. The tomatoes, pumpkins and zucchini plants have been quickly filling up the beds and we have already harvested more than eight kilograms of delicious zucchinis. In true community spirit, Cire families and […]

Students graduate with Learner permits

Students graduate with Learner permits

Congratulations to some of our Cire Community School students who recently gained their Learner Driver permits. It was a 100% success rate with the 12 students who completed the three-day Changing Gears driver education program attaining their Ls at the Mooroolbark Licence Testing Centre. Cire Community School was able to deliver the program at an […]

Cire scoops two awards for Mount Evelyn garden

Cire’s Community Garden at Mount Evelyn has starred in the 2018 Victorian Schools Garden Awards (VSGA). It topped its category for the most engaging school garden, awarded by Catholic Education Melbourne, as well as winning the secondary schools section for North Eastern – Regional. The dual awards are a testimony to the hard work and […]

Cire becoming one of the first organisational members of Wandin Rotary Club

Cire joins Rotary

Cire Services Inc. has added further depth to its community partnerships by becoming one of the first organisational members of Wandin Rotary Club. Cire has welcomed the initiative because it helps build on our existing relationship with Rotary and work even more closely with a service organisation very much driven by similar values and goals. […]

Days for girls project

Student stitchers reach out to vulnerable girls globally

Student stitchers reach out to vulnerable girls globally Cire Community School’s reach has gone global with a group of students enthusiastically supporting the Days for Girls Project, an international social enterprise making menstrual kits for distribution in developing countries. Launched at the school earlier this year, the initiative has also opened the doors of opportunity […]