Champion Centre

Kaya,

Exciting news! The date is set for our next Welcome Baby to Country event 🙌

Join us and register 0-2 years old here 👉 https://buff.ly/4e2eA3k

🚧 Closure Notice 🚧

Please be advised that we will be closed for maintenance from Thursday, July 4th, until Monday, July 8th.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

Join us at Bob Blackburn Reserve on Tuesday 9th July for our NAIDOC festival during the school holidays!

This is a free community event with live on-stage entertainment, children’s activities, sausage sizzle and more. The festival brings together the community to experience and celebrate aboriginal culture.

We hope to see you and your family there

Looking for something to do this school holidays?

Come and celebrate our NAIDOC festival on Tuesday 9th July at Bob Blackburn Reserve.

The festival brings together the community to experience and celebrate aboriginal culture.

Come along to the Champion Centre and celebrate women, wellbeing, health, culture and community, with health checks, information, giveaways, activities, and food and drinks, all completely FREE.
See full details below 👇

Join BreastScreen WA at the Armadale Women's Health and Wellbeing Day which will coincide with the truck's visit to Armadale. Come along to the Champion Centre and celebrate women, wellbeing, health, culture and community, with health checks, information, giveaways, activities, and food and drinks, all completely FREE.
See full details below 👇

Event: Armadale Women's Health and Wellbeing Day

Date: Tuesday 18 June 2024

Time: 10am-1pm

Location: Champion Centre, 76 Champion Drive, Seville Grove

Apologies you mob!

Due to unforseen circumstances we have to cancel the Aboriginal Youth Circus Program for today.

But we will see you all next Wednesday 😊

Welcome Baby to Country registration is open and spots are filling up fast. Get in quick to register your 0-2 year old via the link below:
https://buff.ly/49eLb3r

✨ A BIG Congratulations to Aunty Millie Penny, on this prestigious award.✨

🎨 Painted Pots Drop In Session
🌎 https://buff.ly/3UERbyp
📆 Sunday 19 May 2024
🕚 10:00AM – 12:30PM

Residents and visitors alike are invited to exercise their creativity at this drop in clay pot painting session with local artist Rose Indich. No experience or materials needed - just bring your imagination! Clay pots and painting materials will be provided. You'll get to take home your finished product as well as a free bush tucker plant to plant in it. No bookings are required, however note quantities are limited and distributed on a first in first served basis.
Rose Indich is a local artist who has spent most of her life in and around the Armadale and nearby areas. Rose has been painting most of her life and together with her husband, Reynold, has had exhibitions and displays in Broome, Geraldton, interstate and around Perth.
Rose is a contemporary Aboriginal artist, drawing inspriation from her own story as well as the people, environment and creations around her.
This session is held at the City of Armadale annual Plants for Residents Program. Please note bookings for Plants for Residents is separate to this session. For more information please head to https://buff.ly/40bcCXE

Painted Pots Drop In Session - Armadale Arts Festival Residents and visitors alike are invited to exercise their creativity at this drop in clay pot painting session with local artist Rose Indich. No experience or materials needed - just bring your imagination! Clay pots and painting materials will be provided. You'll get to take home your finished pro...

Being a new parent or parent of a young child can be hard somedays!

Mums and Dads that are expecting a baby or who have a child under 12 months... come and join us at the Champion Centre! You can enjoy a free evening of laughs and chuckles finding out about perinatal mental health and those early days of parenting in a humorous way with well know comedian Fabian Woods.

Free creche available on the night but space is limited so booking is essential!

Book your tickets here 👉 https://buff.ly/3vJPHJm

🌳 Armadale Arts Bush Trail: Cultural Day
📆 Sunday 12 May 2024
🕚 11:00AM – 2:00PM

⭐ Join a vibrant celebration of Aboriginal culture against the backdrop of the Armadale Arts Bush Trail. The event will start with a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony, and feature performances showcasing local dance groups. Remember to keep an eye out for giveaways running across the day.

All are welcome to attend.

Visit: https://buff.ly/4b9NzK7 for more information.

We teamed up with the Champion Centre for a vibrant 3-day art workshop these past school holidays! ✨

Families from our local community joined forces to create a stunning design for our entryway windows. Guided by Chloe, a talented local Noongar artist, we captured the essence of our six seasons with colors and symbols reflecting nature's beauty.

The result? A breathtaking piece crafted with love by Kyooya Designs, local elders, families, and City of Armadale staff. Stay tuned as we bring this masterpiece to life with a window decal coming soon! 🧡

Are you ready for Let's Chill! Armadale?

📅 Friday, 19 April
🕓 4-7pm
📍 Memorial Park, Armadale
✅ 12-25 year olds

Hang out, enjoy FREE food and activities, meet friends, and get info on local activities, support and services including:

⭐ Vortex Gaming Perth - the ultimate video gaming party experience! Step inside the VORTEX where all your gaming dreams come to life.

⭐ Music by DJ Tobias - with roots in Pop, RnB and Hip-Hop, Tobias uses his many influences, ranging from Michael Jackson to Childish Gambino to meld together a sound that could catch anyone’s ear no matter the preferred genre.

And so much more!

Find out more and keep up-to-date on our Facebook Event Page: https://buff.ly/49vTJ5O

This is an inclusive, accessible, alcohol-free, smoke and vape-free event brought to you by the City of Armadale.

We are very excited to announce the winning artist for our Cultural Champions Art Business Development Competition: Caitlin Schnaars from PsychoBanana Arts.

Artwork “FIRE” :

“My inspiration for the drawing comes from a close relationship with my grandfather throughout my life, his unwavering strength to get through whatever life threw at him while also being a father figure to myself and my sister. This is a celebration to the culture I inherited from him and I am proud to be his granddaughter, I will keep the fire burning I promise. The background represents the things I love about Armadale, the hills that I stare at while daydreaming as a passenger in the car, Minnawarra park and the many other creaks that my mum would take us to as kids for a day out, and the community of Armadale itself as its where I've lived for most of my life. I hope you enjoy my artwork and the meaning behind it.”

Caitlin has won a Business Development Package through the Western Australian Indigenous Tour Operators Council (WAITOC) Aboriginal Tours & Experiences which includes 40 hours of mentorship and a $5,000 development budget. Congratulations!

Are you a local Aboriginal artist aspiring to start your own art business?

Enter the Cultural Champions - Art Business Development Competition for a chance to win a business development package.

The closing date has been extended to Friday 5 April.

👉 Reminder: Hearing Australia are visiting Champion Centre this week to offer FREE hearing checks!

Walk-in's are welcome!

📅 27 March
🕙 10am - 1pm
📍 Champion Centre

For more info, visit the link below 👇
https://buff.ly/48ihBtE

We invite you to join the Palmerston Yarning Circle this Thursday to discuss the impact of alcohol and other drugs in our community.

Let's come together, share insights, and explore solutions.

How well do you hear? 👂

To celebrate World Hearing Day, we've partnered with Hearing Australia to offer FREE hearing checks at Champion Centre!

📅 27 March
🕙 10am - 1pm
📍 Champion Centre

Walk-in's welcome!

For more info, visit the link below 👇
https://buff.ly/48ihBtE

Kaya!

Do you live in Armadale? Have a child aged 0-4 years old?

Champion Centre is very excited to announce that the Early Years Waabiny Danjoo Playgroup will be re-launching in 2024.

With fresh ideas, new staff and fun activities. Connect with community and culture!

Head along to the open day relaunch Thursday 8 Feb 10am-12pm for more info or to register.

Kaya, Champion Centre will be running Aboriginal Art workshops for our young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls ages 5 – 12 years.

Limited spots, RSVP is essential.

Starting 5th of February 3:30 – 4:30pm.

Light snacks will be provided.

Please find all details in flyer below.

Hey young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys aged 5-12! Come be part of our after-school fun at the Champion Centre.

Check out all the details 👇

Consultations have begun for WA's FDV Lived Experience Advisory Group. Find out more about how you can have your say 👇

Your voice matters in the fight against domestic violence in Western Australia.

https://buff.ly/3TEPoJs

Apparatus are seeking expressions of interest for an exciting public artwork for the new Armadale Station Precinct!

The Armadale Station Precinct is part of the METRONET Byford Rail Extension Project and consists of a new elevated station and a new viaduct over Armadale Road, Forrest Road, and Church Avenue.

The viaduct will span a significant distance, creating the opportunity for an artist or artist team to improve the structure with designed murals and/or painted components, alongside sculptural lighting.

⭐ Find out more about the opportunities for Noongar artists here: https://buff.ly/3TVbW8P
⭐ Other opportunities for this project are here: https://buff.ly/48mJNfb

Remember to check our operating hours and closure dates this festive season.

🍃 The Commissioner wants to hear what WA children and young people have to say about the environment and how we can protect the environment for the future. 🌳

If you, or someone you know, is under the age of 18, share your views in a short anonymous online survey. 💻️

Access the survey here: https://buff.ly/47KVoo9

Kaya Wanju Birak Nicha Noongar Budjar (Hello welcome Summer to Noongar Country)

Please feel free to join in! Name the plants names in Noongar, common name and or their Latin/scientific names in the comments below 👇

The Champion Centre will be hosting our next Welcome Baby to Country event on Friday 8 December 9.30am-1pm.

Children 0-4 years. Register your child via the here:

Welcome Baby to Country | Humanitix Welcome Baby to Country Cultural Event - register your child here

Kaya

Palmerston Yarning Circles are for all community mob looking for a safe space to come have a yarn, the main topic of yarning will be around supporting mob affected by alcohol and drugs (AOD).

The groups are open to everyone who would like to come join in, this includes strong community members who would like to show support.

Please feel free to share and for more information call Wayne on 0437 743 788