General News
1 November, 2023
Brick club celebrates a decade
SOUTH West Brick Club has marked a decade of building community connections and amazing creations, one brick at a time. Held alongside the Holy Apostles Anglican church fair, the celebration marked 10 years since the club formed and provided an...
SOUTH West Brick Club has marked a decade of building community connections and amazing creations, one brick at a time.
Held alongside the Holy Apostles Anglican church fair, the celebration marked 10 years since the club formed and provided an opportunity for members to showcase their creations.
A cake in the shape of a Lego brick was cut to mark the occasion.
Anglicare Victoria community development co-ordinator Louise Serra said the Brick Club has been various things throughout its time.
“The Brick Club was established in Camperdown just over 10 years ago to be another option for children who liked indoor platy as opposed to sports, so it was targeted to those who liked Lego and those with that particular personality type,” she said.
“It’s been a great success down here; it’s gone for over 10 years now, it’s been a social club, it’s been a schools program, we’ve worked with disability groups, we’ve worked in nursing homes down in Warrnambool.
“We’ve been to bushfire relief nights, Cobden spring festivals; it’s just been wonderfully embraced by the community, and we hope it lasts for a lot longer.”
Ms Serra said it was a “wonderful” thing to do and is a “great community connecter”.
A display was set up in the church hall of various Lego creations, ranging from self-created scenes to items and characters from television and movies.
South West Brick Club Corangamite team leader Murray Ibbs said the club has enabled Anglicare to do different events within the community, especially for the children of Corangamite Shire.
“The milestone is pretty significant because probably back in 2014-2015, it actually didn’t look as though we’d get to the 10 years,” he said.
“We started in 2013, and it sort of plateaued off. It was quite of a bit of work myself and a few other volunteers did over that period to bring it back.
“In 2017, we were able to do a schools-based program. We were going over to St Thomas’ Primary School every Thursday; we take the Lego over there, and they use it during their lunch hour.
“The school-based program has made a big difference; we used to have a monthly session here in the hall, with a similar situation.”
Mr Ibbs said the group has been involved with charity events, as well as the Noorat Show, which has allowed them to expand into new areas.
He said the club welcomes anyone that may be interested in volunteering with the group.
“If anybody would like to come forward and volunteer; we’re looking for volunteers,” Mr Ibbs said,
“If we had more volunteers, it would enable us to expand the program to do more schools and possible go into nursing homes.”