Healesville CoRE would like you to consider if you, or someone you know, might have the skills, knowledge or interest in becoming a formal part of our beloved volunteer run organisation. As you can imagine, nothing happens without the volunteer hours put in and any contribution of time and expertise is precious beyond words!

H’CoRE is now desperately searching for a replacement Secretary on the Central Committee. If you would like to help but don’t want the full secretarial responsibility, we could use your help as a Minute Secretary, responsible for the Agenda and the Minutes, in collaboration with the President.

Other volunteer positions are also available:

Position on the Central Committee available x 1

Photographer for our events. These events are only every two months and we would like a volunteer with photography skills to help us create a photographic record.

Website (Wordpress) assistant. If you have IT skills using Word Press and would like to contribute to our work, we would love to hear from you. For any volunteer positions send an email to president@healesvillecore.org.au

Healesville CoRE members attended the Yarra Ranges Council launch of their new solar panel and battery bulk buy which is now open for all residents in the Shire of Yarra Ranges. This is a joint enterprise with two other Councils, Nillumbik and Banyule. The launch was titled, ‘Liveable Homes in a Changing Climate’, and was MC’d by the very funny Rod Quantock with Glen Morris providing technical information and insights.

Yarra Ranges residents will have access to affordable solar PV systems through a trusted, Council-backed provider as part of the Solar Savers program launching in early December through the Yarra Ranges Council. 

After Healesville CoRE’s own very successful Solar & Battery Offer which we launched in February 2019 and which closed in September 2019 and our very successful solar hot water bulk buy just closed in October 2019, Healesville residents (and all other residents living in the municipality) will now have another opportunity to get solar panels and / or batteries into their homes from a trusted source and at a fair price.

For information on the equipment that will be available, click here:

https://solarsavers.org.au/installation-equipment/

For general information on Solar Savers and how to participate click the button below. 

REMEMBER: AN INVESTMENT IN SOLAR PANELS CAN BRING A 16-18% RETURN ON YOUR CAPITAL. DON’T HESITATE. SIGN UP NOW AND BE A WINNER!!

Jeff, the President of Healesville CoRE, has a Christmas gift giving tradition in his family whereby all the adults give a gift that is a donation to a worthy cause, rather than buying material things for each other. Each year over the past three years his preferred worthy cause has been the 'Renew' (formerly the ATA) solar panels' scheme for Timor Leste.

Follow this link to learn more about the program: https://renew.org.au/what-we-do/international-projects/

Jeff generally chooses different options each year: solar equipment for families; or for schools; or a health centre; and also training for technicians. His family all like this gift and he prints family members an informative card for them that he gets from Renew. You might consider this gift option for adult members of your family this Christmas. 

On behalf of all of us here at Healesville CoRE, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and to those who do not celebrate Christmas we would like to wish you good health and a happy and safe holiday period. May the sun shine brightly on all your solar PV arrays this summer!

Thanks for all your support in 2019, and we greatly look forward to working with you in 2020 as we move ever forward in our dream of making Healesville one great Solar Town.