Holiday Programs – Living Streets Association

01/29/202301/17/2024 Living Streets Association Children and Young People's Development, Events, Holiday Programs, Our Stories, Street Level Community Engagement, Volunteering and Giving

Summer Holiday Program 2023- The Power of Thoughts, Words and Intentions

Living Streets Association | 2023 January How much power does our thoughts, words and intentions really hold? How much impact can positivity or negativity have on ourselves and others? These were the questions the Living Streets Youth discussed at the December youth meeting. Through heartfelt sharing and listening to one another, we concluded that they … Continue reading Summer Holiday Program 2023- The Power of Thoughts, Words and Intentions

02/27/202208/14/2022 Living Streets Association Concepts, Environment and Sustainability, Holiday Programs, Our Stories, Supporting the Wider Community

Ecology of Section 76

Residents who have lived in Watson for the past decade will know that block 74 (next to Solstice) is where you can stop by and say 'Hi' to the cows grazing along the fence, and block 76 (next to YWAM) used to be where you could spot tens of Kangaroos lazing around.

07/01/202106/03/2022 Living Streets Association Children and Young People's Development, Community Building, Concepts, Environment and Sustainability, Events, Holiday Programs, Our Stories, Play, Youth Meetings

Summer Holiday Program 2021

Kirily Martin | January 2021 Another successful holiday program completed! Thanks to the Living Streets Youth for putting on such an amazing program this year. From cooking, to meditation, we did loads of fun things.

06/27/202106/03/2022 Living Streets Association Community Building, Concepts, Events, Holiday Programs, Our Stories, Play, Street Level Community Engagement, Youth Meetings

Autumn Playday 2021

Natalie Walker | April 2021 On the 17th of April Living Street Association ran an Autumn Playday for the children in Watson. It involved activities run by the youth members of Living Street, from games of capture the flag and fort buildings in Justice Robert Hope Park, to a Studio Ghibli Film (Howl’s Moving Castle) at the end of the day.

08/24/201706/06/2022 Living Streets Association Concepts, Events, Gratitude and Happiness, Holiday Programs, Our Stories, Play, Volunteering and Giving, Youth Meetings

The Three Types of Happiness

Positive psychologist Seligman has pointed out the three types of Happiness: the first type is “pleasure” happiness, when our senses are satisfied and we can enjoy daily pleasures (like eating an ice cream); the second is when we invest in an activity that we are good at to the point of forgetting the time, which is called the “engagement” or “passion” happiness (like doing sports or painting).