Whitehorse Manningham Libraries, 2017-2020:

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• WWII Stories (Remembrance Reflections) - A Council grant-funded intergenerational project between Year 10 students at Whitefriars College and World War II veterans from around Whitehorse. Students took training in journalism techniques and were partnered with a veteran to play boardgames, and then enter the recording booth to conduct their interviews. Recorded interviews were made available to the public at dedicated listening stations across all branches of the Whitehorse Manningham Libraries.

• Community Skill-Sharing Project - Pairing mentors and mentees for one-on-one teaching of skills, and a large-scale skill-sharing fair, showcasing niche skills such as lapidary, spinning yarn, bark art, and many more.

• Knitting Skills Group (Hats of Hope) - Warrandyte Library, connecting seasoned knitters with enthusiastic young yarnheads-to-be!

• Graphic Recording Event (Draw My Story) - Doncaster Library, showcasing a talented live graphic-recording artist, who illustrated the stories of local library patrons' connection to the library.

• Dungeons & Dragons: Skills for Life - Box Hill and Doncaster Libraries, Council grant-funded youth leadership program equipping young people with the skills to act as Dungeon Masters for D&D campaigns, teaching creativity, improvisation, leadership, and group dynamics.

• Multiple Silent Reading Parties, Stories-behind-the-recipe competition ("Homegrown"), Literary Recipes Cooking Club, Walking Book Group (audiobook club), seasonal Seed Swap, residential aged care intergenerational rock art project ("Reading Rocks"), plus many invited speakers on loneliness, friendship, positive psychology, literature, and more.

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Other:

• Virtual STEAM 2020 - Month-long program of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths events with Greater Dandenong Libraries, all online due to lockdowns in 2020.

• The Field Trip - Term-length programs to foster connection and uplift leadership skills for young people, run by (slightly older) young people. Included a program on SYN 90.7FM with myself, another leader, and a couple of young people from 8-12 years old.

• Annual Carey Loves Literature festival at Carey Baptist Grammar School - approx. 10 creative storytellers (i.e. zines, art, poetry, D&D, and more) and 10 Australian authors, running workshops for the Middle School students.​

• 28th Workshop of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium, March 2023 - Administrative organisation for the Host (Monash University), multi-day retreat-style conference at RACV Healesville.