Learning Information Network Kaniva, 
LINK is your local Neighbourhood House. We provide short courses in employment skills, health and wellbeing, art, craft and general interest classes. Our courses vary from term to term and reflect the needs and interests of the community.
This is a great community asset and we welcome community input, so if you would like to see a particular course, class or activity run through the Centre, please let us know. Simply contact Kerryn or Anita at LINK to register your interest, Ph 5392 2865 during office hours or email
Office hours
Monday Closed
Tuesday 10am - 4.30pm
Wednesday 10am - 4.30pm
Thursday 10am - 4.30pm
Friday 10am - 1.00pm
term 3
News Tues 6th July
Kaniva’s Neighbourhood House will be releasing its brochure for Term Three this week with some great new classes on offer.
Farmers are encouraged to register their interest for the Don’t Be A Drifter, Farm Ready course on August 23rd. Link Co-ordinator Kerryn Dyer commented “Craig Day from Spray Safe and Save in conjunction with the Grains Industry Training Network and LINK will be bringing this great workshop to the Kaniva area.” The 2 day course will give spray applicators the latest in information about nozzles, machinery set up and the new APVMA label requirements. The workshop also meets Chemical Reaccreditation Requirements. In the last 12 months, over 400 farmers have taken part in the program and have found the course has been very practical and has helped to reduce their chemical bills. The workshop will be run by Craig Day who farms at Greenthorpe in NSW. After completing Ag Science at Charles Sturt Uni he became a trainer and to ensure his training was relevant he became a spray contractor. Craig commented “I train as if you were doing the job, and in the workshop we discuss everything and plan it out. We discuss the records required to meet state and federal requirements. The really valuable bit is putting the theory into practice in the on farm part.”
Assistant Co-ordinator Anita Condon is also excited about the upcoming Art Therapy Workshop, “This will be an innovative 2 session program which will provide an opportunity to experience Art Therapy processes and techniques to integrate into your work and home life. It is a particularly worthwhile program for community and health workers or for artists and those wishing to learn techniques for their own wellbeing.” The course is just $40 which includes materials..
The Purple Starfish Saturday Morning workshops are continuing to be well supported and will start back on 17th July. The workshops are for 10 -15 year olds with the Purple Starfish Community Shop meeting the cost of craft supplies. The projects costs are kept to a minimum by using recycled and donated goods and the group are presently looking for plain, brightly coloured pieces of material that people may no longer need. Project ideas are driven by the group and the 17th July will include planning Term 3 as well as finishing off the Paper-M
ache mobile phone/ IPod holder novelty chair. Once planned, the program will be advertised on the Link window and the Purple Starfish Facebook page.
New for Term 3 is a ‘2 Day Beginners Quilting Workshop’ with expressions of interest invited. Also new and exciting will be Tai Chai with Barbera Champness who runs the gentle exercise class. Roger Murray will once again be running the First Aid Course with a Mental Health First Aid Course planned for 27th and 28th September. The Mental Health First Aid Course will be ran by Debbie Armstrong and aims to teach first aid skills for mental health crisis situations and early stages of mental health problems.
Download Term 3 Brochure.
Bookings are essential for all classes and activities.
Direct Deposit is now available: Please do not feel excluded due to financial hardship. Please speak to us before the start of the course to organise an alternative arrangement. Your confidentiality is assured.
Facilities Available
Meeting spaces available for hire. One large room sits up to 16 and a smaller meeting room that sits up to 8 are available. Room hire is just $10 for half a day.
Rooms are available for regular community groups meetings by donation.
Also available
Passport Photos, Internet access, Colour printing.
Passport photos $8
Internet use for $2 for 30 minutes
Photographic quality printer ~ $8 for A4 size print
Blank and white laser printing ~ 20c per page
Laminated A4 size pages for $1 per page
Book Binding : $1 per book up to 10 books. Cost for Larger numbers on application
Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Services — LINK is an access point for the
ATO in Kaniva. Access tax forms and information brochures to help employers and small business. Information relates to a whole range of situations, such as capital gains, employment issues, superannuation and much more.
Address; 50-52 Commercial Street
Postal Address; PO Box 31, Kaniva 3419
Phone / Fax: 5392 2865