Glen Eira RemembersThe Poppies Community Project

How it started

• Glen Eira’s History and Heritage Officer was asked to put together a 2015 ANZAC Centenary Commemorative Display in our Art Gallery.

The 5,000 poppies project and the world wide poppy projects had caught peoples imagination

and I suggested Elizabeth get the community involved.

Who was involved

• History and Heritage Team• Community DevelopmentTeam• Community artist• Glen Eira community

Residential Care Poppy makers

Kindergartens and playgroups

Local craft groups

Secondary Colleges

Senior Citizen Centres

Local aged care units

Key processes that made it work

• Relationships between staff• Community Developments connections within

the community• The 5,000 poppies project had already caught

peoples imagination.

Challenges

• Changes within History and Heritage team• Managing community expectations• Working with the community artist

Key outcomes• Connections made with other units within

Council• Good way to let organisations and community

groups know about our Community Development team

• I met a lot of seniors and senior groups through the project

The Poppies Community Project Display