Community groups must submit requests by noon on the Thursday before publication. Keep to 25 words or less. Send to PO Box 740, Niddrie 3042; phone 83185756; fax 83185769; email fcnvicatwest@fairfax.com.au or click here any time to send your event to our website.% a0;Social night: Hume & Northern Happenings social group for people aged 40-plus information night, Friday. Details: Alison, 93056684.
■Community events: Hume Global Learning Centre presents classes in sustainable gardening, 10-11.30am, Thursday, Sunbury Library (93566970); Harmony Day community picnic, 11am-2pm, March 20, The Homestead Community and Learning Centre (92052760); Book group information session, 7pm, March 25, Sunbury Library (93566970).
■Picture this: The Parklands Photographic Club teaches 10 ways to take a better photograph, 2-4pm, Saturday, corner Victoria and Louisa streets, Coburg. Details: Paul, 0411581120.
■Activities galore: Dallas Neighbourhood House cooking class, meet new friends and enjoy your food, 10am-noon Mondays; sewing class 9.30am-noon Wednesdays; raise awareness of cancer, March 19-20. Details: 93022131.
■Social fun: Broadmeadows Women's Community House has vacancies in a planned activity social group for women over 65; meeting 10am-1pm, Tuesdays, during school terms. Details: Jane, 93099433.
■Playgroup open: Banksia Gardens Association little pumpkins playgroup, open to children aged up to five, 9.30-11.30am, Monday-Friday, Banksia Gardens Community Centre, 69-77 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows. Details: 93098531.
■Rugby action: Craigieburn Phoenix training for senior rugby union and league, 7-8pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Mount Ridley Reserve, Craigieburn. Details: Steven, 93081041.
■Show care: Baptcare seeks volunteers to look after children with disabilities in their own home, tax-free financial reimbursement is provided. Details: 93733800.
■Fun time: The Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre offers Indian playgroups, 11am-1pm, Fridays, 5B Cromwell Street, Glenroy. Details: Tracey, 93043910.
■Class vacancies: Attwood House Community Centre classes, calligraphy, 9.30-noon, Saturdays; child care, 9.30am-2.30pm, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; computer beginners, 9.30am-noon, Mondays; introduction to Word, 7-9.30pm, Thursdays; over-50s social group, noon-2.30pm, first and third Tuesday each month, 202 Erinbank Crescent, Attwood. Details: 93022643.
■For tots: Tumble Tots playgroup offers free first visit, 10am-noon, Fridays, 3-13 Hudson Circuit, Meadow Heights. Details: Lisa, 93019200.
■Cancer support: Group meets first and third Tuesday of each month, guest speaker from Austin Hospital Research Institute. Details: Bev, 93361797.
■Residents' meeting: Craigieburn Residents Association meets, 7.30pm, first Wednesday of the month, Craigieburn police station. Details: 93084456.
■Enrol now: Meadow Heights Learning Shop has vacancies in certificate II in hospitality, certificate IV in training and assessment, and others. Details: 93019200.
■Indian playgroup: Families from the Indian subcontinent are invited to get together and make new friends, 11am-1pm, Fridays. Details: call 93043910.
■Social dancing: Learn rock'n'roll, Latin, line dancing and social ballroom, 10am-noon, Tuesdays, Banksia Gardens Community Centre, 69 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows. Details: 93043910.
■Fun time: Mill Park Community Centre invites parents and guardians of children aged up to 5, 10am-noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays, corner Mill Park Drive and Blamey Avenue, Mill Park. Details: Andrea, 94369875.