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2025 AGM
Our official 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the CYMCA was held on Saturday, 22nd November at 2:00 PM at the Shoreham Community Hall – Byrnes Road, Shoreham. A smallish – yet enthusiastic – audience (including local Councillor David Gill) attended and several others joined us via Zoom. Our President Barry Furness reported on progress…
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We won a Heritage Award!
On the 3rd July 2025, the Cyril Young Memorial Chapel Association won a 2025 Mornington Peninsula Heritage Award for Restoration of a Heritage Place. The citation was for: “RESTORATION OF THE STONE PLATFORM, LECTERN AND PULPITAND SEVERAL ROWS OF SEATING IN THE FORMER OUTDOOR BUSHCHAPEL OF CAMP IN THE BUXTON WOODLAND RESERVEMARINE PARADE SHOREHAM”. Our…
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More pews!
Three more additional rows of seats on both sides of the Chapel have been installed. As it happened, our builder suddenly had opportunity to construct the two sets of additional rows when a gap in his schedule opened up. He had already cast the seat bases needed. We were then able to negotiate a change…
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Cyril Young Memorial Chapel Association AGM 2024
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of the CYMCA is planned for Friday 15th November, 2024 at 2.00 pm at the Shoreham CFA, Byrnes Road, Shoreham . There will also be an on-line option for those who can’t be there in person. We will forward a Zoom link closer to the date. All are welcome. The CFA…
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Cyril Young Memorial Chapel Association AGM
The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the CYMCA is planned for Thursday 23rd November, 2023 at 7.00 pm. The meeting will be conducted on-line. All are welcome. Please join us for the AGM to hear our President, Barry Furness, talk about our work during the past year, plans for the year ahead and respond to any…
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Progress on the Interpretive Signage
We’ve reached the stage of requesting quotations on the Interpretive Signage from suitably qualified graphic designers. We extend our thanks to Russell Barrett (renowned architect with special interests in Heritage matters and President, Shoreham Community Association) for his recommendations on suitable designers. Fund-raising to follow!
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Amended Heritage Overlay now in force
The Heritage Overlay amendment C239 has now been officially gazetted. The changes recommended by Planning Panels Victoria were accepted by Council last year but had to be approved by the Minister for Planning and published in the Victorian Government Gazette before being formally part of the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme. The amendment means that all of the…
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Stage One Completed
Despite the inclement weather, Stage One of the restoration (the platform and lectern) is now completed.
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Drainage works approved
Drainage works have been undertaken to improve site accessibility on a philanthropic basis by DM Roads. At this meeting, Ash from DM Roads had completed a review of work conducted to date – placing a drain underground at a choke point on the pathway into the Chapel precinct and construction of a culvert over another…
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Celebrating the Bush Chapel
The Shoreham Bush Chapel mob (CYMCA Inc) participated in the Celebrating Shoreham event on 2nd April, 2022. Our thanks to Bendigo Bank for the loan of the shelter, the Shoreham CFA for helping us to set up and to the enthusiastic attendees for their interest in our heritage, our Anzac bikkies, their donations and for…
Shoreham Bush Chapel 