Resilience Hack youth team responds in Byron Bay
Community stories: 27 July 2021
Resilience Hack is a unique program responding to extreme weather events, empowering young people by developing their leadership and emergency response skills. Delivered through the latter half of...
Protecting the Stone Country
Community stories: 5 July 2021
Warddeken, an Aboriginal owned not-for-profit company, combines traditional ecological knowledge with Western science to manage and protect one of Australia’s most unique environments.
Wonthaggi artworks to the rescue
Community stories Event: 24 June 2021
Building confidence and connection with youth through art was the focus of a project supported by a $4,840 Gardiner Dairy Foundation grant in 2019. The State Coal Mine - Rescue Station Arts Inc. (SCMRSA)...
A blower and mower lifts community spirits
Community stories eNews: 24 June 2021
Situated in the Banana Shire of Queensland, the Theodore Bowls Club, is the only licensed facility where families, including children of all ages, can get together. Since 2014, volunteers have worked...
Promoting resilience and hope in our community
Community stories eNews: 24 June 2021
A 2015 survey identified mental health, bullying, educational opportunities, personal safety, and drug and alcohol use as the top five issues of concern to local youth in the West Tamar. To enhance...
Enhancing quality of life with improved access
Community stories eNews: 24 June 2021
Murray Human Services, trading as Vivid, provides a range of programs and services to people living with disabilities in the northern agricultural region of Victoria. Burke House is a boutique...
Drought stricken Community Hub gets a boost
Community stories eNews: 28 May 2021
The Maryvale Community Hall is the central hub for social gatherings, private functions, and the meeting place for many local groups. It’s the core of a community struggling with the impacts of...
Solar energy helps sustain and retain community connection
Community stories eNews: 28 May 2021
On the main street of Hillston, you’ll find the Red Dust and Paddy Melons Gallery & Information Centre bustling with activity. Among the local art, craft and produce, including olive oil, honey...
Connecting creatives during COVID
Community stories eNews: 28 May 2021
While the Black Saturday bushfires were now more than a decide ago, the effects are still being felt in the Victorian communities that were impacted. One such place was Kinglake, and over the years,...
Sitting together and speaking up in WA’s mid-west
Community stories Partner Update: 26 May 2021
In Coorow, WA, a rural town 270km north of Perth, the Coorow Community Resource Centre (CCRC) provides professional and friendly services to the community, from access to information through to community...
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