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Welcome to the October 2017 edition of The CHANGE Project newsletter! In this edition you'll find information about a range of free and low-cost healthy living services across the Toowoomba region, including:
- New $3 Trail Yoga
- New iNSPIRE Program
- Thrive Project - October Activities
- Free Flourish - Optimism & Resilience Workshop
- New Free & Low-Cost Activities
- Free Magical Parks (Halloween Game)
- Seed to Feed - Highfields (and new Seniors workshops)
- Other Community Initiatives
- Recipe of the Month - Thai beef larb - rice noodles
New $3 Trail Yoga
 Get together with friends and family explore the great outdoors through new Trail Yoga (bushwalking and yoga) at bushland parks across the Toowoomba Region.
Upcoming sessions (BYO yoga mat):
- Wednesday 4 October 2017 – Mount Peel, 9 am - 10.30 am
- Wednesday 11 October 2017 – Jubilee Park, 9 am - 10.30 am
- Wednesday 18 October 2017 – Cranley Reserve, 9 am - 10.30 am
- Wednesday 25 October 2017 – Hell Hole Walk, 9 am - 10.30 am
New iNSPIRE Program
Mon 16 Oct to Fri 10 Nov 2017
 Are you aged 12-17 years and looking for ways to build confidence and enhance your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing? Join the new, online iNSPIRE program and empower yourself with some winner life skills!
Over 4 weeks the program will help you to move more, eat well, sleep soundly and manage stress better. Plus you’ll learn how to increase enjoyment of everyday and extra-curricular activities, and how to grow relationships that matter to you.
Click here for more info or to book into the iNSPIRE program
(click on healthy habits)
Thrive Project - October Activities
 THRIVE aims to inspire and encourage women and girls of all ages to lead healthy and happy lives by participating in a range of fun and social activities now available throughout the Toowoomba Region.
Check out an upcoming Thrive activity near you:
- Yoga & Hula Hooping - Clifton (5 Oct), Wyreema (12 Oct), Kingsthorpe (19 Oct) and Crows Nest (26 Oct)
- Zumba / Konga - Newtown Park & Crows Nest (1 Oct), Kingsthorpe (8 Oct), Middle Ridge Park & Cecil Plains (22 Oct) and Westbrook (29 Oct)
- Mindful Walks - Queens Park (7 Oct), Newtown Park (13 Oct), Oakey (20 Oct) and Cambooya (28 Oct)
- Archery Tag & Laser Skirmish - Clifton (30 Sep)
- Kick-Box + Core - Westbrook, Southbrook & Pittsworth (4 Oct), Oakey & Kingsthorpe (11 Oct), Wyreema, Cambooya & Clifton (18 Oct) and Middle Ridge Park (25 Oct)
- Body-Weight / Cardio-Box - Middle Ridge Park (4 Oct), Highfields (11 Oct) and Wilsonton Heights Park (20 Oct)
- Kayaking - Cooby Dam (8 Oct)
- Bushwalking - Picnic Point (1 Oct), Mount Peel (14 Oct) and Crows Nest Falls (29 Oct)
- Women on Wheels - Toowoomba (8 Oct)
Free Flourish Workshop - Optimism & Resilience
Come along to a FREE 1 hour Flourish workshop and learn about evidence-based approaches towards encouraging more optimism, resilience, happiness, mindfulness, connection, zest and meaning into your life.
The upcoming workshop will provide you with the skills and knowledge to foster optimism, increase resilience and bring more positive emotions into your life:
- 10am to 11am, Saturday 14 October 2017, Toowoomba City Library, Level 3 (Seminar Rooms)
New Free & Low-Cost Activities
Get together with friends and family and have a go at a new free or low-cost activity: 
- Free Cardio Tennis - Sun 19 Oct, 8am to 12noon, Lake Annand, Toowoomba
- Free Premium Lifestyle Club Sunday Funday (fitness class) - Sun, 9am, Queens Park (Lindsay St)
- $3 Kids Soccer (2-5yrs) - Queens Park Thu & Fri 1pm, Mountain View Park Highfields Mon 3:15pm and Norman Park Newtown Mon 1pm
Looking for something fun to do? Get the kids outdoors to play a new augmented reality game at parks across the Toowoomba region. Download the free Magical Park App and bring your smartphone or tablet to the below Magical Parks sessions at a park near you and discover a digital fantasyland for children and families to explore. All Magical Parks activities are free, and no bookings are required.
A Halloween Game will be available from Monday 30 October to Sunday 5 November 2017 at the below locations:
- Millmerran Recreation Reserve (Football Field)
- Clifton (Elsie Jones Park)
- Oakey (Gordon Park)
Seed to Feed Workshop - Highfields
Come along to a Seed to Feed workshop by Brian Sams to learn about growing fruit and veg in your  backyard, patches and pots. Workshops cost $5 and are held from 9am to 12noon on Saturdays. Upcoming workshop:
- Highfields - 28 October 2017 (Clubhouse, Highfields Sport & Recreation Park)
NEW Seniors Seed to Feed Workshops
- Oakey - 31 October 2017 (Oakey Community Centre)
- Crows Nest - 1 November 2017 (Crows Nest Community Centre)
- Millmerran - 2 November 2017 (Millmerran Cultural Centre)
To book or find out more about the Seniors Seed to Feed program contact Council 131 872 or visit www.tr.qld.gov.au.
Other Community Initiatives
Triple P, Positive Parenting Workshops
Triple P is the flexible, practical way to develop skills, strategies and confidence to handle any parenting situation. It's backed by decades of research and it's already helped more than 4 million children and their parents. And best of all, the program is free in Queensland.
Upcoming workshops at the Oakey Library:
- The Power of Positive Parenting - 12 Oct, 12pm to 2pm
- Raising Confident, Competent Children - 19 Oct, 12pm to 2pm
- Raising Resilient Children - 26 Oct, 12pm to 2pm
Recipe of the Month - Thai beef larb - rice noodles
4 servings 10 serves of veg 10m preparation 10m cooking
Ingredients
 Olive or canola oil spray- 500g lean beef mince
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 long red chilli, seeded, thinly sliced (optional)
- 150g green beans, trimmed, sliced into 1cm pieces
- 2 cups finely shredded cabbage or wombok
- finely grated rind of 1 lime and 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 4 spring onions, ends trimmed, thinly sliced diagonally (include green tops)
- ½ cup chopped coriander
- ½ cup mint leaves, roughly torn
- whole iceberg lettuce, separated into leaves
- 250g cooked rice noodles, to serve
- lime cheeks, optional
Method
- Spray a large non-stick wok or frypan with oil and place on medium to high heat.
- Add mince and brown for 5 minutes, stirring to break up lumps.
- Add garlic, chilli and beans; stir-fry for 3 minutes.
- Add cabbage, lime rind and juice, and sauces; mix through and cook for 2 minutes until cabbage softens.
- Remove wok from heat, add spring onions, coriander and mint and toss to combine.
- To serve, place lettuce leaves, mince mixture, cooked noodles and lime cheeks onto separate serving plates. Pile cooked mince and noodles into a lettuce leaf and coat with a squeeze of lime juice. Roll up into a parcel to eat.
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