Flourish Sessions (Positive Mental Wellbeing)
Flourish Meet-Up Sessions:
Discover ways to foster optimism, increase resilience and bring more positive emotions to your life through our Flourish sessions! Held on the first Saturday of each month at Toowoomba City Library, Level 3, from 10.30am-11.30am (60 mins). The cost is $3 per person:
- Saturday, 6 October: GRIT! Talent vs Perseverance
- Saturday, 3 November: Meditation for Wellbeing (special event)
- Saturday, 1 December: Now is the time for more meaningful living
Resilience Guided Meditation:
Journey towards a stronger, more confident inner self with Resilience Guided Meditation. Held at Toowoomba City Library, Level 3, from 9:30am-11am (90 mins). The cost is $5 per person:
- Wednesday, 19 September
- Monday, 8 October
- Wednesday, 24 October
To join or find out more about Flourish activities click here
Sport, Active Recreation & Healthy Living Plan 2019-2026
Council is developing a new Sport, Active Recreation & Healthy Living Plan 2019-26 to guide Council actions into the short to medium-term future.
A community survey (Activate Survey) will open from mid-October to mid-December 2018 to identify your priorities, needs and interests in leading an active and healthy lifestyle.
Activate Survey Link: https://yoursay.tr.qld.gov.au/activate-survey
Everyone is encouraged to complete the survey. Stay tuned for further updates (a separate email will be sent to advise when this survey is open).
Sport & Recreation Community Grant Program
Current Sport and Recreation Grant applicants will be notified in late September if their projects have been funded. The next round opens on 1 February 2019 and closes 1 March 2019.
For clubs that are thinking about applying for funding for sports infrastructure in the next grant round, please be aware that your project may need to be assessed and approved by Council's planning department.
It's important to know if your project will need planning / building approval when you start planning for your project to ensure it can meet any planning / building requirements, and to allow for any applicable costs and assessment time frames needed.
Considering and allowing for planning / building requirements, costs and assessment time frames when planning your project can help your project be more successful in securing grants, and these costs are eligible items under Council's Sport and Recreation Grant program.
To find out if your project needs planning / building approval, contact Council on 131 872 and ask to speak to one of Council's Technical Advice Officers.
Before applying for a grant for sports infrastructure in a sports park, always speak to one of Council's Sport and Recreation Officers on 131 872.
For more information about Council's Sport and Recreation Grant Program click here
Booking Sports Parks
Council is continuing to improve processes to better manage facilities across the Region, and to ensure consistency in the parks booking process. All users of Council’s sporting facilities across the Toowoomba Region are required to hold a current booking with Parks and Recreation Services.
Any club wishing to use a Council sports park must hold either a Seasonal or Casual User Permit. Failing to do so may result in public liability insurance being deemed as void, and is in breach of local laws.
Accurate booking information allows Council to undertake necessary facility maintenance with minimal impact on user groups. This accurate information will allow Council to plan for better facilities into the future, and helps provide evidence when requesting future facility upgrades or maintenance including opportunities that arise through grants.
All bookings must be directed to Council’s park bookings team at
parkbookings@tr.qld.gov.au.
For more information about booking a sports field click here or contact Council 131 872.
Other Community Initiatives
Toowoomba Community Organic Garden
Open Day: Saturday 29 September, 9:30am-12:30pm
Come along and discover your local community garden at their annual open day (22A Goggs St, Toowoomba). Learn about organic gardening, permaculture, composting, worm farming, growing your own fruit and vegetables, plus much more!
Tour the community garden and find out about their regular social events, along with the opportunity to hire a plot, or to help out in the common areas. No previous experience with gardening is required.
For more info about the Toowoomba Community Organic Garden click here
My Health for Life at Grand Central
The My Health for Life program is a preventative health initiative funded by the Queensland Government and delivered by an alliance of Qld health not-for-profits including Diabetes Queensland, Heart Foundation and Stroke Foundation.
The program offers eligible members of the Queensland public access to six months of free, personalised health coaching to assist them make a lifestyle change and minimise their ongoing risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. People can participate in the program via a referral by their GP, undertaking a quick health check online or by completing a face-to-face check at an event.
To help spread the word about the program, the My Health for Life team will be holding a pop-up stall at Grand Central on the 24 and 25 September. Come along for a free health check, pick up a free jute market bags and apple slinky, and enjoy a free 5 min massage.
For more info about the My Health for Life program click here
Unleash the Beast
Unleash the Beast is a writing and wellbeing symposium aiming to share, promote and propagate the conversation about mental health in a relaxed, entertaining and engaging manner.
This event brings together authors and speakers from across Australia - and from right here in Toowoomba - in conversation about mental health and how it affects us, our families and our community.
We welcome you to join the conversation, on Wednesday 10 October (World Mental Health Day), with sessions covering nearly every aspect of mental health. From young people to retirees, from home to the workplace, there is a session to suit you.
Click here for more information about the Unleash the Beast event and writing symposium
Stronger Communities Programme Funding - Round 4
The Stronger Communities Programme provides each of the 150 federal electorates with $150,000 to fund small capital projects that improve local community participation and contribute to vibrant viable communities.
In consultation with their community, each Federal Member of Parliament must identify potential applicants and projects in their electorate and invite them to apply for a grant.
Applications close on Thursday 11 October 2018 5:00 pm AEDT.
For eligibility requirements and more information about the Stronger Communities Programme Funding click here
Queensland Sport and Recreation Strategy
The State Government are asking for your feedback so that they can invest wisely to get people physically active, now and for the future. Have your say on what needs to change and how State Government can reprioritise the delivery of, and investment in, sport and active recreation initiatives to respond to the needs of Queenslanders.
You can complete a survey online (surveys close Friday 12 October 2018) or you can attend a consultation session on Wednesday 26 September 2018 from 5.30pm-6.30pm at the Toowoomba Sports Ground, 47 Arthur Street, Toowoomba.
For more information about the Qld Sport and Recreation Strategy please click here
Good Sports Program
Did you know 69 clubs in Toowoomba are Good Sports clubs? Is your club a Good Sports Club?
Good Sports is helping to inspire a healthier Australia, supporting local sporting clubs to become safer and more family-friendly.
A program of the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, Good Sports is Australia’s largest preventative health initiative for the community sporting sector. Over 8,000 clubs are proud to be Good Sports clubs!
Being a Good Sports club comes with plenty of benefits for the club too. Good Sports clubs are leaders in their communities. A strong and family-friendly club is attractive to prospective members, families, sponsors and funders.
For more information or to register your club for the Good Sports Program click here
Festival of Small Halls
Festival of Small Halls is a series of tours that takes the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists performing at two of our country’s largest festivals, and sends them on the road to tiny halls in communities all over Australia.
It is produced by Woodfordia Inc in partnership with Toowoomba Regional Council and great lovers and supporters of folk and contemporary acoustic music. It’s an opportunity for music-lovers from welcoming communities to invite artists from Home and Abroad into their towns, and a way of exploring this vast country in the spirit of hospitality and great fun.
Tickets cost $15 each for adults and under 16s are free
Upcoming Festivals:
- Rocky Creek/Mt Emlyn Soldiers Memorial Hall Wednesday 24 October 2018.
- Peranga Hall Sunday 28 October 2018
- Felton Sunday 18 November 2018 (tickets can be purchased from Felton Produce, Cambooya Post Office or online)
For more information about Festival of Small Halls or to purchase tickets online click here
FREE Family Movie Nights - COCO
Gather the family together and enjoy a night out watching the Disney Pixar movie ‘COCO’ around the Region!
- Oakey Sat 6 Oct, Arthur Shooter Park, Stanley Street
- Harlaxton Sat 12 Oct, Harlaxton Park, Gleeson Crescent
- Southbrook Sun 13 Oct, Southbrook Primary School, School Road
- Pittsworth Sat 20 Oct, Club Pittsworth, Short Street
- Goombungee Fri 2 Nov, Goombungee Sports and Recreation Grounds
- Wilsonton Sat 10 Nov, Wilsonton Heights Park, Port Street
For more information about Council's FREE family movie nights click here
The Great City Adventure
We are embarking on an adventure around Toowoomba City and we want YOU to join us! Our Great City Adventure starts at 12pm sharp on Wednesday the
3 October at the Toowoomba City Library, which is where all the fun will begin.
Bring a hat, water bottle and your detective skills, as it is going to an awesome afternoon, where you will get to explore the city and youth support services within it! Suitable for 12 - 25 yrs.
Afterwards, grab your friends and family for a FREE Family Fun afternoon from 3pm at the Civic Precinct for Bubble Soccer, jumping castles (jousting castle), FREE Sausage Sizzle and other awesome activities including exploring the worlds within virtual reality.
To join the Great City Adventure click here
Recipe of the Season - Chicken and Veggie Pie
4 servings / 10 serves of veg / 15m preparation / 40m cooking
A new indoor Heart Foundation Walking Group will launch at Grand Central Shopping Centre next month! Walking indoors provides a flat, level surface for people to walk on rain, hail or shine. Perfect for maintaining your walking regime all year round. 
YWCA Australia in partnership with Council have developed the new Shine Through Sport program to create easy, fun and free ways to participate in sport. 
The latest edition of the Healthy & Active directory booklets (Spring / Summer 2018-19) are now available, brimming with great activities to join for a healthier, happier you. 
