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NCOSS
NCOSS eNews with the latest from the community sector. Click here. |
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Indigenous NDIS Economic & Employment Workshops
Coffs Harbour | Kempsey | Port Macquarie
Come along and learn about possible business employment and training opportunities within the NDIS for Aboriginal People.
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided. Open the flyer here to find further details including dates and venues. |
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Unlock Potential and Make a Difference through Mentoring!
Mid Coast Communities is proud to partner with YWCA NSW in delivering the Youth Frontiers youth mentoring program in 2018.
We are seeking people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, who have a few hours to spare each week, and would be interested in mentoring a student (aged 12 to 16 years) from the Port Macquarie, Wauchope or Kempsey areas. No experience necessary as training and support is provided.
Your role as a mentor will be to support the student to learn the skills and gain the confidence to plan and deliver a unique community engagement project of their choice. Most mentoring will take place in a school setting and will be a mix of both group and one-on-one sessions.
As a mentor you have the opportunity to make a positive difference in a young person's life so if you think you have what it takes, or know of someone, please enquire by clicking here.
You can also contact Sharnie Cooper on 0427 370 448 or youthfrontiers@midcc.org.au
Read the flyer here. |
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Free 2 Hour Child Protection Workshop Series
Mid Coast Communities is collaborating with the Mid North Coast Local Health District and Family and Community Services to provide this free, four-part comprehensive series of workshops on the topic of Child Protection.
These workshops are now full. Please click on your location to be added to the waitlist for the next round.
Coffs Harbour | Port Macquarie | Kempsey |
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Plan Review Workshop in Port Macquarie
This workshop is designed for participants approaching a Plan Review. It will help them get ready for the meeting by:
1) Discussing achievements
2) Setting new goals
3) Completing a getting ready checklist
Click here to find out more. |
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Cook. Eat. Yarn.
Come along to Groundworks Youth Centre for Cook. Eat. Yarn. to learn better cooking skills; connect with other young people and talk about real youth issues.
Dates: Monday 4 June & Monday 18 June 2018
Time: 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Phone: Bec at Groundworks on (02) 5632 4020 or Kathy at Ability Links on (02) 6651 1788
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Your NDIS Questions Answered
The NDIS has rolled out in the Mid North Coast. Local Area Coordinators (LACs) are here to support you with your transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). One way we can help is by offering an initial 20-minute consultation where you can ask us questions about the scheme.
For more information click here.
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Starting your NDIS Plan - Port Macquarie
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | 10:30am - 12:00 noon | Port Macquarie Panthers
The Starting Your NDIS Plan (Plan Implementation) Workshop is a practical workshop to support participants, carers and their families to prepare for starting their approved NDIS plan.
Find out more here.
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Park Lane Festival
Saturday 23 June 2018 | 12:00pm - 8:00pm | Park and Studio Lanes, Coffs Harbour
Headspace Coffs Harbour is ten years old this June and everyone is invited to the party. A free all ages laneway music festival in the Coffs Harbour city centre.
Read the media release here | Download a service register form here
Check us out on facebook.
Contact: Gary Maher headspace Coffs Harbour
P: (02) 6652 1878
M: 1488 499 720
E: gmaher@genhealth.org.au |
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Sexual Health Education: Working It Out
Thursday 31 May 2018 | 9:00am - 4:00pm | Coffs Harbour Community Villiage
This course is designed for teachers, PDHPE coordinators, staff in wellbeing or support roles, casual teachers and pre-service teachers. It is fully funded by NSW Health.
Click here to read the course outcomes | Register by calling (02) 8752 4300.
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Job Advert: Program Manager Youth on Track
Find out the details for this exciting opportunity working with young people in a Managers role for Mission Australia by clicking here. |
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Domestic Violence Response Training
18 - 19 June 2018 | 8:45am - 4:30pm | Bellingen
DV-alert is Lifeline's accredited training program that enable health, allied health and frontline workers to confidently:
1) RECOGNISE signs of domestic and family violence
2) RESPOND with appropriate care
3) REFER people experiencing or at risk of domestic and family violence to appropriate support services
Find out more information including how to apply by clicking here.
For DV-alert Financial Assistance Guidelines for students click here. |
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Invitation to attend Webinar
Topic: Personality Disorders and Substance Use: Tips on Effective Treatment Approaches
Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders in partnership with the mental Health Professionals' Network presents a free webinar to enhance clinicians' understanding and treatment of people living with personality disorders and substance abuse.
Date: Monday 4 June 2018
Time: 7:15pm AEST
Duration: 75 minutes
Register here | For more information call MHPN on 1800 209 031 |
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Sponsorship request DVF Conference
Domestic & Family Violence Response and Prevention Regional Conference is being held in September 2018. The conference theme is 'Rural & Regional Women' and the conference will focus on current issues, research, and programs for regional and rural women experiencing domestic and family violence.
Find out more by downloading the Sponsorship and Exhibitors Prospectus. |
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Promoting Inclusion & Wellbeing
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Family Fun Day
Thursday 17 May 2018 | 10:30am - 1:00pm | Fotheringham Park, Taree
Your invited to join the fun celebrating families as part of National Families Week. There will be entertainment for the whole family including children's activities, pop-up library, face painting and much more.
Read the flyer here.
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Let's Get Real! - ISAAC 2018 AAC Camp
The ISAAC 2018 AAC Camp is going to be all about reality – Reality TV! Let’s Get Real! AAC Camp will run on the 21st and 22nd of July at the fully accessible Currumbin Community Special School on the Gold Coast.
Four different Reality TV themed activities will happen each half day of the camp program. Reality Camp activities will include:
- The Amazing AAC Race
- AAC Fear Factor
- Masterchef AAC style
- I’m an AAC Celebrity
- Nature Reality (with Awesome Australian Creatures)
Activities will be planned appropriately for the age groups attending and Nature Reality will include hands-on contact with some Australian Animals.
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First Connections Support Group
A free, monthly group for parents and carers of young children with developmental concerns or disability. This monthly support group is run by Northcott's Early Links team and offers a safe place for you to connect with other parents in a similar situation.
Dates: Tuesdays- 15 May, 12 June, 24 July and 14 August
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Venue: Cottage Meeting Room, North Coast Regional Botanical Gardens Coffs Harbour
Open the full flyer here. |
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Community Action Planning Workshop - Save the Date
The next stage of our Healthy Towns Woolgoolga Program is the Action Planning Workshop - where we will provide the Community Survey outcomes and work together to co-design local solutions. We would love for you to come along and be a part of this process. We will have two workshops so chose a time that suits you better.
Workshop 1
Date: Tuesday 5 June 2018
Time: 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Venue: TBC
Workshop 2
Date: Tuesday 5 May 2018
Time: 5:50pm - 8:00pm
Venue: TBC
If you require more information please contact Jacqui Smith on 0437 473 672 or email: jsmith@ncphn.org.au
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[REC] Ya Shorts is back!
The team is heading out to schools with free workshops this term, and we've got a brand new signature item and theme to wrap your heads around.
As always there will be heaps of prizes to win, plus all the finalists will have their films screen at the Nextwave Youth Film Awards.
You can check out where the workshop tour will be near you by clicking here. |
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Women's Group - Term 2 Activities
The women's group is a safe space to come together over a cuppa. Join us to connect, share, be creative, have time out, develop new skills and discoveries about oneself.
When: 9:30am - 11:30am, Thursdays during school term
Where: CWA Hall Coffs Harbour
How: It's FREE! Please call to book: (02) 6652 9944
Click here to read the full flyer and discover the activities taking place each week. |
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3 - 3 Basketball Competition
Team nominations are now open for the KEYS Youth Hub 3 - 3 Basketball competition. This 5 week competition will be held on Thursday nights, between 5:30pm - 8:00pm, at Keys Youth Hub.
To enter a team, or if you have any queries, please contact the Youth Hub manager, Allan McKibban on 0424 871 778.
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Mental Health Matters Awards 2018
Do you know a person who has achieved great things for mental health and wellbeing in NSW over the past year? Do you work for an organisation that actively supports the wellbeing of their community or employees? Have you seen something online or on television that gave you powerful insight into mental health?
Nominations are now open. To find out more information click here. |
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Invitation to the Jacob Berry Beach Ball
Friday 18 May | 6:30pm | Tickets: $50 per person | Rydges Hotel, Port Macquarie
The JB Beach Ball a memorial Ball for CSU paramedic student Jacob Berry, who tragically passed away after graduating in 2016.
Come and enjoy some great food, live entertainment and a free cocktail on arrival. All proceeds go towards the Jacob Berry Memorial Scholarship.
More information can be found on Facebook.
Purchase tickets here. |
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First Aid Training - Kempsey
Tuesday 22 May 2018 | 9:00am - 4:00pm | Kempsey RSL | Free
North Coast Primary Health Network is holding free nationally accredited first aid training in Kempsey for people over over the age of 16 years.
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Disability & Aged Care News
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PACE Mentoring
Are you a student or jobseeker with disability, or do you know someone who is?
Positive Action towards Career Engagement (PACE Mentoring) connects students and jobseekers with disability with mentors from leading Australian businesses. It gives you an opportunity to develop your skills and confidence in a workplace setting.
Apply here before the end of June to be considered for the Spring 2018 cohort of PACE.
Read the full flyer here.
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Free Seniors Forum - "Your Rights. Your Voice"
Monday 4 June 2018 | The Westport Club, Port Macquarie
We are very honoured to have as out guest speaker Dr Kay Patterson, the Age Discrimination Commissioner. the forum will consist of 2 sessions: one in the morning for seniors and the community and an afternoon session for industry staff, professionals and interested seniors.
RSVP: Seniors Rights Service on 0458 467 245
Open the full flyer here.
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Aged Care CEO's react to the Budget
Australian Ageing Agenda asks aged care CEOs how the new measures will likely help or hinder their organisations and the sector. According to Wayne Belcher, chief executive of Western Australian provider Braemar Presbyterian Care, this budget demonstrated a lack of understanding of the scale of the current issues in aged care and did not signal an appetite for genuine reform to solve problems long term.
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Department of Health - URGENT Compulsory Reports of Assaults and Missing Residents
URGENT: Compulsory reports of assaults and missing residence
Due to a critical weather incident, there is an issue with the compulsory reporting telephone line and calls may not be answered.
Reports can still be made via email to compulsoryreports@health.gov.au using compulsory reporting forms on the department’s website.
Please circulate this message to your colleagues.
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At long last, Mental Health Support for Residence
It is the beginning of equal access to psychological services for people with a diagnosed mental health disorder living in residential aged care, write Dr Louise Roufeil and Dr Harriet Radermacher.
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Aged Care Insite - Budget 2018-19: the sector reacts
Aged care was touted as a key focus for Government in the 2018–19 Budget; in the lead-up to yesterday’s release, media reports promised a slew of funding measures. So how did the sector fair?
While key industry stakeholders continue to pick through the Budget with a fine-tooth comb, Aged Care Insite canvasses their early reactions.
Read on...
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Free One Day Workshop for Parents and Carers - Kempsey
Wednesday 27 June 2018 | 9:15am - 3:00pm | Kempsey Macleay RSL
Join us for a day of learning with other parents and carers of school aged children on the autism spectrum, designed to help you foster productive school, family and community relationships to provide the best kind of support for your child.
More information can be found here | Register here |
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Social Change & Community Engagement
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Have Your Say Coffs Harbour
The Coffs Harbour City Council want to know what you think about issues that are important to you - and the region. By participating, you can help Coffs Harbour City Council make well-informed decisions to produce the best outcomes for our community. To take part, simply CLICK HERE and scroll down to the list of current projects and click on those that interest you. You will then be able to see a range of ways in which you can have your say.
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International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism & Transphobia
Today is International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia and people around the world will stand against descrimination in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTI) mates, colleagues and families.
Mid Coast Communities proudly supports this special day.
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Port Macquarie Consumer Reference Group Meeting Council on the Ageing (COTA NSW)
By 2030 one in three people in NSW will be over 50.
COTA NSW wants to hear about the issues that matter to you most in your own community so we can ensure that the voices of older people are valued and heard, and their concerns are represented to the government and decision makers. To join the discussion click here to register for this free event
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10th Art of Good Health and Wellbeing International Arts & Health Conference
Join Australian and international leaders in the field of arts, health and creative ageing at this annual meeting, the only one of its kind in the world!
For more information or to book your ticket click here.
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Grants - Creating a New Approach to Funding
Council invites community applications for funding under its Community Grants Program. The aim of the Community Grants Program is to support:
1) Local projects and activities (Community Support Fund)
2) Local events (Community Event Sponsorship Fund)
3) Local place making (Creative Place Making Fund)
Guidelines and application forms can be found on Council's website under the 'Community' tab.
Applications close Monday 4 June 2018 |
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Create NSW Funding Opportunities
Create NSW offers direct funding to organisations, artists, practitioners and arts and cultural workers through the Arts and Cultural Development Program (ACDP). To view the types of funding available click here. |
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