Darling Downs and Southern Downs
FREE Family Carer Course for persons with Dementia and their families.
Family Carer Course When: Wednesday 8 May Time: 9:30am-2:30pm This course will help you and your family with practical strategies for managing day-to-day and to better understand your own needs and the needs of those for whom you care. You will have an opportunity to share common experiences. Topics include: • The nature of dementia •Effective communication •The impact of
If you have a family member suffering from substance abuse, consider the FREE Breakthrough for Families workshop.
FREE Alcohol and other Drug information sessions are available to assist in supporting families and significant others of individuals affected by substance abuse. Warwick Wednesday April 3, 2019 10am to 1pm Warwick Library, 49 Albion Street, Warwick Stanthorpe Tuesday, April 16 2019 10am to 1pm Artius, Cnr Connor & Short Street, Stanthorpe [embeddoc url=”https://mysoutherndowns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BFFQ-Poster-A3-Toowoomba-April-2019.pdf” height=”1000px” download=”all” viewer=”google” ]
Opportunities for young people offered by Rotary Club of Warwick Sunrise
A number of youth leadership up-skilling opportunities are being offered by the Rotary Club of Warwick Sunrise, and are a great opportunity for any kids or young adults within the defined age groups to improve on their life skills. Please see the attached / embedded documents. [embeddoc url=”https://mysoutherndowns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ROTARY-YOUTH-LEADERSHIP-AWARD-RYLA.pdf” height=”500px” download=”all” viewer=”google” ] [embeddoc url=”https://mysoutherndowns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RYPEN-for-secondary-school-students.pdf” download=”all” viewer=”google” ] [embeddoc url=”https://mysoutherndowns.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RYTS.pdf” download=”all”
3 x Current grants on offer to community groups..
3 UPCOMING GRANTS ON OFFER TO COMMUNITY GROUPS This month we bring you a few possible funding opportunities for local not-for-profit groups that you may not have applied for, that may be able to assist with project funding or tailored specific events for members of the community. We encourage reading of our community groups guide to funding HERE and of
Celebrate the upcoming Bunya Festival family day, learn the truth about Aboriginal history in the region. March 30th
A 2-day event in the bush on Githabul country, (the festival is located in Maryvale) celebrating and learning the truth about Aboriginal history. A family day on Saturday with food, music, stalls, native animals, discussions, creek-side walk etc, all around Aboriginal cultures. Sunday is two seminars Being Aboriginal today and Cultural Burning for Healthy Country. Camping is permitted for a
Carbal drumming therapy workshops – Fridays – Warwick
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Craft n’ Creations – Wellness Weekend for women in rural areas who need a bit of ‘me’ time..
Get away from the drought for a moment, put in some time for you at the wellness weekend ‘Craft n’ Creations’ which is offered to women working on farms or that are living in rural areas in south-east/south-west Queensland, and may be something to consider if you like to potter around the garden or enjoy creating something beautiful, particularly if
New “Strengthening Rural Communities” Grants available to support local Not-for-profits.
Strengthening Rural Communities (Will open mid February) The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) program aims to give the thousands of small rural, regional and remote communities across Australia an opportunity to apply for funding that can support broad community needs. This program is an evolution of the long-running Small Grants for Rural Communities (SGRC) program that FRRR ran for 34
Celebrate Australia Day at Great Australian Bites – 2019 Region Events
Great Australian Bites Celebrate Australia Day at Great Australian Bites with home-grown music legend Ash Grunwald. Come together with family and friends in Warwick with free entry, pop-up food stalls serving local produce and a live entertainment program guaranteed to get your toes tapping while soaking up the summer atmosphere. Aussie blues star Ash Grunwald will headline the day with
Council Waterwise Workshops – Keep your garden alive in this crippling drought.
As the weather continues to heat up the SDRC thought it would be a great opportunity to share some ideas on how to help keep your gardens in tip, top shape during high level water restrictions. We invest a lot in our gardens and want them to thrive in all conditions. Council has partnered with one of Warwick’s gardening guru’s