PARENTS and carers of teenagers are being invited to join a free webinar series run by headspace that gives support strategies to help them navigate the ups and downs of teenage mental health. As the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, headspace is working hard to provide support to families and friends

  OzGREEN’S Resilient Communities Volunteer Facilitators are ready to commence training and locations have been selected for the 2022 roll out of the program. During February facilitators will be mentored through the program readying them to deliver to their groups from March. The Resilient Communities groups will run monthly from March - October

  NAMBUCCA Heads Men’s Shed (NHMS) is working with the Community Power Agency to investigate possible options for renewable energy that will help to strengthen local not-for-profit organisations, lower their electricity bills and make them more sustainable into the future. Funding for this work has been generously provided by the Foundation for

  WORKERS in designated industries including manufacturing, agriculture, transport, and emergency services have been given an exemption from current public health orders which mandate self-isolation if you become a close contact of a Covid-19 case. A new exemption to the Public Health (COVID-19 Self-Isolation) Order (No 4) 2021 has been made which

  IMAGINE starting a business as part of your sea change to find most of your customers quickly consider your business to be a vital service. That is what happened when retired registered nurse Deb Burleigh and former golf pro Steve Hitchcock began a business known as Possum’s Tuckerbox operating out of

  CRYSTAL Vowels, Scotts Head mum of Avalon, 12 and Sandon, 10, who is passionate about giving her kids the opportunities they seek out, took the kids to Coffs Harbour for the annual KOBBAS Skatefest in early December. “This was the first skate competition we had attended, and it did not disappoint,”

  HIGH Street Bowraville was alive with locals and visitors on Saturday 11 December for the Bowraville Christmas Markets. Sunshine was an added bonus to the day’s festivities making the markets an all-round crowd pleaser. Stalls consisted of homegrown local produce, and delicacies including fruit, vegetables, and seasonal herbs. Tom and Gill Kenay are

  A WHALE preservation charity will fund Australia’s first Indigenous-run marine plastic recycling enterprise, transforming waste plastic into objects of desire. Gowings Whale Trust, the NFP environmental organisation started by Gowings, is financing the MiiMi Aboriginal Corporation to run a recycling operation facilitated by the Plastic Collective to give recycled plastic a

  A COMMUNITY survey has been released by Nambucca Valley Council for Scotts Head Skate and Recreation Park which seeks feedback from the community on the proposal. Deborah McCabe, Project Administration Support Officer at Council, said the survey has been designed to ensure feedback informs Council on the needs of the community,

  THE Nature Conservation Council’s Chief Executive Chris Gambian and Deputy Chief Executive Jacqui Mumford visited the Mid North Coast last week as part of a ‘touching base’ road trip up the coast north of Sydney. The Council is the peak body for environment groups in NSW and Mr Gambian said that