More than 1,100 Armidale locals sought help from Vinnies last year. Now the charity wants the wider community to spend a night feeling what that means.
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Posted inAwareness Events, National News
46 years on, new hope for missing Sydney woman
An age-progressed image of missing Sydney woman Elaine Johnson has been released this Missing Persons Week, in the hope it jogs a memory her family has been waiting years for.
Posted inAccidents and road closures, Awareness Events, Feature, NSW News, Roads and Infrastructure
Rural Road Safety Month launches after 123 regional deaths
123 lives lost on regional NSW roads in just six months. Now the state government wants every driver, rider and passenger to “join the journey” toward safer roads.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Glen Innes
Glen Innes farmer says people, not paperwork, keep farms safe
Glen Innes farmer Katie Saul says the safest farms aren’t built on paperwork, they’re built on people who genuinely look out for one another. Here’s why she says visible leadership matters.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, National News
New coin honours the land’s unsung heroes
A horse, a dog, an eagle and a story of grit. The Royal Australian Mint’s newest coin honours the rural battlers behind our beef, wool and grain.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, National News
Near miss sparks farm safety rethink
One ordinary day on a NSW poultry farm could have ended in tragedy. Now Brad Vinecombe is asking farmers everywhere: is any deadline worth not making it home?
Posted inAwareness Events, Indigenous, Local News
50 Years of Deadly brings communities together across the New England
From bustling street marches and flag-raising ceremonies to art exhibitions, community barbecues, children’s activities and sporting events, communities across the New England embraced this year’s NAIDOC Week
Posted inArmidale, Awareness Events
Armidale community to unite for Vinnies NSW Community Sleepout
Armidale residents will sleep outdoors on 28 August to raise funds supporting local homelessness, housing hardship services statewide.
Posted inAwareness Events, Gunnedah, Social issues and services, Tamworth
New England communities celebrate the power of volunteering
As communities across the New England region prepare to celebrate National Volunteer Week, organisations are highlighting the evolving ways Australians are giving back amid rising cost-of-living pressures and increasingly busy lives.
Posted inArmidale, Awareness Events, Domestic Violence, Glen Innes, Inverell
New England creative events to raise awareness of DV
A series of powerful community events will use art and storytelling to raise awareness of domestic and family violence.