Take your spring cleaning to the linen cupboard and Give A Sheet for the Planet as part of recycling initiatives in Tamworth and Armidale.
Awareness Events
Posted inArmidale, Awareness Events
Ezidi refugees mark decade of surviving ISIS massacres
Hundreds of Ezidi refugees have gathered to commemorate 10 years since surviving terrorist group ISIS killing men and enslaving women.
Posted inAwareness Events, Health, Moree
Healthy Harold’s Moree Festival of Health comes to Jellicoe Park
There’ll be lots of good family fun at Jellicoe Park in Moree next Thursday afternoon as a locals of all ages run through a very colourful course with a friendly giraffe.
Posted inAwareness Events, Health
Rural Australians more debilitated by chronic pain than city
The 2024 National Pain Survey has found that the experience of Australians living with chronic pain in rural and remote communities is significantly different from the city.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, General News
Farm kids get their hands dirty, but safety comes first
The balance of showing kids the beauty of farm life while keeping them safe is the focus of Farm Safety Week, as 12 per cent of injuries involve children.
Posted inArmidale, Awareness Events, Fundraiser
More participants wanted for Vinnies Community Sleepout
Locals will be braving the cold to address homelessness in regional Australia through the Armidale Vinnies Community Sleepout 2024 at the end of August.
Posted inAwareness Events, Fundraiser
Locals do 3,249 push-ups to raise money for headspace
New England locals completed the challenge and have so far raised $525 for headspace Armidale, and $2,398 for headspace Tamworth.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events
30 farmers have lost their lives on the job already this year
Farmsafe Australia has revealed 30 farmers have lost their lives in the first half of this year in the 2024 Safer Farms Report, released today at the start of National Farm Safety Week.
Posted inAwareness Events, Indigenous
Jam-packed NAIDOC Week in the New England
There’s lots of events all across the New England for NAIDOC Week.
Posted inAwareness Events
A time to celebrate and raise awareness about the struggles faced by Refugees
Australia is celebrating Refugee Week promoting greater awareness of issues refugees face and their contributions to Australia.