THE Girls Resilience – Education Art Time (GREAT) program running at Boambee East Community Centre is one of four Coffs Harbour initiatives receiving funding through the NSW Government’s Children and Young People Wellbeing Recovery Initiative. Receiving $49,671 to run and…
HEAR from world-renowned orchid experts at Woolgoolga District Orchid Society’s free Orchid Workshop on Sunday. 13 November. Hosted at Woolgoolga Public School, Yeates Hall, 1-11 Scarborough Street, Woolgoolga, the workshop will be officially opened by Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh…
THE Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) is celebrating 30 years of supporting seniors in our community. To celebrate this milestone they have launched an e-resource called ‘30 years of friendship’. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
VOICEUP Australia, an active group of adult survivors of childhood abuse and their supporters, marks the Brave Movement’s second annual Global Mobilisation Day (18 November 2022) to end child sexual abuse with a public forum on Thursday, 17 November at…
THE Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS) has been declared a success with 428 new patients in the Mid North Coast Local Health District lodging claims since August 1, when the NSW Government’s $149.5 million funding boost came…
SMALL Business Month is well under way, and the City of Coffs Harbour’s Economic Development and Tourism team, via its ‘6 Degree’ initiative, is presenting a series of free events. Eight events, from five industry sectors will provide local business…
A TRIFECTA of finalist placings in important art competitions for Coffs Harbour artist Seabastion Toast, announced in October, is leading to national acclaim and a solo show on the Gold Coast at the Anthea Polson Gallery on Main Beach. “It…
SCAMS Awareness Week (7-11 November) reports reveal scams are becoming more prevalent in the age of technology. Sarah Megginson, money expert at Finder, an online financial comparison service, said, “Aussies have been inundated with fraudulent text and phone calls in…
BONVILLE Sawtell Lions are holding a car boot sale on Saturday, 19 November to raise funds to continue with its tradition of holding a Christmas party for local seniors. Held at Coffs Leagues Club car park on Stadium Drive, Coffs…
CELEBRATING Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, the Coffs Harbour Garden Club (CHGC) has planted a tree celebrating the 70-year reign, which the members have dubbed a ‘Treebilee’. The auspicious planting took place at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden in…