Disaster Recovery Funding Granted to Great Lakes Council Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - March 11, 2016 Member for Myall Lakes Steve Bromhead and Federal Member for Paterson Bob Baldwin today announced funding of $243,254 recovery assistance to Great Lakes Council for communities impacted by the January and February 2013 storms and floods. Mr Bromhead said the assistance was being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief
Community Organisations in the Great Lakes Area urged to apply for funding through ClubGRANT FEATURED MidCoast LGA (overall news) by NOTA - March 9, 2016March 9, 2016 Funding is now available for community organisations in the Great Lakes area through the ClubGRANT program which is administered for Clubs NSW by Great Lakes Council. Last year’s process in the Great Lakes resulted in 62 applications for Category One funding and more than $100,000 in grants being handed out to
Together Day set to be annual for Forster Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - December 30, 2015 Locals and visitors, the young and the young-at-heart, in fact, absolutely everyone, is invited to a very special free community event on Wednesday 20 January - the first ever Together!Day at the Community Centre in Breese Parade Forster (next to the Library). This great initiative is the brainchild of Great Lakes Council’s
Craft workshops at Tea Gardens and Forster Libraries FEATURED Forster, Tuncurry Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest by NOTA - December 30, 2015December 30, 2015 Tea Gardens and Forster Libraries will be hosting both an art workshop and craft workshop over the long summer break. On Wednesday 13 January at Tea Gardens Library, from 2pm until 3:30pm, Melanie Lee from The Creative Kind will inspire children to connect and express themselves by painting. Also on this day At
Forster Private Hospital receives a dialysis FEATURED Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - December 23, 2015 Public dialysis patients living in Great Lakes can now receive life-saving treatment closer to home, with the opening of a new dialysis unit at Forster Private Hospital. Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead said Hunter New England Health is now operating six chairs from the new custom-built renal unit. “I congratulate HNE Health,
Forster Civic Precinct receives a $12M boost Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - December 9, 2015 Great Lakes Council is delighted with the announcement that the Australian Government's National Stronger Regions fund will provide a $6 million boost to the civic precinct site. "Together with Council's matching commitment, we now can deliver a $12 million project to provide outstanding library, visitor information and performance spaces as part
Forster Private Hospital public dialysis unit Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - October 28, 2015 Hunter New England (HNE) Health has reached an agreement to establish a public dialysis unit at Forster Private Hospital, meaning patients will be able to receive the life-saving treatment closer to home. Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead said HNE Health reached an agreement with the operator of Forster Private Hospital, Pulse
Things to do at the Forster and Tea Gardens Library Forster, Tuncurry Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest by NOTA - September 23, 2015 Spring is in the air at Great Lakes Council’s Tea Gardens and Forster Libraries these school holidays. When you think water and paint you don’t usually think of the Library but then again we’re always full of surprises here! For Tea Gardens, on Wednesday 23 September from 2:30 – 3:30pm kids will have
Great Lakes Library Service Better Reading Better Communities Forster, Tuncurry Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest by NOTA - September 23, 2015 Research shows that people with better reading skills are more likely to have a job, more likely to be paid more, experience better health and are less likely to end up in gaol. As part of a desire to improve literacy levels in the region the Great Lakes Library Service secured funding
Rehabilitation to Wallamba Island is complete Forster, Tuncurry by NOTA - September 7, 2015September 8, 2015 Extemsive work to rehabilitate Wallamba Island on the Wallamba River is now complete. Following a century of agricultural use of the Island, Great Lakes Council ultimately acquired the island in 2011 as part of the water quality improvement program. By that time, noxious and environmental weeds were strangling the life out of the