Works from Redfern, Camperdown and Alexandria film makers have been chosen to feature in Australia’s hit international smartphone film festival, the SmartFone Flick Fest...
With warmer weather creating a potential surge in venomous snake and spider activity, St John Ambulance NSW is reminding people about the importance of...
Singer-songwriter Toby Martin brought songs and stories of Yorkshire and Bankstown to Waterloo and wider Sydney (via Zoom) in a sonorous solo set on...
Desperate dog owners returning to the office are reporting issues with separation anxiety, because their dogs are not used to being alone. Dog behaviouralist, trainer and author Lara Shannon offers some tips about how to prepare your dog for your absence.
Since the Community Social Plan developed back in 2000 by Angie Pitts for the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) redevelopment of The Block won the International 2004 Crime Prevention Through Environment Design Innovation Award, the Pemulwuy Project has continued to win awards for its innovations in providing a financially self-sustainable way to provide Aboriginal affordable housing.
A successful businessman who grew up in Redfern community housing and wants to give back has formed a partnership with Redfern non-profit Story Factory...
Young Redfern resident Grace Hu is one of 78 children (aged 7 to 18) across NSW and the ACT who have been awarded Variety – the Children’s Charity scholarships in 2021 to pursue their sporting and artistic dreams.
Sydney (Yagoona) RSPCA NSW Shelter admitted over 9,500 unwanted cats and kittens during Kitten Season over the last three financial years. What can you do to help?
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has created an “advent calendar” with a difference to spur people into the Christmas spirit. Sign up to its social media platforms and “swipe” to open the calendar door to reveal its exciting contents each day in the lead up to Christmas Day.
The City of Sydney’s program of Christmas cheer with its roving entertainment, cracking Christmas decorations and sparkling lighting displays aims to create a welcoming, festive atmosphere to encourage people back onto the streets in the city and after a tough lockdown and year.
Fancy some forest therapy? Ways to keep your kids entertained pre-Christmas? With its upcoming events, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, just an hour’s drive from Sydney, has you covered.
A striking new mural on the corner of Woodburn and Cleveland Streets in Redfern is offering community members a simple way to spur the Morrison Government to ramp up its response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
The NSW local government elections will be held on Saturday, December 4. Candidates from six parties responded to three key prompts on progress, community...
The NSW local government elections will be held on Saturday, December 4. The SSH profiles six lord mayoral candidates representing six parties – the...
On October 20, French culinary masters Le Cordon Bleu Australia teamed up with former MasterChef contestant Courtney Roulston and charity partner Our Big Kitchen to cook 1,000 healthy, gourmet meals for...
Wiradjuri curator Emily McDaniel has won an inaugural Committee for Sydney award for up-and-coming leaders for her work in creating Yananurala, a new nine-kilometre walk...
On Sunday, October 17, more than 110 faith communities spanning every Australian state and territory will hold events and display large banners calling on...
Walk-in Covid-19 vaccination and testing clinics are open in our area for First Nations people.
Free Pfizer vaccines are available for anyone who is Aboriginal...
Over six hundred people of faith from around Australia have penned hand-written letters calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to do more to protect...
International aid agency Tearfund Australia has launched an emergency appeal to support its partners in Afghanistan.
Tearfund Australia has been working with its partners on...
Help is at hand for people struggling to book their Covid vaccination as Counterpoint Community Services launches Covid Vax Assist. A dedicated helpline and email address have been set up to assist with questions.
Glebe, Waterloo, Redfern and Marrickville are at the centre of a Covid vaccine push – with health officials concerned over low vaccination rates and rising case numbers. Pop-up Covid-19 vaccine clinics are open at Glebe and Green Square / Zetland this week run by Sydney Local Health District.
Alexandria-based LGBTQ+ support group Rainbow Families has been chosen as a New South Wales winner in the 2021 Active Australia Innovation Challenge run by...
Worried about your child’s mental health during Sydney’s lockdown? You’re not alone. A new national program, designed in partnership with Australia’s national mental health...
Founder of the first ever all Aboriginal boomerang team “Deadly Returns”, Paul Craft-Burragun (Uncle Boomerang), will present a session about Indigenous History and Artefacts...
From tomorrow (Wednesday August 11, 2021) until Saturday August 14, NSW Health will be providing free AstraZeneca vaccinations in Waterloo and Redfern from 10am...
So far, Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) has vaccinated more than 1,800 people at its pop-up community clinics since starting last week.
From today (August...
WIRES (Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc) NSW has been rescuing and caring for wildlife for over 35 years and is the largest wildlife...
Community-based theatre company Natalie Mitz Productions continues to create uplifting works for young people on a virtual stage.
Natalie says: “Our dynamic educational theatre show...
Art is expressive, therapeutic, political and historical as shown here in Gloria Liang’s painting of medical personnel during last year’s Covid lockdown.
Local art groups...
Since the NSW government’s announcement that HSC students and school staff would return to school on August 16, the Independent Education Union of Australia,...
The Prime Minister continues to spin Australia’s emissions reductions as “meeting and beating our targets” and achieving “more than most other similar economies”. Evidence...
A global biosecurity expert, a virus research director, an investigator into the origins of Covid-19 and physician, journalist and broadcaster Norman Swan will discuss Pandemics: Past,...
The extension of this latest Covid-related lockdown has meant many vulnerable people in Greater Sydney are doing it tough.
Sydney Food Share’s (SFS) committed volunteers...
A landmark literacy program run by TAFE NSW is helping Uncles from Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation in Redfern reclaim their education.
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal...
Mental health organisation Grow has opened a Tuesday morning group in Redfern-Waterloo to provide friendly peer support in South Sydney.
Mental health experts agree that...
Authors Ruth Balint and Julie Kalman are associate professors, at the University of New South Wales and Monash University respectively. They are also both the children of European refugees and have taught and researched extensively on migration issues.
