Newtown High School of the Performing Arts (NHSPA) turned 30 this year and celebrated the milestone in style. On March 13, nearly 1,600 people flocked to the party, which boasted 32 stalls, 15 live bands, five dance companies and an abundance of rides. Past, present and even future students turned up in droves to enjoy the celebrations.
Australians typically spend more than A$200 million on chocolate over Easter. To ensure children, farmers and the environment don't suffer during its production, Be Slavery Free recommends buying chocolate from companies that are trying to do the right thing.
Covid-19 poses a special risk to the homeless, who are often unable to self-isolate and don’t have facilities to regularly wash their hands. There is concern the virus could rapidly spread through this vulnerable population and increase the overall infection rate.
Gleebooks is staying positive and being innovative in offering free postage and reading recommendations for isolation. They'd also love you to buy books – and especially those by Australian authors!
COVID-19 is a major cause of concern for all cancer patients and social isolation can make an already difficult time even worse. Director of the Cancer Council NSW, Annie Miller, assures patients and their carers that support is available.
In mid-February, many Australians were shocked to learn that Hannah Clarke and her three children had been doused in petrol and set on fire in a car by the children’s father, Rowan Baxter.
The largest provider of services for the 250,000 people living with epilepsy in Australia is advocating for greater recognition for epilepsy as a spectrum disorder.
Eighty people affiliated with the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT marched in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on February 29, to mark the theme WHAT MATTERS.
GLEBE: The Junction Neighbourhood Centre (JNC) at St Helen’s Community Centre is seeking volunteers who have some free time, and want to make a difference to older people in their neighbourhood.
The Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) and the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ formally FACS) have not yet confirmed their commitment to the delivery of a Waterloo human services plan in parallel with the master plan.
Last month the legendary Australian singer-songwriter Stephen Cummings with guitarist Sam Lemann took their audience on a “wonderful spiritual journey” they’d never forget.
Following the devastation this summer, 18 senior religious leaders representing more than 10 million Australians have issued an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling for stronger climate leadership.
Across Australia bushfires have killed 33 people and an estimated one billion native animals since September. About 2,500 homes have been destroyed and more...
Taking place over two days at the Marrickville Bowling Club, Nag Nag Nag is an exposé of Australia’s burgeoning underground music scenes.
Described as a...
As part of the consultation process for the Waterloo redevelopment, local agencies Counterpoint Community Services (CCS) and Inner Sydney Voice, with REDWatch residents’ group,...
The University of Sydney VC responds to a former local resident whose letter was published on the SSH website last month. We include both letters here.
REDFERN: Our November issue included a letter from local resident Dr Rebecca Saunderson expressing concern about lack of consultation with respect to the City’s...
GLEBE: SSH volunteers enjoyed a fun-filled picnic at Jubilee Park, Glebe Foreshore, on Sunday December 15.
Highlights of the picnic included relaxed conversation with friends...
DARLINGTON: In 2015 local residents petitioned the University of Sydney to find an alternative site for its proposed Engineering building and to save the...
As fires burned across NSW and Queensland, people from diverse faith traditions considered their role in the climate crisis at the inaugural national conference...
Two thousand Hope Butterflies swarmed into the Surry Hills Library in November.
The Hope Butterfly colony created by Erskineville artist Nick Baldas was launched in...
Christmas concerts and celebrations for you and your family will spread the joy of the festive season across Sydney’s villages this year.
There’s a live...
The Strauss operetta The Gypsy Baron, while possessing the usual melodramatic narrative devices of its genre – arranged marriage, mistaken identity and lost treasure, uncharacteristically touches on racist attitudes in waltz time.
Your Body, Your Choice, a “first of its kind” multi-language sexual assault resource, has been honoured for excellence in community engagement at the 2019 NSW...
Foodbank’s 2019 Hunger Report tells us that one in five Australians have experienced food insecurity in the last 12 months, most of them women.
Released...
The Rev. Ray Richmond was at the forefront of social change. This included his pioneering work at Sydney’s Wayside Chapel in creating an injecting room for drug users. A celebration of his life will be held on November 17 (details at the end of this tribute).
Children in the city are being invited to swap their life stories with children in the country under pressure from the drought as part of the My Life Story program ...
Homelessness Week came about from various churches and missions running winter vigils to remember people who had died on the streets. The annual week...
DARLINGTON: Since 1926 The Sydney University Settlement has provided services to the community from its centre at Edward Street in a building that was...
REDFERN: Reconciliation Park is a stone’s throw from The Block where the Aboriginal Housing Company’s aging terrace houses have been bulldozed to make way...
The figures are staggering on World Refugee Day. On June 20, the total number of forcibly displaced people including refugees, internally displaced people and...
The climate science is in. The psychological barriers to action are multiple. The politics of denial continues. This is our context – and, indeed, the “great moral challenge of our generation”.
Sydney-born landscape artist Luke Sciberras’ exhibition Rose in View features works made on location in remote regions of the Kimberley Coast in Western Australia.
The recent tragedy in Christchurch has left many grief-stricken and horrified. It has also generated respect for wise and loving responses offered in the context of unimaginable loss.
