What's New

• Strictly Samoan
  - Strictly Samoan is a program of visual art and social history exhibitions, schools education programs and a public program of craft workshops, sport, music, information sessions and special cultural events.
• Youth Health Forum - Keeping young people safe
• Responsible Investment Talk
  - Invest and make money without adding to environmental or social problems.
• FREE Workplace Safety Essentials – Manual Handling Workshop - Tamworth
  - Manual handling is any activity requiring the use of force to lift, lower, push, pull, hold or restrain an object. 17,000 manual handling injuries occur in NSW annually.
• Eco-Ethical Fashion Show
  - Have you ever wanted to become an eco-fashionista? Willoughby City Council will hold an Eco-Ethical Fashion Show on World Environment Day, showcasing sustainable, Fair Trade and ethical fashions.
• Lions 2008 Charity Greenback Fishing Competition
  - Charity fishing Event for the whole family - raising funds for the Cabarita Beach SLSC & Tweed Rescue Association
• 2008 Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies Conference
  - The Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies invites you to attend the 2008 ACWA conference. This conference has become the most important event for the children, youth and family industry.
• FREE Workplace Safety Essentials Workshop - Swansea
  - Are you unsure of what you need to do to make your workplace safe? Do you want help to understand your OHS and workers compensation obligations?
• Housing: affordability, stability and solutions
  - Join us to discuss Housing: affordability, stability and solutions with special guest speakers Professor Bill Randolph and Dr Nicholas Biddle.
• ICE Seminar: Digital Futures
  - Digital Futures will feature teacher and writer Professor Ross Gibson, new media practitioner Ben Hoh, and actor/filmmaker/artist Erryn Akpinar.
• FREE Workplace Safety Essentials – Manual Handling Workshop - New Lambton
  - Manual handling is any activity requiring the use of force to lift, lower, push, pull, hold or restrain an object. 17,000 manual handling injuries occur in NSW annually.
• FREE Workplace Safety Essentials – Manual Handling Workshop - Coffs Harbour
  - Manual handling is any activity requiring the use of force to lift, lower, push, pull, hold or restrain an object. 17,000 manual handling injuries occur in NSW annually.
• Children's Voices for Reconciliation
  - Enjoy musical, dramatic and spoken dance performances by students in the Ryde area.
• Get The Sustainability Advantage and the R&D Tax Concession
  - Sustainability Advantage is a NSW Government partnership program, to help medium to large businesses improve their environmental performance, while the R&D Tax Concession offers a 125% deduction for companies that invest in research and development.
• An Unimagined Evening
  - Imran Ahmad in conversation with fellow author Randa Abdel-Fattah presented by the Sydney Writers' Festival and Information and Cultural Exchange.
• Board Development
  - Are you a non-profit leader, or a current or potential board member? This afternoon workshop turns the spotlight on what’s required to make your non-profit board deliver. You’ll look at best practice, performance expectations and what it takes to make non-profit leaders and board members work effectively together.
• Planning and Evaluation Workshop
  - A 2 day intensive workshop which will overhaul the way you look at your organisation and the techniques you have for making decisions. You’ll unpack your program logic, review organisational capacity, and look at how to make strategy planning and evaluation really deliver benefits.
• Funding Strategy
  - This high energy 1 day workshop will deliver a boost to your fund-raising confidence, skills and strategy. Packed with personal stories, case studies and tools the workshop will make sure that your approach to raising money is competitive and effective.
• Financial Management
  - A 1 day workshop that gives you the resources you need to understand and prudently manage the financial operations of your organisation. Perfect for leaders who don’t have a background in accounting.
• Organisation Building and Growth
  - This is a 1 day workshop for those who want to grow their organisations. Focus on your organisation’s challenges with regard to growth, assess the best way to go about building what you do, and look at the relationships and processes you’ll need to achieve growth.
• New Job Search Website - www.nfpjobs.com.au
  - NFPJobs.com.au is a national job board advertising positions vacant within not-for-profit organisations.
• Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop
  - An intensive and detailed introduction to the process, structure, and skill of professional proposal writing.
• Adult Learners' Week
  - A celebration of adult learning in our community.
• Anxiety Disorders Information Day
  - Anxiety Disorders Information Day - for carers, sufferers, GPs, health workers and teachers
• Women In Local Government
  - Saturday 24 May 2008, Council is hosting a women's information session for women interested in finding out more about running for local government.
• Lessons From the Field Workshop - Practical Approaches to Working with Community Diversity
  - This one day forum will focus on practical approaches to working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. The forum will provide a great opportunity to listen, meet and talk with people who are actively working through issues of building cultural competency in their work environments.
• Leadership with a Difference - 4 day Short Program
  - Are you interested in developing your leadership skills? Apply for our Introduction to Adaptive Leadership Program and learn about a different approach to leadership!
• Safe manual handling > Smart Move - Government, administration and education sector
  - Manual handling in the government, administration and education sector
• Safe manual handling > Smart Move - Retail and wholesale sector
  - Manual handling in the retail and wholesale sector
• Community BINGO DAY - Bateau Bay
  - Free community BINGO Day @ The Cynthia Street Neighbourhood Centre, Bateau Bay