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This FREE EVENT is about increasing awareness & providing information to women in the Cannonvale Community and surrounding localities about available health & community services in their area.

MORE DETAILS TO COME!

As part of Women's Health Week (September 4-8) Greater Whitsunday Housing are hosting an afternoon focused on women's wellbeing through Self-care on a Shoestring. We will be providing information and resources on the ways women can care for their bodies and minds through existing, free and low-cost services and activities in the community.

Our activity will be complemented by workshops being held at the Mackay Regional Library on the 8th of September. Registration is required at these two events.

1:30pm- Meditation and relaxation Register here: https://tinyurl.com/26ejvcv3
2:30pm - Afternoon tea and connection in the foyer of library (no registration required)
3:30pm- Women's Self Defense Classes Register via the library.

More details to come

We are proud to support the Jean Hailes Women's Health Week by helping women grow their knowledge to make informed decisions about their health.

URBIS have been appointed to gather baseline data prior to the Summit to ensure that the solutions that are developed are grounded in evidence and the reality of the situation in our region. An interim report will be shared with you prior to the Summit for you to inform yourself and also to provide you with an opportunity to provide feedback before the report is finalized. This is the Greater Whitsunday Housing Playbook (final draft).

It is expected that the Summit will result in many potential sub-projects that will be outlined in an Action Plan. This Action Plan will position us well to attract private investment as well as State and Federal spending linked to the funding schemes they have outlined, including:

• Queensland Government’s $2B Housing Investment Fund: The HIF provides subsidies, one-off capital grants and other support to encourage developers, builders, Community Housing Providers, tenancy managers, institutional investors and superannuation funds to partner to develop, finance and operate social and affordable housing across Queensland. https://www.treasury.qld.gov.au/programs-and-policies/housing-investment-fund/

• Federal Government’s National Housing Accord to build 1,000,000 new homes by 2029: https://www.nationalhousingaccord.au/

• Federal Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund - The Budget allocates $10 billion to be invested in the Housing Australia Future Fund; the investment returns from the Fund will fund the building of 20,000 new social housing dwellings and 10,000 new affordable housing dwellings.

We need strategies to access these funding sources for projects that will have maximum impact for our region, and what is important to note is that all of these funding schemes encourage partnerships across a number of key stakeholders. A collaborative Housing Summit provides an opportunity for these partnerships to form.

Start living safely and affordably - join a community of likeminded women aged 55+, supporting each other through shared housing solutions. Life is better together!

If you currently live alone but would benefit from shared housing and living costs, this lifestyle might be for you.

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or to RSVP for this event or visit the website to register to be a member or to receive the monthly newsletter Welcome to Better Together Housing | Better Together Housing

This FREE EVENT is about increasing awareness & providing information to the Seaforth Community and surrounding localities about available health & community services in their area.

Being held at the Seaforth Community Hall on the 13th June from 9:30am- 12:30pm, there will be health and community services with information stalls, health screenings and guest speakers throughout the morning.

If you are a local provider with a small business that focusses on health and wellbeing and service the Seaforth area, you are welcome to register to be a stall holder.

Stall holders invited to register here

To be see the current updates for this event RSVP to our facebook event page here

See the Event summary here

Greater Whitsunday Communities are hosting an Introduction to Participatory Community Development Workshop with guest speaker Dr Peter Westoby. Please join us for this comprehensive workshop where we will cover a range of topics that will build a strong foundation on which to grow your community development skills. Light catering will be provided.

Who should attend:

• People who’ve got community development in their job descriptions, but feel they need a clear ‘to do’ or ‘method framework’

• Practitioners who’d like to reflect on the quality of their community development practice; and their own quality in the practice

• Active and engaged citizens who’d like to add to, and reflect on their intuitive community-oriented practices

• Activists, social and ecological practitioners wanting to add a community development approach to their work

Details:

Where | Ocean International Mackay

When | Monday 29th May | 10am-2:30pm

Cost | $45pp

Start living safely and affordably - join a community of likeminded women aged 55+, supporting each other through shared housing solutions. Life is better together!

If you currently live alone but would benefit from shared housing and living costs, this lifestyle might be for you.

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a drink to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women. Friends, family and support person all welcome to attend.

This event is FREE with all drinks and refreshments covered by Better Together Housing.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or to RSVP for this event or visit the website to register to be a member or to receive the monthly newsletter Welcome to Better Together Housing | Better Together Housing

Start living safely and affordably - join a community of likeminded women aged 55+, supporting each other through shared housing solutions. Life is better together!

If you currently live alone but would benefit from shared housing and living costs, this lifestyle might be for you.

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or to RSVP for this event or visit the website to register to be a member or to receive the monthly newsletter Welcome to Better Together Housing | Better Together Housing

Start living safely and affordably - join a community of likeminded women aged 55+, supporting each other through shared housing solutions. Life is better together!

If you currently live alone but would benefit from shared housing and living costs, this lifestyle might be for you.

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or to RSVP for this event or visit the website to register to be a member or to receive the monthly newsletter Welcome to Better Together Housing | Better Together Housing

Start living safely and affordably - join a community of likeminded women aged 55+, supporting each other through shared housing solutions. Life is better together!

If you currently live alone but would benefit from shared housing and living costs, this lifestyle might be for you.

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or to RSVP for this event.

Visit the website to register for the newsletter or to become a member here: Welcome to Better Together Housing | Better Together Housing

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or to RSVP for this event

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa (on us) to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Other Information:

• FREE EVENT!! Light refreshments provided by Zonta

• Anyone interested in registering to be a member can bring a phone, laptop or tablet along to the meeting for us to go through the registration process together.

• If you can't make the event, but are interested, please get in touch so that we can involve you in the planning for the next Get Together.

• Website www.bettertogetherhousing.com.au
  

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or this event

What will I learn?

• What counts as a 'Granny Flat'

• How do the changes to legislation affect me as a landlord/tenant?

• What are the financial implications I need to be aware of?

• How can Better Together Housing benefit me

• Is this the right housing option for me?

Who should attend?

• Women who own their home and want to find out more about renting out a room or part of their home

• Women looking for a home to share

• Women interested in finding out more about Better Together Housing

Other info

• This is a FREE event

• Light refreshments provided

• RSVP's ESSENTIAL

Contact Lauren Pattie on 0419 179 495 or email lauren@gwcommunities.org.au for more information and to RSVP

A SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISCUSSION FOR THE GREATER WHITSUNDAY REGION

This is a FREE event, light refreshments will be provided

A SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISCUSSION FOR THE GREATER WHITSUNDAY REGION

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or this event

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or this event

Click here to learn more about the event

QSEC’s Regional activators will help you:

• LEARN about doing business with purpose

• GROW unlock growth potential for your social enterprise

• CONNECT to your social enterprise support network and prepare for procurement

For more information call 0407 105 408 - 0423 177 411 or click here for registration

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Contact Lauren on 0419 179 495 to find out more about Better Together Housing or this event

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Community members and stakeholders from the Mackay, Whitsunday, and Isaac regions are invited to a co-design workshop to develop a service delivery model dedicated to improving the navigation of existing mental health and suicide prevention services.

Collective representation from the three local governments, health sector, First Nations community, private health sector, not for profit organisations, local businesses, and industry will contribute to co-designing a place-based service delivery model for our community.

Please RSVP by: to Courtney Wilson on:

E: courtney@gwcommunities.org.au | P: 0447054931

Morning Tea will be provided. Zoom option available, please indicate if you wish to do so in your RSVP.

Not sure sharing is for you? That's ok!

Better Together Housing is just as much about connecting women as it is about housing options.

Let's get together over a cuppa to chat about how we can connect and support each other as women.

Community members and stakeholders from the Nebo community are invited to a joint community engagement session with the Council of Mayor’s Suicide Prevention Taskforce and Regional Suicide Prevention Plan Review. This session is an opportunity for community to share their thoughts, ideas and concerns about how your community responds to mental health and suicide challenges.

Please RSVP by: to Jason Peoples on:

E: jasonpeoples@selectability.com.au

Catering will be provided

Community members and stakeholders from the Nebo community are invited to a joint community engagement session with the Council of Mayor’s Suicide Prevention Taskforce and Regional Suicide Prevention Plan Review. This session is an opportunity for community to share their thoughts, ideas and concerns about how your community responds to mental health and suicide challenges.

Please RSVP by: to Jason Peoples on:

E: jasonpeoples@selectability.com.au

Catering will be provided

Community members and stakeholders from the Nebo community are invited to a joint community engagement session with the Council of Mayor’s Suicide Prevention Taskforce and Regional Suicide Prevention Plan Review. This session is an opportunity for community to share their thoughts, ideas and concerns about how your community responds to mental health and suicide challenges.

Please RSVP by: to Jason Peoples on:

E: jasonpeoples@selectability.com.au

Catering will be provided

Community members and stakeholders from the Nebo community are invited to a joint community engagement session with the Council of Mayor’s Suicide Prevention Taskforce and Regional Suicide Prevention Plan Review. This session is an opportunity for community to share their thoughts, ideas and concerns about how your community responds to mental health and suicide challenges.

Please RSVP by: to Jason Peoples on:

E: jasonpeoples@selectability.com.au

Catering will be provided

The Greater Whitsundays Council of Mayor's Suicide Prevention Taskforce Project are hosting an Indigenous focused co-design workshop after expressed feedback from the community that this was essential for the cultural safety and inclusion of an Indigenous voice in the co-design process. We invite all First Nations and South Sea Islander peoples from the Mackay, Isaac, Whitsunday regions to take part in a consultation to be included in the development of a service delivery model dedicated to improving the navigation of existing mental health and suicide prevention services.

Participants are welcome to attend both the Indigenous co-design and the following Co-Design Workshop being held on the 23rd June 2022. Find out more about the Co-Design event here.

Cost: FREE

Light refreshments provided

Outcomes:

• Improved knowledge of self and others

• Improved ability to work effectively with others

• Greater confidence and courage for informed decision making, balancing the role of a leader, and stepping into leading roles in the future

• Improved ability to influence positive change in self, family, community, business and industry

Cost: FREE

Light refreshments provided

Outcomes:

• Improved knowledge of self and others

• Improved ability to influence positive change in self, family, community, business and industry

• Improved ability to work effectively with others

• Greater confidence and courage for informed decision making, balancing the role of a leader, and stepping into leading roles in the future