Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre Inc in Katoomba, New South Wales | Social service

Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre Inc

Locality: Katoomba, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4782 1117

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25.01.2022 Congratulations to the Katoomba High Year 8 Ceramics Class for being awarded the BMCC Overall Visual Art Prize at the Blue Fringe Art & Literature Awards 2020. This is the first time a Youth entry has won the overall prize in Blue Fringe. It has been a year of many firsts!

24.01.2022 Have you ever wondered how much you should tell your child about what might happen if a bushfire is near? Do you worry about how they will be impacted by the uncertainty and anxiety that bushfire season can bring? There are things you can do to help practically and emotionally prepare you child for bushfire season and build their capacity for resilience if anything should happen. We are holding two information sessions to help you and your family be as prepared as you can ...be this year. The first session will be in Katoomba this Saturday and the second session will be held online next Thursday. Please join us with representatives from the Katoomba-Leura RFS, Gateway Family Services Step-by-Step Recovery Program and MOCS to learn more about bushfire preparedness and resilience and to discuss your concerns. We must ask to you REGISTER ONLINE to help us manage the sessions in a COVID-Safe way. Registrations for this Saturday’s Katoomba session will close on Wednesday 14th October. Please go to www.belongbm.org.au/getready or call Belong BM on 02 4782 1117 to register or for more information.

24.01.2022 The Blue Fringe 2020 Virtual exhibition is NOW OPEN! Congratulations to all of the entrants in this year's Art & Literature festival and awards. The quality and diversity of work submitted is amazing! Visit the Virtual Gallery and open the Virtual Book at www.bluefringe.org.au

24.01.2022 Book your little people in now for some summer fun at KOOSH Vacation Care. VACATION CARE at KOOSH will be action packed with loads of included and optional activities including Gingerbread House, Taco and Sushi making, a Christmas Party, lots of fun with water play, bubbles and slime, make your own cool Cap workshop, Minecraft and movie days, a Walkabout Reptiles show, a trip to Featherdale Wildlife Park and more! For more info on KOOSH go to www.belongbm.org.au/koosh

23.01.2022 To celebrate carers and recognise the significant contribution carers make each and every day, Carers NSW is hosting a range of online wellbeing workshops and webinars during National Carers Week, 11 17 October 2020. Unfortunately due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to hold our usual in-person events this year. Carers from across NSW are invited to join a range of free online webinars and self-care and wellbeing workshops for carers during Carers Week 2020. ...Workshops will include mindfulness meditation, tai chi, strength and balance and an art workshop which will be available online through Zoom conferencing for carers across NSW. Webinar sessions will include a carer panel discussion with television and news presenter Georgie Gardner, a Carers + Employers webinar for developing carer friendly workplaces and other webinars during the week to raise awareness of the incredible work carers do. A special musical performance, as a thank you to carers by Miriam Lieberman and her trio on the Friday afternoon is not to be missed. Sessions are delivered using the Zoom conferencing. You will require access to a computer with speakers (a microphone and video camera are a bonus). Carers NSW will send you instructions about how you can join the day before each session. For a full list of events and to register visit http://www.carersnsw.org.au/national-carers-week.

23.01.2022 ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN Blue Mountains Stories Competition. 2020 has been a time like no other and our community continues to experience and be affected by the events of this year, in individual ways. Blue Mountains Stories seeks to capture these experiences.... The major prize for the open category is $1000!! Entries close 15 December, 2020 Click on the Flyer to find out more or visit https://yoursay.bmcc.nsw.org.au/blue-mountains-stories

23.01.2022 We are so happy to see that some of our social and support groups are now starting to return to our Neighbourhood Centres. If you would like to get out of the house or meet new people in a positive environment, or if you need a little extra support or have a hobby or special interest you would like to follow, then there is probably a community group for you! Have a look at this article in the Gazette for some information and ideas. If we don't have a group that suits you, ch...ances are we'll be able to help you find one. So please call us at Belong Blue Mountains if you would like to find out more. The Bushwalkers Group walk planned for this Saturday 28th has had to be unexpectedly cancelled. But please keep an eye on this page, or get in touch with Belong Blue Mountains on 4759 2592, to find out when the next walk will be on. https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au//bringing-people-/

22.01.2022 "Offering Palliative Care is like accompanying my friend to a train station.." You can read our second prize story by Wendy Gordon on this link: http://www.belongbm.org.au/stories

21.01.2022 Some groups are returning to the Women's Health and Resource Centre in Katoomba! Click on the flyer to find out more!

18.01.2022 Are you 65 or over and interested in maintaining or improving your strength, balance and mobility? Would you like to meet new people in a supportive and positive environment? ‘Standing Strong’ is a new group exercise class run by the Belong Blue Mountains Healthy Elders Active Living Program facilitated by our highly experienced physiotherapist Adam Wilkes. The class focuses on developing strength, balance and mobility in a friendly, social and COVID-Safe environment. W...eekly classes start Term 4, every weekday morning starting from 12th October at Lawson Church Hall, 13 Honor Avenue, Lawson. Please call Eddie to BOOK NOW on 0403 880 560. For more information on our HEAL 'Healthy Elders Active Living' services you can also go to www.belongbm.org.au/heal

17.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to Dianne Donnellan from Katoomba who won first Prize winner for our Palliative care week short story writing. And our sincere thanks goes out to everyone who entered for sharing your personal stories with us. You can read Dianne’s wonderful story on the Belong BM website www.belongbm.org.au/stories This is Dianne at Belong Blue Mountains Katoomba accepting her prize from Katrina Simmons Blue Mountains Palliative Support Service Coordinator (right) and Bar...bara Cuthbert, Director of Care and Support Belong Blue Mountains (left). We would also like to thank our judging panel for all of their time, expertise and support. Our thanks and gratitude to our judges Kerry Healey-Binn, Poet & Palliative Care Volunteer, Sue Bond, Reception Volunteer Belong Mid Mountains, and Rebecca Palmer, Transitional Nurse Practitioner Supportive and Palliative Care. Palliative Care. It’s more than you think.

15.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to all of the wonderfully talented artists and writers entered the Blue Fringe 2020 Art & Literature Awards. Thank you for allowing us to enjoy your amazing work and thank you for opening your hearts and for sharing your stories. Blue Fringe aims to promote the benefits of creativity for mental wellbeing and resilience and celebrated the creativity of people with a lived experience of mental illness. Belong BM is so proud to have been an organising partne...r of this wonderful event for many years. Although we couldn't come together around a physical exhibition this year, we are sure you will agree that the first ever Blue Fringe Virtual Exhibition and Virtual Book showcases this incredible collection of work in a highly enjoyable way. SO DON'T MISS IT! Go to www.bluefringe.org.au

14.01.2022 STANDING STRONG The new strength, balance and mobility classes for community members 65 yrs and older

13.01.2022 Soon you may see some small changes to our page Belong Blue Mountains has a few different Facebook pages that we will soon combine into one page to help us improve what we share. We will still share local content that is relevant to you and your community which is the most important thing to us. Over the next couple of weeks, you might notice changes to the name of our page and the info about us. But we will stay connected with and look forward to sharing more valuable ...community news with you long into the future! Please let us know what you would like to see more of, or less of, in your Facebook feed, and we will do our best to deliver! The Belong BM Team.

13.01.2022 The ‘ME that is - You can read our final story fifth prize by Ellen Della Bosca here: www.belongbm.org.au/stories

12.01.2022 ONE WEEK TO GO! There is still time to enter the Blue Fringe Art & Literature Festival 2020. Entries close at midday Tuesday 6th October. Go to www.bluefringe.org.au for everything you need to know. And you can get more insight into this wonderful festival in the extended video of our conversation with Cherie from Blue Fringe and the Blue Mountains Women's Health & Resource Centre. https://youtu.be/Str0mizbZfg Please give us a call at Belong BM for more info on Blue Fringe - phone 02 4782 1117.

12.01.2022 Education Leaders We have extended the closing date for this position until 9th November 2020 For a full position description and for more information please visit: www.belongbm.org.au/positionsvacant

11.01.2022 The ASSIST Team are looking for a Carpenter. See below for Position Description or visit www.belongbm.org.au/positionsvacant for more information including the full position description

08.01.2022 Ted, my latest Palliative client- You can read our fourth prize story by Donna MacKenzie on this link: www.belongbm.org.au/stories

08.01.2022 Please join us for a conversation with.. Cherie from the wonderful Blue Fringe Arts & Literature Festival and Blue Mountains Women's Health & Resource Centre. Cherie shares with us the exciting new plans for the Blue Fringe Festival and the importance of the festival in celebrating the creativity of people with a lived experience of mental illness and promoting the benefits of creativity for mental well-being for people of all ages. She also talks about the amazing support... and programs that are available through the Women's Health & Resource Centre. THERE IS STILL TIME TO ENTER BLUE FRINGE in the categories of ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, SCULPTURE, TEXTILES & SHORT STORIES & POETRY. Entry is open to Adults with a lived experience of mental illness and to all YOUTH of High School Age in celebration of mental well-being and resilience. ENTRIES CLOSE MIDDAY TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER. Go to www.bluefringe.org.au for more information on how to enter.

06.01.2022 It was a fine and sunny Monday morning You can read our third prize story by Luke Richards on this link: www.belongbm.org.au/stories

02.01.2022 FREE Food waste workshop!! Blue Mountains City Council is offering a FREE Food waste workshop to all Blue Mountains Residents Click on the link to register and find out more:... https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/free-food-waste-together-we See more

01.01.2022 Call out for Volunteers for "Kihilla"