Belong Blue Mountains in Blaxland, New South Wales | Community organisation

Belong Blue Mountains

Locality: Blaxland, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4739 1164

Address: 33 Hope Street 2774 Blaxland, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.belongbm.org.au

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24.01.2022 Get your copy of the Blue Fringe 2020 Collected Works Book now!

23.01.2022 Are you looking for a creative outlet? Why not join an online community art group!? Helen Morgan is a Blue Mountains local, hobby artist and art therapy student who is passionate about sharing creative activities and hobbies to bring people and community together. Helen’s new drawing group is designed to give adults a space to Create, Make, Draw, Learn & Chat about Art and will be held from 8-9pm on Wednesday Evenings via Zoom, supported by Belong Blue Mountains. You don’t ha...ve to have any skills or talent! Just bring a creative spirit, some paper and a pen, or any other art materials you like. You can even bring a creative project you’re already working on. And if you are new to Zoom, we can help you get set-up. You will just need a computer, tablet or smart phone and an internet connection. If you are interested in joining, please contact Helen via Facebook: facebook.com/helen.morgan.1238 Instagram: @helenmorgan547

23.01.2022 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.

23.01.2022 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.

22.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to Dianne Donnellan from Katoomba who was our First Prize winner in the Palliative Care Week Short Story Writing Competition. Our sincere thanks goes out to everyone who entered for sharing your wonderful personal stories with us. You can read Dianne’s 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 Barbara 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.

21.01.2022 Gardening is such a great way to connect with nature and to connect with other people. In this video, Amy from Belong BM shares her conversation with Janet from the Mid Mountains Community Gardens. Everyone is welcome to join the community garden to share in the good work, the morning tea, the conversation, and the produce! For more information about the Mid Mountains Community Garden find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/MidMountainsCommunityGarden or call Belong BM Mid Mountains on 02 4759 2592 And to see more community videos search for Belong Blue Mountains on You Tube.

21.01.2022 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

20.01.2022 The Management and Staff of Belong Blue Mountains acknowledge the People of the Darug and Gundungurra Nations, on whose land we live and work. We give respect to Elders past and present, Elders yet to come, and all keepers of Country. 'Always was, always will be'. ___________________________________________... NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Did you know!?!? NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’. This committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week and its acronym has since become the name of the week itself. Find out more here: www.naidoc.org.au/about/naidoc-week

20.01.2022 Mid Mountains Community Garden will be holding a free worm farming and composting workshop at 9:30am Saturday November 21st. Learn how to build compost and a worm farm at Mid Mountains Community Garden on Saturday 21st November. The workshop will start at 9:30am and you’ll need to register at the link below or by calling 0407 433 181 to book your place. This activity has been funded by Wentworth Healthcare, provider of the Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network, as pa...rt of the Australian Government’s Empowering our Communities initiative. Find out more here: https://tinyurl.com/kihillaworm Mid Mountains Community Gardens Wentworth Healthcare

19.01.2022 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.

17.01.2022 Every job is easier when you have the right tools! If you have some old or blunt gardening tools that you would like to breathe new life into, come along to the Mid Mountains Community Garden Tool Maintenance Workshop 9:30 am next Saturday 12th December. Happy gardening!

15.01.2022 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.

13.01.2022 STANDING STRONG The new strength, balance and mobility classes for community members 65 yrs and older

11.01.2022 Tomorrow (1 December) is World AIDS Day! World AIDS Day provides us with an opportunity to raise awareness about HIV, show solidarity with people living with H...IV, and remember those we have lost to an AIDS-related illness. The day is observed with the red ribbon. You can make a difference this World AIDS Day by supporting ACON’s Red Ribbon Appeal, our annual campaign to raise funds and awareness for HIV prevention, education, care and support! Every dollar raised from ACON’s Red Ribbon Appeal goes towards supporting efforts in preventing new HIV transmissions, tackling HIV stigma and supporting people living with HIV. This year, you can make an impact by pinning a Virtual Red Ribbon and making an online donation. Thank you for being part of our Red Ribbon movement this World AIDS Day. www.virtualredribbon.org.au www.redribbonappeal.org.au

10.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS to all of the wonderfully talented artists and writers who 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 partner... 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

09.01.2022 Some groups are returning to the Women's Health and Resource Centre in Katoomba! Click on the flyer to find out more!

09.01.2022 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.

08.01.2022 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

07.01.2022 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

07.01.2022 Next in our community interview series is a conversation with Kim from MYST - the Mountains Youth Services Team. Kim shares some great info on all of the great services they provide for young people in the Mountains including Outdoor Explore activities and their musical rehearsal space. She also talks with Amy from Belong Blue Mountains about what the community can do to support young people everyday. For more information on MYST go to www.myst.com.au or www.facebook.com/M...ountainsYouthServicesTeam And for more community video content, search for 'Belong Blue Mountains' on You Tube.

06.01.2022 Groups are slowly returning to our hubs! Here are just some of our groups that have returned to BELONG Blue Mountains - Lower Mountains hub in Blaxland. We are operating on reduced numbers due to covid-19 restrictions. If you are interested, please call 4739 1164 for more information or to find out more. We look forward to speaking with you soon!

04.01.2022 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, cha...nces 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-/

04.01.2022 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

03.01.2022 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!

03.01.2022 On Saturday 28th November Ken Goodlet will be leading a small group of walkers on a walk exploring the Valley of the Waters creek and gorge in Wentworth Falls. To ensure the walk happens safely and within current COVID restrictions you will need to book to join the walk. If you are interested in joining us for this walk please contact Kerin at the Mid Mountains Hub (4759 2592) prior to 12noon Thursday 26th November.

01.01.2022 "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