Resilience at BelloShire in Bellingen, New South Wales | Community organisation

Resilience at BelloShire

Locality: Bellingen, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6655 7300

Address: hydes creek road 2454 Bellingen, NSW, Australia

Website: create.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/community-resilience-and-preparedness-program

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25.01.2022 Free Creative Workshop in Dundurrabin Monday 1 December ***Registrations are essential*** No prior art experience required DPI are holding a workshop for residents of Tyringham, Dundurrabin, Dorrigo, Bostobrick and surrounding areas to explore the benefits of the creative arts as they consider the impact the fires have had on their ‘backyard’. To register, email Marg at [email protected]. ... The workshop will be facilitated by Marg Coutts, Recovery Officer, Rural Recovery Support Service, Department of Primary Industries, and supported by Resilience NSW and Mid North Coast Local Health District.

16.01.2022 Bellingen Community Resilience Panel Come Together for the 1st Time. Bellingen Shire Council & Newcastle University have partnered to engage and empower community through a deliberative panel who came together for the first time on the 13th November. From 77 expressions of interest, 25 panel members were selected against specific criteria to ensure they were representative of our Shire. Panelists spent one evening and one day together with expert speakers from Sustainable La...ndscapes, Cobargo Bushfire Recovery and the Food Connect Foundation. The aim of the panel is to: - understand the issues related to community resilience for the Shire and - explore the role of Council, the community, and others in building capacity for community resilience. Look out for the report and further updates on their work here and on our Create page: https://create.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/bellingen-community-res. For more on the deliberative process go to: http://www.hrf.com.au/bellingen Another exciting initiative is our partnership program with Charles Sturt University who awarded 14 Mid North Coast Community Leadership & Resilience Network Scholarships for community members from across Bellingen Shire to upskill and increase our collective knowledge around community resilience. For more on this program go to: https://about.csu.edu.au//mid-north-coast-community-leader

15.01.2022 High risk weekend folks....make sure you are READY

13.01.2022 Watch: Resilience & Food Safety Forum On 24 November hospitality business owners, market stall holders and small producers were invited to learn how to diversify their business and build greater resilience. Local business owners Kevin Doye from Kombu and Nissim Boshari from Zaatar shared hints and tips from their experience. NSW Food Authority representatives provided useful information on food safety, labelling, risks, requirements and resources. Watch the event here: https...://www.youtube.com/watch Thanks to the NSW Food Authority for hosting this event. https://www.facebook.com/nswfoodauthority/

12.01.2022 The Street Scape Renewal Grant Scheme are delighted to announce that 12 applicants from across our Shire have been awarded grant funding to beautify and our local spaces and celebrate our local artists and cultural heritage. Funds will be used to enhance the aesthetic look and feel of our street by sprucing up existing paint work, incorporating artistic elements to shop facades and improving cosmetic appearance. Look out for projects in your area. Some include: An Old Man Dreaming installation @ Thora Store, Thora A vertical garden & al fresco space @ Farm and Country, Dorrigo Historical poster recreation @ Foodworks, Urunga.

10.01.2022 Rainfall forecast up to 320mm over the coming days! Stay up to date with flood warnings and other local real-time disaster information at Bellingen Shire's NEW online Disaster Dashboard https://bellingenshire.disasterdashboards.com/dash/overview Floods, Fires, Road incidents, Covid cases, power outages, weather warnings and even shark sightings - all in one place

08.01.2022 OZGREEN’s Resilient Communities Program, kicked off in August 2020 and covers all types of resilience topics including: Climate, Water, Food, Energy, Infrastructure & Economic Development, Ecosystem & Fire, Community. For the Water Resilience" topic, Council partnered with OZGREEN to conduct a tour of the local sewage and water plants. The tour was organised by local residents in the North Bellingen Resilient Communities group who wanted to better understand where our town... water resources come from and it ends up! Neil Riach from Bellingen Shire Council said Everyone who attended thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the educational tour and it would be great to take more groups in future. For more information check out OZGREEN’s Resilience Program at https://www.ozgreen.org/rc . Special thanks to: organisers Marg Girdwood and Rachael Hetherington, Alan Kenny from Dorrigo Sewerage Treatment Plant, Neil Riach and Craig Salmon from Bellingen Shire Council.

08.01.2022 FREE Shredded Log Mulch available for Bellingen Shire residents, from Saturday 12 December 2020. Council are offering residents the opportunity to take some fre...e shredded hardwood mulch in time for that Christmas gardening project. The large logs and tree stumps that have been cleaned up after storm events have been processed at the Raleigh waste management facility, tested, and is now ready to go back out to the community. The mulch will be free to Bellingen shire residents from Saturday 12 December. To get your mulch simply visit the Raleigh Waste Management Centre located on Shortcut Road during normal operating hours and enquire at the weighbridge. Each resident can take home the equivalent of one trailer load per household per day from Saturday 12 December to 12 January 2021 or until the mulch is all taken. Residents will be required to supply identification showing that they live within the shire to gain access to this free mulch. For reasons of public safety residents will be required to load their own vehicles so if you want to take advantage of this offer, please bring a shovel or fork and remember to cover your load. This material is intended for domestic residents and will not be available for commercial use. For more information please contact the Raleigh Wase Management Centre on 0436028179. Bellingen Shire Council Waste Management facilities will be open during normal operational hours during the Christmas and New Year period excluding Public Holidays. https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au//shredded-log-mulch-free-