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Port Stephens Seniors Festival 13-24 April 2021

Are you planning on hosting an event for Seniors Festival 2021?

Council are putting together a program of activities across Port Stephens and would love to include details of your event. Become involved by hosting an activity that focuses on seniors or simply open up your service or club for a morning tea and let us know about it!

Please send details of your event to be held during Seniors Festival 2021 to mylink@portstephens.nsw.gov.au and we will include it in our promotional material. We will need details of your planned activity by 22 March 2021.

Find out more about Seniors Week 2021 in NSW here.

Feel free to contact the Community Development and Engagement Team at Council for more information.

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Hume Housing is trialing an outreach day in Tomaree on the second Tuesday of each month.

At the outreach day, we will have representatives from Hume’s Housing Options team and our Tenancy team

The date of the next outreach in Tomaree is Tuesday 9 March 2021, located at the All Saints Anglican Church, 25 Church St Nelson Bay between 10am and 3pm.

We will be taking appointments from 10.30am – 3pm.

To discuss further or to make an appointment, please give Katherine a call on 0491 691 976.

Please also read important information regarding Hume services, including information on:

• General Social Housing
• Customers presenting as Homeless
• Private Rental products and services to help customers set up and/or maintain a tenancy in the private rental market.

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Aussie pop icons Human Nature will perform their greatest hits at the 2021 Premier's Gala Concerts on 21 and 22 April!

Tickets on sale

Tickets for the 2021 concerts are available from 9am, Wednesday 24 February via Ticketek:

• Online: www.ticketek.com.au/seniorsfestival
• Accessible Bookings:
  • Call:1300 130 613 (Mon – Fri 9am to 5pm)
  • Online request form

Tickets are free but bookings are required.

At our last meeting, PSC Strategic Planner Emily Riley presented on Council’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan review. We now invite you along to a face-to-face workshop on Tuesday 16 March to discuss access and inclusion in Port Stephens, and how Council can best advocate for and support our community. This workshop is aimed at all service providers and not exclusively the disability sector. Event details are below-

Port Stephens DIAP review - Service Providers

Help us develop the Port Stephens Disability Inclusion Action Plan!

Date: Tuesday 16 March

Time: 10am- 12pm

Venue: Port Stephens Council Chambers, 116 Adelaide St Raymond Terrace

Morning tea and refreshments provided.

Register to Carolyn.fisher@portstephens.nsw.gov.au

And lastly, Community Support funding closes 14 March. Up to $6,000 is available to incorporated NFP’s groups for activities and projects that support vulnerable people. More information is here https://www.portstephens.nsw.gov.au/live/community/grants-and-funding or contact me at Carolyn.fisher@portstephens.nsw.gov.au.

Come with your inspiring idea to create a vibrant space somewhere in the Port Stephens area and leave ready to prepare your grant application.

Get rapid feedback on your idea and find potential partners and collaborators. Work up notes and draft copy for different sections of your application. Understand how to prepare your budget and supporting documents.

This hands-on and interactive workshop facilitated by Octapod, a not for profit organisation who services emerging artists in Greater Newcastle, is designed for anyone applying for the Port Stephens Vibrant Spaces grant.

This workshop will help you hone and perfect your grant idea. You can also choose to work with Octapod to auspice your project. Auspicing enables individuals to access funds and grants which are only available to charitable organisations.

Pre-reading and preparation work (available on the Port Stephens website):

• Port Stephens Grants and Sponsorship overview
• Vibrant Spaces Grant application
• PSC Community Support fund budget template
• Budget help sheet

Places limited to 25 so register here now!

When: 6-8pm, Thursday 4 March

Where: Medowie Social, Ferrodale Road, Medowie

Minutes of the February Port Stephens Community Interagency have been added to the document library here