Floods remembered, a year on

The participants will be inspired by these experienced leaders, which allows for creative expression and insight at a grassroots level. The event also works to promote resilience, build capacity in the community and brings women together to facilitate future employment opportunities in the Australian music industry.

This event is sponsored by Byron Music and is free. To register to attend the WMIF, visit www.bys.org.au/ youth-culture/the-womensmusic-industry-forum or email lindylou@bys.org.au for more details.

Lindy Lou Smith is from Byron Youth Service.

Grant writing workshop, March 17

Mullum SEED is hosting a grant writing workshop on Friday March 17, to be facilitated by Samantha Morris from Wombat Creative.

Organisers say it will feature special guests with a combined 60 years of experience in writing and winning grants.

Samantha says the environmental funding landscape has changed dramatically in the past ten years.

Fully subsidised

Co-GM of Mullum SEED, Alice Moffett, says the workshop will run at no cost to participants, and each seat is fully subsidised by a Splendour in the Grass Community Grant.

‘While the workshop is aimed at professional staff of conservation NGOs, all notfor-profit organisations and groups with a focus on the environment are invited to attend. We are bringing our skilled not-for-profit sector together to add a valuable tool to their kit’, she says. More information and reservations: mullumseed.org. au/grant-writing-workshop.

To mark the one-year anniversary of the 2022 floods, a morning reflection and acknowledgement was held on Sunday at the Council chambers. The day included music and art activities. Council, in collaboration with community service organisations, is co-ordinating a series of flood anniversary events over coming weeks and months, thanks to funding from the NSW government. For more information, go to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/floodanniversary-events. Photo Jeff Dawson

Independent MLC candidate Farrelly holds forum, March 16

Architect, academic, columnist and 2023 NSW Upper House candidate, Elizabeth Farrelly, will be in conversation with councillor and lawyer, Mark Swivel, on Thursday March 16, at Barrio at Habitat, Porter Street, Byron Bay, from 6pm. They will discuss ‘issues of particular importance to the Northern Rivers region, such as climate change, mitigating flood risks, jobs creation, cost of living issues and affordable housing for locals, with audience questions and contributions welcomed’.

Farrelly says, ‘The challenges facing NSW, and regional NSW in particular, have been growing in magnitude and urgency. But the major parties don’t seem to do much about them – they don’t seem to want to’.