ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS FOR ACTIVITIES: 9427 6425

from The Village Observer Feb 2023

ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS FOR ACTIVITIES: 9427 6425 support@sydneycs.org

BOOMers Mens Group

BOOMers is for senior independently mobile men who enjoy an opportunity to socialise and visit interesting places in the company of other men.

When: Fridays

Departs: 10.00am from Lane Cove Hub, Pottery Lane

Returns: 2.00pm

Cost: $20 including morning tea and lunch

E: hheggie@ sydneycs.org

Buses available FOR HIRE

 21 seat Toyota Coaster Buses x2

 18 seat Toyota Coaster Bus x1 - with wheelchair hoist

 12 seat Toyota HiAce Vans x4

Our vehicles are fully maintained, sanitised, COVID-19 safe and available seven days a week. We have safe accredited drivers also available for hire.

PRICING AND INFO

PLEASE CONTACT:

P: 8598 7051

Older Women

Exercise Class

Tuesdays

Strength and balance exercise every Tuesday Time: 10.00 am – 11.00 am

Cost: $12.00

E: ccampion@ sydneycs.org

Disability Supports

Group community access activities from Monday – Friday in centres and community. The activities include drama ensemble, creative movement, full and half-day excursions, Sailablity, art groups and virtual meetups.

Cost: based on the NDIS pricing schedule.

Individual support, including transport, daily living activities and community access available on request.

E: gstarkey@sydneycs.org or ccampion@sydneycs.org

Children’s Services - Playgroups

Cost: $10 casual visit, or $60 one session per term, or $100 per term for multiple sessions.

Tuesday Playgroups

Ages 0-5 with arts, craft, music and storytime.

Session: 9.30-11.30am

Thursday Possiblities Playgroup

All inclusive, ages 0-5, with arts, craft, music and storytime. Plus free play with educational equipment.

Session: 9.30-11.30am

E: jvenn@sydneycs.org

E: support@sydneycs.org

Autumn Fashion Parade

Thursday 30 March 2023

More details coming soon.

Enquiries: E: 9427 6425

E: support@sydneycs.org

Save the Date Room available FOR HIRE

@ The Meeting House Hub 23a Stokes st Lane Cove

 Large double room

 Outside area

 Plus kitchen

 $55 per hour incl GST

FOR PRICING AND INFO

PLEASE CONTACT:

P: 9003 1399

E: support@sydneycs.org www.sydneycs.org

Zac Miles Mayor Of Hunters Hill

P: 9879 9400

E: mayor@huntershill.nsw.gov.au

Celebrating seniors

During February across the state we are celebrating seniors.

In Hunters Hill, about 30 per cent of our population is aged 60 years and over, latest Census data shows. Many of our residents in these age groups continue to make valuable contributions to community life, whether it’s volunteering with organisations such as the Hunters Hill Historical Society, Probus, Rotary and Bushcare groups, or offering support to friends and family through more informal networks.

So, it is fitting that we take opportunities to say thank you, with the month of the NSW Seniors Festival a perfect time to do so.

In Hunters Hill, we will be holding a special event on 23 February in the gardens at Henley Community Centre, working alongside our neighbouring councils in Lane Cove and Ryde, as well as local community and service organisations from all three areas. For more information, go to www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au/events.

The Hunter’s Hill Council Road Safety team is also taking the opportunity to connect with older drivers through a Seniors Community Road Safety Workshop on 8 February.

Running from 10am to 1pm at Hunters Hill Town Hall, the free workshop will look at risk factors for older drivers, low risk driving strategies, road rules and assessments and new car technology.

To register for the workshop, phone 9911 3576 or email roadsafety@huntershill.nsw.gov.au.

At Boronia Park, Northern Sydney Local Health District is running a free Men’s MoveMENt event as part of NSW Seniors Festival.

To be held at Boronia Park Uniting Church on 10 February from 12 noon to 1pm, the session is aimed at people aged 60 years and over who want support to be active and healthy, with information and experiences shared on making physical activity part of daily life and connecting with local groups to stay healthy.

Check the NSW Seniors Festival website for other local activities and events across Sydney: www.nsw.gov.au/seniors-festival.

P: 9817 4757

E: lanecove@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Ferries and Funding

The start of this month saw Captain Cook Cruises renew its contract for the Lane Cove ferry service for the next 15 years. Losing such a service would have been a great shame and a loss for many members of our community. Thankfully, after several months of lobbying Transport for NSW, we managed to secure this service and I want to thank all those involved who worked so tirelessly to save this service.

For those of you who drive into the city for work I encourage you every so often to get up a little earlier to drive, bus or hopefully walk to your nearest ferry wharf and enjoy the morning sea breeze before your working day.

Over the Christmas season the public release of the past year’s Community Building Partnership (CBP) grants were announced.

This year we received applications from many Community Groups and Schools. 13 projects have been funded this year, applicants all checked the boxes of community service, engagement, and sustainability. Although we weren’t able to fund every project, I think the money that was granted is going to help so many in our community immensely. And there is always this year’s CBP to apply for.

If you’re a community, charity or sporting group and are in need to funding in 2023 I encourage you to contact my office and enquire as to when applications reopen for this year, the program is wonderful and really makes a difference to community groups and their growth.

Only recently, the NSW Government has released funding for both the Metropolitan Greenspace and Places to Roam Programs. These Programs aim to activate and restore outdoor greenspace areas and our bush tracks. The Hughes Park Community Garden will be receiving $60,740 for maintenance and upgrades. The Garden has supported the local community around Linley Point supplying fresh fruit and veg and education for the locals, while also supporting community interaction and engagement.

$848,260 will also be provided to the City of Ryde under the Places to Roam Program for the embellishment of the Field of Mars, with this money being direct towards improving the walking tracks around the reserve.

In addition to the Places to Roam program, $38,315 will be provided to Lane Cove Council under The Metropolitan Greenspace Program for a Bushwalk Safety Audit.

This funding reinforces the importance that your State Government places on utilising all that our wonderful environment has to offer to us all and we’re committed to providing the best possible parks for everyone across NSW.

E: kylea.tink.mp@aph.gov.au

Happy New Year, I felt so grateful to live in our beautiful electorate this summer, which has been blessedly free from the disasters of recent years.

In Australia, we are fortunate to have a robust democracy and strong government, as well as a healthy respect for universal human rights, and it is for this reason I have taken a deep interest in the precarious situation in Iran.

On September 16, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran’s ‘morality police’ after having been arrested because her hair was not fully covered, and her clothing didn’t adhere to the country’s strict dress code. It was a catalysing event, triggering protests around the world under the banner Women Life Freedom.

Sadly, Iran’s regime reacted by doubling down on protestors, arresting many and punishing them incomprehensibly.

I have spoken public events in Sydney and Canberra, on social media I have added my voice to the campaign. I will stand with the protestors until the Iranian Government stops using the death penalty and the threat of it, to stymie dissent.

Detainee Majid Kazemi is the cousin of one of my constituents in North Sydney. After a forced confession and sham judicial process, Majid has been moved to solitary confinement and his supporters fear he will soon be executed.

In January I wrote to Iran's Ambassador to Canberra, Fereidoun Haghbin, asking him to convey to his government my dismay at the ongoing situation.

I have also sponsored four other men in fear of their lives after being arrested for protesting.

Arash Ghanbari, 30, was arrested on Dec 29 and charged with “insulting the prophet” and “waging war against God” based on a few social media posts. His family has been told he will be executed.

Shoaib Mir Baluchzehi Rigi is just 18 years old. He was abducted on October 6 and tortured to make false selfincriminating confessions. He has been sentenced to death.

Mehrab Abdollah Zadeh, 26, was arrested while protesting in October. His family was threatened to remain silent and now Mehrab has been sentenced to death in a sham trial.

Milad Yousefi, 22, was abducted in September and tortured to make false self-incriminatory confessions and is not understood to be sentenced to death.

I have asked the Government to overturn their sentences. Please keep these five young people in your thoughts. The world, and North Sydney, is watching Iran.

LANE COVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT THE PODIUM - 7pm 28 February,

Lane Cove Library:

Bill McLaughlin: Stories from the Black Dog Inn

Bill intriguingly embellishes the historical truth combining fact and fiction with the stories of four convict men heard in the Black Dog Inn in Sydney's Rocks. Coffee and chat afterwards.

Enquiries 0418 276 365

~ CONCERT ~

CONCERT

“A Frolic with Gilbert and Sullivan” venue LCM Anglican Church, 19 Rosenthal Avenue, Lane Cove behind the Post Office.

DATE: Tuesday 14th March 2023 at 7.30pm.

“A Frolic with Gilbert and Sullivan” Hear all your favourite solos, ensembles and choruses in this G&S concert spectacular! Masters of wit and satire, G&S exposed the barmy absurdities and hypocrisies of Victorian England, as fresh and vital today as when they first stormed the stage.

VENUE: LCM Anglican Church, 19 Rosenthal Avenue, Lane Cove behind the Post Office.

Tuesday 14th March 2023 at 7.30pm.

Bookings with TryBooking, accessed via our website from: Tuesday 21st February 2023: www.lanecovemusic.org.au

Adults $25, Students $10. Enquiries are welcome at 9428 4287

Limited admission at the door on the night, online bookings preferred.

Adults $25, Students $10. Enquiries are welcome at 9428 4287.

Future 2023 Concerts, all Tuesdays at 7.30pm:

May, 20th

8th August , 10th October, 28th November.

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