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REDWatch is holding a public meeting on the Redfer

REDWatch is holding a public meeting on the Redfern North Eveleigh Exhibition planning proposal on Saturday 13th August from 1.30pm until 2.30 followed by a BBQ at the Redfern Community Centre 29-53 Hugo St, Redfern NSW 2016. This will be an opportunity to hear about the proposal and REDWatch's concerns as well as to ask questions and share your own concerns about the project. Please share the poster below to promote the event.

Another farewell to our student-on-placement; Brya

Another farewell to our student-on-placement; Bryant. He did his research on the question Factory Community Centre; Fit for purpose? We would like to thank him for his work informing us of our future planning and wish him all the best...

#studentonplacement
#researchproject #sayinggoodbye #sayingthankyou #goodluck

Saying goodbye is always bittersweet. Last Friday,

Saying goodbye is always bittersweet. Last Friday, we celebrated 14 years for the Waterloo Recycling Workshop and bid farewell to the coordinator Naomi...
Don't worry, Naomi will still be around the neighbourhood...

#celebratingtogether #sayinggoodbye #sayingthankyou
#socialenterprise #sustainability #recycle #recycling #recyclingworkshop

Everybody’s Home is a national campaign to fix t

Everybody’s Home is a national campaign to fix the housing crisis. It was launched in 2018 by a coalition of housing, homelessness and welfare organisations to achieve the change needed so everybody has a safe and decent place to live.

For more information on how to support the campaign, go to

https://everybodyshome.com.au/about-us-everybodys-home/

And sign the petition

http://everybodyshome.com.au/take-action/sign-our-petition-to-treasurer-jim-chalmers/

#Everybodyshome #homeforeveryone #shelterisahumanright #endhomelessness #BuildSocialHousing #hw2022

If you're having difficulty paying your current ho

If you're having difficulty paying your current household energy bill because of a short-term financial crisis or emergency, such as unexpected medical bills, or reduced income due to COVID-19, you could be eligible for Energy Accounts Payment Assistance (EAPA) vouchers.

You can apply for an appointment to be assessed for EAPA vouchers
with one of our case workers.

#emergencyrelief
#eapa #eapavouchers #communitysupport #communityprogram

A blast from the past… South Sydney Festival in

A blast from the past... South Sydney Festival in 1970s organised by then South Sydney Community Aid, now Counterpoint Multicultural Centre.. We are so proud of the history and tradition in celebrating diversity in our organisation.. Thank you Dean Eland (past Director) for sharing this photo with us.

#blastfromthepast #southsydneyfestival #celebratecommunity #celebratingdiversity #celebratingdiversityandharmony #wearebettertogether #weareone #weareonebutwearemany #diversity #harmony #antiracism #realaustralianliving #realaustralianssaywelcome

Congratulations to our amazing Outreach Art teache

Congratulations to our amazing Outreach Art teacher @wil1419 on your exhibition!!! 🎉🎉🎉💐💐💐

#greatperson #greatpartner #greatartist #communityartist #communityartgroup

A bit of a baton passing today with us welcoming A

A bit of a baton passing today with us welcoming Anchali and goodbye to Kelly....

#studentonplacement #welcome #goodbye #batonpass

The Eid al-Adha festival has a special atmosphere

The Eid al-Adha festival has a special atmosphere of peace, respect, giving and receiving, as well as sharing and caring. It is a special day for children because it is a day to socialize with family, friends and other children in celebrating Eid al-Adha. Many Muslims are united in prayer at mosques and other appropriate venues during Eid al-Adha. People also exchange gifts with one another and celebrate feasts together.

Eid al-Adha is also a time for many Muslims to make donations to the poor and the needy. This observance is known as the Feast of Sacrifice because it traditionally includes the sacrifice of an animal permitted for food (eg. a lamb) as an act of thanksgiving for God’s mercy. Some of the food is donated for charitable purposes.

Eid al-Adha also follows from the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. This pilgrimage applies to Muslims worldwide, as they are required to perform the Hajj once in their lives. Some Muslims in Australia may travel to Mecca prior to Eid al-Adha to make this pilgrimage.

#eidaladha #iduladha #eidaladhamubarak #selamatharirayaiduladha #celebratediversity #celebratingtogether

ATAGI has updated its recommendations for a winter

ATAGI has updated its recommendations for a winter dose of COVID-19 vaccine to help reduce severe disease from the emerging surge of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariant infections, and to reduce the burden on Australian hospitals and the healthcare system in coming months.

The updated recommendations are:

Adults aged 50 to 64 years are now recommended to receive a winter booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Adults aged 30 to 49 years can receive a winter booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, however the benefit for people in this age group is less certain.

The interval recommended between a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection or the first booster dose and a winter booster dose is now 3 months.

ATAGI emphasises that people previously eligible for a winter booster dose remain at higher risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19 and should receive a winter booster dose as soon as possible. They include:

all adults aged 65 years or older

residents of aged care or disability care facilities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years or older

people who are severely immunocompromised (this will be their fifth dose)

people aged 16 years or older with a medical condition that increases the risk of severe COVID-19 illness

people aged 16 years or older with disability, significant or complex health needs, or multiple comorbidities which increase the risk of a poor outcome.

#covid19 #covid19vaccines #covid19winterdoses #vaccinesaveslife

Another official farewell to our casual Bilingual

Another official farewell to our casual Bilingual Community Development worker, Ciel... The funding for her position has ended... Thank you for your services especially to our Chinese clients... Hopefully she will be back with us soon..
#officialfarewell #colleagueleaving #sayinggoodbye #sayingthankyou

We all must continue to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up

We all must continue to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! for systemic change and keep rallying around our mob, our Elders, our communities.

Whether it’s seeking proper environmental, cultural and heritage protections, Constitutional change, a comprehensive process of truth-telling, working towards treaties, or calling out racism—we must do it together.

It must be a genuine commitment by all of us to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! and support and secure institutional, structural, collaborative, and cooperative reforms.

It’s also time to celebrate the many who have driven and led change in our communities over generations—they have been the heroes and champions of change, of equal rights and even basic human rights.

Getting Up, Standing Up, and Showing Up can take many forms.

We need to move beyond just acknowledgement, good intentions, empty words and promises, and hollow commitments. Enough is enough.

The relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non‑Indigenous Australians needs to be based on justice, equity, and the proper recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights.

Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! with us to amplify our voices and narrow the gap between aspiration and reality, good intent and outcome.

Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

For more information, go to www.naidoc.org.au

#NAIDOC #NAIDOC2022 #GetUpStandUpShowUp #reconciliation #justice #equity #equality #FirstNations #ATSI #indigenuousrights #humanrights #strongertogether

We are always happy to meet and share our work wit

We are always happy to meet and share our work with new friends especially those from overseas... Thank you LCSA for organising and new friends from @nationaltaiwanuniversity led by Associate Professor, Yi-Yi Chen from the Department of Social Work.
We are so glad to finally meet you since our virtual meetings. Hopefully we can get together again very soon either in Australia or in Taiwan.

#internationalnetworking
#delegationvisit #sharingknowledge #sharingknowledgetochangetheworld #socialwork #communitydevelopment #communitycentre #socialjustice #sdg

Our inaugural Green Square Family Day at Green Squ

Our inaugural Green Square Family Day at Green Square Plaza thanks to @cityofsydney Community Grants!!! We had so much fun meeting everyone and hope to be able to do this every year 😊💞

#communityevent #communitydevelopment #familyday #familyfunday #communityspirit #communityisthesolution #communityinclusion #greensquarefamilyday #greensquare #zetland #rosebery

How we like to spend Friday afternoons in Poets Co

How we like to spend Friday afternoons in Poets Corner, Redfern!! This group has been our baby under our Outreach Coordinator extraordinaire, Elle @fairygirl_09 for last 10 years, although it has been running for a little longer. A safe place has been created for conversation, and of course therapeutic art from the absolute beginner to the more experienced, a place to celebrate individuality, creativity, love, laugh and live....

#communityactivities #communityoutreach #artprogram #arttherapy #communityinclusion #communityisthesolution #communitycomingtogether #supportcommunities #supportingeachother #lovelaughlive #capacitybuilding #mentalhealthwellness #teamCounterpoint

We are excited to announce our first families/chil

We are excited to announce our first families/children's event held in Green Square...

Green Square Family Day!!! Thanks to @cityofsydney Community grants!!!

Come meet us at Green Square Plaza, Wednesday 29/06/22 - 10AM - 12PM.

We will have face painting, magic, and balloon animals available for FREE for all Green Square children and families.

We hope to see you all there!

#communitydevelopment #communityevent #familyday #communityfamilyday #communityiseverything

Because most Government Departments are moving tow

Because most Government Departments are moving towards digital platforms and limiting face-to-face contact, Counterpoint volunteers and our Community Support team are assisting community members in using government websites.

Some members in the community acquire the digital resources through our partnership with @thereconnectproject to access government websites such as MyGov and MyHousing, where they require one-on-one assistance in creating accounts, uploading documents, and filling out applications.

#digitalisnotaluxuryitem
#digitalinclusion
#digitalpoverty #digitalgap #digitaldivide #capacitybuilding

Refugee Week; originally celebrated in 1986 as Wor

Refugee Week; originally celebrated in 1986 as World Refugee Day on 20th June!!! This year, we focus on 'Healing' as a healing that promotes harmony and togetherness in our shared common humanity. "When we come together, we can start again"

#refugee #refugeeweek #refugeeweek2022 #worldrefugeeday #worldrefugeeday2022 #healing #whenwecometogetherwecanstartagain

We are at the @cityofsydney Pet Day 2022 today at

We are at the @cityofsydney Pet Day 2022 today at Waterloo Green!!! So great to see this wonderful event is back post-Covid!!! We are glad that we can all come out and do this with our pet safely!!! Thank you @cityofsydney esp their Safe City team for organising and all the partners for this very important community event and going above and beyond to bring tenants and pets all over the city to Waterloo!!!!
For more photos, see them at our Facebook page...
#petday2022 #petday #communityevent #communityspirit #communityisthesolution #communityiseverything #communityimpact #communityinclusion #petarefamily #petarefamilytoo

Yesterday, we celebrated some of the unsung heroes

Yesterday, we celebrated some of the unsung heroes of our community... What an experience to watch a movie with 70+ community volunteers that benefited the life of residents especially those in Redfern and Waterloo... Our Volunteer of the Year Award went to @viralkindnesssydney!!! One man @alasdair_grant leading 50+ volunteers delivered over 35000+ kindness packages during the pandemic!!! Thank you to @cityofsydney for their community grants making this celebration possible and @eleanorpendleton and @gritty_pretty again for their generous donations to our glamorous show bags!!! We are Better Together 💕
#volunteeraward #sayingthankyou
#celebratevolunteers #unsungheroes #communityspirit #givingthanks #communityisthesolution #communityiseverything #bettertogether

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