Pre-book your spot today to donate blood at lifeblood. com.au, on the app or on 13 14 95.
Time to give blood and change lives? 1 in 3 people in Canowindra will need blood, and they need people like you to give it. Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Mobile Blood Donor Centre is rolling into town on Wednesday 12 February, 9.15am – 3.15pm at Morris Park, Rodd St. Don’t forget to prebook your spot at lifeblood.com.au, on the app or on 13 14 95.
Looking To Complete Safe Food Handling, RSA Or RCG Training? Canowindra Connections Centre have the following courses coming up in February:
• Safe Food Handling: Tuesday 4 February, 9am – 5pm.
• RSA + RCG: Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 February, 9am – 5pm.
These courses are delivered by Verto. To register contact Verto directly or SMS 0480 450 079 with your name and email address for a registration form or for more information. Morning tea provided.
A ‘Cuppa’ Of Friendship: The next Canowindra CWA Friendship Morning Tea will be held on Monday 10 February, at the CWA Hall in Blatchford Street.
Local Sporting Champions Grants Now Open: Calling all young athletes with big dreams, this is your chance to shine! The Australian Government is offering $500–$750 grants to athletes aged 12–18 who are competing at state, national, or international sporting events. The Local Sporting Champions Program funding helps cover essential costs like travel, accommodation, uniforms, and equipment. Applications close: 31 January 2025, with notification of outcomes from March 2025. For more details and to apply, visit: https://www.sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_funding/local_sporting_champions
Have your say on the prescribed water sharing plans for the Belubula and Lachlan Rivers.
Reminder: Have Your Say: The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has extended the closing date for submissions on the prescribed wetlands for the below water sharing plans.
• Belubula Regulated River Water Source 2025
• Lachlan Unregulated River Water Sources 2025
Comments are welcome until 11.59pm AEDT on Sunday 2 February 2025. To make a submission on the prescribed wetlands map visit the Have Your Say website. https://water.dpie.nsw.gov.au/our-work/plans-and-strategies/water-sharing-plans/public-exhibition. For more information and the wetlands maps please visit the website.
Bring along a craft project you are working on for a social ‘crafternoon’ at the CWA hall.
Happy Canowindra Crafternoon 2025: The first Crafternoon of 2025 will be held this Sunday 26 January from 1pm – 4pm at the CWA Hall in Blatchford Street. Bring along your own work wheteher it be knitting, embroidery, sewing or crochet. Refreshments available.
Were you impacted by the recent severe storms? Do you have legal questions about home or car insurance? Was your rental home impacted? For free legal help, call the Disaster Response Legal Service helpline on 1800 801 529 (9am–5pm Monday to Friday) or go to the DRLS website: https://disasterhelp.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/
ATDW Uplift Program: Central West NSW tourism operators are invited to learn and master the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) platform, as part of the ATDW Uplift Program. The free, one-and-a-half-hour session will include a Q&A at the end. The Orange Region Webinar will be held Tuesday 18 February, 10am – 11:30am. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/atdw-uplift-program-introductory-webinar-orange-region-tickets-1116149706819