Local Guides First Guides in State to Complete SES Resilience Development Program
Annangrove Girl Guides recently took part in an emergency resilience program with the NSW State Emergency Service (SES), emerging as empowered and resilient young women ready to tackle emergency situations with confidence and skill. The guides took part in a variety of activities led by their facilitator, Mr. Daniel McGovern. They learned how to prepare […]
Reference Group to Help Make The Hills More Inclusive
A passionate group of seven Hills Shire residents with professional or lived experience of disability have been chosen to form Council’s first-ever external Disability Inclusion Action Plan Reference Group. Council adopted the Disability Inclusion Action Plan in 2022 which included an action to form a reference group to support the implementation of the plan. Mayor […]
Have a Yarn at The Farm During NAIDOC Week
Hills Shire residents are invited to have a Yarn at The Farm during the school holidays as part of Council’s NAIDOC Week celebrations. The new and exciting event will be held from 11am – 2pm on Thursday 11 July at Bella Vista Farm. Council has partnered with local First Nations enterprise Muru Mittigar to celebrate […]
Major Support For Reducing Domestic Violence
Two organisations on the coalface of the domestic violence crisis have received a major financial boost from The Hills Shire Council, sharing in $70,000 in grant funding. Council resolved to award $40,000 to The Sanctuary, The Hills Women’s Shelter and $30,000 to the Lisa Harnum Foundation through its grant program to support the vital work […]
