REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN: To find out more about being a gap year participant or on-farm host, register your details here https://www.agcareerstart.com.au/home. Pic courtesy of Dwyer Contracting.
AgCAREERSTART Registrations Open
AgCAREERSTART is a structured gap year program that introduces young Australians to a career in agriculture. Over 12 months, you will be matched with an on-farm job, given training and development, and gain access to industry events and experiences with your AgCAREERSTART cohort. To find out more about being a gap year participant or on-farm host, register your details at www.agcareerstart.com.au/home
Headspace NSW Parent and Carer Sessions – Western NSW Local Health District
With the commencement of the 2022 school year, new sessions are starting in February for parents and carers to attend a free mental health education session hosted by the Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The sessions aim to:
• Strengthen your understanding of mental health definitions.
• Enhance your conversational approach to mental health and well-being.
• Build skills and strategies to support young people, including transition to work and study.
• Build awareness of local, state and national supports available to young people.
• Increase your knowledge and understanding of the mental health challenges facing young people today.
• Introduce you to some of the skills and strategies to encourage and support help-seeking.
There are two online webinars being held across the Western NSW LHD on:
• 7th February: Helping my young person during COVID. Registration: https://bit.ly/3I6Plge
• 14th March: Helping my young person during COVID. Registration: https://bit.ly/3flbTh5
Rotary Ipomoea Markets Are Back
Rotary Ipomoea Markets are every second Saturday of the month at Lions Park and will return Saturday February 12th. Come along and enjoy the market atmosphere at Lions Park, beautiful shade, new playground equipment, great coffee, hot breakfast available from the Rotary Breaky Van, and over 20 stalls show-casing local produce, hand-made arts and crafts, new and repurposed goods and plants. Rotary Ipomoea members will have a stall and look forward to sharing Rotary project information. Please contact Rotary Ipomoea on Ph 0427 201445 or find us on Facebook.
Boss Skills Coming To Forbes
NSW Farmers and Prime Super are bringing “Boss Skills” to Forbes on February 8th from 10am. Join us for an informative session on your obligations as a farm business employer. You can attend in or online attendance available. Register via https://form.jotform.com/holleyt/boss-skills-registration-form
Forbes TAFE Update
The Forbes G.R.O.W (Getting Ready for Opportunities to Work) is a course that is a great opportunity for students 16-24 who have left school and/or are unemployed. The course is free, runs 5 days a week for four months and students receive nationally recognised training in a variety of areas from how to operate heavy equipment, construction, motor bikes, plant trees, chemicals, chainsaw, landscaping, welding, customer service, presentation skills and computers. This fantastic opportunity is limited to 12 students so register now! RTO 90003
NSW Women’s Rural Gathering Rego Open
Registrations and Preliminary Program are online via https://forbes2021nswruralwomensgathering.com/registration/
Don’t forget to book your accommodation. There are some fabulous speakers and entertainment lined up!
Inland Rail REF Approval Docs On Public Exhibition
Inland Rail are placing two Review of Environmental Factors (REF) approvals documents on public exhibition from 3 – 24 February 2022. One of these documents covers the Stockinbingal to Parkes project’s Horizontal Clearances, including works at Caragabal and Quandialla at and the other one is for Lachlan River Bridge in Forbes. For more information regarding the project head over to: https://inlandrail.artc.com.au/where-we-go/projects/stockinbingal-to-parkes/status/
Well Done Forbes SES
Last week a boat overturned in Forbes and NSW SES Forbes Unit assisted NSW Police with locating an overturned boat and its occupants on the Lachlan River. All persons and the boat were returned safely to dry land.