$38.5M for children’s mental health care
A Head to Health Kids Hub to provide mental health care for young children will soon be located on the Central Coast. It will be one of four Kids Hubs…
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A very caring Christmas
Community organisation We Care Connect has received over 1,100 requests to provide Christmas gifts to disadvantaged Central Coast children this year. We Care Connect called on the local community to…
Bookings available for children’s vaccines from December 15
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) welcomes the provisional approval of the Pfizer vaccine for Australian children. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved Pfizer’s COMIRNATY vaccine for children…
Coast profiled as a great family destination
Destination Central Coast has partnered with Holidays with Kids, Australia’s number one family travel magazine, to showcase some of the best family-friendly things to do on the Central Coast, just…
Matildas tickets discounted for football-playing children
FOOTBALL – Peninsula children who play football will have an opportunity to attend upcoming games between the Matildas and world number one team, the United States, with $5 tickets going…
Fundraiser to provide mobility equipment for children
Woolworths customers on the Peninsula are being encouraged to help support a fundraising appeal during October aimed at providing critical mobility equipment for children living with a disability. Until November…
GPs welcome extension of Pfizer rollout to children aged 12-15
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has welcomed news that all children aged 12 to 15 are eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with bookings opening on…
Funding for district-based mental health response teams unveiled in NSW Budget
The Central Coast is set to be home to one of 25 Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Teams announced in the State Budget to ensure specialised care for…
Coast business nominated for What’s On 4 Kids awards
Central Coast children’s event entertainment business, Storybook Party Co, has been nominated for three categories in the Australian 2021 What’s On 4 Kids Awards. The kids’ party venue and mobile…
Nikki set for virtual dance party
Central Coast local, Nikki Webster, is set to add happiness to the living rooms of kids all over Australia by hosting her live streaming event, Australia’s Biggest Trolls Dance Party,…
Many parents too concerned to have children COVID tested
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has reminded residents that children, including those aged under five, can be tested for COVID-19 at its clinics at Gosford and Wyong hospitals, in…
Online resource to help adults talk to children about COVID-19
The Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has released a new online resource to help adults talk to children about COVID-19. The new resource, entitled ‘The Virus and My Family’,…
Market run by children for children
Bouddi Kids Create Market, the first local market run by children for children, was held at Killcare Surf Life Saving Club on April 29. The market offered hand-made goods and…
New $100 Active Kids Rebate for sporting and fitness related costs
Parents of school children have been encouraged to take advantage of the new $100 Active Kids Rebate for sporting and fitness related costs. Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, welcomed…
Rally to demonstrate opposition to ‘current stealing of children’
A rally was held on July 27 in Gosford to demonstrate opposition to the taking of Aboriginal children from their families by Family and Community Services (FACS). The group organising…
Preschool children create ‘therapy garden’
Woy Woy Public School’s preschool children have been busy creating a therapy garden area. In this area there are vegetables and flowers growing, mulch to dig in, a compost bin,…
New children’s programs
Mr Andy Griffiths, author of the hugely successful Treehouse series, is just one of many Aussie authors and comedians who read stories on one of three programs recently acquired by…
Children’s Festival of Moving Stories to visit Gosford
Sydney Writers’ Festival’s Children’s Festival of Moving Stories will be visiting Gosford for the first time on December 8 and 9. Russ the Story Bus, adorned with Shaun Tan’s distinctive…