Local sporting clubs have been invited to host free suicide prevention workshops to help players and supporters step up as teammates. Local suicide prevention committee Save Our Kids From Suicide,…
Lifeline is encouraging people who have made a suicide attempt and their families to gain support to recover through its Eclipse support groups which will start this month. Lifeline Hunter…
Umina Beach Men’s Bowling Club has donated $5,000 to Gosford Hospital’s Cancer Unit to help purchase surgical equipment for local cancer patients. The club presented the cheque to Central Coast…
Avoca resident and paramedic Josh Barnes will jump into the pool in support of ReachOut’s annual Laps for Life initiative for the third year in March. The month-long swimming challenge…
Amanda Carle of Kincumber is celebrating 10 years of supporting young parents all over the Central Coast in her role as a case worker for the Benevolent Society. With a…
We’re back for the final instalment of our Summer salads series. This week, we’re chatting to Victoria Abraham from Jimalie Coconut Products. Victoria is a nutritionist whose passion for whole,…
Local aged care organisations have welcomed the news that Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will be able to support staff if work shortages intensify. No local organisations have received that…
The workforce at Central Coast Local Health District will be boosted by 153 new nurses and midwives. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said many of the new…
We’re back for the fifth instalment of our Summer salads series. This week, we’re chatting to Paige from local business Phat Platter – a team of food and styling experts…
Nurses and care workers in residential care homes across the seats of Dobell and Robertson fall victim to Covid far more frequently than the residents they care for.
A rehabilitation centre for Aboriginal women, run by Aboriginal women, will open its doors in April following a $9m investment by the Federal Government.
A long-established and highly regarded GP on the Coast has warned that recent moves by the Federal Government to alleviate the shortage of doctors will prove largely ineffective.
A walk-in vaccination hub will be open on Friday, February 18 at Woy Woy Hospital, offering Pfizer and Paediatric Pfizer doses to locals. The service is available to all eligible…
The Ministry of Health and Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) have refused to comment on the capacity for local hospitals to return to elective surgery this month despite the…
Wyong Hospital Emergency Department has been moved to the new hospital building (Block H).
Coast Shelter has welcomed the recent announcement that women escaping abusive relationships who are living in domestic violence refuges will be offered grants of up to $5,000 to help them…
Five men who walked chained together from Belmont to Terrigal last weekend have raised almost $10,000 for suicide prevention charity Gotcha4Life. Jason Wileman of Toukley, Mathew Johnstone of Gorokan, Harley…
As the shortage of GPs on the Central Coast continues to be a problem, the Federal Labor Party had pledged to give the entire region DPA status if it comes…
We’re back for the fourth instalment of our Summer salads series. This week, a recipe that delivers on the promise that they can well and truly cut it as a…
An extension of Lifeline’s crisis text helpline availability has been welcomed by the organisation’s Central Coast network. Lifeline announced this week that a $1.5M grant from the Federal Government had…