Rotary’s Save Our Kids project awarded for saving lives
North Gosford Rotarians were honoured with a certificate of merit for their commitment to making Coast schools ‘suicide safer’, at the Lifeline Central Coast Office in Wyoming, on March 11….
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Independent not for profit aged care service providers join forces
Adelene Life Village at Wyoming and Evergreen Life Care have joined forces with two other Central Coast aged care service providers to officially launch PACE Aged Care. Members of the…
Freemasons donate $20,000 to Save our Kids
Freemasons on the Central Coast have donated $20,000 to the Save our Kids program aimed at preventing youth suicide. This program is run in conjunction with North Gosford Rotary and…
Wicks supports legalisation of medicinal cannabis
Federal Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks has spoken in Parliament in support of legislation to legalise medicinal cannabis products. Heartbreaking personal stories from Central Coast residents inspired the speech…
Women’s Health Centre to celebrate 40 years of service
The Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre turns 40 this year and will hold a ball to celebrate the anniversary and International Women’s Day. The centre was established in 1976…
Bodene wins Youth Mental Health Award
Henry Kendall High School year eight student, Ms Bodene Gilham has won the NSW Youth Frontiers Mentoring Award in the category of Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing. Bodene was presented…
Wicks calls for defi brillators at all sports fields
Local sporting clubs are being urged by member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks MP, to sign a petition to help get more life-saving defibrillators at sports fields. Ms Wicks made…
Charity uses Valentine’s Day to help mend a broken heart
Chris and Amanda Harvey of Narara have had a very different reason for celebrating Valentine’s Day for the past six years. Their daughter, Taylor, who will turn six in April…
Cutting-edge technology installed at new eye care practice
Central Coast optometrist and advocate for preventative eye care, Dr Amanda Rungis, recently established a new practice, Sure Eye Care, at Riverside Park, West Gosford. Dr Rungis ran a practice…
Guide Dog puppy raisers wanted
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT is urgently looking for volunteers living on the Central Coast to help raise Guide Dog puppies. North Avoca’s Melissa Holmes has cared for seven puppies, training them…
61 interns starting in Coast hospitals
Mr Adam Crouch MP, member for Terrigal has welcomed the latest intake of medical graduates who are commencing their one-year internship at Gosford Hospital. Mr Crouch visited the hospital to…
Community Visitors Scheme wins community award
Volunteering Central Coast won the Volunteer (Organisation) award at the Annual Australia Day Community Awards in Gosford on January 25. Volunteering Central Coast, who have been active within the community…
Hospital emergency waiting times over four hours for 39% of patients
Thirty nine per cent of patients who presented to Gosford Hospital’s emergency department waited more than four hours to be seen or attended to according to the latest figures from…
Woman of the Year finalists announced
Three women from the Gosford area are in the running to become Business and Professional Women Central Coast’s (BPW) Woman of the Year. Ms Yvonne Lamont, Sgt Jess Bradbury and…
Men invited to join ‘Decembeard’
Central Coast residents are being encouraged to partake in Bowel Cancer Australia’s initiative ‘Decembeard’ this December to help promote, raise awareness and raise funds for Australia’s second biggest cancer killer….
Salmonella warning for festive season
If you are barbecuing or cooking up a Christmas feast over the festive season, Central Coast Local Health District is urging residents to prepare and handle food carefully to avoid…
Christmas decorated buses are for a good cause
Busways Gosford drivers are hoping for a bright Christmas for the Cancer Council as the Christmas Bus Initiative hits the road for the second year running. Staff at Busways’ Gosford…
Culturally-specific prostate cancer resource launched
Central Coast local, Mr Mick Pittman, has helped launch Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prostate cancer education resource. The launch was held at the Bangarra Dance Theatre in…
14 per cent of people with HIV remain undiagnosed
To acknowledge World AIDS Day on Tuesday, December 1, the team at the Central Coast Local Health District Sexual Health Clinic encouraged people at risk of HIV to get tested….
Preparation for hospital major construction underway
Health minister, Ms Jillian Skinner, parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald and member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, inspected construction progress on the $368 million Gosford Hospital…