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With spring season just around the corner, it’s time to consider a thorough home clean-up to get rid of all the accumulating dust and clutter. Spring cleaning might seem daunting, but breaking it down into small steps with a clear goal in mind can help. And setting aside a day or two to complete the…
Local men’s health advocates have been hard at work planning another Father’s Day car show, following last year’s very successful inaugural event. The MO-tor Men – the car-obsessed spin-off group of the Springfield Mo-Men, Springfield’s local chapter of the Movember Foundation – is partnering with Orion Springfield Central for the 2023 Car Show at Orion…
Car Show at Orion · FATHER’S DAY – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 The MO-tor Men (part of local Movember chapter the Springfield Mo-Men) is partnering with Orion Springfield Central for the 2023 Car Show at Orion Springfield – Father’s Day Special – a safe, pedestrian-access-only family-friendly spectacular open to everyone! “After an incredibly successful 2022 [raising]…
Woolworths is supporting Australian menstrual care charity Share the Dignity this month through its biannual ‘Dignity Drive’ – helping eradicate period poverty in Greater Springfield. Period poverty is a lack of access to feminine sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, and other related washing and waste services. It is both a local and global problem, especially…
The University of Queensland Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing has been active in Springfield since March 2023. The Centre is made up of researchers, professional staff, and students – who work together on their vision of creating happy, healthy communities. The Centre values working with community members in research and decision making, creating genuine…
Additional free pop-up flu immunisation clinics are scheduled to open across Springfield in August. Ipswich City Council is offering the clinics in partnership with Queensland Health to help tackle what it said was “a particularly bad flu season”. Community, Culture, Arts and Sport Committee Chair Andrew Fechner said while the flu is worse for infants…
Ever felt like volunteering, but had no idea where to begin or whom to ask? Ipswich City Council’s Better Impact Volunteer Portal is a great place to start. Around 400 volunteers from across the Ipswich region currently help the Council run smoothly thanks to accessibility tools like the Volunteer Portal. The portal lists all currently…
Springfield resident Luke Hinschen will be walking from Grafton to Brisbane next month to help raise funds and awareness for men’s health. Luke has set a bold fundraising target of $50,000 – to be donated to the Movember Foundation. A monumental 386-kilometre journey along the Pacific Highway, “Luke’s Long Walk” will begin on the morning…
NOTE: Consultation period is now closed. The Greater Springfield community can now nominate new projects as part of a major funding boost to infrastructure and facilities across South East Queensland (SEQ). The SEQ Liveability Fund is a pool of $285.8 million committed by all three levels of government under the newly outlined SEQ City Deal….
Residents earning $60,000 or less can get their 2022-23 tax return completed free of charge via the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Tax Help Program. The free program is made possible through local resident volunteers generously donating their time and expertise. One such volunteer, Joe Buhagiar, has been offering his services two days a week, since…