Springfield
The Greater Springfield community is invited to come together for one of the most cherished multicultural celebrations at the ‘Diwali Festival of Lights’ – to be held this Sunday night. The festival celebrates the significant annual Indian holiday of Diwali, which has become a popular event across Australia in recent years. The Diwali Festival of…
Not-for-profit community groups are welcome to apply for funding to host Australia Day 2024 events, under the National Australia Day Council (NADC) grants program. Since NADC’s launch in 2021, its Australia Day Community Events grants have helped deliver more than 1,000 community events, from Welcomes to Country to citizenship ceremonies, morning teas, and multicultural festivals….
The University of Queensland (UQ) Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing was officially launched in Springfield on Wednesday, September 6. In an Australian-first project, UQ has joined forces with Springfield City Group (SCG) to drive local research and help make Australia’s biggest master-planned community one of the healthiest. The launch event was held as part…
The government has so far bought back a hundred Ipswich homes as part of the Resilient Homes Fund, which enabled families to voluntarily sell flood-impacted properties – and be freed from future flood risk. The program was established in May last year following the catastrophic 2021-22 rainfall and flooding events, which predominantly devastated homes in…
This Saturday, October 14, all Australians are required to vote against or in support of changing the constitution to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander “Voice to Parliament.” Referendum voting day will run between 8am and 6pm. Early voting is available (at similar hours) throughout the week leading up to this Saturday. Polling place…
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…
Term 2 ended with a lot of excitement for Staines Memorial College students with a day of jungle mayhem followed by a visit from some brave local heroes. Under 8s Day On Friday, June 16, students and teachers alike took part in the school’s annual Under 8s Day. This year, the day was jungle-themed, and…