National Volunteer Week is Australia's largest annual celebration of volunteering, taking place from May 15-21. This year's theme is The Change Makers, recognising the contribution of volunteers around the country and encouraging others to consider volunteering. Kingston Park parkrun, which takes place every Saturday at 9.00am at Kingston Park, has been a volunteering success story since it...

Kingborough Council celebrated Youth Week in style, with the spectacular Kingborough's Got Talent event.Kingborough Mayor Paula Wriedt said she loved the show and was so impressed with all the amazing performances. "All the young performers did an exceptional job entertaining the crowd and I was blown away with all the talent on display," Cr Wriedt said. "There was an array of high-quality...

On Saturday, 29 April the Bahá'í community of Kingborough celebrated Festival of Ridván, the holiest time on the Bahá'í calendar, by planting around one hundred native flowering shrubs and groundcovers at the Dru Point Bicentennial Park in Margate.This was done in collaboration with the Kingborough Council, and Bridget Jupe (aka BJ), the Council's Natural Areas Interpretation Officer, supervised...

Young para athletes from Kingborough and Huon Valley recently competed in the 2023 Chemist Warehouse Track and Field Athletics in Brisbane. The team of Alice Smillie, Alexander McKillop, coach Rosie Coleman, Izzy King, Chris Albert and Bec Mathers call themselves ‘The Motley Crew’.Izzy King came a very credible 10th in the U20 multi-class 100m and won a bronze medal in the Open Frame...

A new 14 bed wing together with a day centre was officially opened at Snug Village by the Hon Julie Collins MP and Mark Hochman Chair of Christian Homes Tasmania (CHT)."The $5.4m development adds to the substantial footprint CHT has at its Snug site which includes the existing residential care facility and independent living units," CHT Chair Mark Hochman said at the opening. "A funding...