Join us Saturday 18th of Feb and let's turn your kitchen into a tiny farm.  Morning tea provided.

There is more to life than alfalfa! and there are so many great and simple ways to grow amazingly nutritious and fresh micro greens in even the tiniest of spaces,.

We will share a number of simple techniques to help you get started with growing a variety of sprouts and micro greens a home.  We will provide you with the basics to get started + extra sprouting seeds to take home and keep your production flowing.

This workshop will cover the basics of home scale production, hygiene, tips and tricks, seed selection and varieties, how to grow different types of sprouts and microgreens, basic equipment and answer any of your questions.

Keen to learn more ?? Lets GROW !

We are grateful of the support of Southern Cross Credit Union - community grant to supply this program.

- we have a limit of 30 people for this workshop, please join the waiting list if we run out of space so we can contact you to run a repeat -

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With the support of a NSW Government Reconnecting Regional Communities Grant, the Rotary Club of Ballina on Richmond, Ballina Shire Council and a wide range of community support stakeholders we will be holding a FREE community event to commemorate, reflect, and acknowledge the monumental emergency rescue effort and the year of recovery that is now behind us.

This is an opportunity for us to come together to recognise how far we have come and how much further our community has yet to go while celebrating the strength of our district and what we have achieved together.

We are excited to announce that we will have an evening of great live music and performance, bush poetry, free BBQ, pizza, kids entertainment, riverside reflections and a lantern ceremony.

Live Music from 4pm - 9:30pm, featuring :

• Yolan - Lea May,

• Dynamite George and the Detonators

• and The Trish Wilson Collective

This event welcomes everyone in our community, our district and all of the supporters who have been such an enormous part of our region's recovery. Head to https://www.wardellcore.community/one-year-on for updates and more information

Calling all poets, storytellers and writers.

Wardell Red Cross will be running a storytelling and poetry competition at our upcoming Wardell - One Year On event on Saturday the 25th of Feb.

There will be 1st and 2nd prizes for Adults and Children (U14).

You can enter anytime up until the day at the Red Cross desk. Submissions can be delivered to Wardell CORE.

Everyone is invited to submit short stories and poems relating to your experience of the flood and recovery.

Sponsored by Wardell Red Cross

for all enquiries call Ros 66834111 or Jane 0422011493

Please contact Rosie if you are interested in seeing what services, support, and financial assistance is available to help you get back to business. We are a free service run through the DPI and located in Ballina Shire and surrounds and we have Recovery Officers across the state.

Rosie Whitelaw

Recovery Officer, Rural Recovery Support Service

Ph: 0460 729 080 

email: rosie.whitelaw@dpi.nsw.gov.au

If you are feeling the strain of your financial situation there is assistance available to help you get your finances under control. The Lismore and District Financial Counselling Service will be running a drop-in advice session at Wardell CORE on Thursday 23 March.

A qualified financial counsellor will be on hand to offer advice on bill relief, repayment plans, budgeting, scam assistance, electricity vouchers, assistance with forms and letters and advocacy. 

You can call or email the Financial Counselling Service on (02) 6622 2171 or email fc@financialcounselling.org.au to make an appointment or simply drop into Wardell CORE on Thursday 23 March from 12pm to 3pm.