Tag: Charities
Cooking up support for Newcastle charities
City of Newcastle has handed over its unused commercial kitchen facilities to help charities prepare healthy meals for families struggling to get by.
Charitable Foundation hands out $930,000 to local charities
Fifteen NSW-based charities, including nine from the Newcastle and Hunter region, were awarded $930,000 worth of funding grants for life-changing projects at the 2021 Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation (NPCF) grant ceremony.
A big...
Local Lifeline answers “most calls ever had”
Novocastrians were among the unprecedented number of Australians calling for crisis assistance during COVID-19.
In the months from March to June, national charity Lifeline recorded 250,000 calls from Australians experiencing personal crisis,...
Pounding the pavement for mental health
While most of us are warm and snug in our beds tonight, Newcastle athlete Lyndsay Walker will be pounding the pavement for 19 hours straight to raise awareness of mental health.
The Newy...