Voice Against Violence workshop facilitator and former professional Australian rugby league footballer, Alan Tongue with Cobar High School students Katie Nicholson, Ashlie McLaughlin and Molly Broughton with Molly Carter and Toby Greenwood behind at the workshop at the school last week.
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Western NSW PHN staff all working towards zero suicide
Cobar’s Suicide Prevention Care Coordinator, Jody McCabe, was invited to present at the 2021 Western NSW Regional Suicide Prevention Forum in Dubbo last week. ‘The Suicide Prevention Forum to Harness Global Knowledge and Local Insights to De-liver Practical Solutions’ brought together community members and suicide prevention specialists with a focus […]
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Creating awareness during National Homelessness Week
It was National Homelessness Week last week and, while we may not see people sleeping rough on the streets in Cobar, there are homeless people in our community. CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes’s Housing Support Officer, Gina Lyons said just because we can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. “There’s just not […]
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Yabbies hold out hope 50th reunion will still go ahead
The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swim-ming Club is confident their 50th anniver-sary celebrations, planned for next month, will still go ahead … in some form or anoth-er. Club secretary Bob Clark said after almost 12 months of research and planning, they are hold-ing off on the State Government’s announce-ment this […]