RFDS – The Cobar Weekly

Suzuki drivers raise money for RFDS and Tilpa community

March 13, 2024 tcwadmin

A group of Suzuki drivers have helped to raise nearly $26,000 which will benefit the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and the Tilpa community. The 2024 Suzuki Drive, organised by local landholder Graeme Barton as a bit of fun for him and his mates in 27 other Suzukis, was held […]

Cobar CWA joins neurodiversity awareness campaign

September 13, 2023 tcwadmin

The Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW last week held its annual Awareness Week campaign with neurodiversity and the challenges it poses the focus of this year’s activities. CWA of NSW President Joy Beames said the 2023 campaign had a focus on increasing awareness around neurodiversity (which includes ADHD, autism, […]

Donation for the Doctor

August 17, 2022 tcwadmin

Charity day raises over $30,000

May 4, 2022 tcwadmin

Cobar Roosters Rugby League Club committee members Tia Turner, Mollie Harley and Chris Deighton with the signed football jerseys, boots and a football that went under the hammer at a charity auction on Saturday night. The auction raised $19,100 and, along with the proceeds from raffles, a 100 Club, the […]

Western villages welcome new RFDS clinic buildings

May 6, 2020 tcwadmin

Two new Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) purpose-built clinics are now onsite and operational in Louth and Tilpa, with the Tilpa community holding its first clinic last week. The two clinics, which have been funded by a generous donor, will provide services to the villages and surrounding areas including primary […]

Locals urged to manage stress in the name of good health

July 17, 2019 tcwadmin

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Outreach program in Cobar has been gifted with load of ‘stress rocks’ from Epiroc, a supplier to the local mining industry. Lloyd Brooks, an alcohol and other drugs (AOD) counsellor with the RFDS said stress balls, or in this case stress rocks, are one […]

RFDS delivering workplace training on drug awareness

July 25, 2018 tcwadmin

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) recently launched its Community Drug Awareness Training program with the help of the staff at Jemrok. Lloyd Brooks, Alcohol & Other Drugs at the RFDS, said the idea of the new training program is to have a flexible basic training package to help raise […]

Drug and alcohol service marks a milestone helping Cobar

May 23, 2018 tcwadmin

“One year already?” was the Cobar team’s response to the reminder that the Royal Flying Doctor Service South East (RFDSSE) Alcohol and Other Drugs program has been operating in Cobar now for one year. With the RFDS organisation currently celebrating 90 years of operations, the youngest of its members are […]