Ballina Information Blog

The Good Guys will be celebrating a milestone  this Saturday, following the announcement this week that two million dollars has been donated to 150 charitable organisations around Australia, as part of The Good Guys Local Giving Program.
Funds have gone towards supporting essential programs, services and projects at a grassroots level.
Jason Williams, proprietor of The Good [...]

Ballina Shire residents are being asked to support the ‘Ride for Sick Kids’ charity bike ride, to help raise more than $200,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), by purchasing a commemorative $2 pen from any McDonald’s restaurant, on sale from 17 July until stocks last.
A team of 20 riders, comprising of McDonald’s licensees and [...]

The Child Support Agency (CSA) and the Kids Helpline are working to help children who are affected when their parents separate.
CSA Ballina team leader, Ms Bronwyn Saunders, said: “It’s important to consider the issues and feelings children may be experiencing when their parents break up, and we encourage parents and children to seek help if [...]

Lifeline Northern Rivers is looking for Ballina Shire residents to take part in its Telephone Counselling Skills Course.
Commencing: Monday 31 August 2009
Applications close: Friday 14 August 2009
Contact for information pack and application: Phone 6622 4133  (b/h) or email lifeline@lis.net.au
Lifeline is an acknowledged leader in counsellor training.
Lifeline Northern Rivers has a reputation for delivering quality counsellor training [...]

In an indication of the high class of the field, the Wintersun Singles Bowls event held last weekend at Cherry Strret Bowling Club was won by former World No 1 and England representative David Holt. 
He defeated Mark Casey, last year’s winner, 31 to 12.
The large crowd was lucky to have seen such high standard of [...]

Ballina’s Dane Mortimer, competed last weekend for the Queensland U14 A team in the East Coast Challenge Tournament pulling off a silver medal. Dane is following in the footsteps of his older brother Luke who was selected in Australian schoolboys team earlier this year. Dane, an Xavier Catholic College student plays waterpolo at Alstonville [...]

There’s still time to get along to the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina and see the winners of a prestigious National Aboriginal Art Award.
The NPWS Aboriginal Art Award opened on Saturday 4 July at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery. Over 140 people attended this prestigious event with the awards being announced by highly respected [...]

Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation this week presented Ballina Library with $15,000 to fund the ‘Ten Minutes a Day’ early childhood literacy program.
Ten Minutes a Day is an educational program which aims to improve literacy rates within the community by engaging parents and their children aged one to four years old.
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Chairman Michael [...]

Ballina-based small business, Kimberley Kampers, has been named one of only five finalists in the MYOB Small Business Award category of this year’s New South Wales Telstra Business Awards.
The Telstra Business Awards is Australia’s largest, most prestigious small business awards program which recognises the courage and determination of Australia’s business-building entrepreneurs.
Telstra Country Wide Area General [...]

Community groups and local governments in the Ballina electorate have until 10th August to apply for assistance for projects under the New South Wales Community Building Partnership program.
The Member for Ballina, Don Page, said the Ballina electorate would receive $400,000 towards the cost of building important community projects.
“This program will also help stimulate the local [...]