Tag: community development
NCNS supports this event and would love to see the community coming along to have the opportunity to hear a range of speakers and find out more about why the referendum and the Voice is so important i...
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Parents Corner: Infant Mental Health Awareness Week: Can You Spoil a Baby?
The short answer is “no”! Even though this has long been a worry for new parents, the current science reassures us that there is no way to spoil baby. Babies who receive warm, sensitive, and respo...
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Parent’s Corner: How to Tell the Difference between Bullying and Fighting
Do you know the difference between bullying and fighting? Researchers have found that many parents struggle to know when it’s bullying or just everyday quarrels between friends, classmates, or sibli...
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In 12 months, up to 50 Aboriginal families positively impacted by outreach days
NCNS is o...
Read More...Chat with Monica about all things Parenting
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Read More...Getting creative in Cranebrook, working with Community Artist Diamando Koutsellis
We’re being creative in Cranebrook, working with Community Artist Diamando Koutsellis to create some life size figures to decorate the fences beside the walkway between the Cranebrook shopping centr...
Read More...30 minutes each Wednesday all DCJ & FFT members connect through Olympic style office games
Welcome to the 20...
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Parents Corner: Responding to Children’s Good Behaviour
Many parenting articles talk about dealing with difficult behaviour and yet, the ways we respond to children’s positive behaviour is just as important. ...
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Parents Corner
Generation Vape: How to Talk to your Teen about the Risks of E-Cigarettes ...
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Parents Corner
How to Support a Very, Very Upset Child Oct 26, 2022 With Summer holidays fast approaching and families gathering at local beaches and swim...
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Parents Corner
Keep Watch: Always Supervise Children near Water Nov 29, 2022 There are few more demanding parenting moments t...
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Parental burnout is real, and we need to take it seriously
Parental burnout is real, and we need to take it seriously To feel ‘burnt out’ is to feel over-extended, exhausted, and that you nothing left to give. The feeling of ‘burnou...
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Parents Corner: Creating Family Rules: Do’s and Don’ts
Family Rules helps everyone get along better. They help set the standard for behaviour in the home and contribute to a more positive emotional climate. So, why not get started on creating your own Fam...
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NCNS Snow Trip 2022
NCNS has been incredibly fortunate to be friends with the amazing people at Burton Snowboards....
Read More...Is missing breakfast a big deal?
It is commonly accepted and understood that education is important – opening up opportunities, empowering young people to live the best life they can – and one of the most effective things we can ...
Read More...Message from the Manager 2015
2015 has certainly been a BIG year – and I’d like to share some of my highlights! New Projects This year saw the Work for the Dole at Kooly program kick off, with f...
Read More...Introducing – CRANEBROOK CONNECTS!
The Cranebrook Collective Impact Project moves to its next stage! With hundreds of entries, from primary schools, high schools, services and community members, our Name Our Project competition gave...
Read More...Women of Penrith – they made a difference!
The Taste of Everything Women’s Workshops is one of the groups that run out of the Floribunda Community Centre at Glenmore Park. It was created around four years ago, as an opportunity for women to ...
Read More...Lessons learned from an outreach session
As a Community Development Worker, I want to make a change. I want to help those that are struggling, with big or small struggles – I’m not picky. Some of those that are struggling in our commu...
Read More...The Youth Committee Community Garden & Mural project
The Youth Committee formed after Naomi Stevenson – Community Development worker and Artist, from Nepean Community & Neighbourhood Services, saw a real need for positive and sustained engagement ...
Read More...Creating our Leaders of the Future (and Now)
Our young people will run the world some day - and it’s our job to prepare them, and help them grow into the leaders we know they can be. We want our young people to feel a sense of ownership, an...
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