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MEDIA RELEASE 12 May 2023

Active Ageing Week

Council is providing a free program of events for people aged 50 years and older from May 22 - 28 to promote the benefits of staying active.

Visit www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au/activeageing for more information.

Dino-Time

On Wednesday, 31 May from 10.00am to 1.00pm the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is offering a sensory friendly session with reduced lights and sounds and sensory zones.

The museum will be closed to the public during this time. Admission charges apply however caregivers will be given free entry. For more information or for group bookings please phone 6338 2860.

Writers’ and Readers’ Festival

The Bathurst Writers’ & Readers’ Festival is an annual literary event presented by BMEC in association with Bathurst Library, Arts OutWest and Books Plus, Bathurst. The festival includes a number of live streamed events from Sydney Writers’ Festival. The festival takes place from Thursday 25 May until Sunday 28 May at both BMEC and Bathurst Library.

For more information and bookings visit https://bit.ly/40LMi6u or contact BMEC Box Office.

Village Meetings

Council will be holding its next round of meetings with residents in rural areas during May and June.

Each meeting will be held at the following locations:

• Trunkey Creek, Community Hall – 22 May at 6.00pm
• Sunny Corner, Community Hall – 29 May at 6.00pm
• Wattle Flat, Recreation Hall – 30 May at 6.00pm
• Hill End, ‘Hosies’, 23 Clarke Street – 13 June at 5.00pm

Coffee with a Councillor

Catch up with the Mayor and Councillors in a relaxed and casual setting. Light refreshments provided.

Heritage Assistance Grants

Applications are now invited for small grants, under Section 356 of the Local Government Act 1993, for Council’s Heritage Assistance Funds. Applications must be made on Council’s application form which is available on YourSay Bathurst. Applications close on 9 June.

@ the Art Gallery

Danelle Bergstrom: Afterglow 1 April - 11 June

Acclaimed Australian-Swedish painter Danelle Bergstrom works in landscape and portraiture as vessels to navigate human emotion. Afterglow is the artist’s first career survey and traces the interiorscapes of Bergstrom’s own life as they are reflected in the overtures and undertones of her subjects both in landscape and portrait.

Introduction to Landscape Watercolour Painting workshop Thursday 11 May at 6pm

Learn the basics of landscape watercolour painting in a 2-hour mentored session by Contemporary Impressionist Kasey Sealy.

Surrounded by landscape paintings in the gallery as part of our current exhibition, Danelle Bergstorm: Afterglow, be inspired and create your own painting across this session.

$30 BRAG members, $35 non-members, all materials supplied, all abilities, bookings essential.

Community Safety Plan

Council has developed a draft Community Safety Plan 2023 - 2028. Community safety is essential to the overall wellbeing of residents and visitors to the Bathurst LGA.

The draft Community Safety Plan will be on public exhibition from Monday 24 April - 4pm Monday 22 May online through YourSay Bathurst. Printed copies will be located at Council's Civic Centre and Bathurst Library.

For more information visitwww.bathurst.nsw.gov.au/communitysafety

Draft Delivery Program 2023/2027 and Operational Plan 2023/2024

The draft Delivery Program 2023/2027 and Operational Plan 2023/2024 are now available for review. The plan is our commitment to our community on how and where funds will be spent and what services and activities the community can expect to be delivered during the financial year. The Delivery Program & Operational Plan, incorporating the Revenue Policy, outlines the strategies and financial resources required over the next four years to implement the key directions identified by the community in our Bathurst 2040 Community Strategic Plan.

For more information and to make a submission visit yoursay.bathurst.nsw.gov.au

We welcome your feedback before 4:45pm Friday 19 May.

National Sorry Day

National Sorry Day is observed annually on 26 May, to remember and acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.

To commemorate National Sorry Day, a morning tea will be held on Friday 26 May, in the PJ Moodie Courtyard (adjacent to Council’s Civic Centre, in Court House Lane), from 10.30am – 11.30am, where a native hibiscus plant and plaque have been installed during previous commemorations.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, wider community and any interested parties are invited to attend. RSVP for catering purposes to Council’s Community Services Section on 6333 6523.

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