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Chillingham now plastic bag free!

Chillingham is the first official plastic bag free village in Northern NSW. It was

declared plastic bag free in the last week of May 2010 when stores and market

organisers joined forces with Tweed Shire Council to rid the village of single use

plastic check-out bags. Eliminating single use plastic check-out bags compliments

the communities efforts to improve village sustainability and is just another step

in Chillingham's journey to create an environmentally responsible and economically

resilient community.

So remember to bring your shopping bags along to the next Chillingham Village Market.

Energy and Water Efficiency Workshop

Confused about solar power? want some practical advice on how to cut your power

bills? interested in government incentives but don't know where to start? Come along

to the Energy and Water Efficiency Workshop at 11am on Sunday 13th June at the

Chillingham Village Market.  The workshop is being run by Dan Walton, Councils

Sustainability Officer.  The Chillingham Community Association energy and water

efficiency projects are supported by the NSW Government's Climate Change Fund.

 

Read our June newsletter here

Crazy tea cozy club knitters

Come along to the Centre on a Tuesday at 9.30am and join these crazy knitters. Beginners welcome. 

Yoga classes now at the Community Centre, Saturdays 8.30am

Help wanted

Our gardeners, Maree and Sandy are looking for volunteers to help out on a Friday morning with the community garden. Ring the centre to find out more or come along on a Friday morning after 9.00am and talk to the gardeners.

Bookclub

There is now a bookclub at the Community Centre. This group of about 8 local women meet every 6 weeks. If you are interested and would like to come along, contact the Community Centre for details. Their next meeting is at 11.00am on Monday 6 July. Everyone is welcome (even men!)

What's happening near the Community Centre?

Tweed Shire Council is finally putting in our oval. The Tweed Shire Council and Chillingham Community Association obtained a grant from the Commonwealth Government Regional Solutions program to facilitate this work. At long last our schoolkids and others will have an oval for their sporting activities. The Community Association is thinking of holding an opening day of activities as soon as the oval is ready to be used. We hope to get the school, pre-school and all the local community involved. One suggestion has been to challenge the "Old-timers" (born and bred locals) to a social cricket match with the hope that this will become an annual event. Let us know how you would like to celebrate this occasion by emailing or phoning the centre. We'll let you know when the oval will be ready for this event later in the year.

BBQ to launch Buildings and Grounds team

The new Buildings and Grounds team with John P at the helm had their first meeting today over a nice BBQ lunch and decided on a program of activities that will get the Community Centre in top shape over the next 12 months. If you want to get involved come along on a Thursday and talk to any of the team.

John is back!!

Our inaugural life member (John P) will be back at the centre on Thursday each week to help us progress a number of important projects. John will be supervising outdoor work at the centre and getting things moving. We've already had a number of offers to help John with these projects and if you would like to help, contact the centre or just turn up on a Thursday morning and have a chat to John over a  cup of tea or coffee, you'll be most welcome.

CCA committee

Two replacement members were elected to the CCA committee at its latest meeting held on 2 May, 2009. All members of the new committee are committed to working hard to see the Community  Association progress its agenda.

What's happening in our Community?

The Community Association  published their first newsletter last month detailing events at the community centre and will be putting out a short newsletter every couple of months to help keep you informed.

Click here to view the first newsletter.

If you would like future newsletters emailed directly to your inbox  or would like to contribute a short article, let us know by emailing Peter Liston at news@chillingham.com.au with:  Attention Secretary, newsletter in the subject line. Short articles on any local events should be about 200 words or less. If you would like to contribute a longer article, please contact Peter (the Secretary) first. If you cant submit your article via email, drop it  in as a hard copy or post it to the Community Centre.

Chillingham Markets

Held on the second Sunday of the month at the Chillingham Community Centre. See our markets link for more info.