Lifeline canberra is a leading charity in the act, setting the benchmark for suicide prevention and communitywide awareness for mental health advocacy. If life is in danger call 000 emergency services lifeline telephone crisis support call 11 14 24hrs a day quick links. Everyday all around australia, lifeline is seeking to recruit volunteers. For more than 25 years, lifeline harbour to hawkesbury has been putting on its unique brand of bargainfilled, family friendly book fairs at locations all over sydney s north shore. Fundraisers assist in fundraising activities and donation collection.
The lifeline wahroonga book fair will have more than 80,000 books, dvds and cds up for sale sorted into 54 different categories. Lifeline shops exist from the generosity of the local community when you donate your good quality, preloved items to lifeline they are sold to help raise vital funds for the 24hour lifeline crisis support line 11 14. Over 50,000 quality used books, all categorised, plus cds and dvds. A lego block party in wollongong with some of the best. On christmas day over 2,500 people in crisis will call lifeline. So make sure you mark your diary for your chance to pick up a bag of bargains among the 60,000 books that will be on sale in over 50 general and specialist categories, including. Please be advised that the lifeline australia is the national administrative office, the contact number listed above does not offer crisis support. Lifeline is a national charity providing all australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. The telephone crisis counselling service answers more than 30,000 crisis calls each year. Zimzalas friday night themed dinners are very good and at a very reasonable set price. This invaluable organisation does everything it can, from suicide.
Best places to hear christmas carols in sydney 2019. Lifeline telephone crisis supporters provide emotional support to those in crisis. Youll also find magazines and pamphlets, sheet music, comics, maps and atlases, talking books, records and cds, dvds, games and jigsaws. Lifeline sutherland book fair, lifeline sutherland book fair is on.
This queens birthday long weekend, the lifeline bookfest will sweep you off your feet into the land of fantasy and romance with close. It was excellent the turkey was plentiful and really tasty as was the christmas pudding. Be the first to hear about upcoming events, travel tips and holiday deals in sydney and new south wales. Our book fairs are renowned for their quality and huge variety of preloved titles, plus every dollar raised helps lifeline save lives. Please email us with your enquiry or to book now using our online form. Lifeline northern beaches holds four giant book fairs during the year.
We thank the talented artists who volunteered their time and talent to let our farming families know they are not forgotten this summer and to remind them that lifeline is here to listen on 11 14 247. Last years threeday book fair at oakhill college proved such a hit that it is now a permanent fixture on lifelines events calendar. New site under construction please log in to begin updating your site. Lifeline s newest retail store in gladesville will be officially opened by hunters. The lifeline bookfest is a long running secondhand book festival which is held a couple of times a year all over australia, including in brisbane. Thousands of people are flocking to the lifeline sydney bookfair kicking off today at sydneys martin place. Lifeline northern beaches book fairs see above all funds raised support the activities of lifeline northern beaches. Ervin gallery, observatory hill, sydney annual in september. Sydney south events sydney, australia official travel.
A white christmas is nothing compared to a toasty warm christmas in the city down under, especially when its streets are sprinkled with lights and the beautiful harmonies of angelic choirs. Book fair volunteers help out at a local book fair. Lifelines newest retail store in gladesville will be officially opened by hunters. Oakhill book fair 2018 lifeline harbour to hawkesbury.
Lifeline book fair at thornleigh sydney mums group. Books include texts, australiana, foreign languages, art, medical, engineering and commerce. Each year, the lifeline canberra bookfair recycles up to 1 million books many to our bookfairs, many to other charities, and to paper recycling. Lifeline to launch dedicated bushfire response phoneline. Sutherland shire, sydney australia sunday, 26 april 6.
Whats on this christmas in sutherland shire sutherland. Lifeline answers more than 40,000 calls each year, is owned and operated by wesley mission, and is one of 37 centres accredited by lifeline australia. We expect to receive 2,500 calls on christmas day were always here with a friendly, nonjudgemental voice. The sutherland shire has some of sydneys best christmas light displays to be enjoyed by kids both big and small. Its that time of year that has the booklovers of sydneys southern suburbs rearranging their bookshelves, giddy with anticipation at the prospect of truckloads of book bargains. For many, lifeline is the only place they can turn to in. Lifeline bookfest 2020 brisbane bookfest families magazine. Keep reading below for details about what council is doing in your area and what groups are hosting christmas carols around the sutherland shire this december. Lifelines second book fair at macquarie university will be even bigger this year, with more than 60,000 books on sale in over 50 general and.
Our book fairs have gained a reputation for their unique combination of highquality books, amazingly low prices, and warm and welcoming atmosphere. Your continuing donations help keep our telephone crisis support service 11 14 available to the community. Lifeline book fair, the premier book fair in the sutherland shire. With a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books, you wont want to miss the lifeline canberra book fair.
We will have 80,000 books packed, individually priced and on display for our customers in over 50 categories. This is the largest book sale of its kind on the central coast, and has more than 10,000 books, and the biggest range of fiction books for readers to stock up for their christmas holiday break. Help us answer more calls and provide suicide prevention and crisis support by donating today. Lifeline is looking for people from all walks of life who would like to make a commitment to regular volunteer work and who are willing to learn new skills, support others and work within the vision and values of lifeline. Whats on in the shire comprehensive events calendar. Christmas carols in gunnamatta park sutherland shire. Just 25km south of the cbd and only 20 minutes from sydney airport, the shire as the area is affectionately known, delivers all the best sydney has to offer.
I thought it was going to be a two course meal at a set price. Kawana bookfair a book for a lifeline sunshine coast. The first, motown goldrush, are one of the midlands outstanding soul, funk and pop bands, featuring fantastic fourpart harmony vocals and superb musicianship. Contact the lifeline national office using our online form. The fair raises funds for wesley mission lifeline sydney and sutherland, which helps thousands of people in crisis each year. Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. Once the sun sets, pile the kids into the car in their pyjamas and swing through your local drivethru to indulge in some hot chocolates or perhaps icecreams for those. All books are donated by our generous community and our book fairs are vital to ensuring we can continue to provide crisis support and suicide prevention services. Theres no shortage of christmas concerts and places to hear carols in sydney.
A friend booked for four couples to this restaurant. Together with some friends we went to zimzalas last friday for a christmas in july dinner. Were committed to empowering australians to be suicidesafe through connection, compassion and hope. We have a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books. Wesley mission martin place bookfair a fundraiser for. Our annual fundraising event program has become part of the fabric on the region with our. Christmas message from lifeline volunteer andrew downie. Lifeline canberras bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local crisis support service running. Book fair march 2020 cancelled lifeline south coast.
Visit the lifeline bookfest in brisbane, the largest secondhand book sale in queensland. Whatever youre planning to do, wherever youre going, however youll be relaxing and winding down, theres no summertime companion like a good engrossing novel. This september, you can indulge yourself at the kawana waters community centre book fair while helping to fund lifeline, one of our societys most important public charity services. Royal institute for deaf and blind children annual book fair, sydney, nsw the royal institute for deaf and blind children ridbc is calling on bookworms and bargain hunters to support its annual book, toy and music fair. Central coast largest book fair on again central coast. Home lifeline central west dreaming of a green christmas. Lifeline wahroonga, book fair, knox grammar school news. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of booklovers in canberra. Lifeline is a crisis support and suicide prevention service that is entirely nonforprofit. This christmas fair takes place in eryldene a historic house in the sydney north shore suburb of gordon, designed by the australian architect william hardy wilson.
For many christmas is a time of loneliness, isolation, violence and family and relationship problems, or even thoughts of suicide. Lifeline sutherland bookfair, grab the whole family and come down. Lifeline, created by wesley mission, is celebrating its 56 th year anniversary. Enjoy a night of christmas carols glow sticks and candles will be provided to participants coffee and icecream vans on site bbq. All books are categorised, in fact we have over 50 categories. Lifeline retail volunteers work in a lifeline shop or warehouse as a shop assistant, cashier, driver or stock sorter. The massive and marvellous lifeline sutherland bookfair is returning to sutherland entertainment centre from friday 5 to sunday 7 july for its annual feast of all things literary.
Check out our picks of the best places for families to hear christmas carols. Volunteer at lifeline sydney and sutherland seek volunteer. The massive and marvellous lifeline sutherland bookfair is returning to sutherland entertainment centre from friday 5 to sunday 7 july for its annual feast of all. This is a sale of secondhand books, rare books, cds, dvds, sheet music, etc. It will be held from 2028 january and is held twice a year in brisbane, plus all over queensland. Friends of the waverley library annual book sale may, bondi junction. The lifeline bookfest, june 8 11, will not disappoint the avid book lover who could easily lose themselves in the vast array of mystery, fantasy, humour, crime, romance, fact and fiction on over four kilometres of tables at the brisbane exhibition and convention centre in south brisbane. With well over 4 kilometres worth of second hand books and so much more, its a whole day out that is not to be missed.
There is a large range of new and used books in a wide range of. Eryldenes christmas fair eryldene historic house and garden, 17 mcintosh street, gordon nsw 2072. Decorated nicely with mini christmas trees and bonbons. Christmas in july rocksalt restaurant, menai traveller. Lifeline book fair, popular 3day book fair returns to castle hill. Thornleigh book fair thornleigh community centre, thornleigh. One of sydneys best loved charities brings its famous book fair event to thornleigh community centre, across two days 8am 5pm each day. Every fair is planned, prepared, and presented by a dedicated team.