Organised by Health Promotion Service for Older People - Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW Inc, health education session topics during December 2020 include medicine management; healthy bone vs. osteoporosis; oral health care; diabetes awareness, healthy brain healthy life; and arthritis.

Dementia Australia is running a number of webinars during December 2020-January 2021. Webinars include: Living with Dementia; Dementia Care Navigator; Understanding and Responding to Behaviour During COVID-19; Recently Diagnosed; and Coping with Changes in Behaviour. More information:

Muslim Women Australia
Serving with a Purpose: COVID-19, Domestic & Family Violence & CALD Communities
8 December 2020, 12.30pm-2.00pm
Online

The Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA)'s new report, "Communicating with migrant and refugee communities during COVID-19: Learnings for the future", provides insights that can be used to guide further information provision as the pandemic continues, as well as lessons that can be used to inform

Carers NSW
Caring through Crisis: COVID-19
8 December 2020, 10.00am-11.30am
Online

Carers NSW
NDIS Information Session for Parents & Guardians of Children 0-12
8 December 2020, 12.30pm-2.00pm
Online

Resourcing Inclusive Communities - Family Advocacy
Finding Work – The Next Steps in Years 11 & 12
8 December 2020, 12.00pm-1.00pm
Online

Housing Hub
NDIS Housing Options Workshop for People with Disability
9 December 2020, 11.00am-4.00pm
Online

National Disability Services (NDS) & SACS
The Stress of COVID-19 in the Disability Sector
9 December 2020, 2.00pm
Online

The Summer Reading Club (SRC) is on again at Hawkesbury Library Service and continues until 31 January 2021. Children are encouraged to get involved and get reading. To join in the reading fun, just register at either Hawkesbury Central Library or Richmond Branch Library and pick up a starter pack,

Child Family Community Australia (CFCA)
Families & Food: Identifying & Responding to Food Insecurity
9 December 2020, 1.00pm-2.00pm
Online

Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)
Collaborative Approach to Working with Children Affected by Grief
10 December 2020, 7.15pm-8.30pm
Online

The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)' "Life during COVID-19" survey's aim was to understand how Australian families coped with the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the greatest health, social and economic challenges in history. Six survey reports are now available for download, addressing different topics.

Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT)
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
8-9 December 2020, 9.30am-4.30pm
Online

LEAD Professional Development Association Inc
Mental Wellness & Community Collective Care in the time of COVID-19 Pandemic
11 December 2020, 9.00am-12.00pm
Online

Good Grief's online training topics during February-June 2021 include Companion Training for Seasons for Growth - Adult Program, and Children and Young People's Program. Seasons for Growth focuses on strengthening the social and emotional wellbeing of children, young people and adults

handOUT is Twenty10's online social space for young LGBTIQA+ folks across NSW, using the platform Discord. Open to young people aged 13 to 25, offering 3 sessions per fortnight. Sessions feature workshops, games, films, chats, support, resources and events.

Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)
Gambling Harm & Intimate Partner Violence
9 December 2020, 1.30pm-2.45pm
Online

The headspace Bushfire Recovery Service provides coordinated and early intervention services to young people 12-25 years old in the Hawkesbury who have been affected by the 19/20 'Black Summer' bushfires. The service is an outreach service, servicing the entire Hawkesbury area from headspace Penrith.

The PEERS Social Skills for Teens Online Program is a social skills group program that has a strong evidence-base for use with adolescents with Aspergers/ASD, but is also highly appropriate for those with ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning difficulties, those who may be twice exceptional or gifted