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Supporting youth mental health

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pleased that the additional funding has allowed Bendigo headspace to reduce wait times and provide care to more young people," she said. Headspace Bendigo is part of a network of 160 services nationally, 40 in Victoria and many in regional areas where young people have found it difficult to access support close to home. In response to growing need and increased demand the Australian Government is increasing the number of headspace services to 173 by 2025–26. For young people who prefer online or phone support, eheadspace provides free, telephone and web-based services to young people aged 12 to 25 years with, or at risk of, developing mental illness. Further information on eheadspace is available online at:www.headspace.org.au or by phoning: 1800 650 890.

Headspace has been supporting the young people of Bendigo and surrounds for 12 years, providing vital access to mental health services.
Located centrally at 78-80 Pall Mall the centre has a particular...

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Agitation Hill Artists

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The Agitation Hill Artists are hosting an art show this weekend at the Anglican Church Hall -open daily from 12pm to 4pm until Sunday.
Featuring works by 17 local artists from a wide variety of discip...

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Desecration of historic human remains

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Jade Jungwirth
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Castlemaine Cemetery Trust chair Debra Tranter wants the Department of Health to take action to ensure the desecrated remains of up to 3000 bodies are recovered and re-interred.

Castlemaine Cemetery Trust chair Debra Tranter has broken her silence about the desecration of 1800 graves at the historic graveyard between the 1960s and the mid 1990s.
Some of the graves date back t...

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Standing room only at council

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Jade Jungwirth
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A controversial speed reduction, a new mega church, racism and Clydesdales, were the main issues raised by the large group of residents that packed into the council offices on Tuesday for the monthly ...

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Castlemaine shows its Pride 

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The Castlemaine Pride organising committee met earlier this week to finalise plans for this year’s festival which will wrap up with the highly anticipated Q+ event in Mechanics Lane. Photo: Lisa Dennis

The community is invited to get along to what it set to be a huge opener with activities for the whole family, food trucks, the Shedshaker Bar showcasing the Falcons new Ginger Beer, DJ and much more ...

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Bid to turn vacant dwellings into homes

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The My Home Network Vacant Dwellings Working Group encourage local home owners to make their vacant homes available for rent to boost affordable housing in the region.

As the housing crisis continues to bite across Mount Alexander Shire, more owners of vacant dwellings are being encouraged to release them as affordable rental properties.
My Home Network (MHN) is dri...

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Lions and Falcons light up

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Representatives from Harcourt Football & Netball Club, Mount Alexander Falcons Football Club with Maree Edwards MP and Mount Alexander Shire Council representatives.

The Mount Alexander Women’s Sports Club, Mount Alexander Falcons and Harcourt Lions footy and cricket players will be scoring goals and taking wickets well into the evening at Harcourt Recreation Rese...

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My Castlemaine with Peggy Munro

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Hi Peggy, you've lived in Castlemaine since 1970, working as a primary school teacher. How did you come to live here?
I had been teaching overseas in New Zealand for a couple of years. I came home and...

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‘Office in the Trees’

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Bendigo Federal MP Lisa Chesters and Big4 Castlemaine Gardens Holiday Park owner Claire Height are pictured at Wednesday’s launch of the new ‘Office in the Trees’ business hub.

A new 'Hub Workspace' facility aimed to cater for the new traveller 'business nomads' was officially unveiled at the BIG4 Castlemaine Gardens Holiday Park on Wednesday.
The new hub provides a work and...

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Explore the history of the ‘Government Camp’

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A new book by Colonial Military expert Dr Bob Marmion will be unveiled on the day.

As part of the 2024 National Heritage Heritage Festival local residents and visitors to the region will have the chance to learn about Castlemaine's former Government Camp at Camp Reserve and surround...

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Your community house welcomes you

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Castlemaine Community House (CCH) has a new executive officer and she is throwing open the doors for Term 2 and welcoming everyone in to explore how they can learn a new skill, meet new people and con...

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Anzac memories

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With Anzac Day 2024 just around the corner our friends at the Castlemaine Pioneers and Old Residents Association have very kindly shared these three incredible images which were captured 109 years ago...

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