The latest Hawkesbury community sector news features an upcoming interagency meeting, disaster volunteering, Reclaim the Night March 2026, and school holiday programs.
Hawkesbury Connect Interagency:
Meet and connect with other Hawkesbury community services workers and organisations; find out about new and existing services; and promote your own organisation and the services and activities that you provide to the community. October presentations:
- Michelle Hookham, Owner/Director/Provider of Psychosocial Support, Health Dynamis: Research Findings on Psychosocial Wellbeing and Disaster Recovery in the Hawkesbury
- Ann McKinnon Baker, Community Engagement and Promotion Officer, Relationships Australia: Wattle Place Services
- Simone Cooper, Specialist Counsellor/Caseworker, National Redress Support Service, The Women’s Cottage: National Redress Scheme for Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Wednesday, 14 October, 2pm-3.30pm
Hawkesbury Leisure & Learning Centre, 114 March St, Richmond
Would you like to present to Hawkesbury Connect? Contact janine.madden@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au. You can also share this contact information with other organisations who may wish to make contact to present.
Community
Connecting Hawkesbury Businesses with Local Procurement Opportunities
Hawkesbury Chamber of Commerce has launched a Community Wealth Building initiative providing a free service connecting businesses with local procurement opportunities. Business opportunities can be listed so other local businesses get automatically notified and can contact them. Supported by Bendigo Bank.
Call for Disaster Recovery Volunteers
Anglicare Disaster Recovery Volunteer team is looking for volunteers who live in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Western Sydney regions – people from all cultural backgrounds are needed to support families at Evacuation and Recovery Centres, offering practical help and emotional support. Training is provided.
Online information sessions: October to December, via Zoom | Information & registration
Disaster Recovery Volunteer project flyer
Contact: disasterrecovery@anglicare.org.au
Families & Children
Reclaim the Night 2026
Reclaim the Night aims to promote women’s strength and survival while encouraging a wider community response to men’s violence against women and children. The event features a march, food, workshops, and entertainment. Men are invited to march under the “Men Standing Against Violence” banner.
Thursday, 29 October, meet 5.30pm for 6.30pm march
The Women’s Cottage, 22 Bosworth St, Richmond, then march to Richmond Park (in the event of wet weather, the event will go ahead at Richmond Community Services)
Flyer
Contact: 4578 4190
Hawkesbury City Council Spring School Holiday Activities
Hawkesbury City Council has released its Spring School Holiday Program, with bookings now open for activities at the Library, Museum, and Gallery in Windsor. Young minds can learn and play at the Library, explore the past at the Museum, flex creative muscles in the Gallery, and much more.
2026 Spring School Holiday Program
Health & Wellbeing
Urgent Care Over the Long Weekend or School Holiday
Wentworth Healthcare Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are for those in-between injuries and illnesses that can’t wait for people’s GP. Urgent care provides bulk-billed care when it’s urgent but not life-threatening e.g. respiratory illness, minor eye or ear infections, minor cuts, burns or infections, gastro and more. Walk-in – 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 8am-10pm
- Windsor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic: Myhealth Kable St, Level 1, 2 Kable St, Windsor
- Penrith Medicare Urgent Care Clinic: Octa Medical, Ground floor, 13 Barber Ave, Kingswood (parking available within the Nepean Health Hub)
Also available: North Richmond Urgent Care Service
7 days a week, 365 days a year, 8am-8pm
Contact: healthdirect, 1800 022 222 – a nurse will help callers and book them into the Urgent Care Service if needed, or guide them to the right care for their needs.
Nepean Blue Mountains Urgent Care website
Plus sector resources & online training:
View full Hawkesbury Community Sector News 16 September 2026