Thursday October 15 is World Handwashing Day and to mark the occasion, Pental’s Country Life soap range has announced it will donate 5% of all net sales this summer to Australian children’s charity, Royal Far West. Country Life is locally and ethically made with Australian ingredients and has been for over 60 years. With the…
Speech Pathology Week, 23 – 29 August 2020, seeks to promote the profession and the work done by Speech Pathologists for the 1.2 million Australians who have a communication disability. This year’s theme is ‘Communicating with Confidence!’ Speech Pathologists provide assessment and therapy for a wide range of communication and feeding / swallowing disorders to enable…
A recent survey undertaken by our team has found a significant number of rural families are still struggling to pay for housing and food as a result of the continuing drought. The survey shows a nearly 50 per cent increase in people struggling to pay for housing compared to pre-drought conditions, and two in five…
The below text is acredited to Coonamble Times, Coonamble and has not been modified. IT IS just over 12 months since Francis Fagan died at his home “Lillydale” on the Carinda Road just a handful of kilometres from the Coonamble town limits. Although Mr Fagan was a self-contained man who didn’t welcome too much attention,…
How we’re helping bushfire affected communities during the COVID-19 pandemic As bushfire-affected communities now find themselves in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF Australia, HP and Royal Far West (RFW) have joined forces to provide help and support using mental health services delivered via technology (RFW Telecare), while continuing to provide community visits when…
