Be Local Buy Local – Final Week!

There’s one more week left to participate in the Be Local Buy Local campaign! You can still take part for your chance to win a $100 debit card if you spend at least $150 in any small businesses in the Strathfield LGA and submit your receipts to council@strathfield.nsw.gov.au. Terms and conditions apply.

Bingo Was His Name O!

Tune into YouTube for a singalong session with Pele! Are you ready to sing the Animals at the Zoo, Rain Is Falling Down and Bingo song?

Need a Helping Hand?

Council’s community grants program is now open and will close Friday 31 July. Organisations/groups that can deliver programs that benefit the community of Strathfield may apply for grants of up to $5,000. An information forum will be hosted on Tuesday 23 June at 10:30am; registrations are essential.

COVID-19 Awareness Training

The NSW Food Authority and NSW Health have partnered to provide a free online training course to support food businesses in providing a COVID safe environment. The course includes key advice, links to relevant resources and a quiz with an acknowledgement certificate on completion of the course.

Please note this is not part of the Food Safety Supervisor (FSS) training requirement, and is not an accredited course.

We Want to Hear From You

Are you a resident living near the High Street Community Centre? Talk to us about services and programs that are needed in the area and will be beneficial to the local community. Click the link to complete a 5-minute survey by 5pm Friday 19 June and enter the draw for your chance to win 1 of 3 $50 shopping vouchers!

Throwback Thursday

A New Life in Strathfield

In 1953, British widow Thora Donovan and her 5 children arrived to settle in South Strathfield from Buxton, Derbyshire. Their journey had been sparked by a stray black cat which had led them to a neighbour, whose sister and husband in Australia agreed to sponsor the young family. The sponsors were local couple, Olive and Peter Dawson of Liverpool Road. The family’s arrival in Strathfield was featured in the Good Neighbour newspaper. Here they are shopping in South Strathfield on their first day in Sydney. Thora gained work as a secretary and in 1956 remarried and moved to Cootamundra.

Image courtesy of National Archives of Australia, 1953