The Better Foundation was created in 2016 to support Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals. Their mission is to raise vital funds for state-of-the-art equipment, world’s best practice research and advanced education for doctors, nurses and clinical staff. Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals (BMDH) are administered as a single hospital on two sites. It is one of the largest hospitals in Australia...

Workers Lifestyle Group continues to provide support for the fantastic work conducted by Foodbank. During Summer, we were delighted to be invited to their Hunger Report Breakfast to learn about their recent research into the state of hunger in Australia. Results showed that hunger is particularly prevalent in certain areas, including Blacktown and amongst particular households and demographics, al...

Carevan Blacktown, was founded in 2011 to assist and serve the community’s most vulnerable members, extending a helping hand to people experiencing social and financial disadvantage and hardship of all kind. Comprised of a group of dedicated volunteers, Carevan Blacktown provides a weekly communal meal service in Lalor Park, engaging the care and generosity of the community, and passing this...

Young children are among the most vulnerable on our roads, and ensuring they have a properly fitted car seat is one of the best ways to protect them reducing the risk of injury by up to 70%. However, correctly installing a child car seat can be tricky. That’s why Kidsafe, with the support of Transurban, provides an incredible community service by offering free car seat safety checks. Workers Lif...

This day was recognised with Workers Lifestyle Group working with our partners in Western Sydney Changing Diabetes to conduct a screening day at Blacktown City Council. This corresponded with one of their staff meetings and enabled the team to screen over 25% of all the 200 attendees, starting with the Mayor, Brad Bunting. Our collaboration between Novo Nordisk and Western Sydney Diabetes, Western...

Dress For Success The mission of Dress for Success NSW & ACT is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing, free of charge, a network of support, professional attire, and development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. They provide assistance in preparing to enter the workforce, and provide support to women to feel their best while job searching and in the firs...

We Are Studios Workers Lifestyle Group was delighted to attend the opening of the We Are Studios art space Blacktown. The first of a kind, We Are Studios is a fully disability-led, inclusive studio that empowers artists with disability to reach their creative potential by creating space to thrive. Established by people with disability, for people with disability, this unique studio has been specif...

2KG CHALLENGE Workers Lifestyle Group support for reducing the incidence of diabetes in Blacktown through the 2kg Challenge has reached a new level during summer. The basis behind the 2kg Challenge is driven by the fact that if someone is at risk of developing diabetes and loses just 2kg in weight, 30% of people will not go on to develop the condition. In addition, just a small and sustained weig...

Harman Foundation Fundraising Dinner. The Harman Foundation is modelled on a mission of delivering open, empathic support, guidance and reassurance to all multicultural community members. Since its inception, the foundation has continued to evolve into a web of cost-free community support services, delivered by a committed group of volunteers, to address a range of individual and group needs, issu...

Alice’s Suppot Services Alice’s Support Services is dedicated to providing assistance to local women and their children who are facing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, particularly those experiencing mental health challenges, and various issues stemming from domestic & family violence, socioeconomic challenges, financial difficulties, and housing crises, in the Blacktown & ...

Love Bites Program Workers Lifestyle Group has had the privilege of partnering with NAPCAN to enable the training of professionals to conduct the Love Bites Program. This program aims to break the cycle of domestic abuse through teaching young people aged 15-17 to engage in respectful relationships. The training is conducted over 2 days and enables the participant to run the program in local hig...

Workers Lifestyle Group is honoured to win an Award at the annual ClubsNSW Clubs & Community Awards held last night. This Education category award is for our work at Blacktown North Public School: Resilient Kids Program. The program ensures children who were disadvantaged by school closures during COVID are supported through child-centric and community interventions that are helping them no...