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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 fir...

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 has been excited to introduce the 2Kg Challenge- a diabetes awareness, detection and prevention campaign to our Workers Lifestyle Group staff and members. This Challenge has been developed through WLG’s connection with Western Sydney Diabetes and Novo Nordisk to form a collaboration entitled Western Sydney Changing Diabetes. This Challenge has provided an op...

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...

Workers Lifestyle Group has made a strong submission to the NSW Government review of ClubGRANTS. The ClubGRANTS scheme is one way registered clubs like Blacktown Workers and Blacktown Sports contribute directly to our community, sporting groups and charities. Submissions closed on 18 March 2024. “Our submission calls on the State Government to support and strengthen the most important ele...

Join us in the 2kg Challenge today by registering at 2kgChallenge.com.au   This is your opportunity to empower yourself to reduce your chance of type 2 diabetes. The 2kg Challenge is a diabetes awareness, detection and prevention campaign.  If you are at risk of diabetes, losing just 2kg can reduce your chance of developing type 2 diabetes by 30%. You can do this by regular physical activit...

Congratulations to Catherine O’Donnell for her artwork Gilded Communities winning the Blacktown Arts Main Prize.  The winner of the First Nations Artist Prize was awarded to Nathan Dawson for his artwork Loss of Identity/Culture. Workers Lifestyle Group are proud sponsors of the Blacktown Arts Prize and congratulate all the winners and finalists. The Blacktown City Art Prize and Young Artist P...

Workers Lifestyle Group members generously donated Christmas presents to 40 local families via Junaya Family Development Services.   Junaya told us that the presents members donated through our Giving Tree at Workers Blacktown and Workers Sports were the only gifts children in some families received at Christmas time. So thank you to our members for your Christmas kindness.   Junaya Family ...