GRANTS CLOSING SOON FOR GET ONLINE WEEK (GOLW) 2025!

NHW groups can receive a $700 grant to host a GOLW event between 20 & 25 October 25. Apply through Neighbourhood Watch Australasia (NHWA), and get help with the application, event planning and acquittal process.

Events can be as simple as a morning or afternoon tea presentation, a BBQ, or run as part of a regular NHW meeting. Anything that promotes getting online or learning new digital skills!

To apply through NHWA, fill out the Grant Application form below via this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/get-online-week-grant-application and return the budget planning form (attached to this Bulletin for Coordinators). It can be your DOT for 2025!

Download the Budget Planning Form

CALENDAR COMPETITION UPDATE

The 2025 Calendar Drawing competition has now closed, and we are both delighted and swamped with a record number of entries from children representing 35 schools across Tasmania! This is a wonderful result, thanks to everyone who encouraged at least one child to enter. We look forward to congratulating the winners and their families at our Awards and Prizegiving Ceremony on Saturday, 18 October 25. 

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH TASMANIA AWARDS 

The NHW Awards will be presented in conjunction with the Calendar Drawing Competition prizes preceding the AGM to which all members are invited. The day’s program will be:

10 am guests arrive at the Country Club Tonic Bar.

10.30am Presentation of NHW Awards immediately followed by the presentation of prizes to the winners of our Calendar Drawing Competition.

11am Morning tea for all attendees with photo opportunities.

12noon NHW Tasmania Annual General Meeting

12.30pm All activities concluded.

Please RSVP by email to admin@nhwtas.org.au or by phone or text to – 0400 967 236.

HOME SECURITY TIP – NO. 9

SCAMS are getting better! Increasingly, looking and reading like the real thing.

STOP. Don’t rush to act, ask a trusted friend what they think.

CHECK. Double-check if it’s really from the organisation it claims to be.

PROTECT. Don’t share personal or banking details unless you’re sure it’s with a legitimate source.

10 WAYS TO ACHIEVE BELONGING

Belonging is the sense of safety and comfort we feel when we are accepted for who we are. Share this tip with your Facebook friends. Practice it yourself!

Belonging happens when we lend a hand – whether that’s during a crisis, over a cuppa, or by simply checking in on a neighbour. Every act of kindness, big or small, helps build a stronger, more connected community.

KEY DATES FOR 2025

19 July 25 10.30am Meet Your Coordinator in Oatlands.

24 July 25 11am CWAC at Prospect Vale Market Place.

11 August 25 GOLW Grant Applications close.

All September 25 Secure September

8 September 25 NHW Board Meeting in Hobart

11 September 25 RUOK Day

27-28 September 25 Secure Your Home Day

1 October 25 International Coffee with a Cop Day

1 October 25 CWAC at 10am, Evandale Café, Evandale

4-12 October 25 Mental Health Week

13-19 October 25 NHW/Bunnings Crime Prevention Week

18 October 25 AGM, Awards & Prizes at Country Club

20-26 October 25 Get Online Week

8 November 25 BBQ & Raffle at Bunnings, Mornington

19 November 25 CWAC in Wellington Court, Hobart

AND IN CONCLUSION

Join NHWT online at https://nhwtas.org.au/join/ it’s free! 

“You will be the same in five years as you are today but for two things — the people you meet and the books you read.” Charlie “Tremendous” Jones

peter edwards

Yours in Neighbourhood Watch
Peter Edwards, President
Good Neighbours Create Safer Communities

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