Empowering Parents and Children: A Guide to Navigating Childhood Anxiety and Building Resilience
Fears and worries are normal for children to experience, and the symptoms can be tricky to spot.
Puberty Emotions – Pits & Peaks of Puberty
Do you ever get to that stage in parenting when you think you have your child figured out and then BAM! Something changes again and you feel like you’re back to square one?! I hope I’m not alone in this feeling, because it happens at so many stages.
School Refusal
It can be really normal for children to be reluctant to go to school occasionally, however school refusal is a more serious issue. It often peaks at times of transition such as the first year of school, end of primary school and early in high school and is more likely in anxious and depressed students.
Lighthouses
What do safe adults and lighthouses have in common? They both provide safety and direction when the going is rough.
Working together to support our community with food donations
At the beginning of 2022, Beth (our Community Hub Family Coordinator) worked in partnership with the local Roxby Downs Woolworths and staff from the Roxby Downs Children’s Centre to establish a regular Community Food Donations Program.
Introducing the Community Hub Working Group
The Working Group is a collective of local community and organisational representatives who come together 4 times per year to advise the Hub Team. Members share advice on local priorities, ideas for scheduled events at the Hub and help to promote the Hub and its programs in our community.
Men’s Health Week - Building Healthy Environments for Men and Boys
Men’s Health Week is celebrated annually across the world. Men’s Health Week recognises the unique health and wellbeing challenges of men and boys and provides the opportunity to put not just physical health, but also men's mental health and emotional wellbeing in focus. The week educates the public about what can be done to improve the state of men’s health while providing information on health services available to boys, men and their families. Its aim is to heighten awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease.
Welcome to the Community Hub!
At the Community Hub, in Richardson Place Roxby Downs, we provide a welcoming environment for you to meet other locals. Our Hub Time, held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, is an ideal time for you to introduce yourself to our friendly Hub staff and meet other residents.
Wellbeing - An ongoing journey, not just a FAD…
Wellbeing is such a buzz word, the wellbeing market is booming, the influence of digital and social media is increasing with new trends constantly arising. People everywhere are constantly striving to be more, to feel more, to live longer, to look better, to be better... to be perfect. Somehow the quest for wellbeing has become overwhelming and stressful and inherently having the opposite effect of wellbeing!