Photo 1: The Gomeroi dancers provided many laughs at the CDAT trivia night at the Coledale Community Centre on the 23rd June. From left, Gomeroi Dancers Athol Munro, Bareki Knox, Tom Flanders, Teangi Knox, Brad Flanders and Barega Knox, with Coledale Community Centre Manager Patricia Varley in the background looking on.

Coming up:Saturday 4th July: Pool competition at 2pm and table tennis competition at 4pm.
Friday 10th July: NAIDOC Family Day at Bicentennial Park.
Saturday 11th July: Live bands at the Youthie featuring Going Arcade, 6th Stage, Your Name On A Toe Tag and Deception Prevails – more details in next weeks column.

July School Holiday Program: The program of activities and events for the July School Holidays at the Tamworth Youth Centre is now available for viewing and downloading at our website – www.theyouthie.org.

Highsnlows: www.highsnlows.com.au is a new campaign and website about cannabis and mental health. It is a collaboration between the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF, www.adf.org.au), Orygen Youth Health (www.oyh.org.au) and the Department of Human Services (DHS) Victoria (www.dhs.vic.gov.au). The campaign will roll out over the next five months and will feature a series of animated short films following four young people's experiences with cannabis. These films encourage the audience to think about how their mental health and wellbeing may be affected by cannabis use. The first of these animated short films can be found on the highsnlows website, along with other information for young people about how cannabis use can affect their mental health and where they can find help. The website includes an anonymous and professional Q&A service that provides clear, unbiased, non-judgmental answers to any questions they may have about cannabis and mental health, a safe space for visitors to share their stories and experiences, information about cannabis and mental health, and a searchable database of Australian youth-friendly health services and organisations.

Tamworth Community Drug Action Team (CDAT) Trivia Night: A trivia night was hosted by the Tamworth CDAT as part of the Soup Kitchen at the Coledale Community Centre on Tuesday 23rd June. A great night was had by all in attendance with heaps of prizes and free giveaways aimed at increasing the awareness of alcohol and drugs and associated problems in the community. The Gomeroi Dance Group filled the MC role and performed a number of traditional dances to finish off what was a fabulous night. The Tamworth CDAT would like to acknowledge the exceptional contribution made by Sussan Bissett and the Cornerstone Soup Kitchen Volunteers, and would also like to acknowledge the following organisations for supporting this worthwhile community event; The Cornerstone Church, Country Energy, Dominoes Pizza, Carlo's IGA, Civic Video (Bridge St), Robert Street Butchery, Johno's Takeaway, Farmer Bobs, Crust & Cream Bakery, McDonalds South. It was also great to see Tamworth Regional Council Councillor Warren Woodley helping out on the night.