Coming up: Friday 5th February – live bands at the Youthie featuring Romero’s, Red Letter Day and 4 degrees Hotter. Entry is $6 and the event runs from 7-10pm so come along for a rockin’ night of live local talent.
Saturday 6th February - Pool Competition at 2pm and Table Tennis Competition at 4pm.

World of difference: Applications are now open, apply before 7 Feb 2010. The Vodafone Foundation Australia are giving 5 Australian’s the incredible opportunity to work for the charity of their choice for one year. To enable you to do this we’ll pay your annual salary (up to $50,000) and expenses (up to $25,000). To apply complete the online application form describing how you will make a world of difference for your chosen charity, the application form can be found at www.vodafone.com.au/personal/aboutvodafone/worldofdifference.

Express Your Reality Art/Writing Competition: Oxfam Australia and Culturalista magazine are teaming up to present the Express Your Reality Art/Writing Competition. 2 X $500 prizes are up for grabs, plus other great prizes, plus the chance to have your creations exhibited as part of Oxfam's Refugee Realities Simulation. Submissions close February 28th. For more details visit the website at www.culturalista.org.au/expressreality. Entries can be in any written or artistic style; poems, photos, sculpture, paintings, anything! Entrants must be current or former refugees or asylum seekers. Please direct any questions to expressreality@oxfam.org.au or contact Dustin on 0428385272.

Give up alcohol for a whole month? We double dare you! FebFast is a national health and charity campaign that dares Australians to banish the booze during February, the shortest month of the year. After the indulgent festive season, FebFast gives your liver a break while raising money for organisations that help young people with serious alcohol and drug problems. Giving up grog for 28 days can seem daunting to some, so in 2010 FebFast “double dares” you – sign up for FebFast with a friend, partner or family member and do it together. Funds raised from FebFast go to The Australian Drug Foundation, Youth Substance Abuse Service (VIC), Ted Noffs Foundation (NSW and ACT), Mater Hospital Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service (QLD) and several community organisations. During February, FebFasters will receive a range of discounts and goodies including free Step into Life group fitness sessions, discounts at GNC LiveWell stores and Endota Spa, and concession price tickets at Moonlight Cinema. Kick-start your fundraising by paying the $25 ($10 concession) registration fee, then create your own page where your friends and family can donate online. All donations over $2 are tax deductable. While FebFast is a challenge, we don’t want to spoil the party – participants can purchase a date stamped ‘Time Out Certificate’ to celebrate a special occasion with alcohol. Take up the challenge and sign up today at www.febfast.com.au.

Think before you post: ‘Think before you post’ is the theme of Safer Internet Day 2010, the international cybersafety event supported in Australia by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Safer Internet Day is the annual event which aims to raise awareness about the safe and responsible use of online technologies by children and young people. It is organised by Insafe, an international network for internet safety.  The ACMA will hold a number of activities in the lead up to Safer Internet Day which takes place on 9 February 2010. For more information about Safer lnternet Day and the Cybersmart program or for copies of internet safety resources, please call the Cybersafety Contact Centre on 1800 BB0 176 or email cybersafety@acma,gov.au. The cybersmart website can be found at www.cybersmart.gov.au.