Community Builders Workshops - 3 June (Dungog)

COMMUNITY BUILDERS WORKSHOPS - ONGOING EVENTS

Thank you for your interest and participation in the Dungog Community Opportunities Workshop (COW) held in March. ​ Your engagement has been invaluable in shaping the future of our community. ​

Following the workshop, Peter Kenyon Bank of IDEAS and Steph Walsh Rural Aid, compiled ideas and proposed actions from the event, conducted information-gathering sessions with various interest groups, and collected insights from the Big Ideas Cards and online surveys. ​ These efforts have resulted in the creation of a draft Dungog Community Builders Plan, which we are excited to share with you soon. ​

We invite you to join us for a Community Builders gathering to discuss the draft plan and collaborate on forming task teams to drive the actions outlined. ​

Event Details:

Date: Tuesday, 3rd June ​ Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ​

Location: Dungog Royal Hotel

This gathering is a great opportunity to contribute to the future of Dungog and connect with others who are passionate about our community. ​ Feel free to bring along friends, neighbours, colleagues, or anyone who may have missed the COW in March. ​

It would be appreciated if you could RSVP by using Try Booking link https://www.trybooking.com/DBYCC

Let’s make exciting things happen in our wonderful community!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards,

Marion Stuart 0428921899

On behalf of the Dungog Community Builders Team

Future of Farming Forum 13 June 2025

We are very pleased to invite you to our next Future of Farming forum to be held Friday June 13th from 5pm to 7pm at the James Theatre, Brown St Dungog. This event will kick start the inaugural Thrive, Field and Flavour Festival 13 14 15 June 25.

Theme for this forum will centre around Agri Tourism. Is this something you were thinking about bringing into your own farm operations? This is an opportunity to hear from our speakers who have already added farm experiences, and Michael Foster who will guide you through the Destination NSW program for this expanding industry.

Meet:

Carly and Jesse from Pheonix Farm who grow vegetables on their property . In addition they run educational and interactive visits to their farm. GROWING FUTURE FARMERS -Are you looking for a unique educational experience for kids? This fun hands-on learning program is designed to connect kids to nutrition, science and sustainability. Available to schools and families. This program helps to improve kids wellbeing, resilience, knowledge, and skills.

Jacqui Purcell, Chief Hand, In our Hands Family Farm, who runs her own farmgate near Seaham and is also looking to establish a farmgate tour around the Hunter.

Tess King, Tocal Homestead , who will profile what is happening at the college in this agri tourism space, including the high school interactive visits to Tocal’s Dairy and associated activities.

We may also have some of the special guest presenters involved in the Saturday program of Thrive make appearance on the night.                                                                                                                                                            

We hope you can join us for this free event. It would be appreciated if you could rsvp for this event by going to Try Booking  https://www.trybooking.com/DBSUE

Kind Regards

 Carolyn Pisciuneri
Secretary -Dungog District Chamber of Commerce

mail:  secretary@ddcc.org.au
mobile:
 0499 264 301
website: www.ddcc.org.au

TAFE Consultation Workshop POSTPONED to 19 June

We’re excited to let you know about an upcoming event that we believe will be very beneficial for our community. TAFE NSW is hosting a "TAFE Connects with Dungog" workshop, and we encourage you to attend.

Event Details:

  • Date: 19 June 2025

  • Time: 9:30 am – 1:00 pm (3.5 hours)

    • Workshop: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

    • Optional Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

The event will take place at the James Theatre, Dungog. It's a great chance for local business and community leaders to connect with TAFE NSW and discuss the skills and support needs of our area.

This is a fantastic opportunity to share your thoughts and help find solutions for Dungog’s future.

Please mark the date in your calendar – more details to follow soon.

Kind Regards

 Carolyn Pisciuneri

 Secretary -Dungog District Chamber of Commerce

 mail:  secretary@ddcc.org.au

mobile:  0499 264 301