Age is no barrier to sport North Shore’s Alive ‘n’ Kicking over 60s football club scored a gold and silver medal at the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast in November 2024. The biennial games for sportspeople over the age...

Order of Australia recipient Stephen Callister talks about how breaking down the stigma of prostate cancer has saved countless lives BY ALEX DRISCOLL Stephen Callister was luckier than many after his prostate cancer diagnosis. Around 3,900 men in Australia die each year...

MS Plus | Northern Beaches MS Plus offers a meaningful volunteer opportunity through the aged care volunteer visitors scheme (ACVVS), aimed at reducing loneliness and providing companionship to those in aged care homes. Volunteers engage in activities such as chatting, sharing hobbies,...

Catholic Healthcare | Narrabeen Sprechen Sie Deutsch? A compassionate and caring German-speaking lady volunteer is needed to visit and provide social support to an elderly lady resident who lives in an aged care home in Narrabeen. Social interaction, connection and conversation for...

Pickleball popularity soars on the Beaches What is the appeal of pickleball, and why is everyone suddenly talking about it? One of the fastest-growing sports in Australia, pickleball combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. It is played with a perforated plastic...

Smooth sailing for apprentice of the year Newport local Michaela Douglas, 22, grew up around boats and spent a lot of time with her parents, Shane and Felicity Douglas, at Douglas Marine in Newport, established by her grandparents in 1972. She has...

One Meal | Brookvale One Meal is a fully volunteer-run organisation that relies heavily on the dedication and generosity of its volunteers. Individuals can contribute in various ways, such as cooking, serving food, collecting donations, or offering friendly engagement with...

Aussies owe their lives to his inflatable rescue boat Ken Brown, who was instrumental in the development of the Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB), known as the ‘rubber duckie’, died on 22 October, aged 92, from prostate cancer. More than 200,000 lives have...

Chatswood’s Jacqueline Close has been awarded for her work preventing falls in the elderly Jacqueline Close was sitting in an airport in Singapore when she received an email she instantly thought was spam. “It was from the Governor General of Australia’s...

Lavender Bay escalators were an exciting novelty One hundred years ago this year, train and ferry passengers had the novel experience of being conveyed between the Lavender Bay foreshore and Glen Street at Milsons Point by escalator. The device wasn’t quite a...