Top Award For Keeping Brighton Beautiful

Brighton Council’s Cathy Harper was recently awarded the prestigious Community Citizen of the Year Award by Keep Australia Beautiful – Tasmania.

The award is recognition for Cathy’s work in supporting the (KAB) Keep Australia Beautiful awards and engaging with the community to encourage entries.

Cathy has supported KAB Tasmania over many years and is most deserving of this recognition on the eve of her retirement from Brighton Council, after almost 20 years of service.

For more information about Keep Australia Beautiful, head to www. kab.org.au.

Bridgewater to host national festival for changemakers

ChangeFest, a national movement for place-based change, is being held from 1 - 3 March 2023. The festival began in Queensland in Logan (Yagara and Yugambeh Country) in 2018, and was held in Mt Druitt (Darug Country) the following year, and in Palmerston (Larrakia Country) in 2020.

This year it is being hosted by kutalayna Collective at Brighton Civic Centre, Bridgewater. The lutruwita/Tasmania ChangeFest23 gathering will provide opportunities to share and learn together with community leaders, policy makers, funders, service providers and other collaborators of placebased change.

You will hear some inspiring stories of changemakers, participate in workshops around collaboration, join learning circles to yarn and build deeper connections across the movement, as well as form networks.

Early bird registration is now open for ChangeFest23, with more details on the Facebook page www. facebook.com/kutalaynaCollective.