Apply to train as a volunteer lifeline telephone crisis supporter in 2020. Lifeline bookfest is run all over queensland and helps to raise much needed funds for lifeline services. I read this story as part of a box set called death before defeat from bundlerabbit. As you may be aware, lifeline south coast had to make the tough decision to cancel the march big book fair. Lifeline canberras bookfairs raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local crisis support service running. The next lifeline bookfest in brisbane will run from saturday 17th january 2020 to monday 27th january 2020. Contact the lifeline national office using our online form. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of booklovers in canberra and they raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local 11 14 crisis support and suicide prevention service available to the community. Eventbrite, and certain approved third parties, use functional, analytical and tracking cookies or similar technologies to understand your event preferences and provide you with. Lifeline bookfest 2020, brisbane concrete playground brisbane. Lifeline bookfest 8 11 june abc melbourne australian. Im hoping to head to the lifeline book fair at knox. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys book fairs are run entirely by volunteers. The lifeline bookfest is a long running secondhand book festival which is held a couple of times a year all over australia, including in brisbane.
Read concrete playgrounds take on lifeline bookfest 2020. Save australias most stylish free baby fair melbourne 2020 to your collection. Oct 04, 2019 calling all bookworms tens of thousands of preloved pageturners are about to go on sale in newcastle. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys immensely popular chatswood giant book fair returns to the civic pavilion at the concourse, chatswood, for two valuepacked days on saturday and sunday february 3rd and 4th, 8am to. Lifeline harbour to hawkesburys next free gambling help support group starts on october 11 and will run 6. We thank the talented artists who volunteered their time and talent to let our farming families know they are not forgotten this summer and to remind them that lifeline is here to listen on 11 14 247. Wesley mission victoria operates the lifeline centre in melbourne. Our bookfairs are the largest gathering of booklovers in canberra. Canberra lifeline book fair robbed of rare volumes worth. There was an identical setup in another room where they sorted books before taking the sorted books to the right tables. Melbourne, australia book festival events eventbrite. Please be advised that the lifeline australia is the national administrative office, the contact number listed above does not offer crisis support. Kawana bookfair a book for a lifeline sunshine coast.
Lifeline is a photographic documentary book that relates the behindthescenes story of frankenbok, a melbournebased thrashgroove metal band, from october 2012 to. But its not just books up for grabs at the lifeline bookfest brisbane. Lifeline central west orange mega book fair, 2324 march 20, 9am4pm daily, 96 byng street, orange gold coin entry. A frankenbok photographic documentary book strictly limited quantities available. Book fair is an important fundraising activity to h. The massive and marvellous lifeline sutherland bookfair is returning to sutherland entertainment centre from friday 5 to sunday 7 july for its annual feast of all things literary. It is one of 10 scifi stories written by different authors. Lifeline south coast would like to acknowledge the aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples as traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We wish everyone in the rare book community the very best as we deal with this issue, and look forward to your continued support during the year and the return of. The program will be presented by both regular and new mrbw partners. The lifeline canberra bookfair is held a few times a year to raise muchneeded funds for lifeline local crisis support service. Calling all bookworms tens of thousands of preloved pageturners are about to go on sale in newcastle.
Lifeline bookfest brisbane unitingcare unitingcare queensland. Share australias most stylish free baby fair melbourne 2020 with your friends. About lifelines brisbane bookfest the lifeline bookfest is divided into three sections but we have new section names to make it easier for everyone. The book fair features a variety of books, including childrens books, all proceed from the twoday sale will be donated to lifeline canberras suicide prevention program. There are heaps of great things about the lifeline bookfest. If youre been before, youll know there are warehouse quantities of books for sale your grade five diary is probably hidden under a copy of shantaram, and youll come. Its bookworm bliss each event has thousands of quality preloved books up for grabs at bargain prices. Lifeline book fest is akin to christmas, hanukkah and my birthday, in fact every year i come in armed with a trolley bag and steely determination to nab every good book i find. Unitingcare community is the organisation that runs lifeline services, shops and events in queensland, including the 11 14 24hour crisis support line. The lifeline bookfest is a second hand book sale for book lovers young and old. Sep 10, 2018 lifeline canberra volunteers are distressed after dozens of rare books are stolen from the organisations book fair, ripping away thousands of dollars in potential revenue for the suicide.
Bargain hunters spend hours wandering the rows of books, magazines, dvds and all matter of reading material, looking for books to keep them going until the next bookfair. We will keep all our loyal customers up to date on any changes to our scheduled october big book fair. In addition to training the volunteers for lifelines wellknow telephone crisis support service, the training team also has extensive experience in delivering training to the public sector, private business, the community sector and young people. Use our locator to find services, lifeline shops and information about charity bins, collection and drop off points near you. Nov 28, 2014 the book fair features a variety of books, including childrens books, all proceed from the twoday sale will be donated to lifeline canberras suicide prevention program. Whether youre a local, new in town, or just passing through, youll be sure to find something on eventbrite that piques your interest. Lifeline encourages donations of quality, used or unwanted items such as. Lifeline is a crisis support and suicide prevention service that is entirely nonforprofit. Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury book fair nsw cancelled because of the covid19 situation. Book fairs archives lifeline harbour to hawkesbury. Brisbane we are back bringing you over a million books across 10 massive days all to raise vital funds for lifeline. Our centre is indebted to these two outstanding groups of volunteers, and their leaders, and to the generosity of the public who donate books. Charitydos is a social enterprise with a mission to be australias fundraising event calendar. This september, you can indulge yourself at the kawana waters community centre book fair while helping to fund lifeline, one of our societys most important public charity services.
This prepares you to be confident, skilled and able to provide support to lifeline callers in their time of distress. The lifeline bookfair continues at calwell the canberra. As it is such a good money spinner, wondering why it could not be organised in other cities. Having never been before, i wasnt sure what to expect. But you aint got to be no square to enjoy books, from tolstoy, dancing cats and bird watching almanacs to snoop doggy doggs abc, bookfest has got you covered. They run all over queensland, all throughout the year. Volunteer with lifeline melbourne apply to train as a volunteer lifeline telephone crisis supporter in 2020. This invaluable organisation does everything it can, from suicide.
By volunteering your time and skills to lifeline melbourne you can help people in crisis. Lifeline canberras training team offers a wide range of courses to the community. Please read the information below particularly our guidelines for what we can and cannot accept. Donations can be dropped off outside the main entrance of the tuggeranong basketball stadium. Lifelines book fair is back after a brief hiatus, and this year, the organisations hoping to. Qld cairns townsville sunshine coast brisbane gold coast uq qut griffith cquni jcu. All excellent quality, donated by our bookloving supporters, collected, cleaned and categorised by the volunteers to give book buyers the best. Due to the covid19 pandemic we have had to postpone our july bookfair. Lifeline canberra volunteers are distressed after dozens of rare books are stolen from the organisations book fair, ripping away thousands of dollars in potential revenue for the suicide. We have a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including rare books and collectables, childrens books, textbooks and foreign language books. Lifelines giant book fair in castle hill ellaslist. To become a volunteer lifeline telephone crisis supporter youll need to undertake training.
Some of our book fairs have been cancelled for 2020. Buy a book and help save a life, now theres a win win situation. Bega mayor kristy mcbain has been endorsed as labors candidate in the. These items are collected for the purpose of resale in retail outlets to raise funds for lifeline services. Its not really, just another set of tables over by the wall.
Feb 08, 2019 lifeline bookfest, the lifeline bookfest is. Its on this weekend 10am til 5pm saturday, 10am til 4pm sunday. Lifeline easter book fair charity events or fundraisers in. For new volunteers on the day come see us at the information desk during the bookfair. Jun 07, 20 unitingcare community is the organisation that runs lifeline services, shops and events in queensland, including the 11 14 24hour crisis support line and community recovery, lifeline s post. We thank you for your continued support helping us deliver vital services to the. The wonderful book lovers of brisbane and beyond helped raise much needed funds in june for the lifeline crisis support line. Apr 26, 2018 people wishing to donate items for the book fair can do so by dropping them into any of our lifeline gippsland shops at churchill, lakes entrance, moe, morwell, sale, traralgon and wonthaggi at least one fortnight prior to the book fair. If you need help to move heavy books, please approach one of our friendly volunteers. Lifeline bookfest is back for another round of vintage bargains and startling ranges of everything from australian womens weekly cookbooks to a bit of cheeky erotica.
Lifeline canberra july bookfair in greenway, act 12 jul. Lifeline canberra bookfairs are held three times a year across canberra. Lifeline bookfest 2017, brisbane concrete playground. This course, which includes recognised units of competency, is designed to train and accredit you to provide care and support to people in crisis. If you would like to volunteer, register your interest here. Oct 11, 2019 lifeline book fair, popular 3day book fair returns to castle hill.
Lifeline book fair, popular 3day book fair returns to castle hill. For further information regarding the book fair please call our office on 56 3500. All proceeds go to support the valuable telephone crisis support provided by lifeline in the community, so book buying can be an opportunity to provide hope and help to those in need. Jul 12, 2019 our bookfairs are the largest gathering of book lovers in canberra and they raise a major portion of the funding needed to keep our local 11 14 crisis support and suicide prevention service available to the community. Lifeline harbour to hawkesbury h2h kicks off the new year with its first giant book fair for 2020 at the civic pavilion, the concourse. Lifeline bookfest in brisbane, queensland librarything local.
It is with sincere regret that anzaab announces the cancellation of the melbourne rare book fair and the sydney rare book fair in 2020 due to the impact of the covid19 coronavirus. Find out more about our northside and southside locations. This was in a smaller room with the more expensive books in it. Tanya lewis, professional eco organiser and author of stuff off. People wishing to donate items for the book fair can do so by dropping them into any of our lifeline gippsland shops at churchill, lakes entrance, moe, morwell, sale, traralgon and wonthaggi at least one fortnight prior to the book fair. We pay respect to elders past, present and emerging, and value the rich history, culture and ongoing connection of aboriginal and torres strait islander people to country. In addition to providing telephone crisis support, we offer a broad range of training for individuals, corporate and community groups. Our book depots in hornsby and lindfield, coordinated by committees, run seven events a year.
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