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LILY’S STORY
ST HELENS, TASMANIA Highways and Byways partners with Free2b Girls in remote North East Tasmania. Founder Tani Langoulant created Free2b Girls to provide a supportive environment and facilitate local relationships that can nurture new experiences for young people...
APRIL 2024 NEWSLETTER
We are pleased to bring you the April 2024 edition of the Highways and Byways newsletter. In this issue, we are delighted to bring you updates and stories from our Small Grants Program, including the inspiring work of volunteers to regenerate land across the country,...
AN UPDATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MARCH/APRIL 2024
Thank you so much to all of you for continuing to support Highways and Byways. We have had a great start to the year. Our 2024 Small Grants Program Valuing Community Connections in an Ancient Land has drawn great interest, and we look forward to announcing our...
MOMENTS OF YARNING
Fiona Green will always carry with her the profound image of a moment from the Mparntwe/Alice Springs section of last year’s Wellspring Care for Creation Listening Pilgrimage. She was sitting amongst a circle of people. The circle of Indigenous and non-Indigenous,...
FRIENDS GRATEFUL FOR A FEW REGENERATION ‘MIRACLES’
Carolita Fuentes says little miracles along the way have helped a small band of volunteers regenerate a 0.5 hectare patch of Greenhide Reserve Forest, near Linville in southeast Queensland. In recent years, heavy rains have washed invasive weeds away and cattle who...
KIM SERVES UP A TREAT
Kim Spriggs is working desperately to sustain her culture. She wants her own people to know about their culture and she wants non-Indigenous people to appreciate her history and let go of fears and suspicions about Aboriginal people. One important step was the...
COASTAL COLUMN
Click here to view the story of Lily, an 11-year-old Tasmanian girl, who inspired a community to come together to celebrate International Women's Day. The article, Young Girl Inspiring Youth for International Women's Day, was featured in The Coastal Column in February...
LILY’S LETTER
My pitch to council By Lily, age 10 Homeschooler and member of Free2b Girls, St Helens Monday 7 August 2023 Monday 7 August 2023 Hello, It was such a good experience today, to see my peers speaking about Free2b Girls and the other youth groups in our community. And it...
2024 YARCK TO YEA WALK/RIDE/RUN – SAVE THE DATE 27 JULY 2024
Together with the Missionary Sisters of Service (MSS), Highways and Byways be hosting the 2024 Yarck to Yea Walk, Ride, Run on Saturday 27 July. This is an annual event that aims to raise funds for the small grants and partnership programs of Highways and Byways. It’s...
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