10 VOLUNTEERS WANTED for Homecrafts & Arts Pavilions at this year’s GOLD COAST SHOW - 29, 30, 31 August 2025 at Broadwater Parklands, Marine Parade, Southport VOLUNTEERS will be rostered over the week August 25th – September 1st Homecrafts: Apiculture, Baking & Cooking, Cake Decorating, Crochet, Hand Embroidery, Hand Knitting, Horticulture, Lace, Machine Sewing, Miscellaneous Crafts, Seniors, Papercrafts, Scrapbooking, Spinning, Weaving & Felting and Toys Visual Arts: Art Ability, Painting, Indigenous Australian Art, Drawing, Facilities, Art in Bark, Miniature Art, Porcelain Art, Ceramics, Pottery, Sculpture, Photography and Youth Arts classes No experience necessary. Please contact: Homecrafts: Angela Johnston 0408 188 721 Visual Arts: Margaret Leet 0407 678 411 Gold Coast Show Office 5504 5587 artsandcrafts@goldcoastshow.com.au Community Notices FREE FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, SPORTING & COMMUNITY GROUPS email your notice to info@localnewsletters.com • Deadline 30 July for next issue SIP N SUP CLUB – GOLD COAST Meets every three weeks at a great restaurant around the Gold Coast. All men welcome for beer, wine and food. We critique restaurants, have guest speakers but most of all we have a lot of fun. Generally Thursday afternoons, however, some evening events. There are 16 meetings per year. More info on Facebook and search for @ sipnsupgc and/or phone Ron, our Club President on 0419 642 225, email: sipnsupgc@gmail.com HELENSVALE BRIDGE CLUB INC. meet in the North Hall Helensvale Community Centre, 31 Discovery Drive, Helensvale on Mondays and Wednesdays weekly. Arrival times are: Monday 10.45am play commencing at 11.15am; Wednesday 10.45am play commencing at 11am. Call Denise 0413 068 440 or Daphne 0477 005 074 http://helensvale.bridgeaustralia.org VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED - St. Vincent de Paul is a non-profit Catholic Society established to help the poor, needy and those struggling in our communities. We distribute food vouchers and parcels, plus some financial assistance and counselling where possible. Upper Coomera centre operates Tuesday to Thursday mornings, while the Pimpama centre is open Thursday mornings. Computer literacy required. Usually only required once per week. Training provided. Anyone interested please contact Stephen on 0413931217 or stephen.clancy@ svdpqld.org.au GOLD COAST SUCCULENT & BROMELIAD SOCIETY - meet 4th Saturday of every month, Helensvale Community Centre, South Hall, 31-33 Discovery Dr, Helensvale.Doors open at 11:30am for Plant Sales, meeting begins at 12:30. We’re a fun non-profit dedicated to all things Succulents and Bromeliads! We bring people together with monthly meetings featuring awesome guest speakers. Learn about growing and caring for these fascinating plants. Join us for plant displays, sales, nursery visits, bus trips, and garden tours. We also welcome new membership applications. Info www.gcsbs. au, and a FB group page at www.facebook.com/groups/ GCSBS/. PROBUS CLUB HOPE ISLAND meets every third Wednesday of the month at 9.30am at Club Helensvale, Discovery Drive, Helensvale for fun and fellowship in retirement. We are a friendly, mixed club and welcome visitors to join us for the range of activities we provide. Contact Denise on email denise.gosling90@gmail.com ACTIVE MINDS GROUP Come along and challenge your mind with Trivia, fun, puzzles. First Thursday every month at Runaway Bay, $5 10am-12.30pm. Morning tea included. PH: Jasmin 0412364669 or Marilyn 0481480274. SEW CRAZY QUILTERS INC. Meet every Thursday morning from 9.30am to 1.00pm at the Community Centre Discovery Drive, Helensvale. Wide variety of sewing interests among our members, including Quilting, Patchwork, embroidery, machine embroidery and art quilts. Come along and meet like minded crafters, feel free to bring either handwork or your machine. You can work on your own projects, or get involved in some Charity Sewing. There’s always something interesting going on. Please call our President Lynne for more info. 0407 941711 HELENSVALE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB INC. is open Tuesday to Friday and welcomes people over 50 who would like to join in our various activities or simply come in for a cuppa and a chat. We offer a full programme of activities including Pool, Table Tennis, Tai Chi, Mah Jong and various card and board games as well as bus trips and outings to places of interest. Ros 0418 1651 75. RUNAWAY BAY VIEW CLUB meets for lunch with interesting speakers at the Parkwood Tavern on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 11.30amd and holds regular social functions. VIEW stands for Voice, Interests and Education for Women. New members are always welcome. If you are interested in meeting other women whilst helping to raise money for The Smith Family Learning for Life students contact Julie on 0410416725 and leave a message. STANDBY SUPPORT AFTER SUICIDE is Australia’s national service supporting people bereaved or impacted by suicide including families and friends who have lost someone to suicide, first responders who have attended a suicide and members of the public who have witnessed a suicide. StandBy is accessible 7 days a week, providing free face to face and/or telephone support at a time and place that is best for each individual. PH: 1300 727 247. HELENSVALE LIONS CLUB – meetings on 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the Month at Club Helensvale (28 Discovery Dr, Helensvale), with friendly members supporting the local community. Visitors are welcome to come to a dinner meeting on 1st Tuesday of the Month to meet our members. PH 0416877545/helensvale.qld@lions. org.au MEN’S COFFEE & BS GOLD COAST. Guys need an outlet to get together ‘shoot the breeze’, talk a bit of BS, and make new mates. Whether you’re 40 or 80 this group is for you. It’s a small friendly informal group that catches up weekly to give men an opportunity to get out of the house. This is NOT a business networking or church group. It’s about social engagement. Fantastic camaraderie. Call Anthony 0413 806 179. Monday catch-up - Southport Bowls Club, Queen St, Southport - Wednesday catch-up - Serengeti Cafe, Cnr Grice & Bruce Av Paradise Point. @ 9:30 am. Friday catch-up - Boutique Cafe @ 9:30am. Salacia Waters cafe precinct Paradise Point. GOLD COAST STAMP AND COIN CLUB INC (previously Southport Afternoon Stamp Club) meets second Saturday of each month from noon to 4pm, at Helensvale Community Centre (South Hall), 31 Discovery Drive, Helensvale. Everyone welcome. Each month we have dealers, bargain tables, sales by tender, exchange books and some exhibits or talks, finishing with afternoon tea. Enquiries please PH: 0409 765 060 or 0417 987 441. WOMEN’S GROUP meets every Friday at Arundel Tavern, Napper Road Arundel from 10am to midday. Coffee & lunch available. Everyone welcome, with a great bunch of ladies. We have speakers and group interaction and have been operating for 13 years. For more information Pixie 0408 270 615 HELENSVALE PROBUS CLUB is a mixed club of friendly retirees. We meet at Helensvale Seniors Club, 37 Discovery Drive, Helensvale, at 10 AM on the second Friday of each month (except December and January). Visitors are welcome to join us at our meetings or on our outings and activities. email at helensvaleprobusclub@ gmail.com or Kay by PH: on 0478 095 802. Check www. probussouthpacific.org/microsites/helensvale OXENFORD COOMERA VIEW CLUB - Raising Funds for The Smith Family Learning for Life Students. Meetings held on the 3rd Friday of the month at the Oxenford Tavern with Lunch and interesting speakers. Social Events are held on the 1st Friday of the month. Call Susan on 0448120091. GOLD COAST HUNGARIAN SENIORS CITIZENS CLUB meets every Tuesday 9.30 - 1.30pm at Broadbeach Senior Citizens Centre, 23 T.E. Peters Drive, Broadbeach. Hot lunch and activities provided. President, Frank Arva 0456925582. Secretary, Marta Novak 0488 208 400. GOLD COAST HUNGARIAN SENIORS CITIZENS CLUB meets every Tuesday 9.30 - 1.30pm at Broadbeach Senior Citizens Centre, 23 T.E. Peters Drive, Broadbeach. Hot lunch and activities provided. President, Frank Arva 0456925582. Secretary, Marta Novak 0488 208 400. QDN PEER SUPPORT GROUPS welcome all people with disabilities. Run by and for people with disabilities, our groups offer a supportive, inclusive space to connect with peers, share experiences, and build confidence. Gain knowledge, feel empowered, and help advocate for accessibility and inclusion. Gold Coast Diverse Disability Group: Nerang Library: 2nd Friday monthly, 10:30am– 12:30pm, 8 White St, Nerang. Gold Coast Hot Topics (for people with intellectual disability or ABI) Southport Centre:1st Friday monthly, 10:30am–12:30pm, 6 Lawson St, Southport. RAISE MONEY. FIND CURES. JEAN-IUS. Jeans for Genes Day Thursday, 7th August Welcome! Your Jeans for Genes Fundraising Toolkit Do something special. Give blood. Call 13 14 95 download the app or donateblood.com.au
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