Supporter Cherie Baumann has announced a GoFundMe campaign to help get Mullumbimby's much-loved community cafe Lu Lu's back open and running again.

There's been a happy ending to the saga of Jeff Sutton's yacht Wyuna 1, which has been beached near Elements at North Belongil since early May, after being damaged in heavy weather.

A family friend of the Rixon family, based in Booyong near Clunes, is appealing for public support after their son's serious car accident.

The family of a Glenreagh woman, who is recovering from a hit and run incident, is appealing for help in her long road for recovery.

Bangalow Koalas is proud to announce a community tree planting on Friday 30 May at East Coraki, as part of their ambitious '500,000 Reasons for Hope' project.

The local community is rallying around a Cabarita dad and his family after he was critically injured in a car accident last week.

In response to the devastating floods in the area, last week The Echo started a flood appeal to get money where it is needed ASAP. So far the fund has already given $4,000 to local flood recovery services.

Ballina-based anti-pokies organisation Kickin' The Punt has launched a new GoFundMe campaign to bring gambling stories to the screen.

Two years ago, Byron Bay family the Knoetzes sold off their belongings and headed for Durban, South Africa, a city so overpopulated in can no longer withstand the flood of people coming into the city. So captured were they by the broken and poor community, that they initiated the Love & Hope Project in response.