The Pottsville Beach Community Hall is celebrating its 40th birthday and the whole community is invited to join the party.

The Bangalow Film Festival opening night is this Thursday, 11 June and has already sold out.

Community organisations are encouraged to apply for NSW government grants to bring cultural festivals and events to life across the state over the coming year.

The announcement that Murwillumbah's Safe Haven would be closed this week due to the end of funding arrangements has been greeted with shock by locals who have come to rely on the mental health support services the facility provided.

This National Men’s Health Week experts from Triple P – Positive Parenting Program are encouraging dads, granddads and father figures to embrace something simple but powerful: everyday conversations that support their own wellbeing and their family’s wellbeing.

The local Byron and Mullumbimby chambers of commerce, and the Northern Rivers Rail Trail Supporters (NRRTS) are asking everyone who supports making the rail trail happen to get on board and sign up to support the rail trail at www.northernriversrailtrail.com.au/support.