Northern exposure

Concerned about someone close to you who has an alcohol and/or other drug problem? If you would you like to talk to someone then contact Lily at Intra on (02) 6687 2835 or 0408 910 49.

Intra is a free outreach service provided by the Buttery to the North Coast community. The Buttery is first and foremost an independent community based charitable organisation and consists of three distinct services; a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre operating as a therapeutic community; an outpatient/outreach drug counselling and education service; and an outreach/outpatient gambling counselling and education service.

Intra runs groups and individual programs throughout the North Coast area of NSW and covers the area from Tweed Heads to Ballina, Lismore and Casino. For more info Intra, call (02) 6687 2835, email [email protected] or for more information on the Buttery go to: www.buttery.org.au

Cringe the Binge is a national campaign that draws awareness to the serious and increasingly dangerous issue of youth binge drinking in Australia via a National Weekend of Action November 9-11. On this weekend, Australians are asked to pause and reflect on their drinking habits and donate what they would normally spend on alcohol to the Cringe the Binge campaign via their website. Monies raised will fund youth and community workers to create local action. For more info or to donate, go to www.cringethebinge.com.au.

The Radical Fearies will be holding their Summer Solstice Gathering December 16 – 23. The Faeries say “Summer Solstice is the ultimate expression of the solar energies, Gaia has fully exhaled her Life Force into the terrestrial, you can sense it everywhere – you can see it flying, hear it buzzing, feel it crawling over you, It really is! Life is really going for it! So this is exactly the right time, the perfect moment to come together, with intentions, visions, possibilities, realisations streaming out, spilling over”.

The Radical Faeries invite you to join them for the Summer Gathering to take time out from the world for a week to continue your faerie journey, surrounded by faeries, in the fae forest.

For details visit the website: ozfaeries.com – if you are planning to come, please register so we can organise food and accommodation: [email protected].

INFO: For more about groups, services, organisations or events in the Northern Rivers contact Tobin Saunders at ACON on 6622 1555 or [email protected].

By Tobin Saunders (community health promotion officer at ACON Northern Rivers).