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Community Engagement Workshops. Following the Community Engagement Workshops held in February the Shire is excited to follow up with workshops to the Community to demonstrate how your ideas have been put into practice. For further information on when and where please see the attached.

Due to the current significant weather warning please take extra care.

Congratulations to Sue Leighton on being elected a Councillor for the Shire of Ravensthorpe at the Extraordinary Election held on 31 July 2020. A thank you to all Candidates for their nominations.

Western Power have advised there will be a planned power outage at the Shire of Ravensthorpe Administration Building on Thursday, 6 August 2020 from 7.30am to 5.00pm. The Shire will be operating business as usual.

Looking for incentive to get back to gym. Take the Healthy Lifestyle Challenge, great prizes up for grabs.

An election is being held by postal vote on Friday, 31 July 2020 in the Shire of Ravensthorpe

With Term 2 coming to a close this week we ask everyone to take extra care on our roads during the School Holidays.

Candidates in the upcoming Extraordinary Election have been drawn. Please read the attached information for further details.

The Wait is Over - Information the Gym reopening in Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun attached. Please read carefully for full details. Happy Gyming

Round 2 of the St Vincent de Paul Society working with the Salvation Army delivering the Australian Government's Drought Community Support Initiative is underway. Please read the attached for more information.

Road Closure of Southern Ocean Road from Wednesday 29 April 2020 to Monday 22 June 2020.

The Shire of Ravensthorpe is calling for Nominations to become a Councillor in the upcoming Extraordinary Election to be held on 31 July 2020. Please refer to the below for how to register your nomination.

Recycling should play an important part in our every day life. Please review the following information from Cleanaway to make sure we are all doing our part for the environment.

If you are a not-for-profit organisation, and have a project which meets the required objectives you are encouraged to apply.

If you would like to be advised of Mt Cattlin blasting events you can be notified via email or sms.

Vincent de Paul accessing Drought Relief Program. Guidelines and eligibility are available at htt;s://www.business.gov.au/assistance/drought-community-support-initiative or call the Vinnies on 1300 846 634 for more information.

Information in relation to the Water Deficiency Declaration declared in our Shire and what the Government is currently undertaking.

List of facilities and their operational status

As of midday 23 March 2020 the Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun Gyms will be closed.

Due to COVID-19, some restrooms within the Shire of Ravensthorpe are closed until further notice.

Following the review of the first round of community workshops in February we would like to commence phone surveys to better understand the valuable information that has been provided.

The Shire of Ravensthorpe would like to invite the community to submit grant applications that will qualify for the 2020/21 Community Development Fund program. Go to our Grants page for the application form and guidelines.

Building a stronger Community by bringing leadership and governance training to the region. Places are limited so register now. Jerramungup Wed 4 March 9.30am to 3pm Jerramungup CRC and Hopetoun Thursday 5 March 9.30am to 3.00pm Hopetoun Community Centre, BE SURE TO REGISTER!!

New information regarding Coronavirus Disease.