News & Updates
2 March 2022
Eric Tweedale Stadium Gym Open Week  
To celebrate the opening of the new ETS Gym, we are inviting you to come and try it out for free between 8:30am to 4pm, from 7 to 11 March.

Check out the facilities, work out in the gym or attend a Wellness Class, no bookings required.
To attend classes outside these hours, explore our class timetable or see an instructor on arrival.

Help us make Cumberland more inclusive
Help us create the Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2022-26 by filling out our survey.
Submissions close: Monday 7 March
 
This will help Council build a plan about people with disability to improve access to services, facilities and employment opportunities, create more liveable places and inclusive communities, recognise the rights and contributions of people with disability and champion diversity in our community.
 
There is also an Online Focus Group this Thursday 3 March.
How to safely dispose of hazardous items
Never dispose of hazardous materials in your residential bins. Items such as batteries, gas bottles and motor oils are hazardous and flammable and are the leading cause of fires in trucks and at waste facilities.

Please DO NOT place any of the following items into any bin as they can cause a fire, putting the driver and community at risk:

  • Car and household batteries
  • Paints or chemicals
  • Gas bottles
  • Motor and cooking oils
  • Fuel cans
  • Hot ashes or coals
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Aerosol cans ( with contents)

Book a Mobile Community Recycling Collection Service to safely get rid of hazardous items.

Residents can also drop off household batteries and mobile phones at any of our small problem waste drop off stations.

Residents can also visit their nearest EPA Community Recycling Centre or at one of Council’s Chemical CleanOut events to drop off hazardous waste for free.
Seniors Festival 2022
To celebrate Seniors Festival, we're delivering an engaging mix of events and online activities between 25 March and 3 April.

Join the celebrations by registering for a free morning tea and talent show, a health and technology webinar or for a free golf day with lunch.

You can also bring your grandchildren along for a fun morning of nature-based songs and stories at the Bush School.

Our festival program will provide opportunities to support our residents to connect back with the community through people, music, activities, libraries and services in COVID-safe settings.

Seniors Festival Bus Trip
Tuesday 29 March

Enjoy lunch and see the Swell Sisters Show at Ettalong Diggers

Pick-up Locations:
  • 8:30am Holroyd Gardens – Corner of Pitt and Walpole Streets, Merrylands
  • 9am Auburn Centre for Community – 44A Macquarie Road, Auburn

Tickets are available by ballot only.

Ballots are available at:
  • Cumberland Council – Merrylands Service Centre, 16 Memorial Avenue, Merrylands
  • Cumberland Council – Auburn Service Centre, 1 Susan Street, Auburn
  • Cumberland Council Libraries
  • Online

Ballots close: 4:30pm, Friday 4 March
 
Calling all talented 60+ residents! 
Join the fun at our Cumberland Seniors Talent Show.

As part of the Seniors Festival celebrations, we are hosting a Talent Show as our big finale.

We're inviting EOI applications from soloists, duos and groups living in Cumberland and aged 60 years or over to perform at our Seniors Festival this March.

Applications close: 4:30pm, Friday 11 March 2022
Performer criteria applies.

For more information or to apply, call 8757 9041 or visit:
Cumberland City's Native Plant Giveaway
Don’t miss out on your free plants!
We are giving away up to 2,000 native flowering plants, shrubs and trees to residents of Cumberland City to help add greenery to homes and make our suburbs even more beautiful to live.
 
Planting trees in your yard will provide more shade, habitats for our wildlife, more privacy and cleaner air. Register now to select up to 2 free plants per household, while stocks last!
  
Native Plant Giveaway Events:
Granville Park
2 Montrose Avenue, Merrylands
Wednesday 9 March
9am – 12noon
  
Wyatt Park
49 Church Street, Lidcombe
Friday 11 March
7am – 12noon

Monty Bennet Oval
Corner Cumberland Highway and
Great Western Highway, Wentworthville
Monday 7 March
9am – 12noon
Auburn Depot Nursery
98 Chiswick Road, Auburn
Wednesday 16 March
7am – 12noon
  
Gipps Road Sporting Complex
Gipps Road, Smithfield
Friday 18 March
9am – 12noon
Terms and Conditions:
Maximum of 2 plants per household.
Only one Collection Day can be booked per household.
Must be residents of the Cumberland City Local Government Area.
Proof of address required.
 
Register now or find out more call 8757 9000.