​Our local primary school students had a fantastic time at Activefest!Canterbury-Bankstown Council partnered with the Office of Sport for the festival which saw 600 students from 15 schools take part in the sporting festival at Milperra’s Vale of Ah sporting fields.Activefest offered the opportunity to showcase a wide range of sports, including Touch Football, Gymnastics, AFL, Rugby League, Cricket, Basketball and other sports the children might not have been exposed to.It really was a “smorgasbord of sport”

​Winter days may be cool, but fun is never in short supply with City of Canterbury Bankstown’s huge range of free or low-cost school holiday activities.Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour said Council knows how important school holiday activities are for local families.“Increased living costs are hurting many families, but that doesn’t stop kids from wanting to have fun,”

​Being a Meals on Wheels volunteer means making a big difference to someone else’s life.

​When Greenacre pharmacist Dr Sheikh Anwar and his family became Australian Citizens on June 23, they were not expecting their three young daughters to be singing the national anthem with Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour.And yet, there they were, onstage singing their hearts out.

​Actor and author Bryan Brown spoke to an enthralled audience when he helped open a new Little Library in Milperra on Monday morning.The Milperra Little Library is the result of the efforts of a group of book-loving local residents with the support of City of Canterbury Bankstown. Bryan Brown reminisced about his days growing up in the area and talked about his own experiences with books and reading. “I remember Bankstown mobile library at Panania Station every Friday and Little Golden Books around the house”, he said.

​Bankstown Arts Centre will celebrate Refugee Week 2022 with “Homelands”, a free, family-friendly festival, on Saturday, June 25.Presented in partnership with Settlement Services International (SSI), Bankstown Arts Centre and Create NSW, Homelands Bankstown brings together refugee communities from Western Sydney and the wider community in a celebration through song, dance, live music, workshops, market and food stalls.City of Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour said that Homelands Bankstown promoted the talents, vitality and diversity that people from refugee and migrant backgrounds from Sydney’s West bring to Australia’s creative sector.“The festival provides a unique opportunity for everyday Australians to gain an insight into the unique talents of artists and performers from refugee communities”“By joining forces with SSi, we have the strengths of both organisations in showcasing artists from emerging and former refugee communities to mainstream audiences,”