Council's Creative Art Central annual program is designed encourage local creative practitioners on the Central Coast to produce a new work in collaboration with the local community.In 2021-22 we received 94 applications from a diverse range of local creatives across a wide range of creative disciplines. The six successful recipients of the 2021/22 round were:Professional category:Kaye Harrison of Treehouse Media – ‘Music Central’, documentary short film Andi Mether of Zest Events International Pty Ltd – ‘Look Mum, Watch Me’ all abilities sculptural commissionToni Houston of Toni Houston Media and Sarah Beard of Artesano Productions Pty Ltd – ‘Coasting, into the heart of Bouddi’, documentary short filmAaron Trew of AJ Trew – ‘Scoring Music for Film’, film scoring professional development project Emerging category:Amelia Foxton – ‘Mother Tongue’, Feature length filmBrigitta Oldereid of Brigitta Dance Projects – ‘Contemporary Coastal Dance’, choreographed new work.

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  Council's Creative Art Central annual program is designed encourage local creative practitioners on the Central Coast to produce a new work in collaboration with the local community.We received 70 registrations during the 2023-24 round from a range of local creatives across various artistic disciplines.The five successful recipients of the 2023-24 round were:Heartdancers Artistry on Wheels – A Journey through CreativityPartnering with My Dream Van Co to create a mobile stage, this project brings arts and culture to unexpected Central Coast locations, engaging communities through live performances and workshops from a culturally diverse context. Alicia Gonzalez "I've So Many Things to Tell You" – The Dining Dome ExperienceThis project is an immersive performance art initiative which is community centric;

We are committed to continuous improvements with how we serve our customers to ensure each interaction with Council is easy, simple and delivers a consistently positive customer experience.We have listened to our community and the message is clear – we need to make interactions with Council as simple and easy as possible, whichever way you want to contact usOur promise to the community is to improve our customer experience by providing:accessible information provided in a way that our community can understandfriendly, professional and well-trained staffstaff with access to resources and answers to your enquiryWe highly value community feedback as we strive to improve how we service our community and this beautiful region.

Have you or your family ever wanted to pick up a new hobby and be more active, but felt uninspired or lacked motivation?

The Patrick Croke Oval lighting and amenities refurbishment project is an investment in our local community infrastructure.The project will provide upgraded facilities, including a refurbished canteen, LED lighting and renovated bathrooms.

We know that bushfires and severe storms are more common this time of year and can impact any of our communities on the Central Coast.

Council is seeking feedback on its draft revised Social Media Policy, in particular the need for elected Councillors to have separate personal and councillor-related social media profiles.

Central Coast Council’s initiatives, implemented through the Safer Cities:

Take the time to ask RUOK?This year, R U OK?