The newsletter starts with a discobility, several boccia events and the Sunnyfield contribution to the Manly Arts Festival. Young carers can enjoy a school holiday program or telegroup counselling, while carers have a full program at Bradfield park and several parenting seminars (cyberbullying, backchat, Triple P). The whole family will enjoy the family fund day. A Saturday afternoon resipte has openings for two primary school aged children. There is a useful seminar on meaningful lives, two events for carers of children with autism, support for carers of someone with dementia, and a seminar on nutrition. School leavers can sample free Transition to Work program and workshop.
Financial matters include free Tax Help for low income earners, a gala black tie event, a fundraiser for Fighting Chance, and carer allowance for children with Type 1 diabetes. Resources include information on accessible CityRail, Bilby special needs resources, ‘Speaking for Myself’ booklet to plan ahead, and weeks for spina bifida and stroke. You are invited to participate in the Collaroy Master Plan, to volunteer at Sailability, endorse the National Shut In campaign, support the Every Australian Counts, and nominate for the Reach Leaderships Day. Active people can join the Walk with Me or Cerebral Palsy Challenge or MS Bike Ride.
Workshops address memory loss and dementia, suicide prevention, anxiety and depression, autism, employment law, serious behavioural incidents. Conferences deal with volunteering, intellectual disability and dementia, and there are a Texpo and a disability expo. Series of short training are offered by HACC, NSW Ombudsman. There is a workshop by Janet Klees on fostering relationships for people with disability.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always! The next newsletter will be sent on 16 September.
Regards, Marjorie Janz
Located at Dee Why Library, Pittwater Road St Davids Avenue
Phone 9942 2686, fax 9942 2371. Also janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au.
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