WARRINGAH DISABILITY NEWSLETTER No 283- 29 June 2012

Hello!

The headings of items in today’s newsletter are listed below.

Your suggestions are welcome, as always!  The next newsletter will be sent on 19 July 2012.

                  ACTIVITIES

Reminder:  Discobility:  Black Friday

Reminder:  Disco with Northern Area Recreation Association – Rock N Roll

90’s Karaoke Dance Party in Prairiewood

Warringah Art Exhibition in July

Senior (and Junior) Athletics Carnivals

House With No Steps holds its 50^th Anniversary Fete

                  CARERS

SMILES  (Simplifying Mental Illness plus Life Enhancement Skills)

Mental Health of NSW – New Self Help Groups

School Holiday Activities – Free or Low Cost

Reminder:  Express Yourself:  Group for Young Women in Difficulties

Reminder: The Teen Triple P Group for Parents / Carers of Teens aged 12-16

Reminder:  Networks, Circles of Support - What I wish I had known when we got started

Mindfulness in Action Group for People Living with Cancer

Northern Beaches Relaxation and Meditation Group

Family Carer PECC Survey

School Holiday – Families with Kids Fishing

Northcott Transition To Work Information Sessions

North Shore Support Group (NSSG) – Schizophrenia Fellowship

Meeting of Northern Beaches Mental Health Support Group

Bradfield Park Carers Program – July 2012

                  FUNDRAISING / FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Household Assistance Package

Mosman Community Grants Applications close 6 July 2012

General Grants from Law and Justice Foundation of NSW

Novus Foundation 2012 Gala Dinner

JOB:  Psychologist (Behavioural Support Focus), Alice Betteridge School North Rocks

Insurance for Volunteers

                  RESOURCES

Count Me In – Vote in the NSW Council Elections on 8 September 2012

What is the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman (PHIO)?

Next of Kin Register – NSW Police

TestIT – Leveraging the Unique Skills of People with Asperger’s Syndrome

An Extraordinary Collection of Work by Artists With Disability

New Road Safety Videos in Auslan (Australian Sign Language)

      PARTICIPATION COUNTS

Mental Health ‘Matters’ Awards

Volunteers for The Link Community Food Care Program

2012 NSW Community Father of the Year

Reminder:  Nominations Open for National Disability Awards

Campaign for the National Disability Insurance Scheme

                                    CONFERENCES, TRAINING, SEMINARS

UNSW Information Day for Students with Disabilities

2012 Open Forum:  Staying Sane.  Wellbeing, Work and Success

Free Groupsnet Event for Support Group Leaders

Workshop:  Painful truths

The Festival of Hope during National Pain Week:  22-28 July 2012

PASSING Workshop

CDS offers Training Active Support ‘Train the Trainer’, and I-Can Assessment

HACC Training of Northside Community Forum in July

Courses at UnitingCare Institute of Family Practice in June

Lower North Shore Homeless Hub

 

 

Regards,

Marjorie Janz, Disability Information Officer

Community Services, Warringah Council 

( ph 9942 2686 | fax 9942 2664 * janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au

Next Auxiliary meeting

...is on 21 July 2012 at Sunnyfield Canteen, 185 Allambie Road, Allambie Heights at 2pm. 


The Agenda is here.

Oral Health Awareness Training

Here are the details for the Oral Health Awareness Training that the family members can attend:

Date      Thurs 19 July

Time      1.30pm-3.30pm

Place     Allambie Training Room

Copy of Sunnyfield's notice is here.

This issue is often raised - please make sure you attend.

Warringah Shire Disability Newsletters

If anyone wants these to still be posted in future please send me an email ASAP.

SPECIAL PRELIMINARY NOTICE of MEETING

This note is an early advice of our next Central Coast meeting to be held on 26 June 2012.

We have been fortunate in gaining two speakers from the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care to address us at the next meeting.

They are: Ms Deidre Russell, the Director of Specialist Supported Services, (normally located in Gosford), and Ms Jodie Calvert, Manager Sector Development and Planning (normally located in Newcastle).

They intend to bring us up to date on the Government’s latest initiatives emanating from the “Stronger Together 1 and 2 strategies” and to explain the latest directions in innovative accommodation models.

This is all very relevant to our combined interests and it would be an apt time to swell our numbers at the meeting to give the presentations a good hearing and to take the opportunity to have some questions answered.

As usual, the meeting will be held at Club Tuggerah, commencing at 11.00am.

The usual notice of meeting and the Minutes of our May meeting will be circulated in a couple of weeks, but please keep this event in mind as a must do!