The Full Circle Movement

06/01/2026

𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗗: 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 🌡️
A period of hot weather is expected across the state from Monday 5th Jan to Friday 9th Jan. Code Red has been activated STATEWIDE during this time.

☀️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲:
If you're struggling with the heat, several council facilities are offering air-conditioned spaces and water to help keep you cool. You’re welcome to visit any of the following locations:

📍 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗩𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 ❄FREE Zooper Doopers available at JMC*❄
Mon-Fri: 7am-9pm | Sat-Sun: 8am-4pm

📍 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲
Mon: 9am-5pm | Tue: 9am-9pm | Wed: 9am-5pm | Thu: 10am-7pm | Fri: 9am-5pm | Sat: 10am-2pm | Sun: 1pm-4pm

📍 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲
Mon-Wed: 9am-5pm | Thu: 10am-7pm | Fri: 9am-5pm | Sat: 10am-2pm | Sun: Closed

📍 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲
Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm

📍 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗯
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm

📍 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶
Tues-Fri: 9am-4pm

📍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁
Mon-Fri: 9am-4:30pm

Homeless Connect SA is also available 24/7. If you or someone you know is homeless or at risk, call 1800 003 308 for support.

💧 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁:
• Drink plenty of water 💦
• Avoid being outdoors during peak heat UV index is listed as extreme (11am-4pm) ☀
• Wear light, breathable clothing 👕
• Stay cool with fans or air conditioning 🌬️
• Check on vulnerable neighbours and loved ones 🧑‍🦳👵

For more tips, check out SA Health’s 'Stay Healthy in the Heat' brochure:
https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/2e1d0880431be06eb42eff5fdfb58e26/Healthy+in+the+heat+-+a+guide+-+WEB+version.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-2e1d0880431be06eb42eff5fdfb58e26-mW1geE2

24/12/2025

🎄Annual Xmas Photo – 2025 Edition 🎄

Every year we continue our tradition of capturing a Christmas photo in front of large festive inflatables or larger-than-life decorations.

For the third year running, the perfect backdrop proved elusive — so, in true TFCM style; we leaned into flexibility, adaptability, and a bit of festive improvisation. And just like that, the tradition continues 💫

As we move through the holiday season, we wish our community a safe, gentle and joyful Christmas and New Year.

🎅 Holiday hours:
Our office hours are reduced over the festive period, returning Monday 5th of jan 2026.

📧 tammyb@tfcm.com.au will be monitored for urgent matters during this time.

💙 Support continues:
While things are a little quieter administratively, we still have a few mentors and team members actively supporting on the floor. For enquiries, please feel free to flick us an email.

🧠 Mental health support services (available 24/7):
• Mental Health Triage SA: 13 14 65
• Lifeline: 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
• Kids Helpline (ages 5–25): 1800 55 1800

🌟 From all of us at The Full Circle Movement, thank you for trusting us to walk alongside you throughout 2025.

We look forward to another year of connection, growth, and meaningful change — together🎄✨

16/12/2025

🎄Pause with Purpose🎄

As we quickly approach Christmas, TFCM pauses to acknowledge that the end of the year and festive season can be super challenging - particularly for families living with disability. We understand the impact on our clients of; changed routines, sensory overload, social expectations, demands and executive function burnout.

Holding this reality front of mind; is exactly why our team has intentionally found time to come together — to pause, laugh, reflect, celebrate the wins and have honest conversations about growth. When our team is connected, regulated and aligned, the support we provide is safer, more attuned and of higher quality. It’s not just a Christmas catch-up — it’s part of how we care, sustainably and with integrity.

We want to sincerely thank our clients, families, stakeholders, associates and wider networks for the ongoing trust and connection with The Full Circle Movement.

As we look ahead, we’re grateful, grounded, and excited for what the future holds 🌟

(We’ll be back with another festive message closer to Christmas 🎅🏼✨)

📞 For enquiries: tammyb@tfcm.com.au

💙 If you or someone you support needs extra care over the festive season:
• Mental Health Triage SA (24/7): 13 14 65
• Lifeline: 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
• Kids Helpline (5–25): 1800 55 1800

08/12/2025

🎄Skill Development & Supported Social Group this holidays🎄

Now taking bookings for December & January!

Looking for an inclusive, empowering and genuinely neuro-affirming holiday program where your child can connect, grow, and enjoy the holidays at their own pace?

The Full Circle Movement’s Summer Skill Development & Supported Social Group is running across Tuesdays and Wednesdays this school holidays — offering meaningful opportunities for connection, confidence-building and community involvement for participants aged 8–17.

Participants will explore new environments, practise functional life skills and build friendships in a supportive small-group setting.

Each activity is intentionally designed around diverse communication, sensory, regulation and learning needs.

🎅 What Makes Our Program Different;

Authentic, Neurodivergent-Led and designed - all programs are shaped through lived experience, equity, and respect.

High Support Ratios & Proactive Care;
Every participant is noticed, supported and celebrated. Our facilitators bring sensory bags, visual tools, and sunflower lanyards to ensure inclusion wherever we go.

Strengths-Based, Trauma-Informed Approach;
We meet each child where they are — offering gentle stretching of comfort zones, supportive peer modelling, and space for autonomy and preference.

Community Connection;
Participants learn how to navigate local community settings (cafés, mini golf, playgrounds, trains, pools, parks) with scaffolding that builds real-world functional skills.

Skill Development;
Self-advocacy, social communication, problem-solving, flexible thinking, emotional regulation, independence and peer connection are woven naturally into every activity.

⭐ An inclusive, connected micro community where they feel understood
⭐ Opportunities to practise social skills without pressure or masking
⭐ Increased independence, confidence, and self-advocacy
⭐ Experience navigating community environments with support
⭐ Positive peer connections & shared interest friendships
⭐ Gentle exposure to new experiences in ways that honour their sensory profiles

Bookings are limited please email tammyb@tfcm.com.au for more information or to secure a spot. Transport available upon request.

We hope to see you there 🎁

02/12/2025

🎾 Celebrating the Ongoing Achievements of Andriana Petrakis! 🎾

With her competitive spirit, “can-do” attitude, and mindset of gratitude, we are honoured and delighted to once again acknowledge and elevate the achievements of Andriana Petrakis.

Many in our community have been following Andriana’s journey for several years now — and for good reason.

As an autistic athlete, coach, and public speaker, Andriana represents everything we stand for at The Full Circle Movement: strength, self-belief, community connection, and breaking through the barriers society often places on neurodivergent women and people with disabilities.

Andriana started playing tennis at age nine; as a way to build coordination, movement, and social skills when occupational therapy wasn’t financially accessible, since then Andriana has grown into one of Australia’s most inspiring young athletes. Her dedication carried her all the way to the 2023 Virtus Global Games—the world’s largest elite sports event for athletes with an intellectual disability—where she achieved a world ranking of 5th in women’s singles and 2nd in Australia. She was also awarded Tennis SA’s Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability in 2023 and continues giving back as an assistant coach, supporting other young people with disabilities to learn new skills, build confidence, and find joy in sport.

Andriana’s most recent achievements continue her incredible trajectory. At the Australian Tennis Championships in Melbourne, she secured her third singles final win, along with her first women’s doubles title with Chloe Dunn (QLD) at the Peter Smith Intellectual Disability/Autism tournament.

We are absolutely thrilled to celebrate these milestones and can’t wait to see how Andriana goes in the Intellectual Disability category at the Australian Open this coming January. Watching her carve it up on the court — with passion, discipline, and heart — is a privilege.

At TFCM, we share stories like Andriana’s not only to celebrate her brilliance, but because they reflect the possibilities that open up when neurodivergent people receive the right support, accessible opportunities, and community belief. Her journey embodies our mission to empower, advocate, and uplift autistic individuals and people with disability so they can thrive on their own terms.

Keep shining, Andriana. Your impact reaches far beyond the court. ✨💛

10/11/2025

🌿 Empowered Women, Empowering Communities 🌿

Recently TFCM attended the 2025 SA Women in Business Conference; hosted by Polaris Business Centre — a celebration of connection, leadership, and collaboration amongst South Australian women in business.

Highlights;

• Strength in community – learning from other women leading with purpose, heart and authenticity
• Ongoing growth – developing leadership that aligns with values and compassion.
• Shared wisdom – powerful stories of determination, overcoming barriers, and radical self-acceptance.
• Collaboration in action – connecting with local services and innovators to strengthen how we support/refer others.

Events like this not only serve as a container for networking locally but also has a direct impact on how TFCM leads, supports and aligns their services in real time — inspiring a culture of holisitic empowerment (from a place of integrity) with real outcomes.

21/10/2025

💜 Our Skill Development & Supported Friendship Program was filled with community, connection, laughter, and growth — and we couldn’t be prouder of our participants for showing up as their amazing, authentic selves

💫 This holidays we worked on:
• Building social confidence, teamwork and problem solving skills
• Strengthening regulation and self-awareness, sensory preferences + social expression
• Independence and autonomy
• Delayed gratification, trying new things and navigating change
• Supporting neurodivergent strengths through interest-based learning

🌻 A heartfelt thank you to our participants and families for being part of this journey.

30/09/2025

SAPOL are looking for feedback from the community :)

We are are currently preparing a new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.

This will guide SAPOL over the next four years to help improve the accessibility of our services and facilities for people with disability.

Whether you are:
➡️ Someone with lived experience of disability;
➡️ A family member of someone with disability;
➡️ A carer of someone with disability;
➡️ A service provider, supporter or an advocate for someone with disability; or
➡️ Someone from the wider South Australian community with an interest in the topic.

We would like to hear about your stories and lived experience.

Have your say by completing the online survey here:
https://bit.ly/4nUFfnE

You can give feedback yourself, or have someone give it on your behalf. You can also encourage your friends and family to have their say.

Responses will close at Sunday, 19 October 2025.

18/09/2025

Preparation is underway for our Spooky skill development group this school holidays 👻

Our creative mentor Abbie is enthusiastically putting together some resources; we'll be creating ghostly crafts, practising teamwork, social communication, problem-solving, flexibility and sequencing (as some examples). Our sessions are designed to be affirming, fun, dynamic and foster autonomy. We celebrate unmasked and authentic expression.

🎃 As an extra little surprise, we’ll also be cooking up Halloween pancakes 🥞 A small twist to pumpkin carving and an opportunity to build on independence, food preparation and life skills.

At TFCM, we celebrate strengths, interests and learning through hands-on/sensory experiences in a non threatening and inclusion environment 🌟✨

14/09/2025

08/09/2025

National Child Protection Week 2025 🧡

At The Full Circle Movement, we believe that every child deserves to grow up in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment. This National Child Protection Week, we stand united with NAPCAN in embracing the theme:

“Every Conversation Matters: Shifting Conversation to Action”

It's not just about talking; it's about listening, understanding, and taking meaningful steps to protect our children.

Children with disabilities face unique challenges and vulnerabilities. It's crucial that we create spaces where their voices are heard and their rights are upheld.

This week, let's commit to:

Starting Conversations: Engage with children, families, and communities about the importance of child protection.

Listening Actively: Pay attention to the needs and concerns of children, especially those from minority and underrepresented groups.

Taking Action: Support initiatives and policies that promote the safety and well-being of all children.

Together, we can create a community where every child, regardless of ability or background, feels safe, valued, and empowered.

To learn more about National Child Protection Week, child safety in South Australia and how you can get involved visit;

NAPCAN: https://www.napcan.org.au/ncpw/

Department for Child Protection South Australia: https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/

04/09/2025

🎃Spooky Skill Development Program🎃

This October school holidays join our skill development and supported friendship group sessions; for children and young people living with disability.

With guidance from our mentors with lived experience, we support (to name a few):
🕸 Executive function
🕸 Time management
🕸 Delayed gratification & independence
🕸 Auditory processing & teamwork
🕸 Confidence & Self esteem building
🕸 Social and expressive communication
🕸 Emotional regulation & resilience
🕸 Celebrating diverse play, culture and communication styles

We create a safe base so participants can explore new activities, friendships and environments. Our proactive mentors scaffold learning, understand big or internalised feelings and have a toolkit of affirming strategies to ensure that everyone has a good time 👻✨

📧 Bookings & enquiries: tammyb@tfcm.com.au