Collie Family Centre

21/08/2025

07/08/2025

🌻 R U OK? Day – Su***de Awareness Seminar (Free Event)
🗓 Thursday 11 September 2025
🕚 11:00am – 12:00pm (followed by a free BBQ)
📍 Collie Family Centre

💬 You can make a difference. Learn how.

Join us for a FREE Su***de Awareness Seminar facilitated by Wesley LifeForce, designed to help community members:

✅ Understand the facts about su***de in Australia
✅ Recognise early warning signs
✅ Learn how to support someone who may be struggling
✅ Access help through local and national support services

After the seminar, stay and connect over a community BBQ.

This event is safe, inclusive, and open to all. No prior training is needed. Let’s come together to build a more supportive Collie.

👉 Register here:
🔗 https://WesleyLifeForceCollieSeptember2025.eventbrite.com.au

🧠 If you or someone you know is struggling, you're not alone. Help is available:

📞 Lifeline: 13 11 14
📞 Kids Helpline (5–25 yrs): 1800 55 1800
📞 Rural Link (WA after-hours): 1800 552 002

https://www.wesleymission.org.au/get-support/su***de-prevention/
https://colliespn.com.au/
https://www.colliefamilycentre.org.au/

23/07/2025

Amber and Skye are available at the Collie Public Library until 12pm today. They welcome anyone interested in discussing DAIP submissions, learning about their upcoming Disability Awareness Training at the Collie Family Centre, or simply seeking guidance. Please feel free to approach them. Collie Public Library Collie Family Centre

22/07/2025

🌈 You're Invited – Disability Awareness Training 🌈
📍 Collie Family Centre | 🗓️ Monday 18 August | 🕙 10:00am – 12:00pm
Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking Disability Awareness Training, proudly presented by the Collie Disability Reference Group.
Whether you're a parent, community member, service provider, or simply curious – this FREE session is for anyone interested in learning more about disability and inclusion in our community.
💡 What we’ll cover:
✅ Understanding visible and invisible disabilities
✅ Local statistics and insights from the Collie community
✅ Exploring stigma and how to challenge stereotypes
✅ The power of inclusive thinking and the social model of disability
✅ Learn about initiatives like the Sunflower Lanyard Project
✅ Hear real-world examples and experiences
This is a safe and welcoming space to build awareness, ask questions, and help create a more inclusive Collie for everyone 💬❤️
🎟️ FREE ENTRY
📍 Collie Family Centre, 5 Forrest St, Collie WA
📅 Monday 18 August
🕙 10:00am – 12:00pm
🙌 Light refreshments provided
🙋‍♀️ All welcome – to RSVP please go online to: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/disability-awareness-training-tickets-1511439519289 or contact the Collie Family Centre on 08 9734 5343 or admin@colliefamilycentre.org.au
Proudly supported by Bendigo Bank

Get ready to expand your understanding of disabilities and create a more inclusive community at the Collie Family Centre!

21/07/2025

🌟 Discover the Art of Kintsugi! 🌟
Saturday 6 September | 10:00am – 1:00pm
📍 Collie Family Centre – 5 Forrest St, Collie WA
Join us for a hands-on workshop:

“Seeing Value in Our Imperfections with the Art of Kintsugi”
Discover how the ancient Japanese practice of Kintsugi – mending broken pottery with gold – can teach us to see the value in our own imperfections. This transformative session invites you to:
✨ Embrace self-acceptance and individuality
✨ Learn the philosophy behind Kintsugi
✨ Create your own stunning Kintsugi piece to take home
✨ Connect with others through shared life experiences
💬 “It’s not about hiding the cracks – it’s about celebrating them.”
🎟️ FREE event – open to everyone 18+
🧑‍🏫 Presented in partnership with WA Recovery College Alliance
📞 To register, call 08 9734 5343 or register online at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/seeing-value-in-our-imperfections-with-the-art-of-kintsugi-tickets-1508435524259?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or drop in and speak to the team at the Collie Family Centre.
Let’s come together to celebrate our shared humanity and the beauty in imperfection 💛

Join us to learn about the Japanese art of Kintsugi and how embracing imperfections can add value to our lives.

18/06/2025

09/06/2025

So glad that local journalists have actively pursued our press release regarding the GoFundMe campaign. Thank you to the team in Collie for sharing our story 🙏

The campaign will continue until we have what we need to keep our Outreach Program going for as long as possible.

We currently have a waitlist which is very hard to manage given these mums are so vulnerable and there is nothing else on offer in the region for these mums in the meantime.

27/05/2025

The NDIS Commission’s annual stakeholder survey is now open, and we encourage all NDIS participants and their supporters, disability support workers and service providers to share your feedback on what we’re doing well and where we can improve.

Responses are anonymous and your feedback will help to improve the way we work.

Submissions close 13 June 2025. Please complete the survey at:
bit.ly/44qbbtK

27/05/2025

Join us in Collie for discussions about how we can ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind in times of disaster.
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Disasters used to be ‘once in a lifetime’ events. But now there are more heat waves, intense storms, more flooding, and fire risk is changing. We don't know what crisis is coming, but we do know things are changing and there will be another big thing to deal with.

For many, life is already pretty full on. Chronic health conditions and disability can complicate things in ways that are hard for others to see and understand.

People who are disabled have told us of worry about being left behind during disasters, of having no accessible places to go and be safe, and that they are excluded from talks about planning for disasters.

We want to hear from disabled community members about what is important and to share some of the things we have learnt from others.

This is the first in a series of events in Collie about disaster and disability and we would be stoked to have you join us.

Event: Disability and Disaster
When: 3rd June 2025 10am - 12pm followed by lunch.
Where: Collie Chamber of Commerce, Training Room.
RSVP: https://climatejusticeunion.org/event-6198136

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Title:
Disability & Disaster

Event Date:
03 June 2025
10:00 – 12:00
Followed by lunch.

Location:
Collie Chamber of Commerce – training room.
Event is free, lunch provided.

Main Message:
Join us in Collie for discussions about how we can ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind in times of disaster.

We want to hear from disabled community members about what is important and to share some of the things we have learnt from others.

RSVP:
climatejusticeunion.org/event-6198136
or text 0476 722 066

Access Support:
If you have specific access needs, or you need help to attend, please call or text Jaime on 0406 722 066.

Logos at the bottom:

Australian Government – National Emergency Management Agency

HEAL

Climate Justice Union (CJU)

Government of Western Australia – Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES)

Illustration:
A stylised, paper-cut-style image showing a town with different disaster impacts:

Storm clouds and lightning on one side

A fire burning on the other side

A building with a red cross in the centre

Roads, train tracks, and hills illustrating a community landscape