Families Supporting Families

25/07/2025

Village Grocer Blackbutt and Clear Sky Australia are having a giveaway!

✨ GIVEAWAY TIME! ✨

It’s Friday, and what better way to kick off the weekend than with a basket full of delicious goodies?! 🧺💚

What’s inside? We’ve thrown in some local goods including:

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🍯 .honey
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🍞 Fresh-baked sourdough
🥚 Farm-fresh Cornucopia eggs & MORE

& Of course sweet snacks, pantry staples, and a few surprise treats everyone loves!

💚 Want to win this basket of deliciousness?
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Winner will be chosen and contacted next week.
Good luck! ✨

24/07/2025

Join us for our Carers Café at MOA & Co on Wednesday 13th August from 10am to 11.30am. Connect with others who "get it" and enjoy a cuppa and cake on us! 🍰☕

This event is proudly supported by City of Newcastle and Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group. We are very grateful. 🙏

Image description: A promotional flyer for Families Supporting Families Carers Café at MOA & Co, 16 Gipps St, Carrington. The flyer includes a photo of a cup of coffee and a pastry. The flyer includes the logos of City of Newcastle and Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group who are proud supporters of this event. The FSF logo is in the top left corner. The event is free for current FSF members. RSVP via email to info@familiessupportingfamilies.com by Monday 11th August.

23/07/2025

Another opportunity on Tuesday 29th of July to attend this seminar on Household Emergency Readiness hosted by City of Newcastle and Carers NSW at Fort Scratchley Function Centre.

Register at: https://bit.ly/Household-Emergency-Readiness

📢Free Training: Household Emergency Readiness - Newcastle 📢

Recent weather events in Newcastle have highlighted the importance of being prepared.

Carers NSW and City of Newcastle are hosting community workshops for volunteers and staff of community groups and organisations to learn how to make sure their own household, and those they support are ready for the next emergency.

Each session covers:
🚨Household Readiness Emergency planning
🚨How to plan for each household’s unique needs using a person-centred approach.

The next workshops are being held on Tuesday 29 July 2025 at Fort Scratchley Function Centre.

You can reserve your spot by visiting: https://bit.ly/Household-Emergency-Readiness

22/07/2025

20/07/2025

Term 3 has arrived — and with it, a wave of mixed feelings.

Some students have made it back.
Some are still finding their way.
Some are not ready yet.

Whatever this week looks like for you — full-time, part-time, not at all — it’s okay.

School Can’t is real. Go gently.

18/07/2025

Join the campaign! Send an email to the Education Ministers today and demand inclusive education for every student!

https://bit.ly/LetAllKidsLearnTogether

18/07/2025

Go Ella! 😍
Ella has been busy promoting the Bloom & Gather Market which is on this Saturday at 16 Gipps St, Carrington from 9am–1pm!

17/07/2025

Our members enjoyed an awesome morning at Timezone Australia - Kotara, NSW! 👾🕹️

Thank you to Belinda for organising this fun event! 🤩

We are very grateful to Port Waratah Coal Services and City of Newcastle for their generous support of this holiday activity. 🙏

15/07/2025

Great to see this research from Dr. Melanie Heyworth, the founder of Reframing Autism, which focuses on the positive experiences of parenting Autistic children.

14/07/2025

Imagine More are hosting a FREE, online 3-part series on Behaviour presented by Ann Greer.

Those who register will be able to access the recorded portion of each session for a limited time following the presentation.

Sometimes behaviour gets labelled as “challenging,” but what if it’s a message, a clue, a call for connection?

This workshop invites families, support workers, and educators to pause, step back, and look beyond the behaviour to see the person.

We’ll explore how behaviours that seem to get in the way of community connection, learning, or living a good life are often signs of deeper issues, like unmet needs, environments that don’t fit, or goals that aren’t meaningful to the person.

Families, support workers, and educators are all welcome.

🖥️ Online, via Zoom
Three sessions
▶️ 3:00 – 5:00 pm AEST, Wednesday, 23 July
▶️ 3:00 – 5:00 pm AEST, Wednesday, 6 August
▶️ 3:00 – 5:00 pm AEST, Wednesday, 20 August

For a limited time, everyone who registers will be able to access a replay of the presentation portion of each session.

Visit our website to learn more and register:
https://imaginemore.org.au/events/big-and-small-behaviours/

Our funding from the NDIS through a Peer Support and Capacity Building (PSCB) grant allows us to cover all the costs associated with delivering this exciting event so that you can attend free of charge.

13/07/2025