Workshops and information stalls plus entertainment for parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles focusing on pregnancy, birth and baby’s first years all at The Entrance Community Centre on Saturday 6th October. Workshops, starting from 9.30am will include Pregnancy Stretch & Relax; Calmbirth; Dancing for Birth; See my smile-infants dental health; Music for Unborn; Singing Percussion & Dance for k
ids and parents; Running Jumping Fun for tods and preschoolers; First aid for babies and infants. Organisations and businesses will be on site to discuss services and products that are available in the local area. Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre will have its Info Hub on the deck with as much information you could imagine. The Entrance Mens Shed will hold a sausage sizzle, have a range of hand made toys on sale and their activity van will give kids the chance to swing a hammer and make something. The Community Cafe will also be open, selling coffees and cold drinks, sandwiches, etc. Why a baby expo?
• Around 4000 babies are born on the Central Coast each year and has a higher birth rate than the rest of the state.
• The Coast is attractive to young families as housing is relatively affordable and it offers a good lifestyle and environment to raise children.
• However many new parents are also new to the Coast. As a result they do not have families or friends living close by and can feel isolated and unsupported. The Baby Expo is being held by Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre and the Benevolent Society and is a project of Wyong Shire Communities for Children.
“We hope the Baby Expo will be an opportunity for everyone to find out what services are available to new parents as well as activities where they can meet other parents, form friendships and develop new, local support networks”. Since 2007 the Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre has been providing free workshops, courses and other activities for parents and children 0-5 in Southern Lakes area.From 2012 we will be reaching to other parts of Wyong Shire. The Communities for Children Initiative is funded by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
