The not-for-profit organisation, Social Futures, now has its own Aboriginal advisory panel and is calling on other organisations to follow its lead this NAIDOC week. Social Futures Manager of Aboriginal…

RELEASED: September 9, 2021 These family support workers are all in lockdown, but that won’t stop them from running and walking 1,300km to highlight National Child Protection Week. The week…

RELEASED: October 27, 2021 This week is Children’s Week, the annual week in Australia focussing attention on the nation’s community of children and their achievements. It also celebrates the right…

RELEASED: August 1, 2021 During National Homelessness Week (August 1-7), Social Futures is pleading for the state and federal governments to address the growing number of homeless outside capital cities….

…community services organisation, Social Futures, during Anti-Poverty Week (October 17 -23). Social Futures CEO Tony Davies said Covid19 has caused rolling lockdowns, job losses and steep rises in rents and…

Youth festival for Youth Week A new youth festival, Thrillfest, will be held in Ballina for the first time during Youth Week, featuring a battle-of-the-bands, skateboarding workshops, and football drills…

…since I’ve been in the family.” In early July the pair attended NAIDOC events to celebrate Kyran’s First Nations background. “I loved the NAIDOC Week activities,” Bill said. “I loved…

Social Futures is reminding parents during Child Protection Week (September 3 to 9) that they can still give their children their time and love – even though cost of living…

…lot of funding or support,” he said. “I used to spend hours in the car, driving 200 kilometres a day, two days a week, to get Chesney to his after…

…the Week of Deaf People. The National Week of Deaf People is recognised September 19 to 26 and across Australia celebrations will involve sharing awareness of local, state and national…

…week program and the people who are exhibiting their work have been engaged with the project over 3 years. “Each week participants take a photo that helps them to express…

…Youth Week celebrations. The competition, popular with local skaters, has different age divisions and prizes to give away. Getting It Together, a youth team with the not-for-profit organisation Social Futures,…

…three days a week she’s out doing various activities with one-on-one support, and two days a week she participates in group activities,” Vicki said. “She’s one of eight who have…

…Protection Week 2023 are ‘Where we start matters’ and ‘Every child in every community needs a fair go’. National Child Protection Week 2023, held from 3 – 9 September, helps…

…off to the movies once a week, or going away for the weekend, or pursuing my photography seriously. “Now that I’ve got a support worker to drive me around I’ve…

What does NAIDOC mean to you? ~ Frances Belle Parker, Yaegl Country…

…see so many other service providers during the week. The Red Cross, Interrelate, Safe Haven, the Men and Family Centre, GROW, Lifeline, the Salvation Army, the Buttery, and NSW Health…

RELEASED September 4, 2022 It’s Child Protection Week (September 5-11), and a North Coast team of family support workers say now is the time for parents to talk to their…

…Clarence Valley’s 2023 Youth Week celebrations. The event is organised by the Getting It Together youth team of the not-for-profit organisation Social Futures, in collaboration with Clarence Valley Council. Registration…

…while working part-time. Her course included a week’s work placement at St Vincent’s Hospital in Lismore and another week at St Joseph’s, before graduating in December 2019. “The aged care…

…disability. Photovoice is a five-week photography workshop-project led by not-for-profit organisation, Social Futures – an NDIS partner in the community. Social Futures Capacity Building and Engagement Manager Lynda Hope describes…

…support worker go around to his house three hours a day, six days a week. They help him with housework, work out weekly menus, take him shopping, play board games…

…$150 a week and worked six days a week at the stables … but my back went and I ended up in hospital and I couldn’t work anymore. I had…

…five-week Photovoice – Disability Pride project led by Social Futures, NDIS Partner in the Community. “Photovoice is a form of photographic storytelling, each week the participants took photo that helped…

…she’d say ‘yeah, but I haven’t seen you all night!’” “I remember two weeks before she passed away, I was sitting in the kitchen and I said to her, ‘I…

…road map towards self-sufficiency. It operates on a premise of shared responsibility – during the initial 12-month tenancy period, the participant contributes 25% of their weekly income, plus 100% of…

In the lead up to the first anniversary of the Northern Rivers floods, Social Futures has been advocating for more resources for impacted communities. CEO Tony Davies has done a…

Clubhouse Ballina, Lismore and Bathurst – creative tech-learning spaces – are looking for mentors to work with young people aged 12 to 17 years one or two afternoons a week….

…not had an issue with the NDIS at all. “It’s been brilliant. Even with his therapies and things,it’s been fantastic,” she says.“He’s getting weekly therapies – physio and occupational therapy…

TRANSCRIPT: Photovoice   Photovoice is a five week photography project designed to capture unique experiences of the world through the eyes of people with disability. It is an opportunity to…