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We provide NDIS Local Area Coordination to almost 80 percent of New South Wales
Social Futures has created a short video to show how it is supporting the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in regional communities and the social and economic benefits that the Scheme is bringing to participants and wider...
SBS gives a shout out to Ability Links cinema caption initiative
SBS has published an opinion piece by freelance journalist Elias Jahshan which promotes the benefits of captioned movies in cinemas – an initiative being promoted by our own Social Futures Ability Links staff.
Time to ‘sticker up’ for inclusive business in our region
Social Futures’ Ability Links team has begun the rollout of a new project to promote inclusive businesses. In coming months Ability Linkers are encouraging businesses in the Northern Rivers to highlight how their business is accessible to everyone in the community including those with disabilities, the elderly and families with babies and small children.
Seeking PASH 2018 stall holder EOIs
Are you providing sex, sexuality or sexual health support or associated issues (eg drug and alcohol or mental health) to young people? If the answer is YES you may be interested in having a stall at PASH 2018, a regional sex sexuality and sexual health conference targeting young people on Friday 30 November at Lismore City Hall.
StandBy Support After Suicide works
Last financial year Social Futures' StandBy Support After Suicide team responded to more than 120 calls for help on the North Coast of New South Wales. An independent evaluation of the service recently confirmed that StandBy works. Those people bereaved by suicide in...
When CPI doesn’t keep up with rising rents
Bill McKennariey lives with disability. His only income is the blind aged pension. He owns his relocatable home, but lives in a park where the land lease (which does not include power, water or phone) is $537 a fortnight. This will increase by $10 next...
ANTI-POVERTY WEEK: Social Futures joins calls to ‘Raise the Rate’
Social Futures is adding its voice to the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Raise the Rate campaign, asking the Australian Government to increase unemployment benefits to alleviate poverty.
2018 Housing Forum
On Thursday 11 October more than 100 professionals and community members attended the 2018 Northern Rivers Housing Forum at the Lennox Head Cultural and Community Centre. Speaker presentations available here.
Dietician available for young people at headspace Lismore
Need advice about healthy eating? headspace Lismore has a dietician at the centre offering free appointments to young people aged 12-25 every Wednesday.
Kyogle: KidZ Space creative workshop
The theme of Mental Health Month 2018 is 'Share the Journey' and to get the month off to a great start, a free school holiday art-making workshop for kids and parents in Kyogle. We'll come together to make and publish a book. Besides being great fun, it will be an...
Joel and Lisa’s family affair
If ever there was a family built on grit and determination along with lashings of love, it is Joel and Lisa’s.
Johnny emerges into the light
When Johnny finished school in Bathurst last year, it was as if a door had slammed shut on the outside world – literally.