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Dec 01, 2023 | by Amanda Shoebridge

Social Futures is proud to present Photovoice: A Disability Pride photography Exhibition in Tweed Heads

Photovoice: A Disability Pride Photography exhibition, on display in Tweed Heads for the Internation ...

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Dec 01, 2023 | by Amanda Shoebridge

Give some cheer with Social Futures Santa Sacks

Give some cheer with Social Futures Santa Sacks Tis the season to give, and the not-for-profit organ ...

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Nov 30, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Grafton hosts community wheelchair basketball tournament

Grafton experienced the ultimate ‘spin-off’ when the first community and school wheelchair baske ...

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Nov 29, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Extraordinary photo exhibition and innovative school program visits Bathurst

A photo exhibit that ingeniously showcases everyday life and a school program presented by a woman t ...

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Nov 24, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Resilient Kids arrives for Northern Rivers young people post-floods

A new program – Resilient Kids – has been launched to support the health and wellbeing of Northe ...

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Nov 23, 2023 | by Alex Lally

Standing Strong helps 160 Gold Coast women leaving violent relationships

Standing Strong, a pilot employment program for women who have left domestic violence, is celebratin ...

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Nov 20, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures wins 2023 Premier’s Award

Congratulations to Social Futures’ Tweed Assertive Outreach Team – winners of the 2023 Premi ...

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Nov 09, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Blind cricket and DOSI visit Broken Hill Schools

School children in the Broken Hill region will have the chance to try blind cricket and learn why it ...

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Nov 03, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Youth on Track diversion program featured on Nine News

Youth on Track is an early intervention service for 10 – 17 year olds which helps youth to identif ...

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Nov 03, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Innovative sports and cultural programs visit Dubbo Schools

School children in the Dubbo region had the chance to try wheelchair ball sports and learn about Abo ...

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Oct 20, 2023 | by Alex Lally

Social Futures opens its Taree office!

Social Futures has opened an office in  Taree, a milestone in expanding programs and support into t ...

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Oct 16, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Youth diversion program helps more than 700 Coffs and Grafton young people

More than 700 at-risk young people in the Coffs Harbour–Grafton region have been helped by the You ...

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Sep 28, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Community Restoration Flood Fund: NSW Premier Chris Minns and emergency and housing ministers visit Lismore

Social Futures has welcomed a visit to Lismore by NSW Premier Chris Minns and parliamentary colleagu ...

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Sep 28, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

If you go into the woods today

Social Futures workers (and their teddies) ventured into the woods – or rather the Tweed Heads Rec ...

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Sep 01, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

In Child Protection Week remember children value your time more than your money

Social Futures is reminding parents during Child Protection Week (September 3 to 9) that they can st ...

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Aug 28, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures LAC Leaders attend 14th National Disability Summit

The Social Futures LAC Leadership team attended the 14th Annual National Disability Summit in Melbou ...

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Aug 08, 2023 | by Brooke Billett

In-home support for flood-affected families

Social Futures is working with educators and families to help young children recover from flood-rela ...

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Aug 06, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Banding together to highlight homelessness  

This Homelessness Week (7-13 August), Northern Rivers community service organisations are uniting to ...

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Aug 02, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Jack, the Puppet, helps flood-impacted kids recover

Children trying to make sense of last year’s floods have a new friend in Jack, the puppet, who is ...

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Jul 26, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

From Boston to Bathurst – US educators open Clubhouse tech hub in western NSW

Tech-education experts from Boston, Massachusetts have visited Bathurst in western NSW for the launc ...

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Jul 20, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

The Central Coast’s Maree Jenner is heading to Germany for the World Dwarf Games

The Central Coasts’ Maree Jenner has long been a community advocate for people with disability, bu ...

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Jul 11, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Tweed workshops to aid Northern Rivers aged care home support providers

Workshops and forums will be held in Tweed Heads over the next six months to support Northern Rivers ...

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Jul 10, 2023 | by Alex Lally

Social Futures wants to bring wheelchair sports to your workplace

Workers in the Northern Rivers have a chance to try a fun and fast ball sport – on wheels – and ...

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Jun 30, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures presents to the Senate Select Committee on Australia’s Disaster Resilience

Social Futures has presented to the Senate Select Committee on Australia’s Disaster Resilience, ch ...

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Jun 26, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Byron Bay reports 300 people sleeping rough in 2023

The not-for-profit organisation Social Futures is asking government to consider investing more resou ...

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Jun 09, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Disaster damage to home impacts mental health

Social Futures CEO Tony Davies has told the 2023 National Housing and Homelessness Forum that commun ...

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Jun 06, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Waves Inclusive Dance Parties celebrates first anniversary

Organisers of the Waves Inclusive Dance Parties celebrated the first anniversary of the event by hol ...

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Jun 02, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Call for social and affordable housing targets in new post-flood housing

Social Futures has welcomed the release of the draft northern rivers resilient lands strategy, and i ...

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May 29, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

People with disability are invited to join a unique photography project

Regional NSW  people with disability are invited to take part in a photography project designed to ...

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May 25, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation marks important milestone, as Recovery Connect continues to help the impacted

Released: May 25, 2023 The Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation has hit a key milestone – it ...

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May 24, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

The Central West has a new program for vulnerable older people looking for support – care finders

A new program, care finders, has arrived in central western New South Wales to support senior member ...

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May 19, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Empty lunchboxes and no petrol – cost of living crisis hurts regions

From empty lunchboxes to no petrol to drive to the school bus stop, Social Futures CEO Tony Davies d ...

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May 18, 2023 | by Brooke Billett

Kinship Festival coming up Saturday 27 May in Murwillumbah

Connecting families with community, culture, and Country Social Futures is honoured to be once again ...

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May 11, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures critiques the 2023 Federal Budget for regional media

From the Gold Coast to the Central Coast, Social Futures provided fair review to journalists on the ...

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May 01, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Rental affordability crashes: new report

Social Futures says a new report on renting again shows the urgent need for the Federal Government t ...

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Apr 27, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures backs calls to increase rates of income support payment

Social Futures stands with ACOSS and Homelessness Australia in imploring the Federal Government to h ...

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Apr 19, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Youth Homelessness Matters Day on April 19

Youth Homelessness Matters Day is on Wednesday, 19 April. Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD) is ...

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Apr 17, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Yamba’s Kick Flips and Tail Whips Skate and Scooter comp is back for Youth Week!

Calling all boarders and scooter riders – the Kick Flips and Tail Whips skateboard and scooter com ...

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Apr 12, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Essential workers are being priced out of their own communities

Social Futures has come out in support of essential workers, who – according to a new report & ...

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Mar 23, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures welcomes action to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart

The not-for-profit organisation Social Futures strongly supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart ...

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Mar 23, 2023 | by Dianne Carrett

Changes to in-home aged care in July 2024 with introduction of new reforms

Changes are coming to in-home aged care with the introduction of new reforms in July 2024. A free on ...

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Mar 17, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

From adventure therapy to connecting with culture – third Northern Rivers conference for youth workers held

A Northern Rivers community workers conference held in Ballina has examined best-practice ways to en ...

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Mar 15, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures welcomes pledge to build more rental properties

Social Futures CEO Tony Davies has met with the NSW Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Ro ...

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Mar 07, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures lobbies to an audience of 3.6 million

On the first anniversary of record flooding in Northern Rivers, Social Futures, advocated through me ...

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Mar 06, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

A week of connections on the First Floods Anniversary

Social Futures was proud to take part in the ‘Well-Being Hub’ at the Lismore Quad to support Nor ...

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Feb 28, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

A call for more social and affordable housing in areas impacted by extreme weather

RELEASED February 28, 2023 On the first anniversary of record flooding in Northern Rivers, Social Fu ...

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Feb 27, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Veterans Connect arrives on the Central Coast

A new service that connects former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members and their families to the ...

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Feb 24, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

A week of advocating for more resources for flood-impacted communities

In the lead up to the first anniversary of the Northern Rivers floods, Social Futures has been advoc ...

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Feb 21, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Federal inquiry into poverty visits Lismore

The Senate Community Affairs References Committee inquiring into the extent of poverty in Australia ...

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Feb 20, 2023 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures presents at the NSW Regional and Rural Summit

Social Futures CEO Tony Davies has presented to the NSW Rural and Regional Summit in Sydney, calling ...

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Dec 14, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

An aftercare service for people at risk of suicide available on the Mid North Coast

Social Futures now delivers a suicide prevention service on the Mid North Coast to the Bellingen and ...

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Dec 14, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Photo exhibit expresses ‘disability pride’ on International Day of People with Disability 

On International Day of People with Disability (Saturday December 3), a unique exhibition of photos ...

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Nov 28, 2022 | by Amanda Shoebridge

We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with flood-impacted Western NSW

Social Futures CEO Tony Davies says he speaks on behalf of the whole of Social Futures as he sends h ...

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Nov 25, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Gold Coast women impacted by DV supported to find work

RELEASED: November 25, 2022 Standing Strong, the pilot Gold Coast employment program supporting wome ...

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Nov 25, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Celebrate healthy relationships on the Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women

RELEASED: November 25, 2022 On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women ( ...

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Nov 24, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Research shows the 2022 floods exposed flaws in the regional housing system

RELEASED: November 24, 2022 As flooding impacts more New South Wales communities, new research shows ...

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Oct 25, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

School program targets bullying of children with disability

RELEASED: October 25, 2022 A free program for NSW Central Coast schools is helping children understa ...

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Oct 12, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

New support service launched for those impacted by flooding

RELEASED October 12, 2022 Social Futures is delivering a new support service for individuals and com ...

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Sep 19, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Celebrate National Week of Deaf People with Mark

RELEASED September 19, 2022 Social Futures is joining in the celebrations for National Week of Dea ...

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Sep 14, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures secures an Anchor Business Support Grant

Social Futures has secured funding from the Commonwealth and NSW Governments’ Anchor Business Supp ...

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Sep 14, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Big crowd turns out for second Central Coast Inclusive Dance

RELEASED September 9, 2022 More than 150 people partied on Friday night at the Central Coast’s sec ...

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Aug 30, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

A call for more social housing with buy-backs and land swaps

Social Futures has welcomed the release of the NSW flood inquiry but is calling on the Premier to co ...

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Aug 30, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

headspace begins post-flood healing workshops for schools

RELEASED August 26, 2022 headspace Lismore and Tweed Heads are running post-flood healing workshops ...

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Aug 18, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Homelessness Conference looks at climate change

RELEASED: August 18, 2022 Social Futures CEO Tony Davies has presented a paper at the 2020 National ...

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Aug 17, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

New ways to welcome children to the NDIS

RELEASED: August 17, 2022 Children with a disability who need supports can join the National Insuran ...

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Aug 09, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Ball sports are better on wheels … in Alstonville

RELEASED: August 9, 2022 Students at St Joseph’s Primary School, Alstonville, have had a chanc ...

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Aug 07, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures housing petition handed to NSW Government

RELEASED August 6, 2022 Social Futures has collected almost 400 signatures calling for more social h ...

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Aug 01, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

More than 18,000 social and affordable homes needed in the Northern Rivers

RELEASED: August 1, 2022 The February and March floods have seen the need for social housing increas ...

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Jul 29, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

TikTok’s Brother Boys celebrate International Friendship Day

RELEASED July 29, 2022 Two men, who’ve become a TikTok sensation by making videos about their uniq ...

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Jul 05, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures featured on Disability Talks

RELEASED July 6, 2022 Social Futures General Manager LAC Linda Hayes has been interviewed by present ...

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Jun 30, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures celebrates NAIDOC Week by listening to First Nations’ Voices

The not-for-profit organisation, Social Futures, now has its own Aboriginal advisory panel and is ca ...

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Jun 24, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Little for social housing in New South Wales budget

Social Futures is disappointed that the New South Wales government passed on the opportunity to inve ...

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Jun 21, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures supports campaign to stamp out elder abuse

RELEASED June 13, 2022 The not-for-profit organisation Social Futures is supporting a campaign to pr ...

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Jun 03, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures speaks to ABC TV about the post-flood crisis

Thousands of people are still displaced three months after devastating floods struck the Northern Ri ...

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Jun 03, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Social Futures tells Radio National that Lismore is hurting

Social Futures CEO Tony Davies has told ABC Radio National’s Patricia Karvelas about the chall ...

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May 26, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Employers encouraged to hire people living with a disability

NBN TV has featured Social Futures’ inclusive workplace campaign, encouraging employers to tak ...

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May 19, 2022 | by Amanda Shoebridge

Homeless with a Mortgage – Social Futures on SBS Insight

Our CEO Tony Davies, along with our Lismore Local Area Coordinator, Gary Shalala-Hudson, and Connect ...

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May 13, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Businesses can get help to access a skilled and eager workforce – people with disability

RELEASED: May 13, 2022 Social Futures can support Central Coast employers fill job vacancies by show ...

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May 10, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Learn about the National Disability Insurance Scheme in western NSW

RELEASED: May 10, 2022 The not-for-profit organisation Social Futures is on a multi-stop tour across ...

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Mar 30, 2022 | by Kim Gannon

Our budget response

RELEASED March 30, 2022 Social Futures CEO Tony Davies says he’s disappointed the Federal Governme ...

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Mar 10, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

headspace support continues for the young people during the flood recovery

RELEASED: March 11, 2022 Young people are reminded that mental health support remains available as c ...

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Mar 07, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

On International Women’s Day, we salute the women working on the Coast’s Flood recovery

RELEASED: March 8, 2022 On International Women’s Day, Social Futures acknowledges and thanks the w ...

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Feb 23, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Clubhouse Ballina helps youth re-connect in the pandemic

RELEASED: February 22, 2022 Clubhouse Ballina has re-opened and is giving young people the chance to ...

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Feb 16, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Two new reports show the housing crisis is worsening

RELEASED: February 16, 2022 Social Futures is pointing to two new reports on housing and homelessnes ...

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Feb 07, 2022 | by Christine Tondorf

Mental health support available for students returning to school 

RELEASED: February 4, 2022 Mental health support for school students of all ages is available in the ...

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Dec 02, 2021 | by Christine Tondorf

To celebrate International Day of People with Disability share YOUR story with others

RELEASED: December 3, 2021 To celebrate International Day of People with Disability on Friday, Decem ...

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Nov 18, 2021 | by Christine Tondorf

Strong uptake for employment service for women impacted by domestic violence

RELEASED: November 19, 2021 On White Ribbon Day, Social Futures can announce that its new employment ...

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Nov 15, 2021 | by Christine Tondorf

One man’s story of how he became homeless in Byron Bay

Released November 16, 2021 Ten years ago, Fintan was a family man with his own home in northern ...

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Nov 15, 2021 | by Christine Tondorf

It’s not just A-listers looking for homes in Byron Bay …

RELEASED November 15, 2021 Social Futures has provided emergency accommodation to more than 100 peop ...

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Oct 28, 2021 | by Christine Tondorf

Vaccine van makes it easier than ever to be vaccinated

RELEASED: October 28, 2021 A new mobile van delivering COVID-19 vaccinations around the Northern Riv ...

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Oct 28, 2021 | by Christine Tondorf

Celebrate Children’s Week in Australia

RELEASED: October 27, 2021 This week is Children’s Week, the annual week in Australia focussing at ...

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Oct 21, 2021 | by Christine Tondorf

New women’s employment program on Gold Coast

RELEASED October 18, 2021 Gold Coast women, putting their lives back together after experiencing dom ...

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Mar 24, 2021 | by thriveadmin

Different on the Outside, Same on the Inside

Social Futures is challenging stereotypes about disability in Central Coast and Western NSW schools. ...

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Mar 24, 2021 | by thriveadmin

Sports Ability

Sports Ability is a fun, interactive and free program being delivered to schools in Northern NSW

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Mar 24, 2021 | by thriveadmin

When your wildest dreams come true

When Brad Parker was young, he loved toys. But now 26, it’s not the Tonka truck variety he is into ...

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Dec 02, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Green shoots for Michael as the drought breaks

The recent drought-breaking rain across central New South Wales has brought smiles at long last to t ...

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Dec 02, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Anita – I’m telling my story because more people need to know

Life took a dramatic turn in 2015, when 53-year-old Byron Bay woman, Anita Carden, went hiking in Ne ...

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Nov 27, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Chesney flies the coop

For parents, Ross and Sandy Bailey the NDIS provided great relief when their 19-year-old son, Chesne ...

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Nov 20, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Dirty Laundry Day Project 2020

Today is White Ribbon Day. It is a day for difficult conversations. A day to talk about domestic and ...

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Oct 23, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Rob’s come along in leaps and bounds

At 67, Broken Hill man Rob Lindsay has lived with an intellectual difficulty all his life. “There ...

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Oct 21, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Jack’s Story: Gazing into a new future

Jack Pellizzer is in his last year of high school in Broken Hill. He likes school and, like most 18- ...

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Oct 01, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Back to school vouchers for children affected by bushfires

Students affected by the 2019/20 fire season have been getting a little help with their school expen ...

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Sep 15, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Elise moves into a home of her own

Moving into your own home is a special milestone but for Elise Miller, it holds extra significance. ...

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Aug 10, 2020 | by thriveadmin

NDIS opens up a whole new life for Tasel

FOR many of us, 2020 may turn out to be a year we’d rather forget. But for Maclean woman Jacques S ...

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Aug 06, 2020 | by thriveadmin

How our local services stayed connected through COVID-19

While individuals and households were adjusting to the new reality of social isolation as the COVID- ...

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Aug 04, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Madeleine lands her dream job

Madeleine Thompson dreamed of becoming a nurse when she was still in primary school. Now she’s liv ...

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May 14, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Tackling bullying one class at a time

Schools are looking toward an inclusive future thanks to awareness program, ‘Different on the Outs ...

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May 14, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Grounds for Celebration

From forever volunteering to paid employment at a coffee shop? That’s grounds for celebration!  S ...

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Mar 18, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Care factor makes all the difference for Rocky

In 1996, at 29 years of age, Rocky Mileto sustained a severe spinal cord injury from a tackle in a g ...

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Mar 17, 2020 | by thriveadmin

Continuing to deliver support services throughout COVID-19

Social Futures is committed to the continuation of delivering support services in a safe, practical ...

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