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Black Mountain School P&C

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 418 673 073

Address: 48 Dryandra St 2602 Canberra, ACT, Australia

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24.01.2022 Not sure if this is going to work but here's the live stream from this morning if you missed it.

23.01.2022 The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley recently visited our school during our Talk-and-Walk-a-thon. The event was a huge success! Well done to everybody who participated

22.01.2022 Ever had to make a Freedom of Information request just to find out why the NDIS made the decision they did? Can't believe it was ever a thing but it was. But so...me really good news today- that's all changing. If you want: access to your personal information copies of medical reports used during access or reviews copies of other information used during planning meetings or reviews reasons why the NDIA have made the decision they have You can ask for the information to be given to you. You just have to fill out a form. You can find information about the changes here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//4906-improving-participants-acces You can find the form on this page - https://www.ndis.gov.au//ac/participant-information-access #NDISMakeItWork (Image description: A picture of files in a filing cabinet. The file we can see is marked "Confidential" in black text)

22.01.2022 Breaking news out of the NDIS this morning ... The NDIA have released the Price Guide and Support Catalogue for 2020-2021. This guide will be effective from Jul...y 1 this year. As always there is a lot to look at but a few things jump out straight away: The Fair Work Commission has not yet made a decision on the minimum wage. This will happen sometime in June. This will affect the NDIS prices - so an updated guide should be released sometime before the end of June. So keep an eye out. Participant plans will automatically be increased to cover the increase in prices. (But note - NOT the 10% loading that has been added due to COVID-19) There are some new line items to help people with a psychosocial disability, including the introduction of new Psychosocial Recovery Coaches. There are also some new line items to cover Individualised Living Options (ILO is NDIS-speak for anyone looking to do something innovative or interesting with their accommodation and support). There are more line items covering people looking to get into work. The guide has a new look which hopefully makes things easier to find. The NDIA have also released the results of their annual review into prices. Some of you contributed to this review so may want to take a quick look. You can find the news item about the guide here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//4835-delivering-ndis-annual-price You can find the new price guide and support catalogue here - https://www.ndis.gov.au/providers/price-guides-and-pricing You can find the results of the annual price review here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//price-guides-/annual-price-review UPDATE: We have a quick explainer on our website. We have waded through the detail so you don't have to - https://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/ndis-prices-the-good-/ #NDISMakeItWork (Image description: A red rectangle with the words "Breaking News" in white capital letters. Underneath the words you can see the Every Australian Counts logo and the words "NDIS: Make It Work)

22.01.2022 Are you looking for an activity for the school holidays and do you enjoy dancing? Dance Out!! Join a week of dance and coming together in the October holidays. ...Liz Lea and team will lead a celebration and exploration of socially distanced and fully inclusive approaches to creating new dance movement and music, culminating in a new dance work, inspired by the National Museum of Australia. Performance opportunities: there will be an opportunity to perform the created dance at the National Museum of Australian (date tbc) and on 18 December for a fundraiser. It will also be filmed for the International Day of People with Disability and will be part of a Zero Emissions film. Dates: Monday 5 Friday 9 October Times: 10.00am 4.00pm Location: Canberra Dance Theatre and National Museum of Australia. Cost: $220 Contact Liz Lea; [email protected] or 0498988252

20.01.2022 Attention Carers in the ACT: Your participation in this survey will help the National Network of Carers Associations advocate for better support for carers acro...ss Australia. Complete the survey online now, or contact [email protected] or 02 9280 4744 to request a hard copy. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020NationalCarerSurvey See more

20.01.2022 There is some great online learning happening all across the school. In this video Tarana has been teaching Room 20 students how to use their Emotional Toolbox to stay calm. Feeling much better now, thanks Tarana!

19.01.2022 See you tomorrow at 12.30pm for I-Day!! Further info in comments :)See you tomorrow at 12.30pm for I-Day!! Further info in comments :)

18.01.2022 Students are back training in our Six Degrees Cafe, serving up beautiful coffees and treats. Currently only open to the school community of staff and students but we’re looking forward to being back open to the public ASAP. Check out the wonderful Camryn and Matthew hard at work today

18.01.2022 A story about one of our well respected students and his sister. A timely reminder of the incredible role siblings play in supporting and caring. https://www.abc.net.au//coronavirus-covid-young-c/12775848

18.01.2022 The Morcommunity team continue to have so much fun!! We have been attending the RAID basketball program, creating beautiful pieces of art, cooking, enjoying T...ime Zone, having a pamper day getting dolled up with hair and make up, attending work experience at a cafe and so much more! Morcommunity continue to grow and truly appreciate everyone’s support! Please be sure to share, like and follow our posts and page. If you are interested in learning more about what we do or you’re interested in joining our team please be sure to email us at [email protected] or call us on 0421 242 870

17.01.2022 Black Mountain School currently has a school board vacancy available for a parent or a member of the school community. Please contact the school if you think you might be interested

17.01.2022 Thank you to our wonderful BMS staff!

16.01.2022 Our Six Degrees Cafe Gallery Garden is now open to the public from 9am-2pm Tuesdays-Fridays. Come on down and grab something yummy and enjoy a coffee in the magnificent sunshine that we're getting in the outdoor spaces.

15.01.2022 We currently have two Supported Independent Living vacancies available in the ACT. Click on the links below for more information. Phone: 1300 DISABILITY (1300 ...347 224) Email: [email protected] https://www.disabilitytrust.org.au/supported-inde/bruce-act https://www.disabilitytrust.org.au/support/kambah-house-act

15.01.2022 Six Degrees will open to the public next term on Tuesdays-Fridays. Whoohooo!!!

14.01.2022 Some breaking news from the NDIA this afternoon ... The NDIA have just released the Functional Capacity Assessment Framework (phew that's a mouthful). This long... document gives some information about why the NDIA think independent assessments are a good idea. It also explains a little bit more about how and why they have selected the assessment tools they have. It is rather ironically titled - given that the NDIA have said the assessments won't just be about function. And yet that's what the framework is called? The NDIA says the framework has been developed with researchers, academics and allied health professionals. But not, as far as we are aware, with input from people with disability or their families. This is a very technical document and quite hard to get through. There is no Easy Read or plain English version available. So it's going to take us a while. We will of course let you know what we find. We know many of you have so many questions and concerns about what independent assessments will mean for you. We share them - and we promise to keep taking them to the government and the NDIA. And that is not all we are doing - so stay tuned. In the meantime if you want to look at what has been released today you can find it on the NDIS website. But be warned because it is very hard going. You can read the media release here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//5260-ndia-releases-new-functional You can read the full framework here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//functional-capacity-assessment-fr The NDIA have also released some frequently asked questions about independent assessments. You can find them here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//inde/independent-assessment-q-and (Image description: A red rectangle with the words "Breaking News" in white capital letters. Underneath the words you can see the Every Australian Counts logo and the words "NDIS: Make It Work)

14.01.2022 We’ve been working on something very special behind the scenes...Krofne is very proud to announce that we are the recipients of a $200,000 training grant as par...t of the Government’s disability employment initiative. We will be developing specialist training programs for the hospitality industry to educate businesses and support people with autism into employment. The pilot programs will be rolled out in ACT, NSW & VIC with the view to expand to other locations and industries. Our goal has been and always will be to create meaningful employment for people with disabilities. We are so very excited! See more

14.01.2022 The Department of Social Services (DSS) has set up a Disability Information Helpline to provide information for people with disability about the coronavirus pan...demic (link in comments). People can reach the helpline on: 1800 643 787. They are advising that people can call the helpline if: their support worker has not turned up. their provider has stopped providing services they are having trouble getting essential supplies like food or medication they are feeling very upset or worried anything else. If in doubt, call! The helpline is available 8am-8pm (AEST) Monday- Friday and 9am- 7 pm (AEST) Saturday- Sunday. It is not available on public holidays. [Image description: orange telephone with a blue background]

13.01.2022 Finding Work Through Connections and Community is the topic of Session 2 of the Let's Get To Work Virtual Conference, coming up on Thursday. The wonderful Ann ...Greer is joining us to share her insights into this important approach to finding meaningful employment for people with disability. Join us online from 12:45 PM for a 1:00 PM start. You'll get the most out of the session if you attend live because you'll have the opportunity to ask questions (via chat). But don't worry if you can't make it. Everyone who registers will get a link to the 7-day replay, and we also plan to add the recording of this session to our website after the conference. Haven't registered yet? You still can! Visit this page on our website for more information and a link to the registration page: https://imaginemore.org.au/conference-2020/ See you there!

13.01.2022 Tomorrow 17/07/20 at 6:30 pm, watch online: Pitch Your Passion - a virtual variety cabaret showcasing young speakers and performers with disability in the ACT r...egion. Organised & presented by Women With Disabilities ACT. Tune in to watch seven young people with disabilities either perform or speak about something they are passionate about. This accessible event will be live captioned and is completely free. Follow the link to the Facebook event to find out more: https://bit.ly/38W8cKY See more

12.01.2022 Thank you to our friends at Capital Chemist Group Lyneham for the donation of hand sanitiser. Thank you for supporting Black Mountain School - Canberra as we seek to continue to provide creative, individualised and relevant education in a COVID safe environment. #inclusiveeducation #communitymatters #canberralife

12.01.2022 Dates and details for this new school to work training have been released. Training is free and is tailored for different year levels of students - years 7-8; 9-10; 11-12. This is a great opportunity for parents and carers. https://imaginemore.org.au/event-category/school-to-work/

12.01.2022 The last few weeks have been filled with terrible heartbreaking news. We are a community of people with disability and their families. These stories touch us al...l. So please be kind to yourself at the moment. Take time out, turn off the news, talk to family or friends. Whatever you need to get yourself through. And if you find yourself really struggling please reach out for help. Here are some numbers you might find helpful: National Counselling and Referral Service 1800 421 468 or 02 6146 1468 https://www.dss.gov.au//disability-royal-commission-suppor Lifeline 13 11 14 www.lifeline.org.au/ Kids Helpline 1800 551 800 www.kidshelpline.com.au/ beyondblue 1300 224 636 www.beyondblue.org.au/ 1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732 https://www.1800respect.org.au/ Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/ And please look after yourselves and others. (Image description: A painting by artist Keith Haring. It is made up of outlines of two simple human figures in black who together are holding up a big red radiant heart.)

12.01.2022 To celebrate National Volunteers Week, a huge thank you to all the volunteers who build community, connection, inclusion and opportunity for everyone at Black Mountain School - Canberra. Thank you to our volunteers. Whether you are family members, community members and groups, businesses, school staff or students - we appreciate you!!! #waveforvolunteers

11.01.2022 A really big thank you to everyone who has shared their NDIS experiences with us over the last few days. For anyone who might have missed it... The NDIA have ...introduced lots of changes in the last few weeks to try and help people with disability and their families get the support they need to manage during this really difficult time. We want to know - what's working for you, what's not and what still needs to change. We have a quick survey so you can tell us about your experience. We want to know things like: Have you spoken to anyone in the NDIA Coronavirus team? Did they fix your problem? Have you tried to move money between capacity building and core? How did it go? Have you had a planning meeting over the phone? Or anything else you want to tell us. You can find the survey here - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/eac-ndis-coronavirus There is also an Easy Read version - https://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/ndis-whats-working-an/ You can also read more on our website - https://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/ndis-whats-working-an/ We know everyone has a lot on their plate - and we don't want to add to that. But we do want to check in so we can keep pushing for the changes you need. #NDISMakeItWork (Image description: The words "we want to hear from you" in a speech bubble on a dark red background. Below is a yellow pencil emoji, then the EAC logo and the NDIS Make it work logo.)

11.01.2022 It was a wonderful morning to welcome the students of Black Mountain School - Canberra. We hope they enjoyed their visit and the hand sanitiser goes to good use during these interesting times!

11.01.2022 https://mailchi.mp//ndia-employments-supports-webinar-8-oc

10.01.2022 Thanks for an awesome end to the term, BMS!! hair colour day was a hit! Today we also say farewell to our amazing Jenn Burness, who has been at BMS for many... years Jenn has taken an executive position at Monash School. We will miss you, Jenn, and look forward to hearing about your new adventures See more

10.01.2022 Some important breaking news this morning about the introduction of compulsory assessments to the NDIS. The legislation to introduce these new assessments has n...ow been delayed. The draft legislation will now be released for consultation early next year. The legislation is expected to be passed by July 1. This means the start date of these new assessments will now be delayed - but no info yet about exactly when that will be. And the NDIA will also "shortly" release three new consultation papers about these assessments. These papers will look at: Access and assessments Planning and assessments Changes to early childhood early intervention (ECEI) Consultation on the content of these papers will happen over the next few months. No word yet about what it will look like - we will let you know as soon as it hits. And how you can have your say. In the meantime you can find an information paper from the Department of Social Services here - https://www.dss.gov.au/disab/ndis-reforms-information-paper There is also an Easy Read version. You can find it on this page - https://www.dss.gov.au/disability-/ndis-legislative-reforms #NDISMakeItWork #NDIS (Image description: A red rectangle with the words "Breaking News" in white capital letters. Underneath the words you can see the Every Australian Counts logo and the words "NDIS: Make It Work)

09.01.2022 Check out these great tips and hints from our exec and speechie Matt Thompson. This is the beginning of our weekly clips with a focus on AAC and key word sign. This week's focus is "want".

08.01.2022 Just in case you missed it ... At the end of last week the NDIA made a small but incredibly important announcement. There is now more flexibility in how you can... use your NDIS funds. NDIS participants who are plan or agency managed can now use their core funds across ALL core funding categories. That means you no longer need at least $1 in a category to move your funds around. That means: Participants who need a smart device to continue support at this time can now buy one with their core funds (even if they don't have a budget for consumables). Participants can use core funds for transport. (Note if you receive a periodic transport payment you can't use that flexibly - you must use if for transport costs.) The necessary system change was made on May 9. Self managed participants are going to have to wait until June for the system change to be made for them. It may have taken a global pandemic to do it (!) but the greater flexibility you have all asked for is finally starting to happen. You can find the news announcement here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//4802-plan-flexibility-and-auto-ex You can find more questions and answers on the Coronavirus pages on the NDIS website - https://www.ndis.gov.au//participants-co/using-your-budget #NDISMakeItWork (Image description: A picture of a rainbow coloured slinky)

07.01.2022 Some breaking news this morning The Minister for the NDIS Stuart Robert has released the government’s response to the Tune review. Just in case you have forgo...tten (because it already feels like a hundred years ago thanks to COVID) Last year Mr David Tune conducted a review into the NDIS Act. Not the whole kit and caboodle of the NDIS, but just what needed to change in the Act. And even though it was just supposed to be about the NDIS Act, Mr Tune made a bunch of sensible, practical recommendations about a whole lot of things like the need for simple and clear language to explain key NDIS terms like reasonable and necessary. Things like greater flexibility in how you can use your NDIS funds. And outreach and support for people who are really missing out like First Nations people with disability or people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. And the good news is that the government appears to have accepted all the recommendations except for two and those they have accepted in principle. That’s government speak for we’re kinda on board but we need to hedge our bets for a few reasons. Great to see acceptance - now for making them happen! And the Minister also announced the release of the Participant Service Charter and the Participant Service Improvement Plan (mouthfuls we know). Those two documents do two things. The Charter outlines the way participants can expect the NDIA to behave when it works with them. And the Plan outlines all the work the NDIA will do over the next two years to improve people’s experience of the scheme. Really critical things like introducing longer plans and greater flexibility in how you can use your NDIS funds. But amongst all the other things there was one part of the announcement that did catch our eye. The Minister also announced that from next year the NDIA will fund independent assessment for people applying to enter the scheme. And then later in the year for people having plan reviews at critical life points like leaving school or leaving home. There is not a lot of detail about that one. We know that lots of you are worried about what those assessments will mean for you. We do want the NDIS to be fair and consistent. And people shouldn’t have to pay for expensive reports that may or may not hit the mark. But the most important thing of ALL - we need to make sure that people get the support they desperately need. As with all of these things the devil is always in the detail. There was a lot of information released today so we are working our way through it - so stay tuned (no pun intended). In the meantime you can read the announcement here https://ministers.dss.gov.au/media-releases/6156 You can read the government's response here - https://www.dss.gov.au//government-response-to-the-ndis-ac You can read some media coverage here - https://www.abc.net.au//ndis-disability-sector-go/12602432 The Participant Service Charter is here - https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/policies/service-charter The Participant Service Improvement Plan is here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//participant-service-improvement-p And if you want to go back and have a look at the Tune review again you can find it here - https://www.dss.gov.au//2019-review-of-the-ndis-act-and-th Or our summary here - https://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/singing-to-the-same-o/ The NDIA and Minister have released a few short videos this morning. You can find them all here - https://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/big-ndis-changes-are-/ #NDIS #NDISMakeItWork (Image description: A red rectangle with the words "Breaking News" in white capital letters. Underneath the words you can see the Every Australian Counts logo and the words "NDIS: Make It Work)

06.01.2022 https://www.ndis.gov.au/cor/priority-home-delivery-services

06.01.2022 Today Black Mountain School - Canberra held a walk-and-talk-a-thon, to help students communicate and get to know one another, a recommendation of their SRC. The... event was attended by His Excellency, General the Hon David Hurley AC and Her Excellency Mrs Hurley as patrons of Peer Support Australia. A morning of sunshine, song and super powers, a popular talking point of Black Mountain students. Governor-General of Australia See more

06.01.2022 The Canberra Scavenger Hunt organised by Northside Community Service & Cyclabilities is INCLUSIVE! We have designed the activities in a way that every one can p...articipate & win! Whether you are 2 or 102, or you venture 50 metres outside your home or go 20kms away, you have the opportunity to snap, draw, video or paint colours, shapes, patterns of Canberra. So invite your friends and family to participate in the biggest digital scavenger hunt of all time! #scavengerhuntcanberra #scavengerhuntcbr #canberra #cbr #australiancapitalterritory #cycling #hiking #walking #scooting #draw #sketch #video #paint Northside Community Service Cyclabilities

05.01.2022 The topic for Session 4 of the Let's Get To Work Virtual Conference, coming up on Thursday, July 2, is Customised Employment. Joining us this week is Dr June Al...exander PhD. June lectures at Flinders University in Adelaide, and is also the Academic Director of Learning Programs at the Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice (CDERP). June has spoken at several Imagine More events in recent times. Each time she has received overwhelmingly positive feedback because of her expertise and enthusiasm. June is presenting twice at the conference, this week and next (July 9). Join us online on Thursday from 12:45 PM for a 1:00 PM start. You'll get the most out of the session if you attend live because you'll have the opportunity to ask questions (via chat). But don't worry if you can't make it. Everyone who registers will get a link to the 7-day replay. But be warned: after the 7 day period expires you won’t have another chance to watch the presentation, because it won’t be added to our website. Haven't registered yet? You still can! Visit this page on our website for more information and a link to the registration page: https://imaginemore.org.au/conference-2020/ When registering, please select the top option Register to all dates below even if you can't attend every session. See you there!

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05.01.2022 Don't forget that our SRC have organised a Hairspray Day tomorrow! Gold coin donations will go towards the Salvation Army Bushfire Relief. Don't forget your pe...rmission note to have your hair coloured in Central Park. We will be celebrating the end of Term 2 with a staggered disco in the afternoon. Happy almost-end-of-term, everyone! See more

05.01.2022 Wondering about iPads, grocery delivery fees, or PPE? Last week we held a Zoom forum with Scott McNaughton from the NDIA. And a lot of you had plenty of exce...llent questions for him. For those of you who missed out - here are his answers. We've got a short summary up now on our website - along with the transcript. Check it out at https://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/all-the-big-announcem/

04.01.2022 Some really really REALLY good news from the NDIS this morning NDIA General Manager Scott McNaughton used the Zoom forum with us here at Every Australian Coun...ts this morning to let everyone know that the NDIS is changing its policy regarding devices like iPads and tablets. You can now purchase a device with your NDIS funds if: You don’t already have a similar device You need it for support or therapy It has not been funded through another system (like education) So you can’t use it just to binge on Netflix. But you can use it for things like therapy or to join an exercise class or to learn a new skill with a support worker. (And we would add you probably need to find the cheapest suitable option - if you need to buy a particular kind of device you will probably need to explain why) The NDIS website says there will be more information released soon. In the meantime you can find the question and the answer here - https://www.ndis.gov.au//participants-co/using-your-budget And you can watch Scott from this morning below. It is really good to see that the NDIS is listening and being more flexible to help everyone get through this really difficult time

03.01.2022 Hi all just a quick reminder, singing group will be delivered through Google meet for BMS students and families at 9:30am on Tuesday! You will have received a t...imetable with links in the latest newsletter. I will try and do a dual live stream this week, and then we will be moving to Google for term 2. I will still post the video to the Yamffa page upon completion if you missed the live stream or were coming here purely for that purpose.

03.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS UPDATE WITH TRANSCRIPT: The NDIA is now officially encouraging people to flexibly use your funds to purchase devices if you don't already have one... to access online therapy and fitness services. The NDIA is also working to source devices for participants! Information direct from NDIA DCEO Scott McNaughton on the currently broadcasting Every Australian Counts live webinar. Huge shout out to the Every Australian Counts team for their work to make this webinar happen, and to them and all the advocates and participants and families and providers who have been pushing so hard to help the NDIS support these purchases. You do not need reports etc to do this (but you might want some advice from an OT or similar to make sure you get what's needed) and claim from your core funds, but don't go silly - only buy what is needed (and that's not going to be the top of the line $1500 item - if you want that, maybe just claim the cost of a basic item). You would generally claim this from consumables funding, if not, from any other core :bucket". If you do not have core funds, and need the device to access CB funds, my personal opinion (not official at this point) would be to use your CB funds. You can also call the call centre on 1800 800 100 (select option 5) and ask them to shift funds, or switch some funds to self managed so you can purchase if you are agency managed. Here is part of the transcript from the EAC webinar: GAIL (webinar attendee): What if we do not have an iPad, laptop, computer, the internet? Can we use some NDIS funding for these things? SCOTT MCNAUGHTON: A really good question and one that is coming up a lot. It is one of the top questions being asked at our national contact centre. The positive around this, I must say, Gail, and people watching today, is that we are starting to hear a lot of innovative ways service providers are changing business models. Participants can continue to get some of their therapies and certain support by the internet. That is great. We have heard some examples of gym classes run online as well. Fantastic. It makes sure people can still access, using different social media to do that. It encourages providers to think innovatively. We do not want people... once the worlds wakes up in COVID- in six's month’s time with children having progress erased. We want access to continue for these innovative services. Regarding the actual question... a lot of Australians have access to those devices, we know that. But when you don't, and when you need a device to continue to access your disability services, we are encouraging you to use your NDIS plan to access those. So you can get those support. It is important, where you need certain things and those devices to be those online therapies, online gym classes. To connect with your speech therapist, or whoever is supporting you through your NDIS plan, we encourage people, if they do not have a device, to use the plane fixedly and purchased one. There will be more coming out on this including how we speed up the supply of access to those devices as well. We are working on that in the background, so in the meantime if you have funding in your plan and you need one of these to access your supports, we encourage you to use your plan flexibly to purchase such a device you can keep receiving supports. KIRSTEN DEANE: That's really good news. I can see from the chat, Stay tuned to https://www.ndis.gov.au/coronavirus for the official update to their Q&A's

02.01.2022 A very, very big thank you to the amazing folks in the Thursday Friendship Group who made these amazing quilts for us. They are absolutely stunning, and our students are so excited about them What a gorgeous addition to our classrooms

02.01.2022 Check out this amazing Australian Indigenous artwork display of Australian animals done by Connect and Compass students. Well done, guys! They look beautiful down in the art room.

01.01.2022 Young Carer Social Group Catch Up - Canberra Being a young carer can be pretty lonely sometimes. You might feel like you’re the only one going through this. ...If that sounds like you, why not come along to the new Young Carers Social Group Catch-Up. We want to help you connect with other young people and help you see that you aren’t alone. There’s no need to make a booking, just drop-in. We understand the life of a young carer often means that plans get broken. So just come along whenever you can. There will be food, activities and a chance to meet new friends. When? Every second Wednesday commencing, 18 November What time? 3.30pm to 5.30pm Where? The Junction (behind the Civic Skate Park) If you have any questions, or need more information or support, please call our Young Carer Specialist Melanie on 0427 263 991.