Para Fencing Program for Children aged 8-11 years. The Sydney Para Fencing Foundation runs a weekly training program, with sessions suitable for all. Trial and introduction sessions available.
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ParentLine NSW
Parent Line NSW is a free telephone counselling and support service for parents and carers with children, aged 0 to 18 years, who live in New South Wales.
Parent Line can help with positive parenting strategies, useful information and referrals to a variety of face-to-face services. Parent Line is also a place to explore frustrations, feel supported and discuss different options to create more harmonious family relationships.
Parent Line counsellors provide confidential and non-judgemental advice and support for parents, carers or professionals living in NSW, seven days a week.
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Carer Gateway Counselling
The Carer Gateway Counselling Service is a free service for carers.
Each weekday, from 8am to 6pm, professional counsellors are waiting to talk through the concerns you have and how you feel about your carer role. To learn more about how counselling helps carers, watch our video “Introducing the Carer Gateway Counselling Service” on this page.
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Child Dental Benefits Schedule – Services Australia
Covers part or the full cost of some basic dental services for children if you get certain payments from us.
To get this your child must be all of the following:
- 0 to 17 years old for at least one day that calendar year
- eligible for Medicare
- getting a payment from us at least once a year, or have a parent, carer or guardian getting a payment from us at least once a year.
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Dental Services: Canberra Health Services
Child and youth dental services are available to children and young people who are:
- under the age of 5 years and live in ACT
- under the age of 14 years and live in the ACT or attend an ACT school
- under the age of 18 years and live in the ACT or attend an ACT school AND are listed on a Services Australia issued Pension Concession or Health Care Card
- under the care of the Canberra Health Services Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic
- under foster care or wards of the state.
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Dental and Oral Health Service: Westmead Children’s Hospital
The dental and oral health service provides specialist and emergency children’s dental services for eligible patients, as well as an inpatient consultative service.
The service operates as a hospital-based service to provide dental and surgical services to the emergency departments, inpatient units and speciality outpatient clinics. Registrars from the Westmead Centre for Oral Health (Westmead Dental Hospital) provide after-hours cover for our service.
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Abilities Unleashed – Kids
Disability Sports Australia aim to connect Australians with disabilities to their local adaptive sport and recreational opportunities. The Activate Inclusion Sports Days is one program DSA delivers with partners to get more people with disabilities to be more active, more often.
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Australian Museum: Autism and Sensory-friendly Mornings
Early Birds provides a reduced sensory, relaxed and supportive environment prior to the Museum opening to the wider public for the day. This can make visiting the Museum easier for autistic people and for those who have other access requirements, together with friends and families.
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Museum of Contemporary Art Accessible Arts Program
Connect with contemporary art in one of our creative programs designed for children and young people with disability and access requirements. Children and young people are introduced to contemporary art through interactive and multi-sensory activities that promote personal connection to artworks. Programs include a gallery visit and studio session. Participants have the opportunity to experiment with a variety of materials and processes in telling their own stories.
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Sony Disability Camps
The Children’s Holiday Camp Program is a unique respite program that sees high school and university students take on the responsibility for the care of children with disability, allowing their families to have a valuable weekend off.