Tollfree 1800 029 904 
TTY 02 69473377
Date: Friday 18 May 2012
ANGLICARE South West Community Care Region ranges from Cabramatta / Fairfield, Bankstown, Liverpool & the Macarthur and Southern Highlands and provide services for the community such as Emergency relief, family support, youth programs, carer support, disability & mental health support and more. We would like to invite you to the ANGLICARE South West Sydney Services Expo 2012 where you will have the opportunity to learn about all these services that may be suitable for your Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients and at the same time network with other service providers. DATE: Friday 18th of May 2012 VENUE: Anglicare - Church Hall 42 Cumberland Street Cabramatta NSW 2166 TIME: 12:00pm - 3:00pm Light Lunch will be provided! RSVP Essential by 4th of May 2012 By Email to dvu@anglicare.org.au - jrojas@anglicare.org.au
Date: Monday 21 May 2012
It will be hosted by Aged and Community Services SA & NT and held from 21st May to 22nd May 2012 at the world class Adelaide Convention Centre. The Conference speaking program has been developed around the Conference theme of Firm Foundations : Flexible Futures.
Website: 2012 ACSA National Community Care Conference
Date: Tuesday 22 May 2012
When: 22nd - 25th May 2012 Where: Jupiters Gold Coast Convention Centre Queensland, Australia Hosted by Spectronics, the conference focuses specifically on "inclusive learning technologies" - technologies designed to advance independent achievement for people with disabilities and/or students with learning difficulties. It includes sessions looking at these technologies in the following three interest streams. Struggling Students* People with Complex Communication Needs People with Disabilities *What do we mean by "struggling students"? Here we are talking about students who are in Regular Ed settings but are struggling to keep up with the reading, writing or organisational tasks required of them. These students may be struggling because of learning difficulties. Alternatively, they could be one of the growing number of ESL (English as a Second Language) students in our schools and post-secondary institutions.
Website: Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference
Date: Tuesday 22 May 2012
Hosted by Spectronics, the conference focuses specifically on "inclusive learning technologies" - technologies designed to advance independent achievement for people with disabilities and/or students with learning difficulties. It includes sessions looking at these technologies in the following three interest streams. • Struggling Students* • People with Complex Communication Needs • People with Disabilities *What do we mean by "struggling students"? Here we are talking about students who are in Regular Ed settings but are struggling to keep up with the reading, writing or organisational tasks required of them. These students may be struggling because of learning difficulties. Alternatively, they could be one of the growing number of ESL (English as a Second Language) students in our schools and post-secondary institutions. When: 22nd - 25th May 2012 Where: Jupiters Gold Coast Convention Centre Queensland, Australia
Website: Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 22-25 May
Date: Wednesday 23 May 2012
Key topics will include the Premises Standards – One Year On - Egress and Access, Standards in Preparation, Access in Small and Remote Communities, Access and Public Transport and housing. Site visits will also be an important part of the Conference. The conference format will include a mix of plenary sessions, presentations and workshops as well as a trade exhibition and conference dinner. Dates: Wednesday 23 May 2012 to Friday 25 May 2012 Venue: Alice Springs Convention Centre 93 Barret Drive, Desert Springs NT 0870 Arrival Time: 1:30 pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012 (subject to change until finalisation is confirmed with last morning flights into Alice Springs) Close Time: 5:00 pm Friday 25th May 2012
Website: ACAA 2012 Conference and Trade Expo "SETTING THE STANDARD"
Date: Thursday 24 May 2012
Breakfast • Pro clinic • 18 Championship holes • Buffet lunch with drinks • Muscular Dystrophy NSW Annual Golf Trophy • Lots of team and individual player prizes • Raffle with great prizes • Excellent spot prizes • Auction with unique prizes When Thursday 24th May 2012 Where Concord Golf Club, Majors Bay Road, Concord, NSW. Please call Kags Garrard (the Fundraising Manager) on 02 9809 2111 to discuss any questions you may have. Email: kags.garrard@mdnsw.org.au;
Website: Annual Muscular Dystrophy NSW Golf Day
Date: Thursday 24 May 2012
Breakfast • Pro clinic • 18 Championship holes • Buffet lunch with drinks • Muscular Dystrophy NSW Annual Golf Trophy • Lots of team and individual player prizes • Raffle with great prizes • Excellent spot prizes • Auction with unique prizes When Thursday 24th May 2012 Where Concord Golf Club, Majors Bay Road, Concord, NSW. Please call Kags Garrard (the Fundraising Manager) on 02 9809 2111 to discuss any questions you may have. Email: kags.garrard@mdnsw.org.au;
Website: Annual Muscular Dystrophy NSW Golf Day
Date: Friday 25 May 2012
Clinical expertise in dementia care Friday May 25, 2012 $140/$133 Members Key note speaker: Sube Banerjee. This forum draws upon current evidence-based developments in international and national research in the following areas: • Quality use of medicines • Developments in early and differential diagnoses of dementing illnesses • Palliative care • Management of dementia with lewy bodies • Continence issues Hosted at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre Book online at fightdementia.org.au/victoria for: Friday 25 May
Website: Clinical Expertise in Dementia Care Forum
Date: Monday 28 May 2012
Communities in Control will bring together more than 1500 people from across the country who believe in the power of community. Hear from some of Australia’s best thinkers and speakers (and doers); make contacts; get inspired; take time to really think about the future – and your community’s part in it. Help decide which way we will go.
Website: Communities in Control 28 -29 May 2012
Date: Wednesday 06 June 2012
6-8 June 2012- Fremantle WA. As the leading voice in Indigenous drug and alcohol policy advice, the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (NIDAC) is proud to host Australia’s second National Drug and Alcohol Conference (NIDAC 2012). Based on the theme, Beyond 2012: Leading the Way to Action, NIDAC 2012 aims to highlight how the sector is able to lead the way to action in addressing the harmful effects of alcohol and other drugs and its associated harms among Indigenous Australians.
Website: The 2nd National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Conference
Date: Wednesday 06 June 2012
Northside Community Forum Inc (NCF) will be hosting its next biennial consumer conference on Wednesday 6 June 2012 at The Epping Club, 45-47 Rawson Street, Epping. This year we are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker, through the sponsorship of Alzheimer’s Australia, will be Ita Buttrose. Andrew Constance MP the NSW Minister for Ageing and Disability Services will also be speaking on the whole of Government Ageing Strategy. There will be a number of different workshops; a panel discussion exploring the ‘Changing Shape of Families’ and around 50 Exhibitor stalls.
Website: Caring for the Future Conference
Date: Wednesday 06 June 2012
Date: first Wednesday the month. Location: Tamworth, Oxley Bowling, 158 Piper St Description: Tamworth PWD Line Dancing When: The first Wednesday of the month. 10 – 11am, for the remainder of 2012. Where: Oxley Bowling Club (158-168 Piper St, Tamworth). Cost: Block One (June-Aug) $12. Block Two (Sep-Dec) $16. Each block must be paid upfront before the program commences. Bookings: Enrolments can be made by phoning the Tamworth Sport & Recreation office on (02) 6766 1200* Instructors: Oxley Line Dancers Inc. will be providing two instructors to lead the classes. Comments: *bookings are limited so get in quick! Enrolment for both blocks is encouraged. This is a fantastic opportunity for people with a disability to regularly participate in dancing, be physically active, and meet new people.
Website: Line Dancing
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
The cost is $450 for both days for early bird registrations (close 1 May). Register via the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit website at www.eapu.com.au or contact Domnica Sparkes on 1300 651 192. Date: 7 - 8 June 2012 Venue: Brisbane Convenition & Exhibition Centre South Brisbane, Queensland Keynote speakers: Prof Toshio Tatara (Japan) and Bridget Penhale, Reader in Mental Health (UK) To register visit the EAPU website and follow the links: www.eapu.com.au
Website: New Directions in Elder Abuse Prevention" Conference 7-8 June
Date: Thursday 07 June 2012
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing invites you to the Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2012 Conference. The two day event will be held on 7-8 June 2012 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The program will consist of keynote speakers, workshop presenters and poster presentations representing a broad range of interests within the aged care and related sectors including industry representatives, providers, practitioners, educators, researchers and consumer advocates. The conference will address a broad range of themes associated with the design and delivery of culturally inclusive services and showcase best practice and innovative service models. Topics will include social inclusion, elder rights, person-centred care, residential care, community care, workforce diversity, clinical care, palliative care, research, dementia care and carer support.
Website: Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2012 Conference 7-8 June
Date: Wednesday 13 June 2012
13th -14th June at The University of Sydney: The conference aims to bring together people with disability, researchers, policy makers, activists, and people working in the broader disability sector to discuss and promote inclusive and participatory research. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate how research designs, practices and methodologies can be inclusive and driven by people with disability for people with disability. In the spirit of the goals of the conference, speakers and workshops presenters, both Australian and international, are researchers with a disability or researchers undertaking inclusive research with people with disability where people with disability are actively involved in research design and implementation.
Website: Disability Inclusive Research Collaboration Conference 13-14th June
Date: Thursday 14 June 2012
When: Thursday, 14 June 2012. • Where: Auditorium, NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, 37 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Does ‘one size fit all’? For decades we had one model of affordable rental housing — the public housing provided by the Housing Commission and its successors, the Department of Housing and now Housing NSW. In the 1980s, the Community Tenancy Scheme allowed for new organizations to emerge, which are the ancestors of many of today’s housing associations. By the 2000s, the term ‘social housing’ came into general use, in recognition that public housing was not the only model of affordable rental housing around. Differences, continuity and change. What are the implications of these developments, for example, for ‘traditional’ social housing providers and for tenants? Who should attend? Providers and managers of social housing and other affordable housing, providers of specialist homelessness services and other welfare services to low-income households, social housing tenants, and policymakers are encouraged to attend.
Website: Explorations in Nonprofit Housing: A Shelter NSW conference
Date: Thursday 14 June 2012
Bilingualism Conference - Growing Up Bilingual in Australia: An Investment, 14 June 2012, Sydney University, Eastern Avenue Auditorium Ethnic Childcare Family and Community Service Cooperative is hosting a Conference addressing issues of bilingualism across the community services spectrum. The Conference will take place at the University of Sydney and it will include discussion panels, workshops, information stalls with bilingual Resources/Books and the launch of Bilingualism DVD produced by Ethnic Childcare.
Website: Bilingualism Conference - Growing Up Bilingual in Australia: An Investment
Date: Tuesday 19 June 2012
Melbourne - 19th to 21st of June, 2012, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Spencer St. This course is based on the current research in Behaviour Assessment and Support strategies. The content has been developed to bring it in line with and exceed competencies set down by the National Training Framework (Australia). The course targets direct support staff, managers and clinical staff who wish to improve on their skills in this area or who may be new to the field.The course has a specific focus on the support of persons with developmental disability and is delivered via a three day seminar. To book a place, Phone Australia 07 56301810 or NZ 00617 56301810 and leave a message with your phone number (include the area code) a consultant will call back within 24hrs.
Date: Thursday 21 June 2012
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is proud to launch their flagship report Australia's health 2012 at a national conference in Canberra on Thursday 21 June 2012. The conference will highlight the latest authoritative information on the heath of Australians, and the Australian health system, in the context of health reforms. Date: Thursday 21 June 2012 Location: Canberra ACT
Website: Australia’s health 2012 conference
Date: Thursday 21 June 2012
Young Minds is designed to suit individuals and professionals in education, psychology, health care, social work and more. Bring your whole team (and your children) to this inspiring event. It is all about how to inspire young people by using alternative teaching methods and thinking outside the square. Its easier to Book and Pay Online, go to www.youngminds.org.au and click on ‘register now’, there is a 50% discount for younger people under the age of 21 and the fee includes refreshments and full conference documentation, it does not include lunch or accommodation costs. 21 - 22 June 2012, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia
Website: Young Minds conference 21-22 June
Date: Thursday 28 June 2012
Join an international panel of research academics and local care workers as they share their passion for improving the lives of people living with dementia. Hear the latest evidence-based research & best practices condensed into an inspiring 2-day program Sydney Exhibition and Conference Centre, Darling Harbour